The UMKC Conservatory wishes congratulations to David Witter (composition DMA student) for winning the Dr. Gerald Kemner Prize of the 2018 UMKC Composition Competition for Wind Ensemble with his work Hanging Water, which will be premiered by the UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony in Spring 2020.
Congratulations to John Dragoo (composition MM student) for winning the Kemner Prize of the 2019 UMKC Composition Competition for Wind Ensemble with his work Jam #1 for solo Drumset and Wind Ensemble, which will be premiered by the UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony in 2020.