Listen to the Winners

At each Composium, the winners' compositions are performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra or the Marin Symphony. The recordings of these performances (Composium) and the synthesized MIDI or live audio files submitted by the young composers (Submission) are presented here.

2011 Challenge

The 7th annual Young Composers Challenge winners are:

Ensemble

• String Trio 1
  Ryan Dodge - Winston-Salem, NC - age 18
• Reverie and Song
  Joseph Prior - Winter Park, FL - age 17
• The Sailor
  Bradley Kroehling - Merritt Island, FL - age 16
• Shining Brass March
  Caleb Bancroft - Oviedo, FL - age 15

Full Orchestra

• The New Frontier
  Tyler Durham - Nixa, MO - age 18
• Pillars of Creation
  Stephen Spies - Albany, CA - age 17
• Paean
  Kyle Duffee - Pueblo West, CO - age 18

2010 Challenge

The 6th annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Preparation: Trio for English Horn and Strings
  Sam Hooper - Austin, TX - age 18
• Dance Royale
  Joseph Prior - Winter Park, FL - age 16
• Tayna
  Craig Brotherton - Mount Dora, FL - age 17

Full Orchestra

• Atlantis
  Stephen Spies - Albany, CA - age 16
• Symphonic Poem in A flat, "The Beloved"
  Nathan Blair - Cumming, GA - age 16
• Uni Yunie
  Christian McLaughlin - Davenport, FL - age 17

2009 Challenge

The 5th annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Fun Times
  Wilmer Acosta - Sarasota, FL - age 17
• Canon and Postlude for String Trio
  Gabrielle Chou - Hollywood, FL - age 13

Full Orchestra

• A Cell of Incertitude
  John Callahan - Marianna, FL - age 17
• Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
  David Kincaid - Longwood, FL - age 18
• La Noche de Fuego
  Justin Ward Weber - Mount Dora, FL - age 17

2008 Challenge

The 4th annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Natasha's Song
  Katherine Armstrong - Tavares, FL - age 17
• L'Invocation et la Dance
  Stephen Cassells-Hamby - Winter Park, FL - age 16
• Nocturne for Bassoon and Piano
  John Henderson - Marianna, FL - age 17

Full Orchestra

• Battle of Stalingrad
  Nathan Blair - Cumming, GA - age 14
• Flight of the Fourth Caravel
  John Callahan - Marianna, FL - age 16
• Restless Night
  Ryan Dodge - Winston-Salem, NC - age 15

2007 Challenge

The 3rd annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Nocturne
  Joe Coverston - age 18
• Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
  James Everett - age 16
• Ethereal Motion
  Samuel Ciullo - age 18

Full Orchestra

• A Dreamer's Field of Stars
  Joe Columbo - age 18
• Overture di Festival
  Nathan Blair - age 13
• Dark Flare
  Andrew Pease - age 17