Sousa/Ostwald Award
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The Sousa/Ostwald Award is an annual award given by the American Bandmasters Association for a composition for concert band. It was first awarded in 1956, after band uniform suppliers Ernest and Adolph Ostwald established the ABA/Ostwald Award for the best band composition written in the previous year.[1] Previous rules allowed for compositions of grades 1-6, but the rules are undergoing a transition to focus on grades 1-4 (in 2011) and 5-6 (in 2012). The award was renamed from the Ostwald Award in 2011.[2]
Recipients
Year | Composition | Composer |
---|---|---|
1956 | Fanfare and Allegro | J. Clifton Williams |
1957 | Symphonic Suite | J. Clifton Williams |
1958 | Portrait of the Land | J. Mark Quinn |
1959 | Introduction and Scherzo | Maurice Weed |
1960 | Overture in G | Florian Mueller |
1961 | Cumberland Gap Overture | Joseph Willcox Jenkins |
1962 | Concertino for Band | Fritz Velke |
1963 | Concert Suite | Frederic H. Ashe |
1964 | Symphony for Band | Robert E. Jager |
1965 | Overture for Band | Frederick Beyer |
1966 | Variations on a Korean Folk Song | John Barnes Chance |
1967 | Daedalic Symphony | Lawrence Weiner |
1968 | Diamond Variations | Robert E. Jager |
1969 | Aria and Toccata | Richard Willis |
1970 | Toccata | Fisher Tull |
1971 | Divertimento for Concert Band | Karl Kroeger |
1972 | Sinfonietta | Robert E. Jager |
1973 | Festival Fanfare March | Roger Nixon |
1974 | Visions | James S. Sclater |
1975 | Jubiloso | Robert M. Panerio, Sr. |
1976 | Todesband | Lorette Jankowski |
1977 | Danses Sacred and Profane | William H. Hill |
1978 | Symphony, Opus 35 | James Barnes |
1979 | (No Winner Chosen) | |
1980 | Mutanza | James E. Curnow |
1981 | Visions Macabre | James Barnes |
1982 | Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf | David R. Holsinger |
1983 | Exaltations | Martin Mailman |
1984 | Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band | James E. Curnow |
1985 | Symphony for Winds and Percussion | Joseph H. Downing |
1986 | In the Spring, at the Time When the Kings Go Off to War | David R. Holsinger |
1987 | Synergistic Parable | David Sartor |
1988 | Piece of Mind | Dana Wilson |
1989 | For Precious Friends Hid in Death's Dateless Night | Martin Mailman |
1990 | Fire Works | Gregory Youtz |
1991 | The Soaring Hawk | Timothy Mahr |
1992 | Endurance | Timothy Mahr (Commission) |
1993 | Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) | Ron Nelson |
1994 | Chaconne (In Memoriam) | Ron Nelson (Commission) |
1995 | Sea Drift | Anthony Iannaccone |
1996 | Psalms for a Great Country | Anthony Iannaccone (Commission) |
1997 | Zion | Dan Welcher |
1998 | Circular Marches | Dan Welcher (Commission) |
1999 | Fantasy Variations | Donald Grantham |
2000 | Southern Harmony | Donald Grantham (Commission) |
2001 | (No Winner Chosen) | |
2002 | Harrison's Dream | Peter Graham |
2003 | (No Contest Held) | |
2004 | (No Contest Held) | |
2005 | Redline Tango | John Mackey |
2006 | (No Contest Held) | |
2007 | Raise the Roof | Michael Daugherty |
2008 | (No Contest Held) | |
2009 | Aurora Awakes | John Mackey |
2010 | (No Contest Held) | |
2011 | Songs for Wind Ensemble | Yo Goto |
2012 | Flourishes and Meditations | Michael Gandolfi |
2013 | Pale Blue on Deep | Aaron Perrine |
2014 | Concerto for Alto Saxophone | Steven Bryant |
2015 | Only Light | Aaron Perrine |
2016 | Masks and Machines | Paul Dooley |
2017 | A Cypress Prelude | Christopher Lowry |
2018 | Symphony No. 2 "Voices" | James Stephenson |
2019 | Unquiet Hours | David Biedenbender |
2020 | The Seer | Erik Santos |
2021 | Perpetua | Peter Meechan |
References
- ^ "Ostwald Award Archives". Special Collections in Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Award rules Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine