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November 20, 2002
ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize Winner Announced
Michael Djupstrom, 22, of Ann Arbor, MI, Wins $5000
First Prize
In Competition for Young Composers of Concert Band Music
 Frances
Richard, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers) Vice-President and Director of Concert
Music and Michael Haithcock, President of the CBDNA
(College Band Directors National Association), today
jointly announced the first bi-annual ASCAP/CBDNA/Frederick
Fennell Prize winner. The competition, named for living
legend Frederick Fennell, ASCAP member and founder of
the CBDNA, was established earlier this year to encourage
gifted American composers to create new works for Concert
Band. The winning work was selected via a juried national
competition, which attracted submissions from eligible
composers (between the ages of 18 and 30) from across
the United States.
The $5000 Prize has been awarded to Michael Djupstrom,
age 22, of Ann Arbor, Michigan for "Homages”
an 11-minute work for large wind ensemble. Mr. Djupstrom’s
winning work will be performed March 28, 2003 at the
National CBDNA Conference at the University of Minnesota.
Michael Djupstrom received his Bachelor’s Degree
in composition from the University of Michigan, where
his principal composition teachers included William
Bolcom, Susan Botti, Bright Sheng, and Erik Santos.
He is a pianist, active as accompanist and chamber music
performer. As a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center
in 2002, Djupstrom was commissioned to write “Homages”
by Frank Battisti, who premiered the work with the Boston
University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Wind Ensemble.
Djupstrom has received awards and scholarships from
the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Theodore
Presser Foundation, ASCAP and the University of Michigan.
Commenting on the ASCAP/CBDNA/Frederick Fennel Prize,
Dr. Fennell said: “So much of my life has been
concerned with the wind band and its critical need for
an ever growing repertory. This joint project is something
I could only dream of -- seventy years ago—and
here it is, thanks to ASCAP and the CBDNA.”
Michael Haithcock, President of the CBDNA said, “This
joint venture with ASCAP puts us on the front lines
of communication and creation with the best young composers
in our country.” Frances Richard of ASCAP said,
“ASCAP takes great pride in its partnership with
the CBDNA and looks forward to the many outstanding
works which will be known as Fennell Prize winners.”
Additional works selected for Honorable Mention by
the Jury will be circulated to ensembles performing
at regional CBDNA conferences to be held in the spring
of 2004.
The following composers received Honorable Mention:
Eli Marshall, age 25, Philadelphia, PA "Reflections"
for concert band, duration: 15 minutes
Anthony Suter, age 23, Ann Arbor, MI "dance (fragments)"
for wind ensemble, duration: 7 minutes
Matthew Van Brink, age 24, Allston MA "Asyndeton"
for wind ensemble, duration: 8 minutes
The ASCAP composer/judges for the 2002 competition
were: David Del Tredici, Dan Welcher and Daron Hagen.
The conductor jurors selected by CBDNA were Thomas Duffy
(Yale University) and Charles Peltz (New England Conservatory
of Music).
ASCAP is the world’s largest performing rights
organization, with over 145,000 composers, authors and
publishers in the United States, representing music
of every variety and style. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing
rights organization governed by and for its members.
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