American Prize Recognizes ACB Members in 2024 Awards Year

From The American Prize Blog:

"The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States at the professional, college/university, church, community and secondary school levels. Administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut, The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually. The competitions of The American Prize are open to all U.S. citizens, whether living in this country or abroad, and to others currently living, working and/or studying in the United States of America, its protectorates and territories." 

In 2024, The American Prize streamlined their processes and are no longer announcing semi-finalists, rather they are going straight to finalists announcements and then announcing winners throughout the year. So we too are changing how we present the information we obtain from the American Prize and will list information by category our members are finalists in, then note the winners placement after their name once it is known. Links to announcements will be at the bottom of this page.

Conducting

Community Band Division

• Ken Bagley,  Avon CT - Plainville Wind Ensemble - The American Prize winner
• Nicolas Propes,   LeClaire IA - Big River Brass Band   -  3rd Place

College Division

• Andrew Pease,  Oneonta NY - Hartwick College Wind Ensemble

Composition

Band/wind ensemble

• Lee Hartman, Kansas City MO - "Emerald"  -  3rd Place
• Randall Standridge, Jonesboro AR - "Utopia; Animation (Episode 1: WABBIT!)" - Finalist Honorable Mention

Major Choral Works

• Augusta Cecconi-Bates, Cape Vincent NY -"We Have a Dream"

Band/Wind Ensemble Performance

Community Division

• Westside Community Band, West Chester OH
• Cleveland Winds, Lakewood OH - 2nd Place (tie)
• The Allentown Band,  Allentown PA - 2nd Place (tie)
• South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble, Egg Harbor Township NJ - The American Prize winner
• Boulder Concert Band, Boulder CO
• Washtenaw Community Concert Band, South Lyon MI
• Arizona Winds, Glendale, AZ - 3rd Place (tie)

Community Division:

• 3rd Place (there was a tie): Nicolas Propes, Big River Brass Band, LeClaire IA

 College Division 

• 3rd Place,  Joshua Kearney , University of NE at Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Omaha, NE

 Links

• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/04/national-finalists-conductors-bandwind.html
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/04/national-finalists-composers-major.html
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/03/national-finalists-composers-bandwind.html
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/05/national-finalists-bandswind-ensembles.html 
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/09/national-winners-composers-bandwind.html
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/11/national-winners-bandswind-ensembles.html
• https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/09/national-winners-conductors-bandwind.html

Note: There are other finalists who have had past membership in the Association of Concert Bands who are not active members in 2024 so are not listed above.  If you believe this to be an error, or were listed as a finalist and are not noted above, please email [email protected].  With the number of finalists, and the number of members, as well as the varying timeline differences between announcement and join date, mistakes may happen.