Just two months after the Music Publishers Association (MPA) announced the winners of the 2019-2020 Paul Revere Awards for music engraving and publication design, which had been delayed due to the pandemic, the 2021 Paul Revere Awards were announced during the 2021 MPA meeting, which was held virtually on June 11, 2011. Among the first, second, and third prize winning scores, adjudicated in 11 different categories, were an unprecedented 10 publications of scores by Black American and Latine American composers, both new works and new editions of older repertoire. Among the award winning publications were orchestral scores by Alvin Singleton, William Grant, and Robert Sierra, chamber works by Florence Price and Ulysses Kay, and an ensemble work by Julius Eastman.
In addition to the Revere Awards, Nashville Songwriters Association International President Bart Herbison received the MPA’s Arnold Broido Award for Copyright Advocacy and the late composer, publisher, and former MPA president Lauren Keiser posthumously received the MPA Lifetime Achievement Award. There were also a few presentations during the two-hour meeting. Peter Grimshaw, from BTM Innovation, spoke about BTMI’s new In©, a platform available to all publishers to assist their clients in seeking permission for any sort of usage without paper contracts. Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) CEO Kris Ahrend gave an update about–and also urged all MPA members to join–this recently formed non-profit entity which administers blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services (digital service providers or DSPs) in the United States, and then collects royalties due under those licenses and pays member songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers.
The complete list of Paul Revere Award Winning publications appears below.
Choral Music Notesetting
1st Prize
Traditional: The Boar’s Head Carol, arranged by Marshall Webb
(Excelcia Music Publishing)
Notesetter: Mark Adler / Production Coordinator: Jamey Ray
2nd Prize
Jocelyn Hagen: Mother’s Song for SSAATTBB
(C.F. Peters)
Notesetter: Jocelyn Hagen / Production Coordinator: Owen Summers
Keyboard Music Notesetting
1st Prize
Charles E. Ives: Piano Studies: Shorter Works for Piano, Vol. 2
(Peermusic Classical)
Notesetter: Marina Voyskun / Production Coordinator: Karen Heymann
2nd Prize
Camille Saint-Saens: Solo Piano Rarities, edited by Geoffrey Burleson
(Carl Fischer Music)
Notesetter: Zachary Fick-Cambria / Production Coordinator: Lauren Taylor
3rd Prize
David M. Cherwien: Partita on Jesu, meine Freude for solo organ
(MorningStar Music Publishers)
Notesetter: Kevin Uppercue / Production Coordinator: Kristen Schade
Guitar Music Notesetting
1st Prize
Various: Nights Transfigured – 15 21st Century Guitar Solos
commissioned, curated, and edited by Aaron Larget-Caplan
(American Composers Alliance)
Notesetter: Various / Production Coordinator: Gina Genova
2nd Prize
Steve Vai: Steve Vai Guitar Anthology
(Hal Leonard)
Notesetter: Jordan Baker / Production Coordinator: Jeff Schofield
Piano/Vocal Notesetting
1st Prize
John Adams: Opera Choruses Vol. 1
(Boosey & Hawkes/Hendon Music)
Notesetter: Maggie Heskin / Production Coordinator: Maggie Heskin
2nd Prize
Morten Lauridsen: Six Duets for Mixed Voices and Piano
(Peermusic Classical)
Notesetter: Mark Brooks / Production Coordinator: Karen Heymann
Full Score Notesetting
1st Prize
Alvin Singleton: Again for chamber orchestra
(Schott Music Corporation / European American Music)
Notesetter: Lenka Hradilková / Production Coordinator: Scott Wollschleger
2nd Prize
William Grant Still: From the Black Belt – 7 little pieces for chamber orchestra
(Carl Fischer Music)
Notesetter: Lauren Taylor / Production Coordinator: Lauren Taylor
3rd Prize
