Iron Composer

Iron Composer is currently held at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio.

The idea for Iron Composer originated in the composition seminars of Lucky Mosko at CalArts.

2007 festival for Analog Arts, curator Joe Drew presented the idea of an Iron Composer competition to Ken Bales[2] who had recently been appointed to an endowed professorship at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Bales agreed to fund the first competition, which was open only to Nebraska residents between the ages of 18 and 26.

In 2013, the top prize included a performance of a new or existing work with the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra.

[8] Iron Composer is scored on a 50-point scale, allowing for a possible total of 150 points for each finalist.

Kirsten Broberg Recorder (sopranino, alto, or bass), celeste, and sound icon Board Games: (composers selected) Concept, Go, Lost Treasure, Mystery Mansion, Subbuteo 2014 1.

Polina Nazaykinskaya Low String Trio: viola, cello, double bass Sound Map of Downtown Cleveland: recordings from locations within a 1-mile radius of the venue 2013 1.

Christoffer Schunk Brass Trio double-bell trumpet trombone French horn Audience Participation clapping; foot tapping; humming; snapping; whistling 2012 1.

David Kirkland Garner Matthew Heap Mari Takano Organ (1914 Austin) Regina Music Box 2010 1.

Anthony Green Yotam Haber Marie Incontrera Flute & cello A broad assortment of sticks and stones 2009 1.

Andrew Jamieson Devin Farney John Rot 2 pianos 2 trumpets 1 percussionist (5 toms/1 bass drum) Little Red Riding Hood (Brothers Grimm version) 2008 1.

Greg Simon George Lam Joe Trapanese Piano trio Monet's Impression, Sunrise 2007 1.