Presented by Rapido! Founders Atlanta Chamber Players & The Antinori Foundation
with
Boston Musica Viva, Fifth House Ensemble,
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, & Voices of Change
Rapido!® A 14-Day Composition Contest was founded by the Atlanta Chamber Players & The Antinori Foundation in 2009 to promote new chamber music compositions. Rapido! begins a third cycle - Take Three! - in 2012, presented by the Atlanta Chamber Players and The Antinori Foundation, with partner ensembles Boston Musica Viva, Fifth House Ensemble (Chicago), Voices of Change (Dallas) and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (San Francisco).
The Rapido Contest challenges composers of all ages from all 50 US states to submit an original short work in just 14 days: musical form and instrumentation are specified. Regional finalist works compete at regional concerts, followed by a National Competition Concert with the national finalist from each of 5 regions competing. First prize is a $5,000 Commission to expand the winning work for premiere performance by all five partner ensembles in their home cities the following season.
Registration for the nationwide 2012-2013 Rapido! Contest cycle takes place in Spring 2012. Visit the Rapido! website for contest rules, videos of the 2010-2011 cycle, and further information.
Rapido! 2010-2011 cycle New England regional finalists:
Patrick Greene: AbstractEXTRACTION (Winner, New England Region)
Sam Headrick: The Flamingo Dances
Eric Sawyer: Excursions
Patrick Greene is a composer, singer, and conductor. His music can best be characterized by a persistent lyricism that transcends aesthetics and schools of thought, uniting his disparate styles with a common voice. A composer of more than thirty works, Mr. Greene has been commissioned by artists as diverse as the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, The Elmsmen, Ensemble Amarcord, the Trinity College Chapel Singers, the Trinity College Concert Choir, the Pleasant Bay Children's Chorus, and Yohei Sato. Mr. Greene recently earned his MM degree in Composition from The Boston Conservatory in May 2010. He graduated with a BA in Music from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) in 2007. Mr. Greene is a founding member of The Fifth Floor Collective, a Boston-based composers' ensemble.
Sam Headrick’s creative output has covered a wide range of compositional languages and techniques, but has always been concerned, ultimately, with the expressive impact and meaning of the complete composition. Mr. Headrick has received performances and commissions from such artists as Lukas Foss, Theodore Antoniou, Craig Wich, Sanford Sylvan, and Edwin Barker, and from such organizations as the St. Louis Symphony Chamber Players, the Huntington Theater Company, and the Opera Laboratory Theater Company, among many others. Mr. Headrick received his B.M. and M.M. from the University of North Texas and his Ph.D. at the Eastman School of Music. On the composition faculty of Boston University since 1981, Mr. Headrick has also served as Co-Director and Conductor of the Boston University New Music Ensemble and Director of Electronic Music.
Eric Sawyer's music receives frequent performances on both coasts, as well as in England, France, and Germany. His opera Our American Cousin recently received its stage premiere from Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Mr. Sawyer has received the Joseph Bearns Prize, awards from the Tanglewood Music Center and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a recent prize from the Ravinia Festival for his piano trio Lincoln’s Two Americas. Recent performances include works on programs by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Brentano String Quartet, and the Seraphim Singers. Mr. Sawyer received his undergraduate musical training at Harvard College and completed his graduate studies at Columbia University and the University of California, Davis. Mr. Sawyer joined the composition faculty of Amherst College in 2002.
