RED NOTE New Music Festival

Taxonomies of Pulse was named a Runner-up in the 2021 RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition at Illinois State University. It was selected from among 318 anonymous entries from 33 countries.

To watch/listen to the score and recording of the piece, click here: Taxonomies of Pulse

From the full announcement:

The judging for the RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition - Category A (Chamber Ensemble) has now concluded. There were 318 anonymous submissions from 33 nations around the world. Initial rounds were judged by the Music Composition faculty at Illinois State University. The final round was judged by the esteemed composers:

Anthony Cheung (Brown University)
Arlene Sierra (Cardiff University)
Anna Weesner (University of Pennsylvania)

The results of the competition (Category A) are as follows:

Winner: and more and more and more and this, by Thomas Kotcheff (Los Angeles, CA)

Runners-up:
Duhkha, by Dan Langa (Brooklyn, NY)
Taxonomies of Pulse, by Benjamin Krause (Holland, MI)

Honorable Mentions:
Aeropittura, by Daniel Godsil (Sacramento, CA)
Children's Games, by Vera Ivanova (Orange, CA)
Compressor, by Nick Bentz (Charleston, SC)