JOHN EATON MEMORIAL COMPETITION
The 16th John Eaton Memorial Competition is now closed. The deadline for entries was April 15, 2023. As we sift through the submissions from this years’ competition, we look forward to the 17th John Eaton Memorial Competition, which will open in January 2024.
Please be patient as the judging panel works through the many entires to determine the winner(s). Due to the large number of submissions this year, the announcement of the winning work(s) will be posted on our website and social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) by August 1, 2023 rather than June 30th. Please check back here, or one of our social media pages (links below). All decisions of the NYCC Selection Committee are final.
Please direct any questions regarding the competition or application process in an email to Hubert Howe, Executive Director at Hubert.Howe@gmail.com.
PAST WINNING COMPOSERS AND PIECES
2023: To be announced by June 30, 2023.
2022: Patrick Andrew Thompson, Moments Sweep Past for soprano, cello, and piano
2021: No prize awarded
2020: Jeffrey Niederhoffer, Picking Up Where I Left Off for violin and piano
2019: Cheng Jin Koh, Ecstasy for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
2018: Gilad Cohen, Three Goat Blues for string quartet
2017: Andrey Komanetsky, for String Quartet in Five Movements
2016: No prize awarded
2015: Ross Griffey, Tied by a Chance Bond Together, for violin and piano
2014: Vladimir Del Orbe, Contextual Enigma forclarinet, double bass, and piano
- Honorable Mention: José Beviá, Trio No. 3 for Violin, Cello, and Piano
- Honorable Mention: Jonathan Bingham, Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
2013: Eric Segerstrom, Two Poems, for piano trio
- Honorable Mention: David Brooks, 'Metamorphosis’ Variations, for prepared piano
2012: Jesse Diener-Bennett, Ninth for Two, for flute and violin
2011: Max Giteck Duykers, Glass Blue Cleft, for string quartet
2010: Scott D. Miller, Polychrome Stride, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
2009: Elizabeth Lim, Wafting, for string quartet
2008: Co-winners Robert S. Cohen, The Mysterious Transformation of Johann B., for clarinet and 6 percussionists; Brian Fennelly "Sigol” for Two for two cellos
2007: Dana Dimitri Richardson, Ballade, for piano
- Honorable Mention: Steve Cohen, Serenade for String Quartet
- Honorable Mention: Marc-Antonio Consoli, Tre per Due for flute, clarinet, and piano
- Honorable Mention: Alex Temple, Her Name Was Renée for clarinet, percussion, double bass, and piano
