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The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians is pleased to announce that Zebulon Highben is being awarded the 2011 Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition for his choral submission, Love Is The Key. More information. . .
The Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition is awarded every two years for a single musical work, published or unpublished and written within the last five years, that reflects a larger history of excellence on the part of the composer. While any sacred piece may be submitted, works that include the voice or voices are preferred over those for instruments alone. The composer need not be Lutheran. The $2,000 monetary award is shared equally by the winner and a musical or ecclesiastical organization chosen by the composer. The submission period for the 2011 prize has concluded. The Guidelines for Submission contain additional information.
Dr. William and Nancy Raabe of Columbus, Ohio, established this prize to recognize and encourage significant accomplishments in composition contributing to the body of sacred music for the church in the Lutheran heritage.
Information and List of Prize Winners
Zebulon Highben - 2011 Winner Listen to "Love is the Key" (mp3)
Recorded by Magnum Chorum on May 14, 2011, Christopher Aspass
conducting.
Dan Forrest - 2009 Winner Listen to an excerpt from "in paradisum..."
