Maricopa Resident Judith Lang Zaimont’s Composition is Standout in Competition

Dec. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- Yesterday, Arizona Pro Arte Ensemble, based in Paradise Valley, AZ, announced that Judith Lang Zaimont http://www.jzaimont.com was awarded Special Recognition in their Call for Scores competition for her composition Elegy for Sting Orchestra. This work is a wonderfully moving and skillfully crafted composition that stood out during the competition.

Ms. Zaimont’s work was up against a multitude of scores submitted by national and international applicants. The City of Maricopa should take great pride to have someone of such extensive talent and achievement living the simple life in their quiet Phoenix suburb rather than choosing to live in a major city with a lively arts scene like New York or Boston.

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. Ms. Zaimont's music is frequently played in the United States (including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center) and abroad. It is published (MMB Music, Inc., Galaxy/ ECS, Vivace, Jeanné, C. F. Peters, Lyra, Walton) and recorded (Naxos, Albany, Arabesque, Koch, Leonarda, 4-Tay) and commissioned by ensembles and solo performers world-wide.

Words of praise for Ms. Zaimont’s work include:
“I have long considered Judith Lang Zaimont to be one of the most consistently rewarding composers of her generation..” - Walter Simmons, 2012

“Her music immediately immerses the auditor in Zaimont’s own soundscape …. This is music sown with seeds of greatness.” - David DeBoor Canfield, 2012

Arizona Pro Arte offered two “Call for Scores” projects. Within two categories, Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Wind Ensemble, one winner was selected for each project. Both winning compositions will be performed on one of the Ensemble’s upcoming concerts.

Winners include:
Chamber Orchestra Winner: Ingrid Stölzel, Genius Loci, Spirit of Place. This work will be performed by Arizona Pro Arte Ensemble on their concert entitled in Paradisum, into paradise, March 22nd and 24th, 2013.

Chamber Wind Ensemble Winner: Adria L. Stolk, Pear Tree. This work will be performed by Arizona Pro Arte Ensemble on their concert entitled The Winds, January 25th and January 26th, 2013.

For more information and to purchase tickets to the concerts where these pieces will be performed, please visit www.azproarte.com or call 623-282-AZPA (2972).