I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded the Iron Composer Prize at the Iron Composer composition contest at Baldwin-Wallace College.. As one of five composers who were invited to compete in person, I was also assigned in the morning of the event an instrumentation and a secret ingredient for a to-be-composed musical work: pipe organ as a designed instrumentation and music box as a secret ingredient. I had only five hours to write a new piece, which was then performed and judged in a public concert that same evening. Other finalists in the contest were Melody Eötvös, David Kirkland Garner, Kate Neal, and Mari Takano. Below you can listen the interview and the performance of Vox Reginæ Orgalis for pipe organ and music box.

Introduction to the Work and Performance

Performance

Please click here to read more about the 2011 Iron Composer and hear the program broadcasted live on WCLV 104.9 FM, and visit ClevelandClassical for the concert review.

Interview and Performance

Established in 2007, the competition is underwritten by ANALOG arts. Since moving to Cleveland from Omaha in 2009, Iron Composer has been hosted by Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM. The contest took place on September 16, 2011 campus of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.