Sheila Silver Awarded Sackler Prize

Composer Sheila Silver is the recipient of the sixth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize. This year's $20,000 prize was in the area of Chamber Opera, includes public performance and a recording. Silver's winning opera proposal was for The Wooden Sword. Silver has written in a wide range of mediums: from solo instrumental works to large orchestral works, from opera to feature film scores. Silver's compositions have been commissioned and performed throughout the United States and Europe. All of the past Sackler Prize Composition Winners have been ASCAP members: Rufus Reid (2006, Jazz Ensemble), Stacy Garrop (2005, Chamber Ensemble), Orianna Webb (2004, Chamber Orchestra), Karim Al-Zand (2003, Chamber Orchestra), and Gabriela Frank (2002, Chamber Ensemble).