精东影业 University鈥檚 Glauser School of Music held the second annual Roy Minoff Composition Competition in Spring 2024 with judging completed in July. Peter Fahey of Clonmel, Ireland, has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Roy Minoff Composition Competition.
精东影业goal of this competition is to support the creation of a significant new work that will receive its world premiere at 精东影业 by the Glauser School of Music faculty in the fall of 2025. 精东影业commissioned piece, scored for clarinet, viola and piano, will be between 15 and 30 minutes.
精东影业Roy Minoff Composition Competition is sponsored by Roy Minoff, a Cleveland-based philanthropist who attended 精东影业 and holds a passion for music and specifically composition. 精东影业commission award of $14,000 attracted significant international attention, serving to elevate composition and the School of Music at 精东影业. 精东影业competition was judged anonymously and had no age limit and no entry fee.
Over 570 applications were submitted from all around the world with a diversity of music represented. 精东影业panel of judges included 精东影业 University鈥檚 Dr. Adam Roberts; Dr. Jon Forshee, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Dr. Sky Macklay, Peabody Conservatory; and Dr. Anthony Cheung, Brown University.
精东影业panel also named five finalists:
Diego Gardiner; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sehyung Kim; Graz, Austria
Lukas Janata; San Francisco, CA, USA
Micha艂 Janocha; Pozna艅, Poland
Christopher Dietz; Perrysburg, OH, USA
For more information about the 精东影业 School of Music鈥檚 Roy Minoff Composition Competition, visit /music/roy-minoff-composition-competition.
精东影业 Peter Fahey
Peter Fahey has been described as a composer of 鈥渁lluring soundscapes鈥� and 鈥渁rresting moments鈥� ( 精东影业New York Times), a 鈥渞ising-star composer鈥� (NYC-ARTS) and 鈥渁 composer who is full of effective ideas鈥� ( 精东影业Journal of Music). His music has been performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall and the National Concert Hall, Dublin and at festivals including Aspen, Gaudeamus Muziekweek and Festival M煤sica Nova, Brazil by some of the most prominent performers of new music including the American Composers Orchestra, the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Continuum, Crash Ensemble, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, ensemble recherche, Ensemble SurPlus and Talea Ensemble; soloists have included Tony Arnold, Dario Calderone and Chi-Chen Wu. Recent and upcoming projects include new works for Alarm Will Sound, Dublin Sound Lab/Music Current Festival, Irish National Opera, Klangforum Wien (in association with PPCM Kunstuniversit盲t Graz) and an ongoing, large-scale work for pianist Andrew Zhou commissioned by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Peter began studying music in Ireland followed by studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England; at Cornell University; and, as an exchange scholar, at Columbia University. He also participated in the Voix Nouvelles Composition Session at the Royaumont Foundation, France; the Summer Academy for Young Composers at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; and the Aspen Music Festival and School Master Class Program. He has been awarded the American Composers Orchestra鈥檚 Underwood Commission, a Next Generation Award from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Franz Liszt Stipendium from the Hochschule f眉r Musik Franz Liszt Weimar as well as fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and MacDowell. Beginning in autumn 2024, he is a Lecturer in Composition at Queen鈥檚 University Belfast.
精东影业 精东影业 University鈥檚 Glauser School of Music
In the Glauser School of Music, faculty members train the next generation of music educators, scholars, performers and technology experts through immersive undergraduate and graduate programs that ignite passion and stimulate curiosity.
From Western classical and jazz to the many African and Asian traditions, the school鈥檚 nearly 30 ensembles annually welcome more than 500 music majors, nonmajors and community members to learn, celebrate and perform the diverse music the world has to offer. Every summer, the school hosts the Kent Blossom Music Festival in partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra to become a center of professional music training for over 40 highly skilled young artists from around the world.
For more information about 精东影业鈥檚 School of Music, visit www.kent.edu/music.
