Listen to the Winners

Each year, starting in 2007, the YCC winning compositions have been performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in a live concert at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. The recordings of these performances and the synthesized MIDI audio files submitted by the young composers are presented here.

2009 Challenge

The 5th annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Fun Times by Wilmer Acosta
• Canon and Postlude for String Trio by Gabrielle Chou

Full Orchestra

• A Cell of Incertitude by John Callahan
• Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra by David Kincaid
• La Noche de Fuego by Justin Ward Weber

2008 Challenge

The 4th annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Natasha's Song by Katherine Armstrong
• L'Invocation et la Dance by Stephen Cassells-Hamby
• Nocturne for Bassoon and Piano by John Henderson

Full Orchestra

• Battle of Stalingrad by Nathan Blair
• Flight of the Fourth Caravel by John Callahan
• Restless Night by Ryan Dodge

2007 Challenge

The 3rd annual Young Composers Challenge winners were:

Ensemble

• Nocturne by Joe Coverston
• Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood by James Everett
• "Ethereal Motion" by Samuel Ciullo is not available at this time.

Full Orchestra

• A Dreamer's Field of Stars by Joe Columbo
• Overture di Festival by Nathan Blair
• Dark Flare by Andrew Pease