Results of the 2024 Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize
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The Peter Tranchell Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize: Will Harmer, for his songs Lullaby and Summer Dance. The work will be published here soon, along with other prize-winning and commended entries.
Will's songs, and some of the 2nd and 3rd prize songs, will be performed by Mary Bevan and James Gilchrist in the Songs, Lost and Found concert on 9th November 2024.
Scores of Will's songs are available here:
We're very happy to award two additional prizes, as the judges felt these were also of exception merit:
Ian Shaw, for Songs for Peter (Catholic Church, Words cannot express, Lullaby) - £250 awarded
Guy Turner, for Three in Three (Lace yourself tighter, Lucy; Malcy's Chapel; Arlington Road Valse) - £100 awarded.
Scores of Ian Shaw and Guy Turner's songs:
And we offer special commendation to the following:
Alexander Edward Ling, for 21st Century News (Love, Cherish, Obey; I'm the Minister; No hunting; Catholic Church; Advice to young ladies; Lullaby)
John Whittaker, for Summer Dance and C'est La Vie
Ian Coleman, for Stipulatinus and The Five Four Tune
A particular commendation is also offered to:
Denise Langley, for C'est La Vie and The Five Four Tune - Denise had learned music theory in lockdown, and started composing in her 70's. These pieces were the first she had ever shown to others, and were of commendable quality, such that Will Vann performed C'est La Vie in the pre-concert piano section.
The other 11 entries all showed impressive talent and imagination in their responses to the brief. It was hard not to award a prize to every entry!