The 2020 FYFE Choral Composition Prizes

First Prize ($2000)
Jack Burnam, Wilmington, Delaware 
Put Your Trust in God ​

Jack Burnam

Jack Warren Burnam has pursued an active professional career in Delaware's musical life for the past 50 years, as a choral conductor, organist, teacher, accompanist and composer. He is currently Choirmaster and Organist of Immanuel Church on the Green, in New Castle, Delaware. He previously served as organist and choirmaster of Immanuel Church, Highlands for 35 years; director of music for Congregation Beth Emeth; director of middle and upper school choral programs at Tower Hill School; and he was for 27 years Artistic Director of the chamber choir CoroAllegro. He is a long-time member of the music staff of the RSCM King’s College Summer Course in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and is a past president of the Association of Anglican Musicians.  Mr. Burnam is a graduate of Catholic University of America, and holds the Associate and Choirmaster certificates of the American Guild of Organists. His compositions and arrangements for choirs and congregation are regularly heard at Immanuel on the Green, and several of his settings appear in The Hymnal 1982, the supplemental hymnal "Wonder, Love and Praise," and a number of other hymnals and hymnal supplements. The anthem "Put your trust in God" was originally commissioned by Immanuel on the Green in memory of his beloved predecessor, Ruth Hines Gardner (1928-2003).​

2nd Prize ($1000)
Peter Berton, Middletown, Rhode Island
Hail, Universal Light!

3rd Prize ($750)
Ashi Day, Washington, DC
Even So, Lord, Quickly Come

Finalist
Chris Artley,  Auckland, New Zealand
Tota pulchra es 

Semifinalists
Peter Berton,  Middletown, Rhode Island
Shine Through Me

William Pasch, Griffin, Georgia
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

William Pasch, Griffin, Georgia
Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow  

Scott Roberts, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Fairest Lord Jesus
 
Kaye Saunders, Snow Camp, North Carolina
New Every Morning Is the Love 

Past Winners

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