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2023 Lawson-May Award for Composition 'Duos inspired by the Sea'
Timeline
Submission period
Sat Jul 22 at 04AM UTC
End of submission period
Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 11:59PM UTC
Results date
Fri Mar 1, 2024 at 05PM UTCEntry or Course Fee
Entry fee £10
The Solent Music Festival’s 2023 Lawson-May Award for Composition is now receiving entries. Our theme this year is ‘Inspired by the Sea’ and all entries must be duos (see below).
This prestigious award of £3000, sponsored by Neil Lawson-May, is now in its fourth year and has already attracted almost a thousand entries from all over the world. Open to composers of all ages and nationalities, the final selection is made by a panel of distinguished musicians and the winner chosen by a different guest judge every year:
2020 – Huw Watkins CBE awarded the prize to ‘Qebui’ for piano trio by Eduardo Soutullo (Spain)
2021 – Joanna MacGregor OBE awarded the prize to ‘Atemkristall’ for cello and piano by Gianluca Castelli (Italy)
2022 – Sally Beamish CBE awarded the prize to ‘Aimai’ for shakuhachi and tenor recorder by Hibiki Mukai (Japan)
1) Composers of any age and nationality are eligible
2) Compositions must not have been previously published (all entries will be checked)
3) Compositions must not have won any prize in a previous composition competition (all entries will be checked)
4) Compositions must never have been performed in public (all entries will be thoroughly checked)
5) Only one entry per composer
Details are available at web pages:
https://solentmusicfestival.com/lm-award-3/
This prestigious award of £3000, sponsored by Neil Lawson-May, is now in its fourth year and has already attracted almost a thousand entries from all over the world. Open to composers of all ages and nationalities, the final selection is made by a panel of distinguished musicians and the winner chosen by a different guest judge every year:
2020 – Huw Watkins CBE awarded the prize to ‘Qebui’ for piano trio by Eduardo Soutullo (Spain)
2021 – Joanna MacGregor OBE awarded the prize to ‘Atemkristall’ for cello and piano by Gianluca Castelli (Italy)
2022 – Sally Beamish CBE awarded the prize to ‘Aimai’ for shakuhachi and tenor recorder by Hibiki Mukai (Japan)
1) Composers of any age and nationality are eligible
2) Compositions must not have been previously published (all entries will be checked)
3) Compositions must not have won any prize in a previous composition competition (all entries will be checked)
4) Compositions must never have been performed in public (all entries will be thoroughly checked)
5) Only one entry per composer
Details are available at web pages:
https://solentmusicfestival.com/lm-award-3/
