Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor, UNO Associate Professor of Piano, is a finalist in the American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, professional soloist and composer division for Mike McFerron's Piano Sonata no. 2. She was earlier also named a finalist in the Piano Performance (solo), 2025—professional division for her recording of Bryan Stanley's Piano Sonata no. 2.
Among the many contests of The American Prize, the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music is unique. It recognizes and rewards the best performances of American music by ensembles and individual artists worldwide, based on submitted recordings. Applications are accepted from professional, college/university, community and high school age solo artists, chamber ensembles or conducted ensembles, competing in separate divisions, and from composers with excellent recordings of their works. Beginning in 2017-18, categories were expanded to encompass performances of American music in practically any instrumentation or genre, with very few repertoire restrictions. Focused exclusively on works by American composers from any period and in any style, the contest not only judges performances, but in the case of new or unfamiliar works, the music itself.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. Now in its fifteenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts.
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