The American Prize is a set of annual nonprofit national competitions in the performing arts which recognizes and rewards commercial and noncommercial recorded performances of classical music in the United States based on submitted applications. There is no live competition. The award is bestowed at professional, college/university, community, and high school levels in a number of areas including composition, piano, voice, chamber music, conducting, and ensemble performance. The jury consists of well known performing artists in each area, with the conductor and composer David Katz serving as chief judge.
Artists and ensembles self-nominate through an application process or are nominated by a teacher, parent, board member or colleague. Evaluation is a key component of the competition; applicants who reach finalist status or higher receive a written evaluation from a member of the judging panel. Among judges are composer
Judith Lang Zaimont
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Biography
Judith Lang Zaimont was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Both Zaimont and her sister, Doris Lang Kosloff, began piano lessons with their mother, Bertha Lang, ...
, pianist
Jeffrey Biegel, and
Metropolitan Opera
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soprano
Sharon Sweet
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.
Winners of each category receive a cash award.
Top prize winners
Winners of the first prize award by year in all professional categories.
Composition
Piano
Voice
Chamber music
Orchestral
Choral
College/university prize winners
Winners of the first prize award by year in college/university categories.
Composition
Voice
Orchestral
Choral
Community prize winners
Winners of the first prize award by year in community categories.
Choral
References
External links
The American PrizeThe American Prize Blog
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Competitions in the United States