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A huge congratulations to one of our very own! An amazing achievement by our fellow alumni Elson Kwong on being selected as one of the finalists for the 6th Warren Benson International Composition Contest by the WASBE-World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.

We are extremely proud of the milestone you have achieved, and will continue to root for you in your coming presentation in Brazil this July!

Continue flying the 🇲🇾 flag up high! 🎶

The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) is proud to present the finalists of the 6th Warren Benson Composition Contest!

Category I
MIRAGE – Wes Coffin 🇺🇸
FROZEN IN TIME – Craig Sanders 🇬🇧
EPOS – René Camilleri 🇲🇹

Category II
JUX-TRANSPOSITION – Elson Kwong 🇲🇾
VARIATIONS ON THE WATER – Joel Rutherford 🇺🇸
WIJSMULLER FOR WIND ENSEMBLE – Ian Schwalbe 🇺🇸

The jury also recognizes several outstanding composers whose submissions demonstrated exceptional artistry and compositional excellence. Congratulations to all participants for an extraordinary level of work this year!

Final Concert:
The winning works will be selected following live performances at the WASBE Conference in Rio de Janeiro (July 21 – 25, 2026).

With sincere thanks to our distinguished international jury:
Franco Cesarini, Yasuhide Ito, Frank Ticheli, and Adam Gorb.

Congratulations to all composers who continue to inspire the global wind band community!

Learn more: wasbe.org/composition-contest

Another one has just dropped! 📽️

Be sure to have a listen to “March Brand New Day” by Yosuke Fukuda on our YouTube channel!

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