Paul Ayres wins 2014 Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Prize

announcement to Choralnet:

 

Paul Ayres’s composition “The isle is full of noises”
(words in English and Mandarin Chinese by Shakespeare and by Bai Juyi)
for choir SATB, or SABar, with piano accompaniment

 

has won North Dakota State University’s 2014 Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Prize

 

weblinks:

 

http://www.ndsu.edu/performingarts/music/fissinger/recipients.html

 

http://paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/344.html

 

the same piece was also given second prize in the Meistersingers of Orange County’s Knapp Award