American Composer Competition
Past Winners
The Results of Previous Competitions
2011
Winner: Christopher Weiss:Voice of the Unknown Soldier
Finalists:
- Dorothy Chang: Strange Air
- Amos Gillespie: Season to Taste
- Timothy Kramer: Party Favors
- Ben Phelps: Overture Maximus
- Paul Siskind: Organal Dances
- Philip Wharton: Symphony No. 1
2009
Winner: Albert Hurwit: Symphony No. 1 “Remembrance”, third movement
Finalists:
- Brian Fennelly: Reflections/Metamorphosis
- Anthony Iannaccone: Dancing on Vesuvius
- Mark Lackey: Convergence
- Elizabeth Lim: Paranoia
- Justin Merritt: River of Blood
- Philip Rothman: Arc of Visibility
- David Schneider: Automation
2007
Winner: David Heuser: A Screaming Comes Across the Sky
Finalists:
- Randolph Partain: Blood Rite
- David Sartor: Concerto for Orchestra
- Arthur Gottschalk: Amelia
- Laurence Bitensky: A Perfect Rest
- Mark Lortz: Deus Ex Machina
- Anthony Iannaccone: The Colors of Dream
- Kevin Walczyk: Capriccio
- Takuma Itoh: Concerto for Orchestra
- Lee Actor: Variations and Fugue
2005
Winner: David Dzubay: Shadow Dance
Finalists:
- Lee Actor: Prelude to a Tragedy
- Arthur Gottschalk: Amelia
- Anthony Iannaccone: The Colors of Dream
- Rob Smith: Push
- Antonio Carlos DeFeo: What's That I Hear?
- Charles Bestor: Variations for Orchestra
- Joshua Penman: Songs the Plants Taught Us
- Ernst Bacon: Smokey Mountain Scherzo
2003
Winner: Thomas Shnauber: Indigo Street
Finalists:
- Yuanlin Chen: Overture - Rhapsody
- Paul Richards: Trip Hammer
- Stephan Prock: Garden Varieties
- Cynthia Miller: Frequent Flier
- Jeff Manookian: NEXUS
- Erich Stern: Escape
- Allen Menton: Shape-Note Fantasy
- Daniel Powers: The Starry Messenger
- James Ra: Awakened Spirit
- Christopher Pierce: Aquarelle
- Garrett Byrnes: The Flames of Imbolc
