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 The American Prize is pleased to announce FINALIST conductors and ensembles, 2012, in the College/University division. Please scroll down for additional finalist conductors and ensembles in choral and orchestral music, wind band, opera and musical theater. Congratulations!
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The American Prize in Orchestral Performance, 2012—College/University Division
Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Droste, conductor, Stillwater, OK—Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Debussy, Respighi, Silbelius
Lamont Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Golan, conductor, Denver, CO—Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Hill: Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven 7.1)
Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Jimenez, conductor, Tallahassee, FL—Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy, Images, Peanuts Gallery
University of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kalam, conductor, Chapel Hill, NC—Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Sommerville, conductor, Wheaton, IL—Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin, Mahler, more
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The American Prize in Conducting—Orchestra Division, 2012—College/University
Ricardo Averbach—Miami University Symphony Orchestra, Oxford, OH—Liszt, Debussy, Brahms, more
Daniel W. Boothe—Chautauqua Summer Festival Orchestra, Chautauqua, NY—Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Tchaikovsky: Elegy
Conner Gray Covington—Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Rochester, NY—Schumann, Dvorak: Symphony No. 6, Beethoven, Wagner
Yorgos Kouritas—Boise Philharmonic, others, Boise, ID—Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, more
Gemma New—Peabody Recital Orchestra, Baltimore, MD—Wagner, Stravinsky, Brahms
Dr. David Rudge—SUNY Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, Fredonia, NY—Elgar: Enigma Variations, Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Dr. Bryce Seliger—The Pacific Philharmonic, Forest Grove, OR— Gould, Stravinsky, Beethoven
Vlad Vizireanu—Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra, Tempe, AZ—Vaughan Williams, Liszt
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