NDSU Challey School of Music honors the legacy and traditions of noted choral composer and long-time NDSU choral conductor Edwin Fissinger with its annual choral composition competition.
- Emerging Composers – 30 years of age and under
- Professional Composers – over 30 years of age
Entries should be:
- For mixed choir (SATB), divisi is acceptable.
- Unaccompanied, or with keyboard accompaniment, obbligato instruments ok.
- Three to eight minutes in duration.
- Original and unpublished (by an established commercial firm) works only. Arrangements will not be accepted.
- Text may be sacred or secular, either in the public domain or copyrighted, as long as a letter of permission from the copyright owner is included with the submission.
- Suitable for an accomplished high school or university choir.
- Submissions need not be anonymous.
Prizes / Performances for Each Category
- First: $1,500
- Second: $1,000
- NDSU reserves the right to not award prizes in any given year.
- The first-place composer in each category is invited to be present at the NDSU Concert Choir performance.
- For the performance, NDSU will reimburse actual travel, lodging and food expenses, up to a maximum of $1,000.
- Winners will be announced on http://156r7u2.skol-r.net/performingarts/music/ by November 15, 2023.
- The first prize winner's piece, with the approval of the composer, will have their composition considered for publication in Pavane Publishing for placement in the Jo Ann Miller Choral Series.
- Jo Ann Miller, Director of Choral Activities, NDSU
- Michael Weber, Associate Director of Choral Activities, NDSU
- Charlette Moe, Assistant Director of Choral Activities and Music Education, NDSU
- Jocelyn Hagen, Composer, Graphite Publishing
- Allan Petker, Pavane Publishing, composer, conductor
- Please indicate which category you are submitting for in your email
- Email PDF submissions and audio files to: Jo.Miller@skol-r.net
- Please include your name and mobile telephone number
- There is a $25 submission fee for each work submitted. Please make payment at the following link:
- http://northdakotastate-ndus.nbsstore.net/fissinger-choral-competition-payment
- Submitted scores must be in Finale or Sibelius.
- An audio file is strongly recommended.
- All scores selected for performance will be reproduced by NDSU.
- Submissions must be submitted via email by 11:59 PM on October 1, 2023.
- If not submitting a PDF, mail a hard-copy submission to:
- Dr. Jo Ann Miller, NDSU Challey School of Music, Dept 2334, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 with a postmark of October 1, 2023.
Past Fissinger Choral Competition Recipients
