The results are in!
THANK YOU for participating in our first contest! We’re blown away by the creativity, talent, MIDI chops, and the community that you’ve all made. It has been exciting and inspiring to see everyone share their work, comment on the work of others, and even forge new collaborations along the way. We’re looking forward to doing it again next year!
For all contestants, win or not, we hope you enjoyed the ride — we certainly did :)
Love,
The Embertone Team
Grand Prize Winners
Arranger: Kejero
BREAKING FROM THE TRAIL
Avid Sibelius
Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1
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Theme-Writer: Tris Vocaturo
CLOUD MEADOW
Avid Sibelius
Shure MV88 iOS Mic
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2nd Place Winners
Arranger: Max Davidoff-Grey
SUNRISE REQUIEM
Avid Sibelius
Komplete Kontrol S25 Keyboard (NKS Ready!)
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Theme-Writer: Brian Vercher
SUNRISE REQUIEM
Avid Sibelius
Shure MV88 iOS Mic
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3rd Place Winners
Arranger: Paul Cristo
MY STORY
Avid Sibelius
TouchKeys DIY Kit
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$100 Embertone Store Coupon
Theme-Writer: Adam Fietz
MY STORY
Avid Sibelius
Shure MV88 iOS Mic
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$100 Embertone Store Coupon
Spotlight Awards
Outstanding Production
Andrew Spiller - 'Nebel Im Frühling'
Masterclasses with Composer Mike Verta
Shire Whistle Black-Belt Skills
Mott Jordan - 'The Irish Lass'
Session with Wind Virtuoso William Arnold
Outstanding Mockup
Daniel Casson - 'With Just a Few Words'
TEControl Breath Controller
Outstanding Theme Transformation
Ulrik Boden - 'Larks'
Current Embertone Instrument of Choice
Favorite Theme
Eamonn Watt - 'Diamond Dust'
TEControl Breath Controller
Most Used Theme-Writer
Dirk Kuesing
Mystery Ticket: Joshua Bell Violin
Blakus Cello Magician
Kiriako Nedelko - 'Ketsui'
Mystery Ticket: Joshua Bell Violin
Best Polka Sound
Turner Horton - 'An April March'
Current Embertone Instrument of Choice
Insane Recorders Guru MIDI Work
Dominik Kulpa - 'Helmholtz Sanners'
Current Embertone Instrument of Choice
Outstanding Storytelling
Robbie Gregory - 'The Ghosts in My Head'
Current Embertone Instrument of Choice
Out-of-the-box: Face Melter + Team Spirit Award
Roman Ryzhikh - 'Red headed Jungle Boy'
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John Towse - 'Ancient Memory'
Mystery Ticket: Joshua Bell Violin
Out-of-the-box: Prog-Rock Coolness
Larry Chaney - 'Mystery Bird'
50% Embertone Discount
Out-of-the-box: OMG Lyrics!
Riley Hawke - 'Even if It's Only Once'
50% Embertone Discount
Out-of-the-box: Incredible Retro-Love
Demi Gods - 'Q.O.D.'
50% Embertone Discount
Honorable Mentions
Sergii Pavkin - Eternal Sky
Rut Uijtendaal - Calming
Dongwoo Kim - Funeral for a Star
Jeremy Francis - Distant Echoes
Cameron Munoz - Genius Working
Chistian Samosny - Goodbye Britain
Koen Janssen - Diamond Dust
Greg Myers - Snow Dance
Jing Zhang - Recollection
Gabriel Stone - Pacific Northwest Trail
Julian Ferreira - Leaving Your Home
Ignacio Nunez - Glayderman 3000
Brian McDonald - She Had a Peculiar Kind of Way About Her
Kevin Johnston - Top of the World
Emanuele Dentoni - The Witches' Brew
Fransesca Sartori - Beyond the Horizon
Tomas Almeida - Departure
Philippe Glandien - Voyage
Masaki Kawasaki - Calm
Judges
Joseph Trapanese
Nainita Desai
Tom Salta
Jason Graves
Bruce Miller
Marie-Anne Fischer
Jeff Rona
Mike Verta
Chris Boardman
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