Please see the opportunity below. For further information, please contact
Charles Nichols at csnii@vt.edu with any questions.
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From: Charles Nichols
Date: Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 10:07 PM
Subject: Jessie S. Yee Memorial Prize 2021
To: Charles Nichols
Would you please forward this announcement to your students?
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In honor of Jessie S. Yee, an avid supporter of the arts, Gordon Yee and
the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts are pleased to announce the
first annual Yee Prize student composition competition.
All undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at Virginia
Tech, regardless of degree or school, are encouraged to submit their best
music composition, in any genre or medium. A panel of composition faculty
and the winning composer of the Yee Memorial Commission will adjudicate
submissions and select the top three student works. The student composers
of the top three works will receive $500, $250, and $100 and a certificate
presented at the premiere of the Yee Memorial Commission and their pieces
will be posted on the Yee Memorial webpage.
To apply for the competition, submit a MP3 or WAV audio recording or MP4
video recording of the piece, along with a PDF score of the music if
applicable. Information and files must be submitted at
https://forms.gle/oaL1xgJBGoQZAST19, by December 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm
Eastern Time.
Contact Charles Nichols at csnii@vt.edu with any questions.
https://vtx.vt.edu/notices/2021/10/sopa_notice_jessie_s_yee_memorial_prize_2...
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Charles Nichols
Associate Professor, School of Performing Arts, Music
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
Virginia Tech
www.charlesnichols.com
www.youtube.com/user/CharlesSNicholsII
