2nd WASBE Composition Contest

Finalist works now available

The 2nd International WASBE Composition Contest was a great success. Under the leadership of WASBE president Dario Sotelo (President from 2017-2019) we have received many outstanding compositions from around the world. At the WASBE Conference in Buñol, Spain, the WASBE Board of Directors carefully selected the winning pieces:

Category 1 (Grade 2-3):
1st: “The Brave Tin Soldier” by David Postiguillo Moscardó (Spain) | SCORE

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2nd: “Sunbeam Dances” by Michael Miller (USA) | published by Murphy Music

3rd: “DNA” by Giuseppe Calvino (Italy) | SCORE

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Category 2 (Grade 4-5):
1st: “Lux Futura” by Kevin Houben (Belgium) | SCORE

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2nd: “L’Orizzonte degli Eventi” by Girolamo Deraco (Italy) | SCORE

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3rd: “Aquila non capit muscas” by Maxime Aulio (France) | published by HaFaBra Music

Category 3 (Orchestral Winds):
1st: “I Long for the Furthest Star” by Fredrik Ekenvi (Sweden) | SCORE

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2nd: “Waterplace Park” by Gregory Fritze (USA) | SCORE

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3rd: “Lamento d‘introduction et Scène de prière” by Yunosuke Okamura (Japan) | SCORE

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Category 4 (Solo & Winds):
1st: “Diversions” (Clarinet) by Robert Spittal (USA) | SCORE

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2nd: “Euphonium Concerto” (Euphonium) by Alexandre Carlin (France) | published by Murphy Music

3rd: “Inner Resoution” (Trumpet) by Jason Wyse (USA) | SCORE

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The primary goal of the WASBE Composition contest is to promote these winning pieces with performances around the world. WASBE members have privileged access to a complete set of the winning pieces until September 2020. Cost of each work (score and parts) is only 30 USD.

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1st Composition Contest

WASBE wants to thank all composers who have submitted their music for the composition contest. The finalists were:

in the category COMMUNITY:
PERSHING (Gregory Fritze/USA)
MULAN FANTASIE (Hung Ping Chang/Taiwan)
AFRICAN HARMONY (Johan de Meij/The Netherlands)

In the category EDUCATIONAL:
FOLKSONG OF MIDU (Ling Chang/China)
WOLF TEARS (Nelson Jesus/Portugal)
SUITE DE VALE (Renato Foulart/Brazil)

The final pieces have been performed on Wednesday, July 19 2017 during the WASBE Conference in Utrecht (The Netherlands). Thank you to the Orchestra of the Dutch Customs with their conductor Björn Bus.

The WINNERS are:

PERSHING (Gregory Fritze/USA)

and

WOLF TEARS (Nelson Jesus/Portugal)

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