Ted Vives named finalist in 
The 2013 American Prize in Composition - Choral Division

The American Prize is pleased to announce composer FINALISTS for 2013 in the choral category, professional division.

http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2013/06/finalist-composers-choral-professional.html

FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Choral, Professional Division
     
David Avshalomov   Santa Monica CA 
   Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Greg  Bartholomew   Seattle WA 
   selected choral works
Susan LaBarr
   selected choral works
Elise Letourneau   Orleans, ON Canada
   selected choral works 
David Lipten   Tallahassee FL
   Time’s Dream 
Daniel McCarthy   Akron OH
   Song of Summer 
John Muehleisen   Mukilteo WA 
   selected choral works
Richard Rice   Alexandria VA 
   Mental Cases (Wilfred Owen)
Paul John Rudoi   Minneapolis MN 
   selected choral works
Jake Runestad   Minneapolis MN 
   selected choral works
Jonathan Santore   Plymouth NH
   selected choral works 
Ted  Vives   Los Alamos NM 
   The Soldier (1914); Premonition

Congratulations!



The Music Lesson Reviewed in the April 2013 edition of The International Trombone Association Journal

“The Music Lesson” a work commissioned by the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico for its 2010 State Convention is reviewed by Thomas Zugger of Capital University on page 47 of the April 2013 edition of the International Trombone Association Journal,
http://www.trombone.net/journal/



Ted Vives named Semi-finalist in 
The 2013 American Prize in Composition - Choral Division

The American Prize is pleased to announce composer semi-finalists for 2013 in the orchestra and choral categories.

"A significant number of candidates in each division made the preliminary cut," commented chief judge David Katz. "As we begin to move towards selecting finalists, and ultimately the winners and runners-up in each division, it will surely prove to be a very tight and exciting race, and a difficult final choice for our judges. The depth of talent on display is truly impressive."


The American Prize in Composition—Choral, Professional Division
     
Jonathan Adams   Jonesboro AR 
Adrienne Albert   Los Angeles CA 
David Avshalomov   Santa Monica CA 
Greg  Bartholomew   Seattle WA 
Doug Brandt   New York NY 
B.J. Brooks   Canyon TX 
Oliver  Caplan   Somerville MA 
I'Lana S. Cotton   Medford OR 
David Crowe   Lee MA 
Rachel DeVore Fogarty   Nashville TN 
Raphael  Fusco   North Bergen NJ 
Joseph J. Giallombardo   Glenview IL 
Brian Holmes   San Jose CA 
Chiwei (Jerry) Hui   Madison WI 
Mary Ann Joyce-Walter   Airmont NY 
Ryan Keebaugh   Stephens City VA 
Frank La Rocca   Oakland CA 
Susan  LaBarr   Cleveland TN 
Elise Letourneau   Orleans, ON Canada 
Darin Lewis   Stamford CT 
David Lipten   Tallahassee FL
Christopher Marshall  Orlando FL 
Luke Mayernik   Pittsburgh PA 
Daniel McCarthy   Akron OH 
Kathleen McGuire   San Francisco CA 
Margaret S. Meier   Claremont CA 
John Muehleisen   Mukilteo WA 
Stephen Murray   Richmond MA 
Sean Pflueger   Burke VA 
William Popp   Loveland CO 
Kathleen Ready   Westwood MA 
Richard Rice   Alexandria VA 
Paul John Rudoi   Minneapolis MN 
Jake Runestad   Minneapolis MN 
Jonathan Santore   Plymouth NH 
Ted  Vives   Los Alamos NM 
Deanna Witkowski   New York NY


Now Available!!!!
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (complete)
for Concert Band and Chorus

Survives Music (www.survivesmusic.net) is pleased to announce the publication of a new transcription for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor for concert band and chorus.
This new transcription of all four movements of Beethoven’s monumental work is now available form Survives Music. Ted Vives has taken great care to remain as faithful to Beethoven;s original orchestration as possible. All movements are in the original keys and can be performed with any edition of the choral parts.
This welcome addition to the band repertoire will be premiered by the Los Alamos Community Winds this coming Spring (2013) A recording and video will be also available late next year.
Score and parts are available for purchase or rental from Survives Music
 
New Works for Chorus!

Survives Music (www.survivesmusic.net) is pleased to announce the publication for 3 new works for chorus by Ted Vives: 

elegy - A choral setting based on the text of “A Parable of Immortality” by Henry Van Dyke

Premonition - text by famed poet Robert Service (the Bard of Canada)

Nursery Rhymes - a 4 movement suite of choral works based on English children’s songs and games.

Samples of the works (pdf files) are available via Survives Music’s Vocal Works page, and can be ordered here.

All works will be recorded by The Composer’s Choir of Middlefield, CT, Daniel Shaw, director. (audio samples will be posted in the near future.)






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