The winner of the 2018 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award is James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2 – “Voices.” The work will be performed on March 8, 2019 by the United States Air Force Band, Col. Donald Schofield, Conductor, at the 85th annual convention of the American Bandmasters Association to be held in Loveland, Colorado.  For more information about James Stephenson’s compositions, please visit his website: https://composerjim.com...read more ->

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The winner of the 2017 Sousa/ABA/Ostwald Contest is Christopher Lowry for A Cypress Prelude. The work will be performed on March 9, 2018, by the Baylor University Wind Ensemble, Eric Wilson conductor, at the 84th annual convention held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. For more information about Christopher Lowry’s works, please visit his Soundcloud page at www.soundcloud.com/chrislowrymusic-1. For general information on the Sousa/ABA/Ostwald Contest, click here....read more ->

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