Sousa/Ostwald Award
Introduction The '''Sousa/Ostwald Award''' is an annual award given by the American Bandmasters Association for a composition for concert band. It was first awarded in 1956, after band uniform suppliers Ernest and Adolph Ostwald established the ABA/Ostwald Award for the best band composition written in the previous year. Previous rules allowed for compositions of grades 1-6, but the rules are undergoing a transition to focus on grades 1-4 (in 2011) and 5-6 (in 2012). The award was renamed from the '''Ostwald Award''' in 2011.
Recipients YearCompositionComposer 1956  Fanfare and Allegro  J. Clifton Williams 1957  Symphonic Suite  J. Clifton Williams 1958  Portrait of the Land  J. Mark Quinn 1959  Introduction and Scherzo  Maurice Weed 1960  Overture in G  Florian Mueller 1961  Cumberland Gap Overture  Joseph Willcox Jenkins 1962  Concertino for Band  Fritz Velke 1963  Concert Suite  Frederic H. Ashe 1964  Symphony for Band  Robert E. Jager 1965  Overture for Band  Frederick Beyer 1966  Variations on a Korean Folk Song  John Barnes Chance 1967  Daedalic Symphony  Lawrence Weiner 1968  Diamond Variations  Robert E. Jager 1969  Aria and Toccata  Richard Willis 1970  Toccata  Fisher Tull 1971  Divertimento for Concert Band  Karl Kroeger 1972  Sinfonietta  Robert E. Jager 1973  Festival Fanfare March  Roger Nixon 1974  Visions  James S. Sclater 1975  Jubiloso  Robert M. Panerio, Sr. 1976  Todesband  Lorette Jankowski 1977  Danses Sacred and Profane  William H. Hill 1978  Symphony, Opus 35  James Barnes 1979  ''(No Winner Chosen)'' 1980  Mutanza  James E. Curnow 1981  Visions Macabre  James Barnes 1982  Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf  David R. Holsinger 1983  Exaltations  Martin Mailman 1984  Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band  James E. Curnow 1985  Symphony for Winds and Percussion  Joseph H. Downing 1986  In the Spring, at the Time When the Kings Go Off to War  David R. Holsinger 1987  Synergistic Parable  David Sartor 1988  Piece of Mind  Dana Wilson 1989  For Precious Friends Hid in Death's Dateless Night  Martin Mailman 1990  Fire Works  Gregory Youtz 1991  The Soaring Hawk  Timothy Mahr 1992  Endurance  Timothy Mahr (Commission) 1993  Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)  Ron Nelson 1994  Chaconne (In Memoriam)  Ron Nelson (Commission) 1995  Sea Drift  Anthony Iannaccone 1996  Psalms for a Great Country  Anthony Iannaccone (Commission) 1997  Zion  Dan Welcher 1998  Circular Marches  Dan Welcher (Commission) 1999  Fantasy Variations  Donald Grantham 2000  Southern Harmony  Donald Grantham (Commission) 2001  ''(No Winner Chosen)'' 2002  Harrison's Dream  Peter Graham 2003  ''(No Contest Held)'' 2004  ''(No Contest Held)'' 2005  Redline Tango  John Mackey 2006  ''(No Contest Held)'' 2007  Raise the Roof  Michael Daugherty 2008  ''(No Contest Held)'' 2009  Aurora Awakes  John Mackey 2010  ''(No Contest Held)'' 2011  Songs for Wind Ensemble  Yo Goto 2012  Flourishes and Meditations  Michael Gandolfi 2013  Pale Blue on Deep  Aaron Perrine 2014  Concerto for Alto Saxophone  Steven Bryant 2015  Only Light  Aaron Perrine 2016  Masks and Machines  Paul Dooley  2017  A Cypress Prelude  Christopher Lowry  2018  Symphony No. 2 "Voices"  James Stephenson  2019  Unquiet Hours  David Biedenbender  2020  The Seer  Erik Santos  2021  Perpetua  Peter Meechan 2022  Sinfonia  Zhou Tian 2023  Tuebor Suite  Andrew David Perkins
References
External links *  Sousa/ABA/Ostwald Contest