2021 Category: Solo Vibraphone – 100th Year of the Vibraphone!
Awards:
• $3,000 grand prize (up to two honorable mentions – $250 each). Additional pieces may be acknowledged
by the judges due to their quality. These pieces will not receive financial awards.
• Winning composition, Honorable mention(s), and additional pieces selected by the judges will be listed
on the PAS website with composer’s picture and bio.
• Winning composition and Honorable mention(s) will be listed along with review of work(s) in
Percussive Notes during early 2022.
• Winning composition and Honorable mention(s) will be further announced at PASIC.
• Winning composition will be performed in the USA during 2022. Other performances around the
world may occur based around availability of performers.
Eligibility:
• Works can not have been premiered and must have been completed after November 1, 2020.
• Duration, level, and instrument range (no larger than 4 octaves) of composition will be left to the
composer. Works using new or extended techniques are also encouraged.
• No arrangements of works will be accepted.
Entry Fee:
$20.00 per composition
Winner Announced:
November 1st, 2021
Judging: All compositions will be adjudicated and given feedback by a panel of 5 judges. The feedback will
be based around accessibility and overall composition.
Application will open in early 2021.
Questions? Please email percarts@pas.org
Deadline 1 August 2021
Website pasjudging.pas.org
