Margaret Blackburn Composition Competition
The Margaret Blackburn Composition Competition began in 1997. Margaret Blackburn was a
founding member of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter in 1935. When she passed away in 1996, she bequeathed $10,000 to SAI, to be used for a composition competition scholarship. For the first five years, a $500 prize was awarded annually. Since 2003, a $1000 grand prize has been awarded biennially to the female student composer who submitted the winning musical composition. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college, university or graduate music program during the academic year. Compositions should be for a small ensemble of no less than two instruments, which may include voice, and no more than twelve instruments, including voice. Works for instruments and electronic sounds, digital media, CD, interactive compositions or works for electronic sounds alone can be included. No published scores are accepted.
2023's Winner
Juwon Lim
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Judged by Dr. Eric Moe
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Judged by Dr. Eric Moe
Past Award Winners and Judges
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1997
1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 |
Mary Wright, doctoral student
Princeton, NJ Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas, judge Sheila Forrester, doctoral student Florida State University Dr. Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, judge Suzanne Farrin, master's student Yale University Lesley Sommer, doctoral student Indiana University, Bloomington David Stock, judge Stacy Garrop, doctoral student Florida State University Nancy Galbraith, judge Gabriela Lena Frank, doctoral student University of Michigan Reza Vali, judge Mei-mi Lan, doctoral student Boston University Dr. Alan Fletcher, judge Monica Tripp, doctoral student University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas, judge Bomi Jang, master's student Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, judge Liza White, doctoral student University of California at Berkeley Nancy Galbraith, judge Annika Socolofsky, undergraduate Carnegie Mellon University David Stock, judge Eri Kim Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris France Dr. Reza Vali, judge YoungWoo Yoo University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas, judge Laura Schwartz University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Dr. Eric Moe, judge Cheng Jin Koh, an undergraduate student Julliard Nancy Galbraith, judge Lilian Rona Indiana University Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas, judge |
