Announcing our 2026 Revere Award Winners

Cover Design

First Prize: Anthem (Erika Svanoe) — Swan Maiden Press
Cover Design: Erik Evensen
Production Coordinator: Erika Svanoe

Second Prize: Love Is What We Need (Roderick Giles) — Galaxy Music Corporation
Cover Design: Kristen Schade
Production Coordinator: Scott Foss

Third Prize: Bolérobot (Erika Svanoe) — Swan Maiden Press
Cover Design: Erik Evensen
Production Coordinator: Erika Svanoe

Third Prize: Here Be Dragons (Jason Sifford) — Hal Leonard
Cover Design: Nate Schardin
Production Coordinator: Charmaine Siagian

Book Design

First Prize: Leo Kottke/6- and 12-String Guitar: A Companion Volumes 1 & 2 (John Stropes and Benjamin Kammin) — Stropes Editions, Ltd.
Cover Design: Clayton Feller, Feller Design; John Harvey, photographer
Book Design: Clayton Feller, Feller Design
Production Coordinator: Clayton Feller, Feller Design

Second Prize: Here Be Dragons (Jason Sifford) — Hal Leonard
Cover Design: Nate Schardin
Book Design: Nate Schardin
Production Coordinator: Charmaine Siagian

Third Prize: Birdsong: A Musical Field Guide (Alexander Liebermann) — Just a Theory Press
Cover Design: Benjamin Jackson
Book Design: Joshua DeVries
Production Coordinator: Joshua DeVries

Video & Interactive

First Prize: Birdsong: A Musical Field Guide (Alexander Liebermann) — Just a Theory Press
Notesetter: Joshua DeVries
Book Design: Joshua DeVries
Production Coordinator: Joshua DeVries

Second Prize: Harry Potter Foundations – Concert Band (arr. Brian Balmages) — MakeMusic Publications
Notesetter: Morgan Denney
Book Design: Fred Flowerday / Brian Balmages
Production Coordinator: Fred Flowerday / Brian Balmages

Choral Music

First Prize: Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing (Damien Geter) — Just a Theory Press
Notesetter: Joshua DeVries
Production Coordinator: Joshua DeVries

Second Prize: Beloved (Michael Burkhardt) — ECS Publishing Group
Notesetter: Douglas Biggs
Production Coordinator: Douglas Biggs

Classroom & Instructional Method;
Lessons, Scales, Theory, Classroom, Workbook

First Prize: Sound Innovations for String Orchestra, Book 1, Second Edition – Violin (Robert Sheldon, Peter Boonshaft, Dave Black and Bob Phillips) — Alfred Music
Notesetters: Jon Senge & Adrian Alvarez
Production Coordinators: Matt Hymphrey & Chris Bernotas

Second Prize: Practice Smart (Hannah Leposa) — Wingert-Jones Publications
Notesetter: Tyler Arcari
Production Coordinator: Tyler Arcari

Third Prize: Music by Black Composers: Flute Volume 1 (Various) — Subito Music Corporation
Notesetter: Rachel Barton Pine Foundation
Production Coordinator: David Murray

Keyboard Music;
Piano, Organ, Accordion, Synth

First Prize: Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Volume II (Mozart) — Alfred Music
Notesetter: Bruce Nelson
Production Coordinator: Matt Humphrey

Second Prize: Scarlatti: 25 Selected Sonatas (Domenico Scarlatti) — Hal Leonard
Notesetter: Kimberly Brand
Production Coordinator: Brendan Fox

Third Prize: F1 Main Theme (Hans Zimmer, Arranged by Katherine Cordova) — Musicnotes, Inc.
Notesetter: Mark Hallett
Production Coordinator: Michael Sinshack

Music for Fretted Instruments;
Guitar, Ukulele, Banjo, Lute

First Prize: Leo Kottke/6- and 12-String Guitar: A Companion Volumes 1 & 2 (John Stropes and Benjamin Kammin) — Stropes Editions, Ltd.
Notesetter: Benjamin Kammin
Production Coordinator: Clayton Feller, Feller Design

