Finalist: Flower of the Mountain , by Stephen Albert
Premiered on May 17, 1986, at the 92nd Street Y in New York City by the Y Chamber Orchestra.
Winners
Prize Winner in Music in 1987:
John Harbison
Premiered by the Cantata Singers and Ensemble on November 21, 1986, at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Music
The Jury
The Jury
Robert Ward(Chair)*
Professor of Composition, Duke University
David Hamilton
Music Critic, The Nation
Joseph Schwantner*
Composer, Eastman School of Music
Winners in Music
George Perle
Premiered on October 2, 1985 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
Stephen Albert
Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra on January 17, 1985.
Bernard Rands
Premiered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on June 8, 1983.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.
1987 Prize Winners
Charles Krauthammer
For his witty and insightful columns on national issues.
Richard Eder
For his book reviews.