Carillon Composition Competition

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sponsored by the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation


Purpose:

To encourage the writing of original carillon compositions by young composers.

Next Competition: Yr. 2028


Winning compositions of previous competitions:

YearWinning Composition
2026

Sonatina in E-flat Minor by Bradley de Lucia, Olympia, Washington.

Honorable Mention: Falling Stardust by Adam Koch, Waukee, Iowa. 

2024

Celebration in Bells by Ben Drzycimski, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Honorable Mention: Beacon by Jessica Stoker, Ames, Iowa. 

2022Idle Spires for Carillon by Caspian Scott, Chisholm, Australia.

2019 

 

dance beneath the moon (carillon duet) by Joey Brink, Chicago, Illinois.

Honorable Mention: Bell Chant by Naoko Tsujita, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2017Tango for carillon by Chad Cagle, Winona, Minnesota.
2015 Sisyphus Stone for carillon by Kendal Lafayette Fortson, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

2013

 

Center Panel for carillon by Kyle Shaw, Urbana, Illinois.

Honorable Mention: All The Heavens Were A Bell by Philip Rice, East Lansing, Michigan. 

2011 For Whom The Bell Tolls for carillon by Alex Weiser, New York, New York.
2009Hunting St. Hubert for carillon and brass quintet by Ondrej Sarek, Prague, Czech Republic.
2007
 
Aller Guten Dinge Sind Drei! for carillon by Daniel Nass, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2006Erisian Cycles for carillon by Brandon Vaccaro, Denver, Colorado.
2002Five Fancies for carillon by Neil Thornock, Provo, Utah. 
2000 Honorable Mention: Driving Rain for carillon by Keith Jenkins, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Campanarium I for carillon by Neil Thornock, Provo, Utah.
1997 By de dei lâns (The proceedings of the day) for carillon by Klass R. R. de Haan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996

Lux Aeterna for carillon by Mark Storey, Auckland, New Zealand.

Honorable Mention: Echo for carillon and mixed chorus by Amy Michelle Black, Waco, Kentucky.

1995Tree Modes for carillon by Amy Michelle Black, Waco, Kentucky.