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The latest NEWS from THE AMERICAN PRIZE
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Updated July 6, 2025
Applications for the 2025-26 season of The American Prize are now being accepted.
The site has been updated for the new contest season,
with revised deadlines in August and September 2025, and with absolutely no increases in application fees.
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Questions?
Email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
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The American Prize is honored to announce the renaming of three contests.
* The American Prize Charles Ives Award in Chamber Music Composition
* The American Prize Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice
* The American Prize Thomas Putsche Award in Compostion
(opera/theater/film/dance division)
Click "Ives/Anderson" and "Composition" in the competitions menu to learn more.
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Please click on each heading to view general INVITATIONS with basic information about
The American Prize contests—to be updated soon.
an invitation to COMPOSERS (PDF) an invitation to CLASSICAL VOCALISTS
(PDF)
an invitation to PIANISTS
(PDF)
an invitation to CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES
(PDF) an invitation to ARTS ADMINISTRATORS (MARKETING)
(PDF) an invitation to STAGE DIRECTORS & THEATER COMPANIES
(PDF)
an invitation to CONDUCTORS & INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL ENSEMBLES (PDF) See some of the many different ways winners share success in the competitions and learn more about The American Prize laureates. For the latest news about The American Prize, including up-to-date information about semi-finalists, finalists and winners (when announced), please visit our blog and Facebook pages:
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SHARON SWEET, Metropolitan Opera dramatic soprano, joins TAP judging panel
GIFT ESTABLISHES VYTAUTAS MARIJOSIUS Programming AWARD in PERPETUITY
WHAT makes THE AMERICAN PRIZE a great CAREER BUILDER?
FOR VOCALISTS:
READ a SAMPLE EVALUATION by JAY WHITE, Chanticleer veteran and distinguished judge of The American Prize
FAMED American soprano BRENDA LEWIS is first DISTINGUISHED JUDGE EMERITUS of The American Prize
FOR COMPOSERS:
COMPOSER's Questions Answered I: What Style of Music is Likely to Win The American Prize
COMPOSER's Questions Answered II: Rights, Recordings and more
FOR PIANISTS:
PIANISTS WEIGH IN on the value of The American Prize
GENERAL:
Chief Judge David Katz RESPONDS to editorial in USA Today about Orchestras, Choruses, music education
THE AMERICAN PRIZE WINNING LINKS:
ORCHESTRAS
CHORUSES
CONDUCTORS
COMPOSERS
VOCALISTS
PIANISTS
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