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	Voices of Change/Dallas Symphony Orchestra 2009-10 North Texas Young Composers Project The North Texas Young Composers Project is intended to identify and encourage exceptionally talented young composers in North Texas. It does this by inviting high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in North Texas under the age of 35 to submit original music compositions for evaluation. From these submissions, four promising young composers are selected to receive cash prizes, and have their work performed by professional musicians. For the 2009-10 season, composers are invited to submit works for any combination of the following instruments: 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, and 1 instrument of the composer’s choice (including voice, computer, or pre-recorded sound sources). Submitted works must be at least 3 minutes and no longer than 10 minutes in duration. Recordings are encouraged, but not required. Submitted compositions are evaluated on the basis of artistic merit, technical mastery, and originality. A distinguishing characteristic of the North Texas Young Composers Project is the fact that winners in each category (high school and college) are invited to play an active role in the preparation of their music for a professional performance by working with the artistic leadership of the North Texas Young Composers Project, both in one-on-one meetings and in rehearsal. Selected submissions will be performed on Saturday, April 10, in Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. In addition, all submitting composers are invited, as special guests, to attend a Voices of Change dress rehearsal on Sunday, April 11, 2010, from 9am – 12pm, in Caruth Auditorium on the SMU campus. Cash prizes for selected composers will be awarded as follows: College Level: 1st Place - $500 2nd Place - $100 High School Level: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100 The four winning composers will receive their awards and certificates at the Voices of Change concert on Sunday, April 11 at 7:30 in Caruth Auditorium (on the SMU campus), and will be invited to a reception after the performance. Deadline for submissions: February 10, 2010 Decisions will be announced by February 19, 2010. Selected submissions will be performed on Saturday, April 10, in Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. Download Application College & University Students should submit applications and compositions to: NTYCP – College Division Voices of Change 11300 N. Central Expressway, Suite 316 Dallas, TX 75243 Attn: Eileen McKee 214-378-8670 High School Students should submit applications and compositions to: NTYCP – High School Division Dallas Symphony Education Dept. 2301 Flora Street, Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75201 Attn: Carolyn Jabr 214-871-4083 A Heritage Left by Russell Horn The Young Composers Project continues the Voices of Change tradition of The Annual Russell Horn Young Composers Competition which was established in 1998 by Russ Horn (1916-2006). He was a board member, treasurer, box office manager, donor and volunteer for Voices of Change for over twelve years. Russ donated the prize money for the competition every year and it was named in his honor. To continue this tradition, his daughters, Linda Horn and Janet Horn Hemming, continue to donate the prize money. Russ left a legacy worthy of our classical music community. Jamie Allen, Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Education Department, our collaborator on this project staring in 2006, expressed his commitment to the Young Composers Project: "I can't think of two things that go much better together than young people and new music. Music is the way we can express the inexpressible, and every student I've ever worked with has had something unique and inexpressible inside them that was just dying to get out. I have reveled in the chance to experience the scores of the many talented young composers we have in North Texas, and am excited at the prospect of hearing an ensemble of the caliber of Voices of Change perform the selected works. I encourage everyone with even a passing interest in self expression and evolving culture to join me in this experience." Invitation Please share this information with all music students, music teachers and music department heads who know young composers in North Texas. 2008-2009 Season Winners College Division Winners 1st place: Kohsuke Tajima (UNT) String Quartet No. 1 (A Vision of Delusion) 2nd place: David Sterrett (SMU) The Cross for viola & harp High School Division Winners 1st place: Michael Taylor (home schooled) Three Scenes for viola and piano 2nd place: Kwanzaa Bennet (BTWHSPVA) When I Think of You for piano and alto saxophone Kohsuke Tajima (b.1985) started learning composition and the double bass at age 14 in his hometown of Shizuoka, Japan. In 2005, after his graduation from Fujieda East High School, he arrived in Texas and entered the jazz studies program at University of North Texas. During this time his interest in composition expanded, and he switched his study to composition. Currently, he is working on a Bachelor of Music in composition at UNT. Michael Taylor, (b. 1991) from Arlington, TX, studies piano with Tamás Ungár, violin with Jan Mark Sloman, and has studied composition with Simon Sargon, Michael Cox, Blaise Ferrandino, and David Tcimpidis. Michael began composing at age 10 at the suggestion of his violin teacher, writing little rondos and string quartets for his chamber group. This summer he will attend Tanglewood Festival’s Young Artists Composition Program on full scholarship. Read his performance bio under About the Artists in this program book. 2007-2008 Season Winners College Division Seeker for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and 2 percussion by Kris Peyson (b.1986) $500 High School Division Farewell for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano by Jake Vandermeer (b.1990) $250 Honorable Mention in College Division Da-Jeong Choi, University of North Texas Dan Lazarescou, Southern Methodist University Michael Bryon, University of Houston Jordan Kuspa, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University 2006-2007 Season Winners College Division Sail Away for violin, cello, clarinet and piano by Chien-Wen Cheng (b.1972) University of North Texas $500 High School Division Equinox for flute, cello and piano by Jason E. Ballmann (b.1989) Hewitt High School $250 Honorable Mention Anne Strickland, $250 Ryan Manchester, $250 2005 -2006 – no competition 2004-2005 Season Winners Takuma Itoh, $1,000, Sounds and Shapes for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion Jonathan Kolm, $500, Crystal Fantasy for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violincello Peter Askim, $300, Eight Solitudes for bass and piano Honorable Mention Gabriel Lit: Pigdogs go to War March for clarinet, flute, drums, marimba Terry Alan Lee, On to… for violin, piano, string bass 2003–2004 Season Winners Kyle Kindred, $1,000, The Beast, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano Devin Collins, $500, Anthem for string quartet Jonathan Anderson, $300, Burke, Rawls, Harley for clarinet, viola and piano Honorable Mention Austin Jacquith, Sextet for Strings John A. Dribus Life Cycle 2002-2003 Season Winners Mark Feezell, $1000 Songs of Consonants, for mezzo-soprano and piano. Lane Harder, $500, Circus Plenus Clamor Ingens Ianuae Tensae, variations for six marimbists. 2001-2002 Season Winners Dr. Leonard Mark Lewis, $1,000, Concerto for Six Players for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion Jennifer Shaffer, $500, Prague Piano Quartet Andrew Pierce, $300, Quartet for Four Violas 2000-2001 Season Winner Leonard Mark Lewis, $1,000