1st prize winner Raymond David Burkhart

Tony Clements, Director of the 2005 Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop, announced the annual Composition Contest winners on 27th April.

ITG member Raymond David Burkhart from Los Angeles, California, won the first place prize of $1000 with his sextet titled Bouquet de Brass. David Wilborn from Bryan, Texas took second place, winning $500 for Three Movements for Brass Sextet. The $250 third place prize was awarded to Mauro Braunstein, of Coral Springs, Florida, for Tower. Stanley Friedman of Memphis, Tennessee, received Honorable Mention recognition for Three Dances for Six Brass.

The contest focused on original works for brass sextet with a difficulty level of the US standard grade 3-4 (high school to college freshman level). Compositions were requested to have three movements of less than five minutes' duration each. All qualifying contest entries were played and evaluated by the workshop coaching staff, consisting of professional brass musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. The winners’ works will be performed during the July 2005 Brass Chamber Music Workshop at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California: amateur musicians will perform the music in a workshop format. All submitted contest compositions will become part of the workshop’s extensive brass chamber music library.

“We have added some wonderful music to our library and I am anxious for all workshop participants to have an opportunity to play it,” said Clements. “Congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to all the fine composers who submitted works.”

The Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop is held each summer in two one-week sessions. 2005 sessions are scheduled for July 24-30 and July 31-August 6. Activities include: daily chamber ensemble rehearsals coached by some of the West Coast’s finest brass musicians; daily performances by participants; brass choir reading sessions; abundant freelance playing time; special-interest sessions on brass-related topics; and spectacular California North Coast scenery.

For further information regarding the Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop or the competition please visit the site linked below.

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Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop
Raymond David Burkhart
David Wilborn
Mauro Braunstein
Stanley Friedman