The Franco Committee of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) announces the winners of its 2023 Franco Composition Contest. The committee received 34 submissions this year, and all materials were anonymized for the jury. The winning pieces will be published by the GCNA and premiered at its 2023 congress in Cohasset, Massachusetts, June 14–17.
The winning composition with a $2,000 award was Four Reflections, by Joseph Fong; second prize with $1,000 was awarded for Moonlight, by Stefano Colletti. Performance awards of $150 each were presented for Breezes by the Shore, by Jose Antonio C. Buencamino; Equilibrium, by Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra; Birthday Fanfare, by Yanchen Ye; and Toccata, by Zachary Zaroogian.
The jury consisted of Margaret Angelini, Linda Dzuris, Alex Johnson, Thomas Lee, Tiffany Ng, Scott Orr, and Charles Zettek.
For information: gcna.org.
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