Raabe Prize Winners
2025 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Mark Sedio – St. Paul, MN
Nada me falta
SATB, organ, percussion
Augsburg Fortress 9781506486475
Listen to Nada me falta
augsburgfortress.org
2023 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Tom Trenney – Lincoln, NE
From Generation to Generation
SATB, piano or
SATB, organ, flute, oboe, strings
Augsburg Fortress 9781506486475
Watch this video celebrating Tom Trenney’s prizewinning piece “From Generation to Generation”
Listen to From Generation to Generation
augsburgfortress.org
2021 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Jacob B. Weber – St. Louis, MO
Festival Gloria
SATB, organ, brass quartet
Concordia Publishing House 984333
Listen to Festival Gloria
cph.org
Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)
Nicholas Palmer – Whitehall, MI
Jesus, Remember Me
SATB, a cappella
Listen and view the score on the GIA website: G-9480
Carl Shalk – Melrose Park, IL (d. 2020)
When Memory Fades
SATB, organ
Listen and view the score on the Augsburg Fortress website: 9781506465593
2019 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Timothy Shaw – Abington, PA
Jesus, Refuge of the Weary
SATB, piano
Beckenhorst Press BP 2098
Listen to Jesus, Refuge of the Weary
https://shawmusic.org
2017 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Erik Meyer – Philadelphia, PA
St. John Passion
Soloists, SATB choir, and assembly
Published on MusicSpoke.com
Watch this video celebrating Erik Meyer’s 2017 prizewinning setting of the St. John Passion.
Listen to St. John Passion and view a “perusal copy” of the score
http://www.aemeyer.com/erik/
Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)
Ryan Keebaugh – Stephens City, VA
The Suffering Servant
SATB, a cappella
Listen to The Suffering Servant and view a “perusal copy” of the score
Thomas Keesecker – Bel Air, MD
All Shall Be Amen and Alleluia
SATB, piano
Listen and view score on the MorningStar Music website: 50-8204
2015 Raabe Prize
First Prize – David Ashley White – Houston, TX
Spirit, Moving Over Chaos
Chorus, oboe or C-instrument, percussion, optional handbells, and keyboard
Selah Publishing 405-633
Listen to Spirit, Moving Over Chaos
Preview a copy of Spirit, Moving Over Chaos
Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)
Alfred Fedak – Albany, NY
You Hold All Souls in Life
SATB a cap, Selah Publishing 415-400
Jonathan Kohrs – Chicago, IL
Divine Service/Holy Communion
Congregation and piano with optional flute, oboe, clarinet, string synthesizer, vibraphone, and bass (manuscript)
2013 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Jake Runestad – Minneapolis, MN
Nada te Turbe
SSAATTBB a cappela
Listen to Nada Te Turbe
http://jakerunestad.com/
2011 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Zebulon Highben – Columbus, OH
Love Is the Key
SATB divisi a cappella
MorningStar Music 50-5215
Watch this video celebrating Zebulon Highben’s 2011 prizewinning piece “Love Is the Key”
Listen to “Love Is the Key”
2009 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Dan Forrest – Greenville, SC
in paradisum…
SATB divisi, Hinshaw Music HMC2224
Watch this video celebrating Dan Forrest’s 2009 prizewinning piece “in paradisum…”
Listen to an excerpt from “in paradisum…”
www.danforrest.com
2007 Raabe Prize
First Prize – David Cherwien – Minneapolis MN
The Souls of the Righteous
SSAATTBB a cappella
Morningstar Music 50-6066
National Lutheran Choir Series Recorded by the National Lutheran Choir, on their CD Eternity www.nlca.com
2005 Raabe Prize
First Prize – John Ferguson – Northfield, MN
Who Is This
SATB divisi and viola
MorningStar Music 50-6509
Watch our salute to John Ferguson and his 2005 Raabe prizewinning piece “Who Is This?”
Listen to a recording of Who Is This and preview a copy of the score
Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)
Kevin Hildebrand – Fort Wayne, IN
Chorale Fantasia on MIT FRIED UND FREUD (manuscript)
Robert Garson Skinnell – La Crescenta, CA
Holy Spirit Mass (manuscript)
Susan Westhorp – Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
St. John Passion (manuscript)
2003 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Paul Weber – Hickory, NC
Arise, Shine SATB divisi
Augsburg Fortress ED004989
Watch this video celebrating Paul Weber’s 2003 prizewinning piece ” Arise, Shine”.
Listen to a recording of Arise, Shine
Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically)
William Greene – Lynchburg, VA
O, How I Love Your Law, O Lord
SATB a cappella
Paraclete Press PPM0207
Peter Mathews – Palatka, FL
Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness
SATB, organ
MorningStar Music 50-6027
Aaron David Miller – Bowling Green, OH
Laudate Dominum (manuscript)
Robert Rathmell – Hillsdale, MI
Prayers to the Father (manuscript)
2001 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Richard Proulx – Chicago, IL
We Adore You, O Christ
SATB a cappella
Paraclete Press PPM09836
Watch this video celebrating Richard Proulx’s 2001 prizewinning piece “We Adore You, O Christ”.
Listen to a recording of “We Adore You, O Christ”.
1999 Raabe Prize
First Prize – Robert Buckley Farlee – Minneapolis, MN
Solemn Reproaches of the Cross
Soloist, SATB, piano
Augsburg Fortress ED004729
Watch this video celebrating Robert Buckley Farlee’s 1999 prizewinning piece “Solemn Reproaches of the Cross”.
Listen to a recording of the “Solemn Reproaches of the Cross”
