Announcing the 2021 SOCAN Foundation Awards Recipients

SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers

Grand Prize Winner

Francis Battah

Toccata no 2
Québec
Grand Prize

1st Prize Winners

Nicholas Denton-Protsack

Iterations on a Theme by Antonio Salieri 
British Columbia
Large Ensemble

Francis Battah

Codes, claves, accidents
Québec
Chamber Ensemble

Nicholas Denton-Protsack

Into this Fracturing Land
British Columbia
Solo & Duets

Katerina Gimon

Shadow/Light
British Columbia
Choral

ijo (Dong Ho You)

Look Straight, Don’t See
Ontario
Electroacoustic

2nd Prize Winners

Sami Seif

Harp Concerto
Ontario
Large Ensemble

Haotian Yu

Ritual IIIb
Ontario
Chamber Ensemble

James Lowrie

Chainsmoking;Index
Ontario
Solo & Duets

Stephanie Orlando

kyrie
Ontario
Choral

Dominic Jasmin

Ici
Québec
Electroacoustic

3rd Prize Winners

Liam Ritz

Chamber Dances
Ontario
Large Ensemble

Sami Seif

Orientalism
Ontario
Chamber Ensemble

Liam Ritz

Three Inventions
Ontario
Solo & Duets

Benjamin Sigerson

Stratocumulus
British Columbia
Choral

Thomas Quirion

Consequential
Québec
Electroacoustic

Young Composer Award Winners

Henry From

Petawawa Gorges
British Columbia
Large Ensemble

Michael Selvaggi

Midwinter Fractures
Ontario
Chamber Ensemble

Henry From

Chorale and Variations
British Columbia
Solo & Duets

Benjamin Sigerson

Stratocumulus
British Columbia
Choral

Michael Selvaggi

Marine Transmutations
Ontario
Electroacoustic