Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Competition Winners Announced

The NDSU School of Music is pleased to announce Andrew J. Miller as first place recipient and Elizabeth Lim as second place recipient of the Edwin Fissinger Choral Competition. As the first place winner, The Tyger, written by Miller will be premiered by the NDSU Concert Choir at their Fall Concert on Sunday, October 6, 2013.  The Concert Choir is conducted by Jo Ann Miller.  The Lark, composed by Lim, will receive it’s first performance by the NDSU Madrigal Singers on the same concert.  The Madrigal Singers are conducted by Michael Weber.

 

Andrew Miller is an active choral conductor, clinician, vocalist, composer, arranger and educator in Bismarck, North Dakota. He earned his bachelor’s degree in vocal music education from Bemidji State University prior to receiving his master’s degree in choral conducting from Minnesota State University-Mankato. He has been teaching choral music in Minnesota and North Dakota since 2007 and currently serves as director of choral activities for Bismarck State College.

Miller was the founder and artistic director of the Minnesota-based professional vocal ensemble From Age to Age, which has performed at American Choral Director Association (ACDA) state and regional conferences. The ensemble was also featured in Minnesota Public Radio’s A Taste of the Holiday and Regional Spotlight. Miller currently directs a vocal chamber ensemble in Bismarck called Inspiraré andserves as the R & S Chair of Student and Youth Activities for the ND ACDA.

Santa Barbara Music Publishing has distributed several of Miller’s compositions, including If Music Be the Food of Love, I Carry Your Heart with Me, and Seeds. Hope Music Publishing distributed his piece titled Alleluia.

 

A Juilliard graduate, award-winning composer Elizabeth Lim wrote her first song when she was five years old. Since then, her music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Elizabeth is an alumnus of Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors. Last year, VocalEssence co-presented her choral work, The Tempest, during the 2012 Essentially Choral readings, directed by Philip Brunelle. Following the readings, Elizabeth received a commission to write for VocalEssence’s WITNESS Concert in February 2013. Her choral music has also been performed by the New Amsterdam Singers, Ghostlight, Convivium, and the International Orange Chorale in San Francisco.

 

Please visit http://www.ndsu.edu/finearts/music/fissinger/ for more information about the Fissinger Choral Competition.