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Finalist: Concerto for Cello, Piano and String Orchestra , by Ralph Shapey

Premiered on July 31, 1989 at Tanglewood Music Center.

Winners

Prize Winner in Music in 1990:

Mel Powell

Premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on January 26, 1990. Music

The Jury

Donald Martino(Chair)*

Professor of Music, Harvard University

David Hamilton

Music Critic, The Nation

Roger Reynolds*

Professor of Music, University of California, San Diego

Winners in Music

Roger Reynolds

Premiered on December 11, 1988, at Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College, Massachusetts.

William Bolcom

First complete performance by Marc-André Hamelin, pianist, on March 30, 1987 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

John Harbison

Premiered by the Cantata Singers and Ensemble on November 21, 1986, at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

George Perle

Premiered on October 2, 1985 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

1990 Prize Winners