2020 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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NATS Art Song Composition Award
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
The NATS Art Song Composition Award program's purpose is to stimulate the creation of quality vocal literature through the cooperation of singer and composer. The performance of the first place winning composition will be premiered at the 57th NATS National Conference in Chicago, IL.
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9957 Moorings Drive, Suite 401 Jacksonville, FL 32257
UNITED STATES
904-992-9101
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ELIGIBILITY
Competition is open to any composer. The work must be: song cycle, group of songs, or extended single song of approximately 15 minutes in length; for single voice and piano; to a text written in English, for which the composer has secured copyright clearance; composed within the last two years (after Jan. 1, 2019).
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
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| Travel Covered? | No |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First prize | Less than $10,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than $5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | Not provided |
| Jury size | 1 to 5 |
| Application deadline | December 1, 2020 |
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✖ Not open to the public
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2019 Philip Lasser for “Elemental Earth”
2018 Benjamin C.S. Boyle for "Spirits in Bondage"
2017 Matt Boehler for "Foursquare Cathedral"
2016 David Conte for "American Death Ballads"
2014 Robert Patterson for "American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook"
2012 Melissa Dunphy for "Tesla's Pigeon"
2010 David Sisco for "Missed Connections"
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