High School Composition Competition
Christopher Newport University is proud to present the High School Composition Competition, a prestigious competition for outstanding high school composers. The Andrew Scott Bell Emerging Composer Awards will recognize the three most distinguished compositions. The first-place prize is $500, and the winning composition will be performed on March 23, 2024, by the Faculty Brass Quintet as part of Christopher Newport University’s Contemporary Music Festival. The second-place winner will receive $250, and the third-place winner will receive $100. All winners will receive a recording of their piece as performed by the CNU Faculty Brass Quintet. The adjudicators include composition faculty Dr. Seung-Hye Kim, Dr. Kelly Rossum, Dr. Maxwell Tfirn and CNU’s chapter president of the Society of Composers, Inc.
Submission Procedures
- Each applicant must submit a completed work for brass quintet.
- The work should be no less than three minutes and no longer than six minutes.
- The submitted score should be emailed in PDF format and should include either an attached live recording or a MIDI realization (.mp3 format)
- Please include the following information along with your score:
- Full name, phone number and email address
- Mailing address (street, city, state and zip code)
- Name of your high school and your year in school (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)
Deadline for submission: Friday, December 15, 2023.
Please email submissions to Dr. Kelly Rossum at kelly.rossum@cnu.edu or call with any questions (757) 594-8812.