Annual Composition Contest
Liturgy Alive: Annual Composition Competition
The Notre Dame Magnificat Choir is pleased to sponsor Liturgy Alive, an annual composition competition to foster creative new choral music for the Catholic Mass. Details about the contest can be found here.
Past Winners
2024
First Place ($2,250 prize):
Te Cubrirá for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Eli Nicholas (Portland, Oregon)
Second Place ($1,250 prize):
Te Cubrirá for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Raphael Fusco
2023
First Place ($2,250 prize):
O Señor, Vivifícanos for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Robert Richter (Carmel, Indiana)
Richter O Senor Vivificanos Sample Score
Second Place ($1,250 prize):
Vivifícanos for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Judy Rounda (Leavenworth, Kansas)
Announcement and biographies of 2023 competition winners
2022
First Place ($2,000 prize):
Justitiae Domini Rectae for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Dr. Timothy Tharaldson (Atchison, Kansas)
Tharaldson Justitiae Domini Rectae Sample Score
Second Place ($1,000 prize):
Justitiae Domini Rectae for unaccompanied women’s choir (SSA) by Laura Kazmer (Wichita, Kansas)
Kazmer Justitiae Domini Sample Score
2021
First Place ($2,000 prize):
Meditabor for unaccompanied women's choir (SSAA) by Emily Mason (Chantilly, VA)
Mason Sample Recording (performed by the composer)
Second Place ($1,000 prize):
Meditabor for unaccompanied women's choir (SSAA) by David Kelley (Vienna, VA)
Kelley Sample Recording (performed by the composer)
Honorable Mention:
Meditabor for unaccompanied women's choir (SSA) by Kari Medina (Seattle, WA)
2020
First Place ($2,000 prize):
Lauda Anima Mea Dominum by Joseph Fong (New York, New York)
Fong Sample Recording (Midi demo)
Announcement and Joseph Fong Biography
2019
First Place ($2,000 prize):
Laudate Dominum by Francisco Carbonell (Indianapolis, IN)
Carbonell Sample Score
Carbonell Sample Recording (midi file)
Second Place ($1,000 prize):
Laudate Dominum by Brenda Portman (Cincinnati, Ohio)
