Award-winning Music Composer & Orchestrator

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The American Prize Winner 2023!

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Press Release: Seattle composer, Nan Avant is the Winner of The American Prize 2023:
Composition, Pops/Light Music division, for her piece entitled “Tributum.”  Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra appears on the Navona Records album, Legends and Light v.2 performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a PARMA recordings label.

Avant’s music was selected from applications reviewed recently from all across the United States. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its thirteenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Thousands of artists from all fifty states have derived benefit from their participation in the contests of The American Prize, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.

Link to official announcement

Composer’s Biographical Sketch:

Avant’s music awards and nominations include two Global Music Awards~Silver Medal 2022, a Finalist in The American Prize and a four-time nominee in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Avant’s ’Tributum’ has aired on Ireland’s Public Radio in the UK and throughout the U.S. Avant has scored numerous indie films and her concert music has been performed in the U.S. and internationally. Avant holds a B.F.A. degree in Piano Performance from California Institute of the Arts and has studied film scoring at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring institute. www.nanavant.com 

WEBSITE: www.theamericanprize.org

BLOG: www.theamericanprize.blogspot.com

CONTACT: David Katz, chief judge of The American Prize

EMAIL: theamericanprize@gmail.co

2023 Global Music Award!

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The Global Music Awards 2023

I am honored to announce that I have received  Global Music Award~ Silver Medal from the  for my orchestral work, Sirens of the Salish Sea 1. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra  recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra on  Navona Records, PARMA recording label which appears on the album Symphonic Chronicles V.1 released April 28, 2023.
The Global Music Awards was “established in 2011, by Thomas Eugene Baker, Ph.D., the Global Music Awards is a well-known international music competition which celebrates independent musicians. Global Music Awards is widely recognized by industry insiders as giving legitimacy to highly talented artists. ‘Global Music Awards is recognized as music’s golden seal of approval.
"...the evocative Sirens of the Salish Sea, are truly inspired and capable of 
imprinting clear images and sensations in our mind." ... Read more

"In love with natural landscapes, Avant exhibits her symphonic lyricism reaching 
grandeur and emotion, two qualities of her music.” Read more

CLOUZINE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AWARD 2023

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I am honored to share with you that Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Lorne MacDougall on  Scottish Pipes and Ryan Murphy on Irish Pipes has received another accolade! This time from the International Music Competition, Clouzine based in London, UK. Many thanks to Clouzine for the recognition and award to Tributum!  I was also interviewed for their online publication, Clouzine Magazine which showcases an eclectic array of music composers and musicians. The link will take you to an ” interactive magazine” where you can read the entire magazine. Tributum  also  aired on the Clouzine Radio M-XCLOUD online

 

Click on the Clouzine Magazine image below and read the ” interactive magazine”

Scroll to Page 6 to read Nan’s interview.

 

CLOUZINE RADIO– Tributum  @30:59  listen to the March of Tributum performed by Lorne MacDougall on Great Highland Bagpipes.

 

 

 

TRIBUTUM~SEMIFINALIST IN THE AMERICAN PRIZE 2023!

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Great News! Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2022 release, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2023 The American Prize  in Composition, Pop/Light Music Division.

The American Prize will be announcing finalists in my division soon. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition here: www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on The American Prize Facebook page.

Tributum appears on the album, Legends and Light v. 2 

Tributum on WPRB Radio Princeton, Dec. 31st 2022 Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen

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Saturday, December 31
9:30am -1:0 pm (ET)
https://wprb.com/
Award winning composition, Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Lorne MacDougall and Ryan Murphy on Pies,  will be broadcast on WPRB 103.3FM, Princeton, as part of an annual Viva 21st Century marathon of 100 new works, presented by Marvin Rosen. link above.  Tributum received a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards, 2022. Tributum appears on  PARMA Recordings, Navona Records album, Legends and Light v. 2 Many thanks to Marvin Rosen for airing

Tributum with this amazing line up of composer from the 21st Century!

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GMA~SILVER MEDAL AWARD ~TRIBUTUM

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The Global Music Awards 2022

I am honored to announce that I have received  Global Music Award~ Silver Medal from the  for my orchestral work, Tribitum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra which appears on the album Legends and Lights v.2. recorded by The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Navona Records, PARMA recording label.  The Global Music Awards selects winners every few months and I was awarded this honor in July 2022. I have recently heard that another composer on our album, Helen Mackinnon received a Silver Medal for her orchestral work on our album, Legends and Light v.2.
The Global Music Awards was “established in 2011, by Thomas Eugene Baker, Ph.D., the Global Music Awards is a well-known international music competition which celebrates independent musicians. Global Music Awards is widely recognized by industry insiders as giving legitimacy to highly talented artists. ‘Global Music Awards is recognized as music’s golden seal of approval.
 
Each year, Global Music Awards receives hundreds of entries from around the world. If you receive Global Music Award honors you will know that you music stands-out internationally, across cultures. You are being judged in an international competition, not just an American competition. Global Music Award participants are from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands,  China, Colombia, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Wright, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Guatemala, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States and Venezuela.”

 

Score and Parts available at JWPepper HERE

 

The American Prize 2022~Finalist!

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I am delighted to announce that I am a finalist in The American Prize 2022  music competition. My orchestral work, Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra, is among the  17 finalist in the Orchestral Division.  The competition receives submission from hundreds of composers throughout the United States and I am indeed ecstatic to be on this list! For complete list to this link  Here

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is honored to announce 2022 FINALIST composers of orchestra music in the professional division.  Congratulations! (The professional division finalists were announced on Monday, April 25, 2022)

As the contests unfold, runners-up and winners will be selected from this list. To know the exact date when finalists will be announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.

 

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its twelfth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Thousands of artists from all fifty states have derived benefit from their participation in the contests of The American Prize, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.  Information about the 2022-23 season of contests has been updated and applications are now being accepted. (http://theamericanprize.org)

Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra is the first movement from the Quintet Suite~Sirens of the Salish Sea. I am in the process of orchestrating the entire work and will announce when complete. The Score and Parts for Soundness of the Sea are available at JWPepper HERE

 

The American Prize~ Semi-Finalist 2022

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I am pleased to announce that my orchestral work, Soundness of the Sea from the Quintet Suite, Sirens of the

Salish Sea, is a semi-finalist in the Composers Music For Orchestra category of The American Prize 2022.

The list includes many accomplished composers (the list below is only the first half  the semi-finalists) with their original orchestral works and this competition is very competitive indeed! I am extremely grateful to be on this list!

Updates later as to the finalist will be. The American Prize Website  and the complete list of semi-finalist: