Harvey Phillips Award Finalists

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The Harvey G. Phillips Awards were established by ITEA to foster, encourage, and recognize excellence in the field of composition. These awards recognize the very best composers who have produced work of the highest distinction and are indeed given to those whose work illustrates the highest level of artistry, regardless or popularity or other factors.

Here is a list of the three finalists for each of the four categories this year. Winners will be announced Thursday, June 2 at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference Banquet:

Tuba in a solo role
Concertino
Andrew Batterham

Reflections on the Mississippi
Michael Daugherty

RHYTHMING for Air & Hammers
Jerry Grant

Euph in a solo role
Sonata for Euphonium and Piano
John Hennecken

Caprice
Andrew Batterham

Paracosms
Ben McMillan

Tuba and or euphonium ensemble
Abbas Alcobatia for Two Tubas and Piano
Luís Cardoso

UNHA-GATA for Two Tubas and Piano
Amílcar Vasques-Dias

Bachburg Concerto No. 5 for Two Tubas and Piano
Sy Brandon

Tuba or Euphonium featured in Chamber Music
Motions
Matthew Murchison

2nd Chapter of Acts
Mike Fitzpatrick

Fantasia on Medieval Fragments
Dr Paul Terracini

Congrats to all the finalists!