Nemmers Prize in Music Composition

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
at Northwestern University

invites nominations

for the 2023 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize
in Music Composition. The prize includes a
$100,000 award, and the recipient is expected
to participate in two nonconsecutive residencies
at the Bienen School of Music. Nominees must
show a unique creative voice as well as highest-
level achievement in a substantial and continuing
body of work.

Letters of nomination describing the
nominee’s professional accomplishments
will be accepted through February 1, 2023.

Email nominations to
nemmersmusic@northwestern.edu.

For complete nomination guidelines, visit
www.music.northwestern.edu/nemmers.

Previous Winners of the Michael Ludwig
Nemmers Prize in Music Composition
• John Adams (2004)
• Oliver Knussen (2006)
• Kaija Saariaho (2008)
• John Luther Adams (2010)
• Aaron Jay Kernis (2012)
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (2014)
• Steve Reich (2016)
• Jennifer Higdon (2018)
• William Bolcom (2021)

The Nemmers Prizes are made possible by a generous
gift to Northwestern University by the late Erwin Esser
Nemmers and the late Frederic Esser Nemmers.

Nemmers Prizes • Office of the Provost
Northwestern University • Evanston, Illinois 60208

Northwestern University is an equal opportunity,
affirmative action educator and employer.

Nemmers Prize in
Music Composition
$100,000