Eric Barnum's 2004 entry "She Walks in Beauty" was so successful that Chanticleer incorporated it into its touring program in the following year. The quality of entries for 2006 was so high that seven winners were announced: Vicente Chavarria, Miami, FL; Erica Glenn, Tempe, AZ; Blake R. Henson, Princeton, NJ; Matthew Peterson, Northfield, MN; Philip Rice, Coldwater, MI; Jorge Sosa, New York, NY; and Dale Trumbore, Chatham, NJ. Honorable mentions went to Mark Fromm, Pittsburgh, PA and Samuel Hunter, Fairview, NC. Kieun Steve Kim?s 2008 winning composition, Sanctus, fuses older music forms and texts with a contemporary voice.
Hailed by the New Yorker magazine as "America's favorite choral ensemble" and by the Los Angeles Times for its "luxurious perfection," the GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has developed a remarkable reputation for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. With its seamless blend of twelve male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, the ensemble, led by Artistic Advisor Joseph Jennings and Music Director Matt Oltman, has earned international renown as "an orchestra of voices."
Chanticleer has over 30 recordings available on Warner Classics and Chanticleer Records. In addition to recording and an active touring schedule of some 100 concerts each year, including a Bay Area subscription season, since 1986 the ensemble has maintained an education program designed to inspire young singers that has reached thousands of young people in the Bay Area and throughout the United States.
CHANTICLEER, the internationally acclaimed 12-man vocal ensemble, is calling for entries for its third biennial Student Composer Competition.
4. Composer must be enrolled as a High School or College student at time of submission.
8. Submissions relating to the theme, World Song, will be given special consideration for performance at the Chanticleer National Youth Choral Festival.