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Congratulations
to all entrants of the VDL Parking Lot Composition Contest!
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The
results are in! We would like to thank and congratulate all
applicants on their outstanding level of imagination and dedication
to creating new drumline compositions with Virtual Drumline.
Without further delay, here are the results of the contest.
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| GRAND
PRIZE WINNER |
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Fred
Emory Smith - "Billy Goat's Milk"
Now available for instant download, exclusively
from Tapspace
Click
here to hear the piece, and purchase online.
Congratulations Fred!! |
THE
JUDGES
We'd like to extend our deepest and
most humble thanks to the adjudicators who offered various backgrounds
in percussion, composition, education, and music technology. Main
judging criteria included: originality,
creativity, crowd appeal, groove, clarity of sheet music, and a
mature understanding of rudimental foundations used in a context
that reinforces the intent of the composition. The
adjudication process was a difficult one and required a fair amount
of balance between all of the above elements. Composer's identity
was not revealed to adjudicators during the judging process. The
adjudicators were:
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James
Ancona - percussion caption head, The Cavliers; University
of Delaware Faculty
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Murray
Gusseck - former percussion caption head/arranger, Santa
Clara Vanguard; parking lot genius
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David
Reeves - percussion arranger, Center Grove HS/Seattle Cascades/University
of Washington
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Jim
Casella - percussion composer/arranger, The Cavaliers;
VDL:2 producer/programmer
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Neal
Flum - associate director of bands, University of Alabama,
percussion adjudicator
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Mike
McIntosh - percussion arranger/music coordinator, The Bluecoats
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Mat
Chavez - percussion and music technology specialist, Seattle,
WA
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Bill
Castillo - percussion educator and VDL:2 guru, St. Louis,
MO
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Brian
Stevens -
percussion caption head, Capital Regiment/Stephen F. Austin HS
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