SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalists

The finalists have been announced for the 2010 SOUNZ Contemporary Award. The three works, chosen from the 44 submitted for the annual composition award, were selected by a jury of four musicians on creative and artistic criteria including compositional excellence and inspiration. They are: ‘Inner Bellow’ for solo clarinet and electronic sounds by Chris Cree Brown; ‘Rudiments’ for orchestra by Chris Gendall; and ‘Violin Concerto No. 1’ by Ross Harris.

Funded by APRA and facilitated by SOUNZ the award consists of a $3000 cash prize and a trophy designed and made by sculptor Sarah Smuts Kennedy. The winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award will be announced alongside the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll and Maioha Award winners, and a new induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame, at an event in Auckland on September 8.