The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of
Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the
University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.
[Chase G: ''America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present''. McGraw-Hill, page 620, 1966] The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the Illinois Modern Ensemble at the
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
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Awards
References
External links
Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award pageat
University of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignSalvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award pageat Spineless Books
Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Awardeesat
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Awards established in 1996
American music awards
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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