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Competition Results
There are three categories of entrant: Group A - under 16 years old; Group B - 16 to 18 years old; Group C - 19 to 22 years old
Each group winner receives a prize: Group A £100; Group B £150; Group C £200.
Additionally, there is an overall winner, the Young Composer of Dyfed (who need not be one of the group winners) who receives £250 and the Carmarthen Arts challenge shield. This was not the case for the first competition in April 2002, when one group winner was named 'Young Composer of Dyfed'.
Since the 2005 final, the audience has been invited
to choose its favourite work (prior to the adjudicator's
announcements). The composer of this receives the Greenhalgh
prize of £100 and the Greenhalgh trophy.
Winners:
April 2002
Group A: Steffan Huw Watkins, with 'Can 'Aria', for Soprano, String Trio and Piano;
Group B (and Young Composer of Dyfed): Jayne Evans, with 'Reflective Meditation' for Clarinet Quintet;
Group C: Lisa Richards, with 'Three Moods' for Piano Solo.
April 2003
Group A (and Young Composer of Dyfed): Dan Laxton, with 'Lazy Day Blues' for Saxophone Quartet;
Group B: no prize awarded;
Group C: Prize shared between Catherine Sullivan, with 'Tout Puissant' for Piano Solo and Katie Thomas, with 'Capriccioso' for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano.
April 2004:
No competition held.
April 2005:
Greenhalgh Audience Prize: Matthew Wallace, as Group A below;
Group A: Matthew Wallace, with 'Footie for Five', for Wind Quintet;
Group B: Ruth Morris, with 'The Bells of Rome' for Wind Quintet;
Group C: Jack Westmore, with 'Piece' for Wind Quintet and Piano;
Young Composer of Dyfed: Emma Downer, with 'Woodland Dance', for Wind Quintet (also using piccolo).
April 2006 (all works for string quartet):
Greenhalgh Audience Prize: Matthew Wallace, with
'The Hoe-Down Lowdown';
Group A: Claire Roberts, with 'Movement';
Group B (joint winners): Eirlys Myfanwy Davies, with
'Tic Toc'; Steffan Huw Watkins, with 'A Suite Taste
for Strings';
Group C: Jack Westmore, with 'Roha';
Young Composer of Dyfed: Jack Westmore.
April 2007 (all works for brass quintet except that
shown):
Greenhalgh Audience Prize and Trophy: Steffan Huw Watkins,
with 'At the Opening of an Old Tune’;
Group A: Claire Roberts, with ‘Austere Poem’;
Group B: Susie Goffin, with ‘Y Môr Ladron’;
Group C: There were no Group C finalists;
Young Composer of Dyfed: Ruth Morris, with ‘Lullaby
for Vaughan’, for trumpet, French horn, trombone
and tuba.
April 2008
Greenhalgh Audience Prize and Trophy: Gweirydd Davies,
with ‘The Looming’, for vocal quartet with
electronic enhancement;
Group A: Cerian Lindsay, with ‘Appropriation of
the Lullaby Heno, Heno, for vocal quartet with electronic
enhancement;
Group B: Gweirydd Davies, as above;
Group C: Sarah Lianne Lewis, with ‘Ave Maria’,
for counter-tenor, baritone and bass;
Young Composer of Dyfed: Stacey Doherty, with
‘City Life’ for vocal quartet with electronic
enhancement.
April 2009
Greenhalgh Audience Prize and Trophy: Jack Amblin, with
‘Amblinika’, for two marimbas and full drum kit;
Group A: Amané Suganami, with ‘LIH’, for marimba and vibraphone;
Group B: Siôn Hupfield, with ‘Three Variations on a 12-tone Scale’, for two marimbas, vibraphone and percussion;
Group C: Aled Start, with ‘Habib’s Circle’ for marimba, vibraphone and piano;
Young Composer of Dyfed: Claire Roberts, with
‘Duet for Marimbas’ aka ‘Tide’ for two marimbas
enhancement.
The adjudicator is asked to choose ten to twelve finalists,
according to circumstances such as the likely time each
masterclass will take.
Former Young Composers of Dyfed (who have not become
too old to compete) may enter the competition, but are
not eligible for cash prizes.
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