Roberto Sierra: Sinfonía No. 6 for orchestra
(Subito Music Corporation)
Notesetter: Roberto Sierra / Production Coordinator: David Murray
Solos with Accompaniment Notesetting (music for two players)
1st Prize
Ulysses Kay: Sonatine for Viola and Piano
(American Composers Alliance)
Notesetter: Eugene McBride / Production Coordinator: Gina Genova
2nd Prize
Daniel Dorff: The Seven Chakras for tenor saxophone and piano
(Theodore Presser Company)
Notesetter: Daniel Carno / Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff
Unaccompanied Solo Notesetting
1st Prize
Roque Cordero: Rapsodia Panameña for solo violin
(Peermusic Classical)
Notesetter: Mark Brooks
Production Coordinator: Karen Heymann
2nd Prize
James Lee III: Principal Brothers No. 3 for solo clarinet
(Subito Music Corporation)
Notesetter: James Lee III / Production Coordinator: David Murray
Chamber Music Notesetting (music for at least 3 players)
1st Prize (TIE)
Steven Mackey: Physical Property for electric guitar and string quartet
(Boosey & Hawkes/Hendon Music)
Notesetter: Kyle Tieman-Strauss / Production Coordinator: Kyle Tieman-Strauss
José Serebrier: The Year 2020 for wind quintet
(Peermusic Classical)
Notesetter: Marina Voyskun / Production Coordinator: Karen Heymann
2nd Prize
Florence B. Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint for string quartet
(G. Schirmer, Inc. / Wise Music Group)
Notesetter: Peter Simcich / Production Coordinator: Peter Stanley Martin
3rd Prize (TIE)
André Previn: Quintet (for Horn and String Quartet)
(G. Schirmer, Inc. / Wise Music Group)
Notesetter: Anthony Cornicello / Production Coordinator: Peter Stanley Martin
Bright Sheng: Clearwater Rhapsody for erhu, violin, violoncello, and piano
(G. Schirmer, Inc. / Wise Music Group)
Notesetter: Dejan Badnjar / Production Coordinator: David Fetherolf
Collated Music Notesetting
1st Prize
Larry Clark: Ars Vitae for wind band (grade 3 1/2)
(Excelcia Music Publishing)
Notesetter: Tyler Arcari / Production Coordinator: Tyler Arcari
2nd Prize
Julius Eastman: Stay On It
(G. Schirmer, Inc. / Wise Music Group)
Notesetter: Anthony Cornicello / Production Coordinator: Peter Stanley Martin
3rd Prize
Martin Boykan: Concerto for 13 Players
(American Composers Alliance)
Notesetter: Will Rowe / Production Coordinator: Gina Genova
Cover Design
1st Prize
Richard Lowell: Jazz Duets: Etudes for Phrasing and Articulation
(Hal Leonard)
Cover Design: Kristen Anhalt / Production Coordinator: Jonathan Feist
2nd Prize (TIE)
Various: Flexible Favorites for Strings-Wedding arr. by Joe Snyder
(Wingert-Jones Publications)
Cover Design: Kristen Cutler / Production Coordinator: Joe Snyder
Various: Flexible Favorites for Winds-Wedding arr. by Joe Snyder
(Wingert-Jones Publications)
Cover Design: Kristen Cutler / Production Coordinator: Joe Snyder
3rd Prize
Various: songSLAM Songbook, Vol. 1
(NewMusicShelf)
Cover Design & Production Coordinator: Dennis Tobenski
Book Design
1st Prize
Charlie Parker: The Complete Scores
(Hal Leonard)
Book & Cover Design: Linda Nelson / Production Coordinator: Jeff Schofield
2nd Prize
Various: Nights Transfigured – 15 21st Century Guitar Solos
Book Design: Simon Berry / Cover Design: Simon Berry & Aaron Larget-Caplan
Production Coordinator: Gina Genova
3rd Prize
Various: Stanley Kubrick for Intermediate Piano (Classical Music from Three Films) arranged by Nicholas Hopkins
(Carl Fischer Music)
Cover Design: Andrew Dowty / Production Coordinator: Lauren Taylor
Notesetting judges were Ju-Ping Song and Ella M. Fredrickson. Design judges were Emmanuel Wisdom and Nim Ben-Reuven. New Music USA’s Frank J. Oteri announced this year’s winners. As per the previous round of Paul Revere Awards, all submissions were digital and the entire adjudication process occurred online.
