The Wisconsin Alliance for Composers is a non-profit, tax-exempt Wisconsin corporation founded in 1984 to encourage and support the composition and performance of new music by Wisconsin composers.

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WAC News

2024-25 Student Composition Contest Winners

WAC is pleased to announce the results of its 2024-25 Student Composition Contest. 41 excellent entries were received from throughout the state.

Elementary

• First Prize: Jude Nowak, "Fall Leaves" for piano (Eau Claire Area Schools, Jeffrey Miller teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Leah Carter, "Lazy Day" for piano (Eau Claire Area Schools, Jeffrey Miller teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Harry Kite, "The Cursed Cabin" for piano (Eau Claire Area Schools, Jeffrey Miller teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Elliott Morgan "In the Golden Age" piano (Eau Claire Area Schools, Jeffrey Miller teacher)

Middle School

• First Prize: Reylin Williams "Dissent" for piano (Eau Claire Area Schools, Jeffrey Miller teacher)
• Honorable Mention: William Albright "Summer Vacation Suite" for piano (Magellan Middle School, Anna Reiser teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Northern Milliron "Farewell to the King" for piano (Blessed Sacrament School, James Devor teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Evelyn Scottberg "Lydia's Reel" for violin duo (Homeschool, Lynsey Scottberg teacher)

High School

• First Prize: Plante Charlie "Songs of Bretagne" for piano duo (Cedarburg HS, Sam Ecoff teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Aniket Singh "A Medieval Dance of Knights and Castles" for woodwind quintet (Hamilton HS, Sam Ecoff teacher)
• Honorable Mention: Alexander Tierney "Suite for Piano in C: Wisconsin Winter" for piano (Verona Area HS, Christian Collins teacher)

Undergraduate

• First Prize: Reilly Kiffel "Ballade" for clarinet in A, violin, viola, cello, bass, marimba (UW-Whitewater)
• Honorable Mention: Devondre Jaquish "Bungladora" for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, bass (UW-Eau Claire)
• Honorable Mention: Isabelle Kramar "Fluorescent Light" for violin, cello, piano (UW Madison)
• Honorable Mention: Katelyn Rothschadl "Cosmic Cliffs" for horn quartet and piano (UW Oshkosh)

WAC 2025 New Music Festival

The Wisconsin Alliance for Composers (WAC) is accepting submissions for its New Music Festival to be held at UW Whitewater on Sunday, April 27, 2025.