NATIONAL YOUNG COMPOSERS CHALLENGE, INC.
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA

The National Young Composers Challenge is open to young musicians ages 13 to 18 who are U.S. residents. Each year the National Young Composers Challenge receives a large number of submissions from every corner of the United States. The sophistication and quality of the scores has continued to grow each year. Because of the difficulty of picking only a few winners in each category, the judges also announce the list of finalists from which the winning scores will be selected. Each one of these composers deserves recognition as a winner, but unfortunately only a few scores can be selected from the finalists as winners. The National Young Composers Challenge is excited to announce the winners of the 2017 NYCC challege. From the finalists, the judges have selected the following compositions to be performed at the 2017 Composium. The winners are listed below in alphabetical order. This order does not imply relative ratings.