Contest Information

2024 Composition Winner

 

Timothy Amalavage-Smith (b. 1997), a native of Huntsville, AL, received his Bachelor of Music

in Music Composition from the University of Alabama (2019), where he studied with Amir

Zaheri, and Master of Music in Composition at the University of Louisville (2021), studying with

Marc Satterwhite. Currently, he is revisiting the University of Alabama in order to pursue a

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, under the tutelage of Amir Zaheri.

 

Accolades he has acquired over time include being a winner of the Tennessee Valley Music

Festival Composer’s Forum in 2014, having pieces premiered at the Dance Alabama Film

Festival in 2018 and 2019, having music featured at the Alabama Screendance Festival in 2020,

being the winner of the Huntsville Master Chorale’s 2020 Composition Competition, being the

2021 recipient of the Huang Family Composition Commission, being a finalist of the 2023

American Prize in Choral Composition, and being selected as the Alabama Orchestra

Association’s 2024 Composition Competition winner.

 

Amalavage-Smith has also had pieces

performed by the University of Alabama Singers, the University of Alabama Contemporary

Ensemble, Twickenham Winds, UofL University Symphony Orchestra, Longleash Piano Trio, the

Brass Band of Huntsville, and the University of Alabama Opera Theatre. His biggest inspirations

have always been nature and other art forms.