2023 Peter & Lois Fyfe
Choral Composition Prize Winners

First Prize - Pentecost - David Kelley, Falls Church, Virginia

David Kelley is Minister of Music at Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia, where he serves as organist and director of an inter-generational choral program. He has broad classical training, including a Doctorate in Organ Performance from Peabody Conservatory; degrees in Music Theory, Composition, and Liturgical Music; and professional certificates from the American Guild of Organists. Dr. Kelley has served on the faculties of training courses for the Royal School of Church Music in America and the American Guild of Organists. He has published articles in The American Organist and The Diapsaon, and is a prize-winning choral composer.

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Second Prize - A Steady Flame to Light the Dark - Angela Birkhead-Flight, Cincinnati, Ohio
Third Prize - God Is In All Things - Raphael Fusco, Graz, Austria

Finalist
Go to Dark Gethsemene - Scott Roberts, Bloomington, Indiana

Semi-Finalists
(In No Particular Order)
Angels - Owen Elsley, Cambridge, England
Bless the Lord, O My Soul - Neil Stipp, Glendora, California
Brighter Sun - Sam Scheibe, Coral Gables, Florida
God of All Creation - Denis Michael Kurek, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lux Aeterna - Andrea Donati, Milan, Italy
Make A Joyful Noise! - Jeffrey Cobb, Traverse City, Michigan
May the God of Hope - James Knox, Bend, Oregon
When David Heard - Kai Leung, Toronto, Canada

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