I. Student Commission Awards
II. Commissions
III. Unsolicited Works

I. Student Commission Awards

The PRISM Quartet sponsors three commissioning awards for students attending educational institutions in 1) Philadelphia 2) New York City, and 3) the state of Michigan. Winners receive a $500 commission to compose a saxophone quartet to be premiered by PRISM.

Please check back later for the 2010 Guidelines.

Previous winners

2008
Andrea Grody (The Walden School)

2007
Victoria Cheah (The Walden School)

2006
Michael Rosen (The Walden School)

2005
Philadelphia: Efstratios Minakakis (University of Pennsylvania)
Michigan: Ming-Hsiu Yen (University of Michigan)
Alex Christie (The Walden School)

2004
Emiliano Pardo-Tristán (Temple University, Philadelphia)
Kati Ilona Agocs (Juilliard School of Music, New York)
Jeff Myers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Nat Osborn (The Walden School)

2003
Stephen Wilcox (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
Vincent Raikhel (Manhattan School of Music, New York)
Joshua Penman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Eliza Brown (The Walden School)

2002
Richard Belcastro (Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
Juliana Trivers (New York University, New York)
Peter Krag (The Walden School)

2001
Ethan Borshansky (The Walden School)

2000
Ann Lathan Kerzner (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
Ali Crockett (The Walden School)

1998
Chai-Yu Hsu (Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia)

II. Commissions
PRISM commissions composers by invitation only. Composers should not use PRISM's name in conjunction with any fellowships, grant applications, or other funding proposals without express written permission from New Sounds Music, Inc., the nonprofit organization of the PRISM Quartet.

III. Unsolicited Works
PRISM considers unsolicited saxophone quartets from composers for programming. PRISM will attempt to read scores within 6 months of receipt. Please send scores, parts, and recordings (if available) to the address below. Materials submitted are added to PRISM's library, and are not returned.

PRISM Quartet
30 Seaman Avenue, #4M
New York, NY 10034
U.S.A.