The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts – one of the nation’s biggest arts contests – recognized the Linfield Collaborative Music Ensemble (LCME) recently for its excellence in chamber music.
LCME was named a national finalist in two categories: The Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music 2024 (Chamber Ensemble Division) and The American Prize in Chamber Music Performance 2024. Among the recordings honored were a pair composed by Linfield student Elana Gatien ’25 (“Dance of the Bat-Eared Fox”) and alumnus Zach Gulaboff Davis ’14 (“Twist”). The latter was commissioned with the support of a Lacroute Arts Series grant.
LCME was founded in 2022, and features the following Linfield faculty members: Florian Conzetti (artistic director, marimba), Alexis Evers (flute), Isaac Beu (clarinet) and Noah Seitz (cello). Recordings were produced with the support of a Linfield University Faculty Development Grant.
