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2002
     
For distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States during the year, Seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
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Awarded to "Ice Field" by Henry Brant, premiered on December 12, 2001 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA.
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Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Rilke Songs" by Peter Lieberson, premiered on July 18, 2001, in Santa Fe, NM, and "Ten of a Kind (Symphony No.2)" by David Rakowski, premiered on May 20, 2001, at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
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