Sousa/Ostwald Award

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The Sousa/Ostwald Award is an annual award given by the American Bandmasters Association for a composition for concert band. It was first awarded in 1956, after band uniform suppliers Ernest and Adolph Ostwald established the ABA/Ostwald Award for the best band composition written in the previous year. [1] Previous rules allowed for compositions of grades 1-6, but the rules are undergoing a transition to focus on grades 1-4 (in 2011) and 5-6 (in 2012). The award was renamed from the Ostwald Award in 2011. [2]

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Recipients

YearCompositionComposer
1956Fanfare and Allegro J. Clifton Williams
1957Symphonic Suite J. Clifton Williams
1958Portrait of the Land J. Mark Quinn
1959Introduction and Scherzo Maurice Weed
1960Overture in G Florian Mueller
1961Cumberland Gap Overture Joseph Willcox Jenkins
1962Concertino for Band Fritz Velke
1963Concert Suite Frederic H. Ashe
1964Symphony for Band Robert E. Jager
1965Overture for Band Frederick Beyer
1966 Variations on a Korean Folk Song John Barnes Chance
1967Daedalic Symphony Lawrence Weiner
1968Diamond Variations Robert E. Jager
1969Aria and Toccata Richard Willis
1970Toccata Fisher Tull
1971Divertimento for Concert Band Karl Kroeger
1972Sinfonietta Robert E. Jager
1973Festival Fanfare March Roger Nixon
1974Visions James S. Sclater
1975Jubiloso Robert M. Panerio, Sr.
1976Todesband Lorette Jankowski
1977Danses Sacred and Profane William H. Hill
1978Symphony, Opus 35 James Barnes
1979(No Winner Chosen)
1980Mutanza James E. Curnow
1981Visions Macabre James Barnes
1982Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf David R. Holsinger
1983Exaltations Martin Mailman
1984Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band James E. Curnow
1985Symphony for Winds and Percussion Joseph H. Downing
1986In the Spring, at the Time When the Kings Go Off to War David R. Holsinger
1987Synergistic Parable David Sartor
1988Piece of Mind Dana Wilson
1989For Precious Friends Hid in Death's Dateless Night Martin Mailman
1990Fire Works Gregory Youtz
1991The Soaring Hawk Timothy Mahr
1992Endurance Timothy Mahr (Commission)
1993Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Ron Nelson
1994Chaconne (In Memoriam) Ron Nelson (Commission)
1995Sea Drift Anthony Iannaccone
1996Psalms for a Great Country Anthony Iannaccone (Commission)
1997Zion Dan Welcher
1998Circular Marches Dan Welcher (Commission)
1999Fantasy Variations Donald Grantham
2000Southern Harmony Donald Grantham (Commission)
2001(No Winner Chosen)
2002Harrison's Dream Peter Graham
2003(No Contest Held)
2004(No Contest Held)
2005Redline Tango John Mackey
2006(No Contest Held)
2007 Raise the Roof Michael Daugherty
2008(No Contest Held)
2009Aurora Awakes John Mackey
2010(No Contest Held)
2011Songs for Wind Ensemble Yo Goto
2012Flourishes and Meditations Michael Gandolfi
2013Pale Blue on Deep Aaron Perrine
2014Concerto for Alto Saxophone Steven Bryant
2015Only Light Aaron Perrine
2016Masks and Machines Paul Dooley
2017A Cypress Prelude Christopher Lowry
2018Symphony No. 2 "Voices" James Stephenson
2019Unquiet Hours David Biedenbender
2020The Seer Erik Santos
2021Perpetua Peter Meechan
2022Sinfonia Zhou Tian
2023Tuebor Suite Andrew David Perkins
2024River of Time David Biedenbender

References

  1. "Ostwald Award Archives". Special Collections in Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. Award rules Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine