Past PMEA Composition Program Awardees – Pennsylvania Music Educators Association

Year	Level	Title	Instrumentation	Composer	School
2024	ES	Scale Catastrophe	Small String Ens.	Ellie Cunalata Zook	Hinkletown Mennonite School
	HS	Six Cats in a Lake	Small Band Ens.	Evan Bang	Bloomsburg Area HS
	HS	Salvaci Dalle Nostre Paure	Choral Ensemble	Nora Gillott	Connellsville Area HS
	HS	Masquerade of the Faeries	Full Orchestra	Sam Graaf	Haverford SHS
	HS	Fantasia	Small String Ens.	Andrew Schwenk	Exeter Twp. SD
	HS/Open Track	Piano Sonata No.1, 2nd Movement	Solo Piano	Evan Forcey	Clearfield Area JSHS
	PCMEA	Lied der Alten Walder	Full Orchestra	Brian Gambler	Messiah University
2023	HS	“Fenway Goose Crossing”	Small String Ensemble	Malcom Chiang	Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12
	HS	“Resilience”	String Orchestra	Daniel Chu	Spring-Ford SHS
	HS	“Songs for the People”	SATB Choir	Jacob Picking	Chambersburg Area SHS
	PMEA Level – Written for ES/MS Ensembles	“The Gull”	String Ensemble	Clifford Hall	Owen J. Roberts SD
	PMEA Member	“Two Italian Songs”	Concert Band	Thomas Bassett	Dallas MS
	Open Track	“Fantasy for Orchestra”	Orchestra	Ethan Hsu	Welsh Valley MS
2022	HS	“Petty Grievances”	Brass Ensemble	Michelle Loalza	Liberty HS
	HS	“Five Stages of Grief”	Saxophone Quartet	David Miller	South Williamsport Area JSHS
	PCMEA	“Fuchsia Dream”	Saxophone Quartet	Dylan Opalinski	Indiana Univ. of PA
	PMEA Level – Written for ES/MS Ensembles	“Perturbance Dance”	String Ensemble	Sara Schmehl	Carlisle Area SD
	PMEA Mbr	“Aboard the Galleon”	Wind Ensemble	Jeffrey Hart	Haverford HS
	Open Track	“Midnight Duo”	Two Cellos	Mark Lancaster	Lower Merion HS

2021	ES	“Rondo for Two Horns”	French Horn Duet	Alexander Lauver	Jefferson Hills Int School
	HS	“Peace”	SATB Choir	Issac Detweiler	Quakertown Community HS
	HS	“Fredenwalde”	Orchestra	Aaron Kaufman	Conemaugh Twp MS/HS
	HS	“A Hero’s Journey”	Flute, French Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass & Percussion	Sierra Kunigus	Palisades HS
	HS	“Clarinet Quintet”	Clarinet & String Quartet	Eric Tao	Strath Haven HS
	HS	“Since Hushabye Never Lasts”	Orchestra	Brennan Wesley	Hampton HS
	PCMEA	“Echo”	SATB Choir	Geoffrey McKain	Duquesne University
	PCMEA	“Four Miniatures for String Quartet”	String Quartet	Dylan Opalinski	Indiana Univ. of PA
	PMEA Mbr – written for ES/MS Ensembles	“Sonbahar”	String Orchestra with piano	Sara Schmehl	Carlisle Area SD
	PMEA Mbr – written for ES/MS Ensembles	“The Conquistadors”	Concert Band	Devon Smeal	West Mifflin Area SD
	Open Track	“The March of the Hornets	Symphonic Band	Brendan Baig	Emmaus HS
	Open Track	“Sonata for Sax	Alto Saxophone & Piano	Thomas Bassett	Music Educator, Dallas HS
	Open Track	“I Will Not Forget”	SATB Choir	Aaron Caplea	Slippery Rock University
	Open Track	“Summer Episodes”	Woodwind Quintet (with sax substitution for French Horn)	Matthew Ceresini	Music Educator, Hempfield HS
	Open Track	“The Silent Choir”	Body Percussion	Pete Deshler	Music Educator, Easton Area HS
	Open Track	“Losing It”	Solo Voice & Piano	Mallory Fischer	Villa Maria Academy
	Open Track	“Jabberwocky”	Solo Voice & Piano	Tristan McQuiddy	Lower Dauphin HS
	Open Track	“The Strife Between Two Opposing Dreams”	Strings, Brass, Percussion, Piano & Choir	Chance Stewart	Delaware Valley HS
	Open Track	“A Time of Emergence”	Orchestra	Abby Zimmerman	Delaware Valley HS

2020	MS	“Altruistic Bloom”	Viola, Harp & Glockenspiel	Yandi Wen	JP Liberati Int. School (Southern Lehigh SD)
	HS	“King Arthur”	String Quartet	Christopher Palmer	Rustin HS (West Chester SD)
	HS	“I Made the Night Sky from Aluminum Foil”	Trumpet, clarinet, piano, violin, viola & double bass	Yanfei Wen	Southern Lehigh HS
	PCMEA	“String Quartet in D Major”	String Quartet	Nicholas McWilliams	Bloomsburg University
	PMEA Mbr	“Hollyhock”	Percussion Ensemble	Jake Olimpi	Marple Newtown HS
2019	ES	“Fireworks”	Cello & Piano	Alexander Lauver	Gill Hall ES
	HS	“Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 1”	Orchestra	Michael Kronengold	Owen J. Roberts HS
	HS	“Ave Maria”	SATB Choral	Maire Pasquinelli	Canon-McMillan HS
	PCMEA	“Waterfall”	SATB Choral	David Marques	Indiana Univ. of PA
	PMEA Mbr	“The Bridge”	Concert Band	Jeff Herwig	Mercer Area MSHS
	PMEA Mbr	“Final Days”	A Cappella Spiritual	Philip Parlock	Forest Hills JSHS

2018	MS	“Sunrise”	String Quartet	Mark Lancaster	Bala Cynwyd MS
	HS	“Where Will I Go?”	4-Part Choir and Piano	Garrett Hoffman	Bethel Park HS
	HS	“Fugue in G Minor”	Brass Quintet	Nathaniel Maxwell	Everett Area HS
	PCMEA	“Brass Quintet No. 2”	Brass Quintet	Andrew Junttonen	Indiana University of PA
	PMEA Members	“Furin Kazan: The Way of the Samurai”	Full Band	James DeVivo	Pleasant Valley HS

2017	MS	“Battle Time”	Full Band	Angelo Daddona	Whitehall-Coplay MS
	HS	“Tarantella”	Full Band	Robbie Halpner	Upper Saint Clair HS
	HS	“A Call to Courage”	Full Orchestra	Daniel DiMarino	Owen J. Roberts HS
	PMEA Member	“Jazz Clones”	Jazz Ensemble	Ben Saylor	Indiana Area SD

2016	MS	“Moods”	Piano and Solo Violin	J. Oliver Choo	The Winchester-Thurston School
	HS	“Scherzo Villano”	String Quartet	Daniel DiMarino	Owen J. Roberts HS
	HS	“String Quartet No. 1”	String Quartet	Mitchell McVeigh	McDowell HS
	PMEA Member	“Exultation for Band”	Concert Band	David C. Overholtzer	Perkiomen Valley HS
	PMEA Member	“A Fleeting Moment”	Concert Band	Robert Traugh	Kiski Area SD

2015	ES	“Oberon’s Golden Falcon”	Piano and Solo Violin	Yanfei “Sophie” Wen	Joseph P. Liberati Int. School
	MS	“Burst”	Piano and Solo Violin	J. Oliver Choo	The Winchester-Thurston School
	HS	“Nefarioso”	String Quartet	Daniel DiMarino	Owen J. Roberts HS
	HS	“Alleluia!”	Four-Part Choir	Jennifer Summy	Susquenita HS
	HS	“Satanic Dance”	String Quartet	Jason Vassiliou	Conestoga HS
	PMEA Member	“Event Horizon”	String Quartet	Jude Gore	Connelsville Area SD
	PMEA Member	“Nowell! Mortals, Awake”	8-Part Choir	Rebecca Rhodes	Brandywine Heights HS

2014	ES	“Violet”	Piano and Violin	Yanfei “Sophie” Wen	Southern Lehigh SD
	MS	“If Only”	Piano and Trumpet	Robbie Halpner	Fort Couch MS
	HS	“Lux Ex Tenebris”	String Quartet	Nathaniel Frank	Beaver Area HS
	HS	“Chorale No. 1 in Db Major”	String Quartet	Andrew Herring	Central Dauphin HS
	PCMEA	“Two Poems by Carl Sandburg”	Choral	Anne-Marie Hildebrandt	Penn State University

2013	MS	“Tempete”	Piano and Xylophone	Jacob Bodinger	Selinsgrove Area MS
	HS	“Maiden’s Dance”	String Quartet	Justin Brown-Gnara	Fox Chapel Area HS
	HS	“Farewell”	Brass Quintet	Winfield Carson	Lincoln Park Performing Arts CS
	HS	“Starsept”	String Quartet	Christopher Lazzaro	Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
	PCMEA	“The Ohio River”	Full Band	Stephen Philip Harvey	Seton Hill University

2012	ES	“Sweet and Scary Dreams”	Instrumental (Piano)	Philip Baldassari	Regina Coeli Academy
	HS	“L’ispirazione di Sebastian Anthony Russo”	Full Orchestra	Winfield Carson	Lincoln Park Performing Arts CS
	HS	“Cimmerian Snowfall”	SSATBB, flute quartet & timpani	Alexander Chadwell	Cedar Cliff HS
	HS	“String Quartet No. 1 “Elemental,” op. 15: IV. Salamandrae (Fire)”	String Quartet	Chason Goldfinger	Conestoga HS
	HS	“Reflections”	Instrumental (Piano)	David C. Logue	Hollidaysburg Area SHS
	PCMEA	“A Well Oiled Machine”	Instrumental (flute, clarinet, violin, violincello, piano)	Matt Carlson	Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College