2020 RESULTS
Congratulations and thanks to the 45 talented composers who entered our 2020 Flute Society Composition Competition. We were thrilled to receive so many compositions of such an extremely high level. It made our job of choosing just one winner very difficult. As a result, it was decided to award a joint 2nd Prize to three more composers, as well as seven highly commended awards.
Congratulations to BEN HOADLEY who is our 2020 1st Prize Winner ($1,000) for his composition Involute!
Ben Hoadley’s ‘Involute’ was awarded the First Prize.
Our judging panel was made up of four highly esteemed flutists:
Janet Webb (former Principal Flute Sydney Symphony Orchestra, BA Mus & Flute Society of NSW President)
Mark Xiao (MMus, Specialised MMus (Soloist), MMus (New Music) University of Music & Performing Arts Munich)
Jocelyn Fazzone (MM Virtuosite, BMus, LMus, Sydney Conservatorium, AMEB Chief Woodwind Examiner)
Kirrily Swatton (BA Flute Performance Melbourne University, Flute Society of NSW Vice President)
A big thanks also to Emilia Antcliff for coordinating the competition and making sure everything ran so smoothly!
Thank you once again to all the composers who entered this year’s competition. We are looking forward to hearing more amazing new flute works next year!
Applications Deadline: 31st of July, 2020
Applications are now open for a prize of $1,000.00 from the Flute Society of NSW for an original composition for flute and piano. The requirements of the composition are:
A composition for flute and piano, duration between 3.30min and 5.00min
The flute part needs to be a minimum of AMEB grade 7 standard
The work is to be suitable to be used for HSC Music 2 core performance
CRITERIA
The award will be decided by a panel of qualified and experienced flute players and teachers, and will be based on the following criteria:
Originality
Range of expressive and technical elements
Understanding of idiomatic writing for both the flute and piano
General appeal
Please submit a recording or midi file together with the score. All entries will be listened to and assessed anonymously.
Please email expressions of interest to flutesocnswgrant@gmail.com. Closing date for submissions of completed compositions is July 31st, 2020, to be sent to the same email address.
The winner of the award will be announced on August 15th, 2020.
Our joint 2nd Prize Winners ($300 each) are:
Highly Commended:
Ben Robinson - New Dispositions
Naomi Dodd - Cerulean Plunge
Daniel Riley - Recitative
Paul Kopetz - Icarus
Ronan Apcar - Thoughts Before Bed
John Shephard - The Brindabellas
Matthew Orlovich - Blue Peter
