"WHAT's on TAP"

E-newsletter for contestants, laureates, judges & friends of

The American Prize (TAP)

The National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts

David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, editor

December 18, 2023

*TAP 2023 NATIONAL WINNERS in all categories

*Update on 2023 CERTIFICATE PACKAGES

*First news about 2024 contests

*Celebrating TAP performing artists nationwide

TAP 2023 NATIONAL WINNERS

in all categories

Below, please find links to lists of all 2023

finalists and winners, as published on our blog.

Questions, or to make us aware of broken links, please email:

theamericanprize@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to to all.

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VOICE

2023 National Finalists & Winners

(The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards)

Men in Opera and Art Song / Finalists / Winners

Women in Opera / Finalists / Winners

Women in Art Song / Finalists / Winners

PIANO

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Solo Piano / Finalists / Winners

Piano Concerto (Lorin Hollander Award) / Finalists / Winners

INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS

2023 National Finalists

Winners (strings—professional division)

Winners (brass—professional division)

Winners (woodwinds—professional division)

Winners (college/university division)

CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

2023 National Finalists / Winners

COMPOSITION

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Music for Band / Finalists / Winners

Music for Chorus / Finalists major works / Winners

Finalists shorter works / Winners

Music for Orchestra / Finalists / Winners

Music for Opera/Theater/Film/Dance / Finalists / Winners

Pops/Light Music / Finalists / Winners

Instrumental Chamber Music / Finalists / Winners

Vocal Chamber Music / Finalists / Winners

Works COVID related: Winners

Works SOCIAL JUSTICE related: Winners

CONDUCTORS

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Band / Wind Ensemble / Finalists / Winners

Chorus (The Dale Warland Award) / Finalists / Winners

Opera & Musical Theater / Finalists / Winners

Orchestra / Finalists / Winners

Orchestral Programming—Marijosius Award / Finalists / Winners

ENSEMBLES

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Bands / Finalists / Winners

Choruses / Finalists / Winners

Orchestras / Finalists / Winners

Opera Companies / Finalists / Winners

Theater & Musical Theater Companies / Finalists / Winners

STAGE DIRECTORS

(The Charles Nelson Reilly Prize)

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Opera / Finalists / Winners

Theater & Musical Theater / Finalists / Winners

AMERICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

(The Ernst Bacon Memorial Award)

2023 National Finalists, Winners

soloists & composers / Finalists / Winners

ensembles & conductors / Finalists / Winners

VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE

2023 National Finalists, Winners

Remote performance / Finalists / Winners

Performance together / Finalists / Winners

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2023 CERTIFICATE PACKAGES:

Certificate packages have now been sent to:

*all vocalists (Schorr Prize)

*all pianists

Next will be all composers,

then conductors & ensembles,

followed by any remaining categories.

Please be patient, as each package is prepared individually and with care.

IF YOUR ADDRESS HAS CHANGED:

recently, please send us the updated information by putting

"NEW ADDRESS" in the subject line of an email to theamericanprize@gmail.com

We need updated information to send certificate packages.

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2024 Contests:

The first announcements about 2024 contest results

will be published in the January edition of "What's on TAP."

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The American Prize

National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts

is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the musical and theater arts.

The American Prize is nonprofit, unique in scope and structure, and is designed to evaluate,

recognize and reward the best performers, composers, conductors, ensembles and directors

in the United States, based on submitted recordings.

There is no live competition. There are no age limits.

Founded in 2010 and now celebrating its thirteenth year, The American Prize has awarded

more than $125,000 in prizes in all categories since its creation. Thousands of artists

representing all fifty states have derived benefit from their participation in the contests of

The American Prize.

David Volosin Katz is founder and chief judge of The American Prize.

The American Prize is administered by Hat City Music Theater, Incd., a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit organization based in Danbury, CT.

www.theamericanprize.org

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