Young Composers Competition

Pacific Chorale's biennial Young Composers Competition was created to encourage the proliferation of America's choral music. In May 2007, the Chorale put out a nationwide call to composers under the age of 35 to submit work samples for consideration. In addition to the premiere performances and a cash prize, the winning composers Zachary Wadsworth and Michael Eglin were guests at Pacific Chorale's American Masterpieces Choral Festival in 2008, where they heard their works performed and had the opportunity to meet and work with Festival Composers-in-Residence Alice Parker, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. Joseph Gregorio's Love, thricewise, the winning composition of the 2010 Young Composers Competition, was premiered by the 24-voice John Alexander Singers at Samueli Theater in February 2010.

For information about Pacific Chorale's Young Composers Competition, please contact Katherine Yang.

The winning compositions to date can be heard on the videos below:

Zachary Wadsworth, Fantasy on a Theme by William Billings


Michael Eglin, Barter


Joseph Gregorio, Love, thricewise

Zachary Wadsworth	Michael Eglin	Joseph Gregorio