The Ebony Prize

The

Ebony

Prize

Ebony Music, Inc. will be sponsoring The Ebony Prize.

A monetary prize will be presented for the best piano performance for a piece by a Black composer at the national level for the Junior, Senior, and Young Artist Division of the

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

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The Junior Division award recipient will be awarded $500.00

The Senior Division award recipient will be awarded $750.00

The Young Artist Division award recipient will be awarded $1,000

Junior Division

The Junior Division Award Recipient will be awarded $500

Composer	Title	Recording	Score
Margaret Bonds	“Dry Bones” from Spiritual Suite	https://youtu.be/kq1JGQ99ipg	http://videmus.org/catalog/index.php?fwa=viewScore&sid=26
Howard Swanson	The Cuckoo	https://youtu.be/Zzrn39SE_Eg	https://www.amazon.com/Cuckoo-Scherzo-Howard-Swanson/dp/B0177TB2EO
Betty Jackson King	“Autumn Dance” from Four Seasonal Sketches	https://youtu.be/yrwx06870Mw	https://www.mcssl.com/store/jacksonian-press-inc/catalog/product/fc3d8d2af52cea13f5b44cd2e2581155
Samuel Coleridge Taylor	“Deep River” from 24 Negro Melodies	https://youtu.be/hjQvIt_gqAQ	https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Negro_Melodies%2C_Op.59_(Coleridge-Taylor%2C_Samuel)
Nathaniel Dett	“Morning/Barcarolle” from In the Bottom Suite	https://youtu.be/6Vc-_Ar1Z-U	https://imslp.org/wiki/In_the_Bottoms_(Dett,_Robert_Nathaniel)
H.T. Burleigh	“On Bended Knees” from In the Southland	https://youtu.be/iNequD3Dtmc	https://imslp.org/wiki/From_the_Southland_(Burleigh%2C_Harry_Thacker)
Thomas Wiggins	Water in the Moonlight	https://youtu.be/t4ZmwXd_dJg	https://imslp.org/wiki/Water_in_the_Moonlight_(Wiggins%2C_Thomas_%22Blind_Tom%22)
Oswald Russell	Papillons	https://youtu.be/P9fu_-jSuKI	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/piano-music-of-africa-and-the-african-diaspora-volume-3-sheet-music/18425328?utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6PD3BRDPARIsAN8pHuH_e23TUZWCLx5OD8VPLxPSXM5k1CWORCahFHcN5GznAAq7P3uJOh4aAv1aEALw_wcB&d=sem_sidecar&d=sem_sidecar&d=sem_ggl_{campaign_id}_&popup=false&popup=false&utm_source=google&ac=1&country_code=USA&sc_intid=18425328&scid=scplp18425328
Samuel Coleridge Taylor	Papillons	https://youtu.be/bTopCBRc1ws	https://imslp.org/wiki/Papillon_(Coleridge-Taylor,_Samuel)
Wallace Cheatham	Three Piano Preludes	https://youtu.be/si2KWZ1uvbo	https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Music-Africa-African-Diaspora/dp/0193868245/ref=pd_lpo_14_img_2/144-1424788-0022833?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0193868245&pd_rd_r=1fbc881f-70bb-4b26-aad8-d9d6968effcd&pd_rd_w=xxmAB&pd_rd_wg=sq5Qs&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=2M5CM71G55CWS2QD96CN&psc=1&refRID=2M5CM71G55CWS2QD96CN

