Dallas Winds Brass Fanfare Competition
In 2000 the Dallas Winds established a tradition of performing brass fanfares 15 minutes prior to curtain in the lobby of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas, for each of its subscription concerts. Our patrons eagerly gather in the lobby to hear these fanfares that have become an important part of the whole concert-going experience.
Composers of all ages are encouraged compose or submit their unpublished fanfares to the address below. All composition titles will be credited in the Dallas Winds’ printed program with the composer’s name. Seven fanfares will be selected for performance during the upcoming season.
Announcement of next season’s contest will be posted Spring 2024
Previous Fanfare Contest Winners
2022-23 Fanfare Winners
Fanfare for the New Sun – Aaron Houston (10/18/2022) Legacy – BJ Brooks (11/15/2022) I Saw Three Ships – John K. Evans (12/21/2022) Awake! – Kyle E. Henkel (2/21/2023) Silver Fanfare – JaRod Hall (3/24/2023) So We Meet Again – Andrew Lawson...
2019 Fanfare Winners
Fanfare for Earthrealm – Salvador Alan Jacobo; Fanfare for a New Day – Kevin Poelking; Titanium Fanfare – Jon Bubbett; Procession to the Skies – Keaton Ray Marek; For Uncommon Valor – Andrew E. Lawson; Land of the Free, Home of the Brave – Kent Phillip Baker; Lest We Forget – Tyler Arcari
2018 Fanfare Winners
Adventus – David Lovrien; COMMUTE Fanfare – Costas Dafnis; Canyon’s Edge Fanfare – Heather Ellis Koehn; Angels Fanfare – John Evans; Young Voices – Harrison J. Collins; Field Day Fanfare – Christopher Lowry; Rise Up – Brooke Pierson; Eternal Conquerors – Jackson A. Anderson
2017 Fanfare Winners
Diamond Flight – Joshua Hobbs; Adventure Awaits – Christian Kolo; Fanfare, “Die Helden” – Onsby C. Rose; Forging an Icon – Tara Islas; The Eternity Gate – Kent Philip Baker; The Pure in Heart – Thomas Singletary
2016 Fanfare Winners
To The Stars – Christian Kolo; You Are Cordially Invited – Michael Markowski; Ascent to the Summit – Tara Islas; A Christmas Fanfare –James Beckel, Jr.; Mach 10 – Andrew E. Lawson; Winds of Niagara – Benjamin Yeo; To Be Free – Joanne Harris; The Tannhauser Gate – Kent Philip Baker
2015 Fanfare Winners
Unveiling, by Brian Sadler; Resonances, by Christian Guillen; Valiant, by Christian Kolo; October Fanfare, by Gregory Good; Fireworks, by Kevin Day; Salute! by Jeff Jordan; Déjà vu Fanfare, by Trevor Rundell
2014 Fanfare Winners
Russell Powell – Fanfare for Brass; Andrew D. Herring – The Forging of Mjolnir; Joseph Turrin – Fanfare a la Carte; Chuck Mandernach – Fanfare and Interlude; Tyler S. Grant – Panoramic Fanfare; Christopher Kyle Green – Ultraplex; R. Ward Miller – Change Ringing; Mike Forbes – Commemorative Fanfare
2013 Fanfare Winners
Gary Gazlay, Psalmos; Christopher Marshall, Heat Shimmer; John Michael Davis, Southern Harmony; Chuck Mandernach, Heroes; Josh Hobbs, Three Ring; Andrew D. Herring, Ad Infinitum et Ultra; Brandon Maahs, Invictus: Fanfare for Uncommon Heroes; David Nicolette, Dallas Fanfare No. 1
2012 Fanfare Winners
Overdrive – Jeff Jordan; Fanfarest of the Fair – Michael Mikulka; Fanfare from the Hiawatha Line – Christopher Danforth; American Fanfare – Robert W. Gillam; Exulto – Gary Gazlay; Sir Richard’s Fanfare – Scott Pierson; Prelude to a New Beginning – Mike Forbes
2011 Fanfare Winners
Steve Smith – Capilano Fanfare; Taylor A. Goodson – Fanfare For a New Beginning; Robert Bruns – Peregrine Flight; Mike Forbes – Festival Fanfare; Henry Dorn – Shadows; Ralph R. Hays –Fanfare MMX; and Daniel M. Pfannstiel – Apollonian Ascent
2010 Fanfare Winners
Fanfare Antiphonal Vox Gabrieli – Jim Colonna; Foozle – Hermes Camacho; Fanfare Royale – Kevin L. Gibbs; Water Fanfare – Joseph Spaniola; Heroic Fanfare – Scott M. Copeland; Pavillons en l’ air – J. M. David; Fanfare to “Hell’s Angels” – Kevin Scott