Competitions and Awards
Below is a list of selected
recognitions accumulated
from an early age to
present-day in piano
and composition.
I hope this list showcases
the lifelong passion I have
had for music.
I've also included
some listening
samples from my
student days.
Listen to my performance,
A. Ginastera: Sonata No.1,
Op.22 (mvt.1)
Recorded Live at
Texas Tech University,
School of Music,
Hemmle Recital Hall, 2003
Jeremiah Evans, pianist
Chopin: Etude,
op.10 No.4 in C# min
Recorded at
Texas Tech University,
School of Music,
Hemmle Recital Hall, 2003
Jeremiah Evans, pianist
Early Student Piano Awards
TAPPS,
Fine Art Competitions,
Music div.,
District, 1992,
2nd Place Piano Solo
23rd Mountain View College
Piano Solo Competition,
1993,
2nd prize, Division VII
C. Debussy:
Tarentelle Styrienne
(John Paul,
Head of Keyboard Div.,
Sam Houston State Univ.,
Adjudicator)
Downbeat Magazine
1994-5 Student Music Awards,
Classical Recording Div.,
1st place
J. Brahms:
Piano Quintet in f min.
(Scherzo)
arr. for piano 4hands
Richardson Symphony
Orchestra/Lennox
Young Artist's Competition,
1995,
Honorable Mention,
W.A. Mozart:
Piano Concerto,
No. 9 in Eb
(Pierroette Mouledous,
Prof. of Music,
Eastfield College,
Adjudicator)
24th Mountain View College
Piano Solo Competition,
1994, 1st prize,
Division VIII
S. Rachmaninoff: Prelude,
op.23 No.5
(Dr. Valeri Grokhovski,
Asst. Prof. of Music,
Univ. of Texas,
San Antonio,
Adjudicator)
1996 Dallas Piano
Solo Competition,
1st prize,
(Dallas Music
Teachers Assoc.),
Senior Division
Samuel Barber:
Ballad op. 46
(Nancy Weems,
Prof. of Music,
Moores School of Music,
Univ. of Houston,
Adjudicator)
Omega Psi Phi
Talent Hunt,
Theta Alpha Chapter,
1996, 1st place,
F. Chopin: Etude in C min.,
op.25 no.12
Baylor/Waco Piano
Festival & Competition,
1995 solo division,
2nd prize
W.A. Mozart:
Sonata in F, K332
J. Brahms: Rhapsody,
op. 79, no. 2
Donald S. McNair
Music Scholarship,
Piano Performance
Awarded 2002-2003
Texas Tech University
Music Composition Awards
1996 National PTA
Reflections Program,
Music Composition Division,
Texas State, 1st Prize
Winning Composition,
I Never Saw A Moor
for voice and piano
by Jeremiah Evans
16th London
New Wind Festival,
London, England,
2013 Call for Scores,
Winning Composition,
A Fanfare for the
Celebration of Spring
for Bb cl. solo
by Jeremiah Evans
Sounds New Contemporary
Chamber Players,
Herbert Bielawa, Dir.
Kensington CA, USA,
2013 Call for Scores,
Winning Composition,
A Fanfare for the
Celebration of Spring
for Bb cl. solo
by Jeremiah Evans
Locrian Chamber Players,
New York City NY, USA,
2014 Call for Scores,
Winning Composition,
Five Pages From A City Journal
for piano solo
by Jeremiah Evans
Calliope's Call,
Boston MA, USA,
2021 Call for Scores,
"I, Too Sing America"
Winning Composition,
April Rain Song
(Excerpt from
50 Collected
American Art Songs)
for voice and piano
by Jeremiah Evans
reNEW MUSIC,
Reno NV, USA,
2021 Call for Scores,
Month of July's
micro-commission,
Winning Composition,
A Little Shimmy
for oboe solo
by Jeremiah Evans
New York City Contemporary
Music Symposium
at Columbia University,
(Bowery Trio)
2021 Call for Scores,
Finalist,
Three Inventions
for piano solo
by Jeremiah Evans
Opera Contempo,
Salt Lake City, UT, USA,
2022 Call for Scores,
Winning Compositions,
(Excerpts from
50 Collected
American Art Songs)
for voice and piano
by Jeremiah Evans
66th Annual
Grammy Awards,
co-composer for
RISING,
Nomination for
"Best Classical
Vocal Solo Album",
Warner Classics/Erato Records
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Kevin J. Miller, piano,
Selected Songs,
for voice and piano
by Jeremiah Evans