Rapido!

Rapido! Cycle Six

 

The Cycle Six composition period concluded on June 14th with over 130 composers from across the country participating. Each composer wrote a 4-6 minute brand new work for chamber ensemble utilizing the following instrumentation in either Trio or Quartet format: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello. The theme of the contest was to encapsulate the extraordinary time as many of us are grappling with and the major changes in our personal and professional lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The compositions expressed the impact this has had on the composer and/or reflect on the different range of human emotions that have been experienced worldwide. The five finalists are

  1. Benedikt Brydern (Santa Monica, CA)
  2. Ashley Floyd (Athens, GA)
  3. Benjamin Krause (Chicago, IL)
  4. Ben Robichaux (Thibodaux, LA)
  5. Nicky Sohn (Houston, TX)
Please click here for their bios and other information.

Congratulations to composer Benjamin Krause for winning the National Grand Prize! Benjamin received a cash prize commission in addition to two inspirational weeks at the Hambidge Center for the Arts to expand his winning piece for premiere by the Atlanta Chamber Players on November 14, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church Atlanta.





Congratulations to composer Ben Robichaux for winning the Audience Favorite Prize! Benjamin received a cash prize for his award.















The Acclaimed Atlanta Chamber Players

join with the Grammy award-winning


Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, Music Director


with prize monies totaling more than $15,000!


Cycle Three Winner Charles Zoll
Cycle Three!! Winner Charles Zoll with Robert Spano at the premiere
of his work, May 2014. Photo by Jeff Rothman.


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to promote new works for chamber ensemble...and symphony orchestra!
In partnership with the chamber ensembles above, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Hambidge Center for the Arts.

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