Jim Highsmith Composition Award
An annual award for orchestral composition given by The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The competition is open to current students and recent alumni of the Conservatory. The winner is selected by an independent panel of judges each spring, and the winning composition is performed by the Conservatory Orchestra in the fall.
The award recipients: Louis Cruz, 2012
- Nicholas Pavkovic, 2011
- Joseph Stillwell, 2010
- Jeffrey Parola, 2009
- Ilya Demutsky, 2008
- Joseph Gregorio, 2007
- Darren Jones, 2006
- Ian Dickenson, 2005
- Ian James Dicke, 2004
- Thomas Conroy, 2003
- Jonathan Russell, 2002
- Brent Goodbar, 2001
- Michael Kaulkin, 2000
- Bruce Rockwell, 1999
- Jason Martineau, 1998
- Aleksandra Vrebalov, 1996
- William Campbell, 1995
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