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Congratulations to the following who where also winners:

Francesco Marcetti - "Symphonic Poem - The Inside"
Mario Rimoldi - "Adagio and Allegro"
Jun Yamamoto - "Digamma"
Jan MorgenStern - “The Cascade Ranges”
Jarrod Soule - "Dance of the Carpenter (from Portaits of Galilean)"
Mark Slater - "Snakes and Ladders"
Naoto Kubo - "Kazejikan"
Jakob Olofson - "Lindas Entrance"
Matthew E Sargent - "Lady"
Minako Seki - "Journey"
Greg Kramer - "Little Fugue"
Steve Goers - "Faramir and Denathor"
Mark Winter - "Bohemian Glass"
Terrence Dwyer - "Agin Court"
Jerry Wickham - "Scenes from Island Lake"
Iwan Roth - "In Memoriam II for Flute and Orchestra"

Prizes will be sent to the above winners once the prizes are received from the sponsers.

Honorable Mention:

Art Labriola - "Moon Dance"
Evan Schiller - "Clare"
Vince Gassi - "The Starry Messangers"
Darwin Kopp - "Foray"
Edward Givens - "Tango" from Comedic Dances"
Richard Birdsall - "Testing the Flying Machine"
Geoffrey Y. Gardner - "Broadway Fantasy"
Steve Risteter - "Fanfarinette for Orchestra"
Tim James - "27 Pieces of Pi"
Kevin R Cancellaro - "Hercules and the Lernean Hydra"
Andrew Scott Foust - "Fall & Spring"
Andreas Krebs - "Sinfonietta"
Jorgo Smaal - "Bellejournee"
Mark Fitchett - "Normal Free Zone"
Daisuke Miyake - "Marigold"
Peter Bateman - "Titan Overture"
Stephen Melon - "Patterns for Orchestra"
Claudio Mandanico - "Peter Pan"
Trent McDonald - "St. George and the Dragon" (1st Mov.)
Joseph Carrillo - "Instinct Vs. Reason"
Eric Endres - "Thorvald's Saga"
Stefan Kristinsson - "War Song"
Jamie Kowalski - "View of Mount Fuji from Edo"
Ron Klaren - "Steph' s Theme"
Christopher Reeves - "Concerto No.1 for Piano & Orchestra"

Many thanks to the judges who had a hard task in determining the winning works from among so many excellent entries.

SPONSORS:

The organisers are extremely grateful to the following sponsors for their support of the competition

Dear Friends,

The GPO Orchestration Competition was a resounding success! The grand prize winner as well as the three runner-up winners had their works performed by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra is a special performace on March 31, 2005, in Olomouc, Czech Republic and broadcast live on the Internet. The concert could not have gone better.

Originally only the grand prize winner was to have his/her work performed. But because the four top entries were so very close, we decided, and the orchestra agreed, to work towards having all four works performed. So the grand prize winner as well as the three runner-up winners had their work performed by the Moravian Philharmonic.

With nearly 200 superb entries from users around the world, the judges had a challenging time selecting the winners. The entries pushed the envelope for creativity and, by doing so, showed the wide range of capabilities of Personal Orchestra. Works were judged blindly (I was not one of the judges) and were evaluated with a view towards composition, orchestration, color, balance, technique and other factors. The winning entries were masterful on all fronts - superb composition, extremely well-orchestrated, well-produced and made excellent use of Personal Orchestra. The entries were outstanding. I am honored that so many took such great time, effort and care in their submissions. There were so many good entries and I wish everyone could have their work performed.

Thanks to all the sponsors who promoted and contributed prizes. And thanks also to the judges for all their hard work.

Plans are underway for another GPO Orchestration Competition.

Congratulations to the winners!

Gary Garritan