SMTA is happy to announce the results of the Simon-Fiset Composition 2022 Competition. Our wonderful adjudicator, Lisa Marsh, found the decisions to be challenging and the level of all entries to be exceptionally high! Final results are as follows:

Myrtle Noble Division – Grades 1 – 3

Prize: Student Name Composition Instructor

First Place: Sage Waliczek Underwater Kaity Cassio-Igari

Second Place: Vivian Luo The Magic Bird Lovela Sharon Van Valin

Vie Husted Division – Grades 4 – 6

First Place: Lenka Dzunic Impromptu in D Minor Lesley Sommer

Second Place: Eli Antony Holiday Sonatina Sharon Van Valin

Third Place: Oliver Stephan The Circus Clown Diane Garland

Laura Jensen Division – Grades 7 – 9

First Place: Brannon Warn-Johnston Seascape Sharon Van Valin

Second Place: Winston Chen A Set of Through-Composed Variations on a Melancholy Waltz in C Minor Sharon Van Valin

Third Place: Jeanne Park The Wonders of the World In Twos Sharon Van Valin

Lockrem Johnson Division – Grades 10 – 12

First Place: Kevin Nam Ascent into the Unknown Sharon Van Valin

Second Place: Carson Ling-Efird Procession Quintet Sharon Van Valin

Third Place: Rachael Kim Altair and Vega Sharon Van Valin

Honorable Mention: Elisa Johnson Young Embers Heather Howland

Honorable Mention: Ellie Wu Coronavirus Returns Sharon Van Valin

Honorable Mention: Aaron Zhang Silent Film: A Melodrama Sharon Van Valin

SMTA congratulates all the outstanding young composers who submitted compositions to this year’s Simon-Fiset Composition 2022 event! Thank you for participating and sharing your talent with us. Please consider entering again next year.

Also, thank you to our wonderful adjudicator Lisa Marsh. Please learn more about her here.

SMTA is currently recruiting a chair for this event next year. If you are interested, please reach out to Thom Stuart, SMTA VP Competitions at smtaoffice@gmail.com for more information. SMTA would love to talk with you about this opportunity.

2022 Simon-Fiset Composition Results