SNO Wins The American Prize
Symphony Number One celebrates after their sold-out performance at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C. at TEDxMidAtlantic 2017.
Symphony Number One has been named 2019 Winner of The American Prize! This award recognizes our 2017-2018 season which, among other exciting projects, included:
Premieres by Carolyn Chen, Jasmine Arielle Barnes, and 14 other emerging composers.
Our most recent album, Approaching, featuring music by Martha C. Horst, Nicholas Bentz, and Hangrui Zhang
Performance of Bruckner's sprawling Symphony No. 7 in an arrestingly compelling version for chamber orchestra
Our premiere of "Catalyst" by Ben Goldberg at our TEDxMidAtlantic performance.
Our BaltimoreCorps partnership.
The American Prize produces an annually adjudicated national competition across a range of categories, recognizing both individual artists as well as large ensembles in the United States. The competition includes categories in Conducting, Orchestral/Band/Choral Performance, Orchestral Programming, Composition, Instrumental/Vocal Performance, Chamber Music, Opera, Musical Theater and Arts Marketing and multiple divisions highlighting professional, collegiate, and community work. Previous winners of The American Prize for Professional Orchestras includes the National Philharmonic, Allentown Symphony, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra, and the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
Additionally, in another division, Symphony Number One founder and music director Jordan Randall Smith took home second place in the conducting competition. Learn more on his website.
Thanks to everyone in the Symphony Number One family for the countless hours of hard work and dedication it has taken to offer substantial works by emerging composers across the Baltimore community, the Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond!