{"id":31927,"date":"2017-02-20T09:27:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=31927"},"modified":"2017-03-17T14:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:09:23","slug":"keebaugh-earns-raabe-prize-honorable-mention-capella-composition-suffering-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/keebaugh-earns-raabe-prize-honorable-mention-capella-composition-suffering-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"Keebaugh earns Raabe Prize honorable mention for a cappella composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/rek2227\">Ryan Keebaugh<\/a>, assistant professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University, is one of three winners in the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcm.org\/news-events\/raabe-prize\/\">Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-eight entrants competed for the prize, offered every two years by The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Among other guidelines, \u201cpreference is given to those entries which grow out of but are not necessarily restricted to, the worshiping assembly of the baptized who gather around Word and Sacrament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keebaugh won honorable mention for his a cappella composition \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/musicspoke.com\/downloads\/suffering-servant-ryan-keebaugh\/\">The Suffering Servant<\/a>,\u201d a meditative tableau on the text of Isaiah 53.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Listen to Professor Ryan Keebaugh&#8217;s winning composition &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/musicspoke.com\/downloads\/suffering-servant-ryan-keebaugh\/\">The Suffering Servant<\/a>.&#8217;<\/aside>\n<p>Honorable mention was also given to Thomas Keesecker of Bel Air, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Erik Meyer won the $2,000 prize, which is split between the composer and a musical or ecclesiastical organization of the composer\u2019s choice. Meyer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is music director at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, where he oversees a large choral and instrumental program.<\/p>\n<p>Keebaugh counts this award among the top three of his career, including being a semi-finalist for the American Prize in 2013 and a finalist in the international <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/09\/given-secret-ingredient-and-instruments-emus-own-iron-composer-ryan-keebaugh-goes-to-work\/\">Iron Composer competition<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Since the announcement, five people have inquired about performing the work. Among them was a representative from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lachorallab.org\/\">The L.A. Choral Lab<\/a>, a Los Angeles group which specializes in performing quality new choral works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive an honorable mention in this contest, which received so many entries,\u201d Keebaugh said. \u201cIt was very competitive and I received some beautiful feedback, which I certainly appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The selection committee, headed by Dr. Zebulon Highben of Muskingum University, called the work \u201cdense \u2026 setting a theologically rich text with tone clusters and long unaccompanied lines in a style that evokes the holy minimalism of Tavener and P\u00e4rt. Though it is more difficult than the other two selections, and requires a vocal stamina that would put it beyond the reach of many choirs, it stands clearly in the \u2018high art\u2019 stream of the Lutheran musical tradition and is worthy of inclusion as an honorable mention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ryan is becoming recognized as one of a few leading young American composers,&#8221; said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/griffing\">Joan Griffing<\/a>, chair of the EMU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/\">Music Department<\/a>. \u201cHis music has a mystical quality that appeals to both performers and audience members alike. We are fortunate to have him on faculty. He is having a positive influence on the next generation of composers who are being \u2018grown\u2019 in our backyard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Suffering Servant\u201d premiered in August 2012, performed by the Bridgewater College Alumni Choir, and has subsequently been performed and recorded by the University of South Florida Chamber Singers and the Western Michigan University Chorale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Keebaugh, assistant professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University, is one of three winners in the 2017 Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition. 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