The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, and its music director, Daniel Hege, have been honored by The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Art, which is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The Philharmonic received the prize for Orchestral Performance, 2024 in the non-collegiate division.
The American Prize, founded in 2010, is designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. (http://theamericanprize.org)
Winners of The American Prize receive cash prizes, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition based on recorded performances. In addition to monetary rewards and written evaluations from judges, winners are profiled on The American Prize website.
The American Prize is administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit performing arts organization based in Danbury, Connecticut.
