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IHS Composition Contest
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2009 International Horn Society Composition Contest

First Prize:      $1,500
Second Prize:    $1,000

Original Compositions composed during the past two years featuring the horn as:

an unaccompanied instrument
as a solo instrument with accompaniment
OR
as a member of a chamber ensemble.

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2009. For more information, contact

Paul Basler
IHS Composition Contest Coordinator
School of Music
P. O. Box 117900
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7900
Tel: (352) 273-3188, Fax: (352) 392-0461
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2007 Contest Results & Statistics Print

First Prize: Lee Actor, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Available from the composer

Second Prize: Dana Wilson, Shallow Streams, Deep Rivers for Violin, Horn and Piano
Available from Hickey's Music

Honorable Mention:

Jan Bach, Oompah Suite for Horn and Tuba
Available from the ITEA Tuba Euphonium Press

Roland Freisitzer, Music for Horn and 11 Instruments
Available from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (email link)
CD: Phoenix Edition 131 , Horn Concertos, Music by Roland Freisitzer, Thomas Heinisch, Norbert Sterk, Kurt Schwertsik and Roberto Pintos, performers: Nury Guarnaschelly, Ensemble Die Reihe, cond. Gottfried Rabl

John Kennedy, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Available from John Kennedy Music

Justinian Tamusuza, Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere (Horn Call) for solo Horn
Available from International Opus

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2005 Contest Results & Statistics Print

First Prize: Paul Lansky, Etudes and Parodies for Violin, Horn and Piano
Available from Bridge Records
CD: William Purvis, horn, Curtis Macomber, violin, Mihae Lee, piano Bridge 9222
Bridge Records, Inc.

Second Prize: Lawrence Dillon, Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Available from the composer

Honorable Mention:

Andrea Clearfield, Into the Falcon's Eye for two Horns and Piano
Available from Jomar Press
CD: Frøydis Ree Wekre, Lisa Ford, Andrea Clearfield, #2L25   2L Records

Laurence Lowe, Sonata No.1 for Horn and Piano
Available from RMW Publishing

Roger Reynolds, Consider for Baritone Voice and Horn
Available from Edition Peters

Andrés Valero-Castells, Valentia for eighteen Horns
Available from Rivera Música
 

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2003 Contest Results & Statistics Print

First Prize: David Rakowski, Locking Horns for Horn and Chamber Orchestra
Editions Peters, #67995
CD: Daniel Grabois, horn, Sequitur, Paul Hostetter, conductor, Troy 607 Albany Records

Second Prize: Paul Stanhope, Songs for the Shadowland for Soprano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
Available from the Australian Music Centre

Honorable Mention:

Stephen Andrew Taylor, Quark Shadows for Horn, Viola, Double Bass and Prepared Piano
Available from the composer

Peter Winkler, Returning to the Root, Scena and Aria for Horn and Piano
Available from the IHS Online Music Library

Alan Charlton, Étude for solo Horn
Available from the IHS Online Music Library

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