2018 College Division Winner- Julian Bennett Holmes

Winning composition:

• Sonata for Flute and Piano

Education:

• Manhattan School of Music (current; Master in Music): studied with Marjorie Merryman and Richard Danielpour

• Mannes College ( Double Bachelor of Music in Composition and Theory, 2016): studied composition with Lowell Liebermann, theory with Robert Cuckson

Prizes won:

• 2018- Society for Chamber Music in Rochester Young Composer Competition — Winner

• 2018- Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble’s Composer Search — Winner

• 2018- Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference Call for Scores

• 2017- National Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Award — Winner

• 2016- Seventh International Antonín Dvorák Composition Competition Senior division, Second prize

• 2016- Bohuslav Martinu Prize

• 2016- Mannes College Felix Salzer Award

• 2015- Sixth International Antonín Dvorák Composition Competition Junior division, Third prize

Online:

• http://julianbh.com (personal website)

• Interview on the “Words on New Music” podcast: https://wordsonnewmusic.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/from-experimental-rock-and-roll-youth-to-an-on-the-rise-composer-of-orchestral-and-chamber-works-julian-bennett-holmes/