The Society for New Music 2014 Brian Israel Prize Winners Announced: Honorable Mentions were awarded to: Ross Scott Griffey, for his All suddenly the wind comes soft, for piano, and JunYi Chow (photo) for A Night without Voices, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion.
The winner of the Society's $750 Israel prize is John Liberatore for his work She rose, and let me in, a set of variations for piano. The New York Federation of Music Clubs Israel Prize was awarded to Michael Boyman for Anger Management – Therapy for Piano Duo, 2013. The composer and violist is also the recipient of the 2014 BMI Foundation William Schuman Award.
There were 25 scores submitted this year from throughout New York State.