Heckscher Foundation-Ithaca College Composition Prize

The Ithaca College School of Music 2011 Heckscher Composition Prize

The winning piece of the 2011 Heckscher Prize in Composition is: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (2011) by Jesse Benjamin Jones, which will be performed on April 10, 2012 by the Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble featuring mezzo-soprano Jennifer Kay.

The Ithaca College School of Music 2012 Heckscher Composition Prize

The Ithaca College School of Music is pleased to announce the 2012 Heckscher International Composition Prize. This year the competition is for the best work, submitted by a composer of any age or nationality, for a duo made of piano and another instrument of choice (this instrument must be found in conventional orchestra and band instrumentation; music for piano duo or piano 4 hands is excluded.) The work’s duration must be 10 minutes minimum. 

The composer of the winning work will receive $2,500, and is expected to attend the award performance at Ithaca College in the spring of 2013.  ($500 will be provided toward travel, and accommodations and meals will be provided while in Ithaca.)  There is no entrance fee.

Receipt (not postmark) deadline is May 31, 2012.  The winning work will be announced on the Ithaca College Heckscher Competition website by October 15, 2012.

For submitting materials electronically, please send an e-mail to jvgrossmann@ithaca.edu with "Heckscher E-submission" on the subject line. Leave the body of the e-mail blank.  You will then receive an e-mail containing instructions and a link for uploading your materials. For this electronic submission, only scores in pdf format and audio files in mp3 format will be accepted.   

If sending hard copy, please send score and recording (if available, MIDI acceptable), to:

Dr. Jorge Grossmann

School of Music

Ithaca College

953 Danby Road

Ithaca, NY 14850

For return of materials, a SASE must be included.