SEAN SATIN
GUITAR PRIZE
Composition #1: 'Extreme Whisper' by Jane Getter.
For electric guitar
Composition #2: 'Prelude # 4' by Jay Kauffman
For classical guitar
Composition #3: 'Quualude # 1' by Gene Pritsker
For electric guitar
Composition #4: 'Duet For One' by Milica Paranosic
For electric guitar
Composition #5: 'For Sean' by Gene Pritsker
For classical guitar
Deadline: April 1st, 2025
Composers Concordance presents the Sean Satin Guitar Prize. Our dear friend and collaborator Sean Satin, a tireless music educator and proponent of contemporary guitar music, passed on April 19th, 2024. We are launching a guitar competition in his honor. The competition is for the best-submitted performance of music for electric and classical guitar composed by some of Sean's colleagues. Contestants record one of the five scores provided. The best performance will win the grand prize of $250 and a performance of the work at Composers Concordance ‘Guitars & Poems’ event in June at Jim Kempner Fine Art in New York City.
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Guidelines:
1. Choose 1 of the 5 guitar pieces;
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2. Record it to the best of your ability
(recording quality will not be judged, only the performance)
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3. Email your recording to
ComposersConcordance@Gmail.com
by April 1st, 2025
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4. All participants must be 20 years of age or
younger
(as of April 1st, 2025)
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5. No Fee
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Prize
$250 and performing the work at Composers Concordance ‘Guitars & Poems’ event in June 2025 (exact date TBA) at Jim Kempner Fine Art in New York City.