LITERATURE
FRANK TICHELI’S LUX PERPETUA WINS THE 2021 NBA/WILLIAM D. REVELLI MEMORIAL BAND COMPOSITION CONTEST BY MATTHEW MCCUTCHEN
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s our profession continues to recuperate from the damage done by the Coronavirus pandemic it was exciting to receive 46 excellent entries into this year’s William D. Revelli Composition Contest. These included submissions ranging from promising middle school students to those from some of the best-known and most widely performed composers in the
profession. It gives me great pleasure to announce Lux Perpetua by Frank Ticheli as the winning selection of the forty-fifth annual contest. Dr. Ticheli likely needs no introduction to the readers of this journal, and he is certainly no stranger to this competition having won it in 2006 with his Symphony No. 2. He is well-known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, Ticheli guest conducts his music regularly at American universities and music festivals and in cities throughout the world. Ticheli was awarded national honorary membership to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, “bestowed to individuals who have significantly contributed to the cause of music in America,” and the A. Austin Harding Award by the American School Band Directors Association, “given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the school band movement in America.” He serves as Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California, where he has received the Virginia Ramo Award for Continued on next page
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