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The rationale for having this page is that Edgerton has received international recognition as a composer and researcher. His compositions have received prizes and recognition in the USA and Europe, including the:
2007 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
2007 Composition Contest of the Netherlands Radio Choir – Semifinalist (Kalevi Matus, #58)
2003 5th Dutilleaux International Composition Compétition – Selection (1 sonata, #70)
2001 31 Festival Synthese Bourges - Sélection (The Elements of Risk in Creation, #59)
1999 Sal Martirano composition competition – Finalist (Regret of a Noiseless Sundering, #22)
1995 MacDowell Club Award for composition – First Prize (Unspoken Crime, #9)
1993 Friends and Enemies of New Music – reading (Net/Byrinth, #15)
1988 Midwest Composers Symposium - selection (A Penny for the Young Guy, #3 )
1987 National Federation of Music Clubs Composition Competition – Third Prize (Ai, #5)
1987 National Federation of Music Clubs Composition Competition – Honorable Mention (Dwellers of the Southwest, #2)
1986 Michigan State University Orchestral Composition Competition – First Prize (The Final Diary of a Branch, #1)
Additionally he has received many grants and stipends for his creative and research activities, and numerous commissions.
His research has been published in peer-reviewed articles, also a commissioned article was published in Scientific American (over 1 million readers), and his book, the 21st Century Voice is an important book for composition, performers of modern voice and music theory, as well as voice science.
Additionally his music has been broadcast in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia
Therefore Edgerton fulfills the following:
A musician or ensemble is notable if it has had some sort of recognition by professional organizations, such as music charts.
Notability is met if the musician has been the subject of a broadcast by a media network.
Al2ffresco2008 (talk) 20:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