Senior Division

The Senior Division Award Recipient will be awarded $750

Composer	Title	Recording	Score
Fred Onovwerosuoke	“Udje” from African Studies in African Rhythms	https://youtu.be/91uOM7KPxTc	https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-four-Studies-African-Rhythms-I/dp/1934621226
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson	Toccata	https://youtu.be/GS-LnnUBWcg	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/toccata-sheet-music/19262450
William Grant Still	“Young Missy” from Deserted Plantation	https://youtu.be/_Ja5Z_V7xSs	http://www.williamgrantstillmusic.com/WorksforKeyboard.htm#A%20Deserted%20Plantation
Leslie Adams	Etude in C# Minor	https://youtu.be/K0w44yW5mBA	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/adams-26-etudes-for-solo-piano-vol-1-digital-sheet-music/21205627
Samuel Coleridge Taylor	“Bamboula” from 24 Negro Melodies	https://youtu.be/VnXJ0N6sly0	https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Negro_Melodies%2C_Op.59_(Coleridge-Taylor%2C_Samuel)
Irene Britton Smith	Variations on a Theme by Macdowell	https://youtu.be/25R3BG5_wD4	https://www.jwpepper.com/Works-for-Solo-Piano/10016492.item#.YgXROljMIlI
Margaret Bonds	“Troubled Water” from Spiritual Suite	https://youtu.be/SDINItCbwBo	http://videmus.org/catalog/index.php?fwa=viewScore&sid=26
Nathaniel Dett	“As His Own Soul” from 8 Bible Vignettes	https://youtu.be/Z95D7bS_uDg	https://imslp.org/wiki/8_Bible_Vignettes_(Dett%2C_Robert_Nathaniel)
George Walker	Prelude and Caprice	https://youtu.be/bzkPkqq1X30 https://youtu.be/6730jSIsnsw	https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7591545–george-walker-prelude-and-caprice
Florence Price	“Flame” from Snapshots	https://youtu.be/pOT1XpaPdOg	https://www.tfront.com/p-496683-snapshots-for-piano-solo-edited-by-john-michael-cooper.aspx

Young Artist Division

The Young Artist Division Award Recipient will be awarded $1000

Composer	Title	Recording	Scores
Florence Price	Sonata in E minor	https://youtu.be/4jgXKLLdlI0	https://www.amazon.com/Sonata-minor-Schirmer-Classics-Schirmers/dp/0793551307
Irene Britton Smith	Passacaglia in C# minor	https://youtu.be/bgfM696x1Uc	https://www.jwpepper.com/Works-for-Solo-Piano/10016492.item#.YgXROljMIlI
George Walker	Piano Sonata in No. 1	https://youtu.be/m-mJ92zUgFM	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/piano-sonata-no-1-sheet-music/19262421
Leslie Adams	Etude No. 9 in E minor	https://youtu.be/ZHoI2In1LcE	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/adams-26-etudes-for-solo-piano-vol-1-digital-sheet-music/21205627
Florence Price	Fantasy Negre in E minor	https://youtu.be/pMy-y5AcZvU	https://www.hildegard.com/catalog.php?keyword=490-01070
Samuel Coleridge Taylor	Three-Fours	https://youtu.be/oUN8hIP8Q7A	https://imslp.org/wiki/Three-Fours,_Op.71_(Coleridge-Taylor,_Samuel)
Fred Onovwerosuoke	“Raging River” from Studies in African Rhythms	https://youtu.be/v7wkxwb_Iqo	https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-four-Studies-African-Rhythms-II/dp/1934621269/ref=pd_sim_1/131-9451912-5018252?pd_rd_w=oK8xz&pf_rd_p=cf667c36-5137-43ea-a503-3c58067bc8ac&pf_rd_r=N7X6MWVMKGJ3NFMBSF6N&pd_rd_r=c6bf4e2b-a4d2-4575-bbd1-49aa7443f1e4&pd_rd_wg=JEcfa&pd_rd_i=1934621269&psc=1
Delores White	Toccata	https://youtu.be/CQBHL0Hjc3E	https://www.doloreswhite.com/purchase
William Grant Still	Three Visions	https://youtu.be/dVnoNlG1dGY	http://www.williamgrantstillmusic.com/WorksforKeyboard.htm#Three%20Visions
Lettie Beckon Alston	Rhapsody No. 4 (Toccata)	https://youtu.be/qF9XAu3Vtuo	https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/piano-music-of-africa-and-the-african-diaspora-volume-5-sheet-music/18765480