2013 Competition Contest WINNER

Michael-Thomas Foumai's  quintet Scat is the winner of the 2013 Left Coast Composition Contest. Left Coast will perform the quartet in the 2013-14 season. 

Scat is scored for a quintet comprised of flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello. The title comes from scat singing and is a seven-minute romp infused with a jazzy and bluesy subtext. The work combines several varied figures, similar to a cuckoo call, which is constantly passed around, mimicked and juggled around the ensemble. The Aspen Contemporary Ensemble gave the first performance during the summer of 2012.

Runner-up

The runner-up was a quintet by Matteo Giuliani 28 Barbary Lane. Guilani is currently studying for his master’s degree in composition at the Milan Conservatory.   

Past winners include 

• Ryan Carter
• Mike Solomon
• Steven Snowden
• Matthew Barnson
• Stephen Feigenbaum
• Moritz Eggert
• Carl Schimmel
• Justin Merritt
• Claude Baker
• Bruno Ruviaro
• Tamar Muskal
• Gabriel Vine
• Yehuda Yannay