Percussion & Drum;
Kit, Hand Drums, Handbells, Marimba

First Prize: Into the Unknown (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez/Arr. Sondra K. Tucker) — Hope Publishing Company
Notesetter: Andy Parks
Production Coordinator: John Shorney

Piano/Vocal Music

First Prize: Loving v. Virginia: an opera in two acts (Damien Geter & Jessica Murphy Moo) — Just a Theory Press
Notesetter: Joshua DeVries
Production Coordinator: Joshua DeVries

Second Prize: The Wizard of Oz (RSC) (Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg) — Concord Theatricals
Notesetter: Lawrence Halverson
Production Coordinator: Lawrence Halverson

Third Prize: The Waking (Lee Gannon) — American Composers Alliance
Notesetter: Henry Gale
Production Coordinator: Henry Gale

Full & Study Scores, Including Conductor’s Scores

First Prize: To See the Sky (Joel Thompson) — Just a Theory Press
Notesetter: Joshua DeVries
Production Coordinator: Joshua DeVries

Second Prize: Fast Ride in a Short Machine (Joan Tower) — G. Schirmer, Inc. & Associated Music Publishers, Inc., and C.F. Peters Corp.
Notesetter: Peter Simcich
Production Coordinators: Stephanie Woodworth & Zach Hicks

Third Prize: Song of the Reappeared (Matthew Aucoin) — G. Schirmer, Inc. & Associated Music Publishers, Inc., and C.F. Peters Corp.
Notesetter: Dejan Badjnar
Production Coordinator: Drew Fleming

Instrumental Solos, with Accompaniment

First Prize: 83 Romanian Dances for 2 Violas (Bela Bartok, arr. Fred Sherry) — Ludwig Masters
Notesetter: Jeffrey Grossman
Production Coordinator: Jim Schneeberg

Second Prize: Three Pieces (Nadia Boulanger, arranged by Matthew Ross) — Theodore Presser Company
Notesetter: Zachary Fick-Cambria
Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff

Instrumental Solos, without Accompaniment

First Prize: In the Wind (Yukiko Nishimura) — Theodore Presser Company
Notesetter: Ryan Carson
Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff

Second Prize: Langkawi: Mythology II (Su Lian Tan) — American Composers Alliance
Notesetter: Su Lian Tan
Production Coordinator: Will Rowe

Third Prize: Cello Pieces for Alisa (Chen Yi) — Theodore Presser Company
Notesetter: Ryan Carson
Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff

Chamber Ensemble, Score & Parts

First Prize: Kanto Kechua No.4: For Bela (Gabriela Lena Frank) — G. Schirmer, Inc. & Associated Music Publishers, Inc., and C.F. Peters Corp.
Notesetter: Dejan Badjnar
Production Coordinator: Stephanie Woodworth

Second Prize: Blue Jacaranda (Daniel Dorff) — Theodore Presser Company
Notesetter: Daniel Dorff
Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff

Third Prize: String Quartet No. 5, “A Year in the Country” (Peter Schickele) — Theodore Presser Company
Notesetter: Nicholas Hopkins
Production Coordinator: Daniel Dorff

Band, Orchestra & Large Ensemble, Score & Parts

First Prize: Time to Time (Tania León) — Peermusic Classical
Notesetters: Mark Steven Brooks & Marina Voyskun
Production Coordinator: Victoria Policht

Second Prize: Big Bend (William Owens) — Wingert-Jones Publications
Notesetter: Porter Eidam
Production Coordinator: Porter Eidam

Third Prize: Duckett’s Grove (Larry Clark) — Excelcia Music Publishing
Notesetter: Porter Eidam
Production Coordinator: Porter Eidam

Non-traditional Notation

First Prize: A Proud Lady (Morgan Denney) — TUX People’s Music
Notesetter: Morgan Denney
Production Coordinator: Josh Trentadue

Second Prize: I Wonder If This Ground Has Anything to Say (A Treaty Illumination) (Jerome Kitzke) — Peermusic Classical
Notesetter: Jerome Kitzke
Production Coordinator: Victoria Policht