Finalist: Dove Sta Amore , by John Musto
Premiered on March 2, 1996, by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Winners
Prize Winner in Music in 1997:
Wynton Marsalis
Premiered on January 28, 1997 at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Music
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Music in 1997:
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Premiered on April 12, 1996, by the Minnesota Orchestra, Minneapolis.
The Jury
The Jury
Robert Ward(chair )*
composer, Mary Duke Biddle professor of music emeritus
John Harbison*
professor of humanities
John Lewis
composer, musician
Howard Reich
jazz critic
Joseph Schwantner*
professor of music
Winners in Music
George Walker
Premiered on February 1, 1996, in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was commissioned by that orchestra.
Morton Gould
Premiered on March 10, 1994, by the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C..
Gunther Schuller
Premiered on December 2, 1993, in Louisville, Ky. Performed and commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra.
Christopher Rouse
Premiered December 30, 1992, in New York by the New York Philharmonic.
1997 Prize Winners
Byron Acohido
For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.