The Finalists & Winners of the 2010-11 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition

Cantata Category Finalists

(Premiere performances, 4:30 PM, February 26, 2011; winner to be announced before the 8 PM, February 26, 2011, performance of The Golden Legend)

Jonathan Blumhofer, Worcester, Massachusetts

By the Seaside (The Secret of the Sea; Seaweed; The Evening Star; The Lighthouse)

Piers Maxim, Brussels, Belgium

Song of the Silent Land (The Dead/L'Envoi)

Choral Category

(Premiere performances, 1:30 PM, February 27, 2011)

The Longfellow Chorus Prize in Choral Composition 2011

Christophr Kies, Durham, New Hampshire

The Musical Sufferings of John Kreisler

The Longfellow Chorus Director's Prize in Choral Composition 2011

Frank Vasi, Branford, Connecticut

King Witlaf's Drinking Horn

The Longfellow Chorus Awards of Distinction in Choral Composition 2011

Lisa Vornberger Bennett, Malvern, Pennsylvania

The Builders

Mary E. Larew, New Haven, Connecticut

Mr. Finney's Turnip ("some silly lines" wrongly attributed to Longfellow)

Mattie Ernst, West St. Paul, Minnesota

The Forget-Me-Nots of the Angels

Valerie Showers Crescenz, East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

Christopher Wicks, Silverton, Oregon

Aftermath

Solo Song (Mezzo-Soprano, with optional bassoon) Category

The Longfellow Chorus Prize in Solo Song Composition 2011

George B. Chave, Arlington, Texas

The Village Blacksmith

The Longfellow Chorus Director's Prize in Solo Song Composition 2011

Ursula Kwong-Brown, New York, New York

The Day Is Done

The Longfellow Chorus Awards of Distinction in Solo Song Composition 2011

Christopher Wicks, Silverton, Oregon

Changed

Jason A. Heald, Roseburg, Oregon

The Singers

The Longfellow Chorus sincerely appreciates each and every submission to our composers competition.

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