The 2021 edition of Jâca's Emerging Composers Competition (ECC) centered on a theme relating to "culture." Composers were tasked with writing an original (though music could be drawn from source material), unpublished work for Bb clarinet and guitar with a theme relating to “culture.” Not restricted to the culture of any one country, the work could explore the traditions, customs, values, and lifestyles of any collection of people, including a blending of cultures. We encouraged composers to apply their personal cultural and musical experiences in a single- or multi-movement work, 5-12 minutes in length.

The first-prize winner received an award of $1,000 and had their piece published by Potenza Music, with a guaranteed future performance and recording by Jâca.
Second and third prizes include a recording of their work and a premiere performance by Jâca. 


2021 Prizewinners:
 

1st Prize: Candace Bustard, Melodies from My Mother
2nd Prize: Charles Edholm, Echo Dance
3rd Prize (tie): Adnan Marafi, Arabesque & Michael Caudill, The Wanderer

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Click on the names above to visit composers' websites.

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