ST. LOUIS, MO (January 30, 2020) Noah Tan (16) from Stevensville, Michigan has been awarded First Place in the Level One Division (ages 12-16) of the Community Music School (CMS) of Webster University’s Young Composers Competition for his composition titled
Swallows of Amritsar
. Judges describe his work as having "a very strong compositional voice" that "ebbs and flows naturally."
Tan has been invited to St. Louis where his composition will be performed by musicians from
Chamber Project St. Louis
and recorded as part of the Young Composers Concert at 3:00 p.m. on March 21st. In addition, he will have the opportunity to get feedback on his work from visiting composer,
Angélica Negrón, Puerto Rican-born composer, multi-instrumentalist and Teaching Artist for the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers program.
"The students selected in this competition are among the best emerging young composers in the nation," said Carol Commerford, director of the CMS. "We received over 40 submissions from all over the country and from as far away as England and China. The CMS is proud to bring public performance and recognition to these new works and these young composers that represent the future of music in our communities."
More about Noah Tan
Noah Tan
(age 16) is currently a junior at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. He has studied composition with Mr. David Weirich of Culver Academies and Dr. Martin Amlin from Boston University, and Dr. Justin Casinghino of Boston University. N. H-L has attended composition programs such as the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) Young Artists Composers Program, in which he had masterclasses with John Wallace and Nico Muhly. His recent awards include the winner of the 2018 Indiana Music Educators Association Young Composers Competition, state and regional winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Composition Competition, and national finalist of the NFMC Junior Composition Competition. His works have been played by Ellie Jarrett Shattles, the Tanglewood Music Center Fromm String Quartet, Vento Chiaro Wind Quintet, Triton Brass, and members of BUTI Young Artists Orchestra.
