The Lutheran Youth Choir International is proud to announce that Joshua Hummel is the winner of its 2014 International Choral Composition Contest for his work Grace and Providence. Over thirty entries were received from composers in seven countries. Mr. Hummel’s work will be performed during the choir’s 2015 Festival of American Vocal Music in Germany. Hummel is the recipient of various composition awards including the prestigious Frederick Fennell Prize and the Leonard Bernstein Award. His music has been performed in Carnegie Hall and throughout the US, as well as Paris, Croatia, Perugia, Rome, London and Moscow. Hummel holds an M.A. in Theatre and MMus. in Composition and has studied with professors from the Hartt School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory and Julliard. Hummel has received several awards for his choral music, including the 2014 Loyola University Maryland Prize for Composition with his setting of God of Our Fathers. His wind ensemble music has been performed throughout the country by some of the nation’s top college bands. In February 2011 the Yale Concert Band premiered his Fennell award-winning composition, Haiku Symphony No. 4, in Woolsey Hall and Carnegie Hall. Hummel composes for Colors in Motion, an arts collective in Cambridge, MA, and owns Sinensis Music, a composition studio in Hartford, CT.
The Lutheran Youth Choir International invites high-school-age singers to participate in its third biennial Festival of American Vocal Music at Mansfeld Castle, Mansfeld, Germany, July 25-August 4, 2015. Philip Spencer is the choir’s Founding Conductor and the Festival’s Artistic Director. A $3,500 registration fee includes round trip airfare to Germany, instruction, music, entrance fees, housing and most meals, and more. Generous financial assistance is available through a new Double Scholarship program. Go to www.lutheranyouthchoir.org for information and application materials.
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