Open Letter
An open letter from our Music Director. Jordan Randall Smith | Founder & Music Director
Dear Friends and Family,
Thanks to all of you, Baltimore now has a new cultural organization, Symphony Number One, and the internet has a new place for exciting and meaningful music by emerging composers. You helped us build it, you helped fund it, and you should be proud of everything that's come out of it!
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Call for Scores 2 | Finalists
Congratulations to the 12 finalists for Symphony Number One's second Call for Scores! From the finalists, 2 winners will be commissioned to compose for Symphony Number One's 2016-2017 Season! The composers, in alphabetical order:
- Michael Betz
- Luke Carlson
- Peter Dayton
- Michael-Thomas Foumai
- Federico Garcia-De Castro
- Martha Callison Horst
- Kyle Krause
- Nick Omiccioli
- Scott Ordway
- Daniel James Valentine
- Dan VanHassel
- Luna Pearl Woolf
Special thanks to our Round 2 Judges for doing an in-depth study of all of the fine scores from our slate of nominees! Our Round 2 judges are:
- Christopher Ciampoli
- Shafer Mahoney
- Michelle Rofrano
- Jordan Randall Smith
- Brian Zator
Pictured Left-to-Right: Nicholas Bentz, Jordan Randall Smith, Christopher Ciampoli
Look for our winners to be announced soon!
Call for Scores 2 | Nominees
Congratulations to the Round 1 Nominees for Symphony Number One's second Call for Scores!
The following composers have been nominated for promotion to Round 2 by one or more of our Round 1 panelists. (Composer order is arbitrary.)
The nominees are:
- Stephen Gorbos
- Nick DiBerardino
- Alican Çamcı
- Evan Ware
- Martha Callison Horst
- Paul Richards
- Luna Pearl Woolf
- Michael Betz
- Luke Carlson
- John Hennecken
- Kaito Nakahori
- Kyle Krause
- Vicente Hansen
- Oren Boneh
- Ashkan Behzadi
- Nick Omiccioli
- Dan VanHassel
- Soosan Lolavar
- Federico Garcia-De Castro
- John K. Leupold II
- John Allemeier
- Peter Dayton
- Edward J . RosenBerg III
- Scott Ordway
- Daniel James Valentine
- Michael-Thomas Foumai
- Marc Hoffeditz
Special thanks to our Round 1 Judges for carefully considering all 120 entries and 240 scores! Our Round 1 judges are:
- Alexa Rinn
- Jonathan Hugendubler
- Scott Miller
- Elizabeth Hill
- Christy Muncey
- Andrew Boss
Pictured Left-to-Right: Nicholas Bentz, Jordan Randall Smith, Christopher Ciampoli
Congratulations to the Round 1 Nominees for Symphony Number One's second Call for Scores! The Nominees are:Stephen...
Posted by Symphony Number One on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
