Accolades and Nominations

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