We are please to announce that the 2010 winner is Joseph Gregorio for his composition of Exsultate Deo.

A native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Joseph Gregorio (b. 1979) has studied composition with Steven Stucky and David Conte.  Gregorio's music has twice been featured on NPR's Performance Today, has garnered prizes in several competitions and has been performed in the United States and abroad by numerous soloists and ensembles, including such renowned performers as mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao, pianist Mack McCray, the Ives Quartet, and baritone Eugene Brancoveanu. 

Read more about Joseph at  www.josephgregoriomusic.com

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTED COMPOSITIONS

• Mixed choir (SATB)
• Unaccompanied, with piano accompaniment, or with instrumental accompaniment of not more than three individual instruments
• Three to five minutes’ duration
• Unpublished works which have not received a premiere performance, only
• Rights to text must be cleared and evidence of copyright holder’s permission must be shown
• Secular or sacred text
• Level of difficulty suitable for a college choir or community choir

PRIZES:
• $1500 plus travel expenses to New Haven for attendance at premiere performance by the Yale Glee Club during its 2010-2011 concert season
• Possible future publication in Yale Glee Club New Classics Choral Series
• The winner will be announced in April, 2010. All entrants will be notified by mail. The winner will also be announced on the Yale Glee Club web site (www.yalegleeclub.org) at this time.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• Five (5) copies of the submitted score must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2010. Only one composition per entrant may be submitted.

Mail scores to: 

• Names must not appear on the score. Instead, please include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number(s) in a separate envelope.

• Please also include a brief resume outlining prior musical experience and education.

• Submissions will be evaluated by a committee of composers and conductors who will determine the winning entry.

• The winning score will be reproduced solely for performance by the Yale Glee Club. Copies will be destroyed in the event of future publication.

• The Yale Glee Club will have a non-exclusive, world-wide perpetual license to perform the winning score.

• The Yale Glee Club shall have the right to record the inaugural performance for archival and other purposes, including distribution and sale of such recording.

• No scores will be returned.