Composition Award
Since 2018, the Charlie and Judy Zettek Carillon Fund has supported the development of the carillon repertoire through the Rochester Carillon Composition Award, an annual composition and arrangement competition. All University of Rochester students and alumni are eligible to participate.
Submissions are open for the 2025 competition, with a prize of up to $750 available! We welcome pieces of any genre, idiom, or cultural association, and the submission deadline is January 30, 2025. Find more details here.
Previous Award Winners
Most of the prizewinning pieces below are available for free download.
- ZhiHao (Ethan) Wang: 3 Mazurkas
- William Jae: Winter Dirge and Festival
- Valerie Battista: Os justi by Anton Bruckner
- Alex Johnson: Butterfly Fantasia (available for purchase from GCNA)
- Hanzhi Zhang: Forest in the Dark
- Alex Johnson: With Rememberance We Go On
Left to right: William Jae (1st prize 2023), Matthew BaileyShea, Judy Zettek, Charlie Zettek '73, Valerie Battista (2nd prize 2023).