Joseph H. Bearns Prize

The Joseph H. Bearns Prize in Music was established on February 3, 1921, by Lillia M. Bearns, in memory of her father. It was her desire to encourage talented young composers in the United States. The Prize, administered by Columbia University, is open to United States citizens who are at least 18 and no more than 25 years of age, and is divided among larger-form works (orchestral, choral, etc.) and smaller-form works (soli, quartet, sextet, etc.). The Prize is one of the largest given to young American composers, totaling $7200 in 2006.^[1]

Past winners

• Milton Babbitt (for Music for the Mass) ^[2]
• Christopher Bailey (for Six Songs on Poems of John Monroe) ^[3]
• Samuel Barber (1929, for Violin Sonata,^[4] and again in 1933, for School for Scandal Overture)
• William Bergsma ^[5]
• Stephen Cabell (2004, for Cosmicomic) ^[6]
• Ronald Caltabiano (1981, 1983) ^[7]
• Carlos R. Carrillo Cotto (1993, for Cantares) ^[8]
• William Coble ^[9]
• Glen Cortese ^[10]
• Alvin Curran ^[11]
• Richard Danielpour (1982) ^[12]
• Mario Davidovsky ^[13]
• Jonathan Dawe ^[14]
• Charles Dodge ^[15]
• Emily Doolittle (1997, for Weather Songs) ^[16]
• Michael Eckert ^[17]
• Renee Favand (1995, for Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes.)^[18]
• Mark Gustavson (1983, for Textures of Time) ^[19]
• Daron Hagen (1985, for Trio Concertante)^[20]
• Mark Hagerty ^[21]
• Kevin Hanlon ^[22]
• William Harvey (for Cuerpo Garrido) ^[23]
• Joel Hoffman (1975, for Variations for violin, cello, and harp) ^[24]
• Stephen Jaffe (1976, for Four Nocturnes) ^[25]
• Pierre Jalbert ^[26]
• Evan Johnson (2006) ^[27]
• Brooke Joyce (1999) ^[28]
• Louis Karchin ^[29]
• Aaron Jay Kernis ^[30]
• Kenneth Lampl ^[31]
• Paul Lansky (1964) ^[32]
• Anne LeBaron (1978) ^[33]
• Roland Leich (1933 for Housman Songs, and 1937 for String Quartet) ^[34]
• Leonard Mark Lewis (1999) ^[35]
• Steven Mackey ^[36]
• Shafer Mahoney ^[37]
• Paul Moravec ^[38]
• Lynn David Newton (1965, for Sonata for Piano) ^[39]
• Paul Nordoff (1933, for Piano Concerto) ^[40]
• Joshua Penman (2004, for Aevum) ^[41]
• Daniel Perlongo (for Seven Pieces) ^[42]
• Tobias Picker ^[43]
• James Primosch (1981) ^[44]
• David Rakowski (1984, for Violin Concerto) ^[45]
• Jason Roth (1995, for Second String Quartet)^[18]
• Jake Rundall (2006) ^[46]
• Eric W. Sawyer (1987) ^[47]
• Carl Schimmel (1999, for Capa Cocha)^[48]
• Joseph Schwantner (1967) ^[49]
• Harold Shapero (1946, for Symphony for String Orchestra) ^[50]
• Alexander Sigman (2006) ^[51]
• David Soley ^[52]
• Anthony Strilko ^[53]
• Louise Talma (1932) ^[54]
• Bruce Taub (1971, for Variations 11.7.3.3.4) ^[55]
• Reynold Tharp (1996, for Drift) ^[56]
• Christopher Theofanidis ^[57]
• Augusta Read Thomas ^[58]
• Richard Toensing
• Christopher Trapani ^[59]
• Dan Visconti ^[60]
• David Ward-Steinman (1959, for Symphony) ^[61]
• Hugo Weisgall
• Richard Willis (for Symphony No. 1) ^[62]
• Cynthia Lee Wong (2004, for Fates and Furies) ^[63]
• Maurice Wright (1974) ^[64]
• Charles Wuorinen (1958, 1959, and 1961) ^[65]

° Lani Smith (Co-winner - 1958) for "Prelude and Scherzo for Brass, Timpani and Strings"

References

External links

• The Joseph H. Bearns Prize webpage.