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20th
Anniversary Composition Competition
Winner Announced
 Michael
Weinstein-Reiman, an undergraduate at Brandeis University,
has won first place in Cantemus' first Composition Competition,
conducted in honor of our 20th anniversary year. His four-part,
a cappella piece titled "La Musique" is based on
a poem by Baudelaire. Mr. Weinstein-Reiman, who majors in
music theory and composition with a minor in French and art
history, grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and East Brunswick,
New Jersey. He has studied piano since age five and been a
singer since his early teens. While still in high school,
he won second place in a choral society composition contest.
Besides choral and vocal music, he has composed string quartets,
finished a violin concerto and is contemplating a song cycle
for his thesis.
After
a summer internship with PBS working on a documentary series
about Broadway music, Mr. Weinstein-Reiman is hoping to work
in the field of documentary film production after he graduates
from Brandeis in May 2004.
Three
judges – John Hoffacker; Raymond Fahrner, conductor of
the Cambridge Madrigal Singers; and Minnesota composer Carol
Barnett – selected the winners from pieces submitted
by composers enrolled in New England colleges and universities.
Other winners included Naomi Epstein of New England Conservatory;
James Martin of Charter Oak State College, Bristol, CT; and
Min-jung Kim of Hartt School, University of Hartford.
"'La
Musique,' based on a poem by Baudelaire, is remarkable.
It sings in the same rhythm of the poem – not merely
with the syllables' accents, but with the feeling behind
the words. A sublime little work."
— John Hoffacker
Cantemus
will premiere "La Musique" at its "Fascinating
Rhythm" concert on June 5, 2004.
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