AME Composition Competition (2006-2017)
About the Competition
From 2006-2017, AME successfully mounted ten composition competitions. The last four included three tiers, with winners and honorable mentions. Each winner received monetary awards ($1,000, $500, $300) and a performance of a work in New York City, and some of the composers who received honorable mentions also received performances.
Past Winners
Tenth COMPOSITION COMPETITION WINNERS (2016-17)
Tier III (Professional) (All Ages)
Winner: Texu Kim - Monastic Sceneries
Honorable Mention: Katherine Balch - New Geometry
Honorable Mention: Mark Kilstofte - Ballistic Etude 3.1
Honorable Mention: Michael Seltenreich - Sparks and Flares
Honorable Mention: Gilad Cohen - Ten Variations
Tier II (Emerging) (18-35)
Winner: Pierce Gradone - Time, Thickened
Honorable Mention: Alexander Miller - Echoes in the Dark
Tier I (Young Artist) (22 and Under)
Winner: Aaron Mencher - Fast-Forward
Honorable Mention: Chris Neiner - Lacquer Prints
Honorable Mention: Josiah Sprinkle - The Four Temperaments
Ninth Composition COMPETITION WINNERS (2014)
Tier III (Professional) (All Ages)
Winner: John Fitz Rogers - Sehnen
Honorable Mention: Max Grafe - Kheir
Honorable Mention: Nicholas Omiccioli - push/pull
Honorable Mention: Wayne Oquin - In Dreams Awake
Tier II (Emerging) (18-35)
Winner: Gabriella Smith - Brandenburg Interstices
Honorable Mention: Michael Gilbertson - who remembers day
Honorable Mention: Carolina Heredia - Lus in Bello
Honorable Mention: Alexander Miller - Echoes in the Dark
Tier I (Young Artist) (22 and Under)
Winner: Vincent Gover - Brook’s Release
Honorable Mention: Ryan Lindveit - Short Stories
AME Eighth Composition Competition Winners (2013)
Tier III (Professional) (All Ages)
Winner: Carl Schimmel - Roadshow for Otto
Honorable Mention: Nicolas Scherzinger - Fractured Mirrors
Honorable Mention: Roger Zare - Fractal Miniatures
Tier II (Emerging) (18-35)
Winner: Nicholas Omiccioli - Flourishes
Honorable Mention: Paul Frucht - Echo in Roger’s Park
Honorable Mention: Takuma Itoh - Undercurrent
Tier I (Young Artist) (22 and Under)
Winner: Katherine Balch - Triple Point
Honorable Mention: Molly Joyce - Parade
Honorable Mention: Brendan McMullen - Seven Cicadas
AME Seventh Composition Competition Winners (2012)
Tier III (Professional) (All Ages)
Winner: Alejandro Rutty - Black Box Bossa
Honorable Mention: John Liberatore - Lennon Scatters and Fleeces His Flock
Tier II (Emerging) (Ages 18-35)
Winner: Lembit Beecher - Frantic Gnarly Still
Honorable Mention: Piotr Szewczyk - Nimbus
Tier I (Young Artist) (Age 22 and Under)
Winner: Hillary Purrington - Fixed Mediums
Honorable Mention: Loren Loiacono - Waking Rhythm
Past Winners*: 2011 and Earlier
AME Sixth Composition Competion (2011): Eric Nathan
AME Fifth Composition Competion (2010): Christopher Chandler
AME Fourth Composition Competion (2009): Spencer Topel
AME Third Composition Compete (2008): Derrick Wang
AME Second Composition Competion (2007): Sean McClowry
AME First Composition Competition (2006): Karim Al-Zand
*Composers who won prior to 2012 are now considered winners in the Tier II category, as these competitions were restricted to composers aged 18-35.