Finalist: Astral Canticle , by Augusta Read Thomas
Premiered June 1, 2006 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (G. Schirmer, Inc.)
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Music in 2007:
Elliot Goldenthal
Premiered June 8, 2006 by the Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, libretto by Julie Taymor and J.D. McClatchy.
The Jury
The Jury
Yehudi Wyner(chair )*
professor of music
David Baker
distinguished professor of music and chair of the Jazz department
Ingrid Monson
Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music
John Rockwell
critic
John Schaefer
host, Soundcheck
Winners in Music
Yehudi Wyner
Premiered February 17, 2005 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Associated Music Publishers, Inc.)
Steven Stucky
Premiered March 12, 2004 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California. (Theodore Presser Company)
Paul Moravec
Premiered by the Trio Solisti and clarinet soloist David Krakauer on May 2, 2003 at the Morgan Library, New York City.
John Adams
Premiered by the New York Philharmonic on September 19, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall.
2007 Prize Winners
The Wall Street Journal
For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Renée C. Byer
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.