...and then there were fifteen...  After thorough consideration, our thirty nominees have been narrowed down to just fifteen finalists! A thorough congratulations to these 15 composers (each name links to their website:

• Yotam Haber
• Ryan Lindveit
• Paul Richards
• Kyle Krause
• Jean-Patrick Besingrand
• Texu Kim
• Jennifer Jolley
• Kevin Wilt
• Charles Halka
• Edgar F Girtain IV
• Kirsten Broberg
• Jonas Tarm
• David Clay Mettens
• Luna Pearl Woolf
• Carolyn Chen

We will now go on to narrow down the remaining candidates to just 3 winners who will receive commissions for our third season. I'm looking forward to thoroughly examining the music of all 15 finalists! Also, it will be exciting to find out about our audience choice winner.

Earlier, I announced the finalists live via Facebook. Have a look: