We are excited to announce the winning sheet music publications for the annual Presto Music Awards! We have selected five award winners who have brought something fresh, exciting, important and unique to musicians, teachers, and conductors. All titles were released in the last twelve months at the time of selection, and our winning titles span piano solos, choral collections, and orchestral symphonies. All of our finalists were exceptional, but the five winning titles represent the pinnacle of music publishing. Find the winning sheet music publications below.
Sheet Music Publications of the Year - Winners
This stunning new collection features twenty previously unpublished piano works by Florence Price, ranging from intermediate to early advanced. While her music is firmly in the European tradition, influences of the American South and Black life are prevalent, as demonstrated by several titles in the collection, which was curated and edited by Dr. Michael Clark.
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An essential collection of music by women from across the centuries. Beautifully presented with Vanessa Bell’s A Conversation on the cover, this timeless collection features over fifty works suitable for intermediate pianists.
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A remarkable collection of pieces specially compiled to encourage connection and growth for singers and their audiences, pairing inspirational music and thoughtful pedagogy in a bid to restore music to the heart of the community.
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For this new edition, editor Jonathan Del Mar has analysed Dvorák’s autograph and the score that was published by Simrock at the end of 1881. For the first time in an Urtext edition, the parts of the first edition, whose readings are revealing in view of the lost manuscript parts of the premiere, were evaluated.
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This newly revised and corrected performing edition of the complete four-act ballet Romeo and Juliet captures many corrections gathered over the years from conductors and music librarians and includes newly-engraved orchestral parts (available for hire). Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski was responsible for reviewing the full score before publication.
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