The William Lincer Foundation Chamber Music Competition

The Board of Directors appreciates the many inquiries it receives about the composer competition but has decided to suspend the competition until further notice.

The prize-winning composition for the 2006 competition was String Quintet 2006 (2 violins, 2 violas, cello) by Robert Kritz of Chicago, Illinois. The 16-minute work is in two movements: "Loose Canon" and "Renewal."

Previous winners of the competition are:

2005 - Kenji Funimura, Three Postcards for Violin and Viola
2004 - Nicholas Duggan, The Wheel of Life (vln, vla, cello)
2003 - Dr. Howard Quilling, Trio (vln, vla, cello)
2002 - Benedict Brydern, Tales from the Bavarian Woods
           (2 vlns, vla)
2001 - Dr. Stephen Dankner, Quartet (piano, vln, vla, cello)

We invite you to consult the Foundation's web site (www.lincer.org) for information related to future performances and/or recordings of prize-winning works from the Foundation's annual competitions. For more information about the prize-winning works and their composers, contact

The William Lincer Foundation
c/o Dr. Hermine W. Williams
7153 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
hermine@lincer.org