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In 1985, the School of Fine & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz and the Davenport Family inaugurated the Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works in honor of the generous philanthropist and advocate for regional and national music and culture. This major competition for United States composers invites submissions of new, unrecorded works. In 2000, expanded venues and a new collaboration with the historic Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, New York increased the national exposure of the annual Davenport Competition. The Hudson Valley Philharmonic, presented by the Bardavon and conducted by Randall Craig Fleischer, will perform the winning composition in two major theatres in the Hudson Valley region during the weekend of November 19-21, 2004. The collaboration of the School of Fine & Performing Arts, the Bardavon, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic marks a new chapter in the history of this important national competition dedicated to featuring new works by United States composers. Beginning in 2002, the Davenport Competition became a biennial project held on even years. |