Rapido! Composition Contest

04/18/2024

Atlanta Chamber Players (violinist Helen Hwaya Kim, pianist Elizabeth Pridgen, violist Catherine Lynn, and cellist Brad Ritchie) perform in the Rapido! Take Seven, Finals Concert, April 14, 2024. (credit: Chris Helton) “Rapido! Take Seven” finalists craft folk-inspired chamber marvels; grand pri...

04/14/2024

Congratulations to all of our composers, and especially to Nicky Sohn for winning Cycle 7 of Rapido! And to Alice Hong for winning our audience favorite!

04/13/2024

This Sunday! Our Rapido! Cycle 7 Finals Concert takes place at 3 pm at the High Museum of Art. Five finalists will compete for a $3,000 prize, a two week stay at the , a premiere of their piece on ACP's 24-25 Season, and a potential commission from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! Not only do we have an outstanding slate of judges including Jennifer Higdon, Michael Gandolfi, Brian Nabors, and Gaetan Le Divelec - YOU will have the opportunity to vote for an audience favorite!

Don't miss out on this exciting experience. Tickets can be purchased online www.atlantachamberplayers.com, or at the door!

04/06/2024

03/19/2024

Rapido! competition finalists, l-r: Dan Coleman, Nicky Sohn, Ben Morris, Alice Hong, and Benedikt Brydern. (composite image. background; Midjourney AI) Atlanta Chamber Players announce finalists for Rapido! Composition Contest EarRelevant Staff | 18 MAR 2024 Atlanta, GA— Today, the Atlanta Chamber...

03/05/2024

We are thrilled to announce our five finalists for this year's Rapido! competition!

Please join us in congratulating Alice Hong, Nicky Sohn, Ben Morris, Dan Coleman, and Benedikt Brydern!

We had an outstanding pool of composers this cycle - thank you to everyone who participated!

Join us at 3 pm on April 14th for our exciting, live finals concert - where judging will take place, and a winner will be named that day!

Tickets available here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34651/production/1190925?performanceId=11422172

11/21/2023

One more day.

Applications for this cycle of our Rapido! Composition Contest are due tomorrow by 11:59 PM ET. We can't wait to receive yours!

Apply at: https://rapidocontest.wufoo.com/forms/z1q71c4y15efomw/

11/15/2023

Only one week left. Have you applied? Detail available here! https://atlantachamberplayers.com/new-music-initiatives/rapido/

09/22/2023

Applications are open! You can find the form here. We can't wait to receive your submission!

Applications are open Sept 22 at 9 am through Nov 22 at 11:59 pm ET.

09/17/2023

We are so excited to announce the return of our Rapido! Composition Contest! More information will be available this week, but for now, details can be found on our website: https://atlantachamberplayers.com/new-music-initiatives/rapido/

04/07/2022

"In this vivid and lively piece, Buller’s musical ideas combine and play off one other, sometimes aligning, sometimes impetuously interrupting. Ascending musical gestures gush suddenly like jet sprays of fountains, offsetting a persistent feeling of rhythmic undercurrent. Ultimately ending the complex harmonic and rhythmic play is a surprising final major chord." EarRelevant

Mark Buller | Composer and Rapido! Composition Contest winner premiered his second commission with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra last week.

https://www.earrelevant.net/2022/04/avital-excels-in-higdons-mandolin-concerto-with-spano-and-the-atlanta-symphony-orchestra/

Robert Spano leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchstra in music by Buller, Higdon and Rimsky-Korsakov. ( (credit: Jeff Roffman) Avital excels in Higdon’s Mandolin Concerto with Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra CONCERT REVIEW: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra March 31 & April 2, 2022 Atlanta Symphony H...