Awards & Winners

Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year

Juno Award

The Juno Award for "Classical Composition of the Year" has been awarded since 1987, as recognition each year for the best classical music composition in Canada.
Date Established : 1987

Check all the winners of Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year presented under Juno Award since 1987 .


Allan Gordon Bell

Honored for : Field Notes

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Allan Gordon Bell Field Notes
James O'Callaghan Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics
R. Murray Schafer Quatuors à cordes No. 12
Stephen Chatman Magnificat
Tim Brady Atacama: Symphonie No. 3

Vivian Fung

Honored for : Violin Concerto

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Echoes of Time
Denis Gougeon Mutation
Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus
R. Murray Schafer Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
Vivian Fung Violin Concerto

Derek Charke

Honored for : Sepia Fragments

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ann Southam Glass Houses #5
Derek Charke Sepia Fragments
Heather Schmidt Piano Concerto No. 2
Jacques Hétu String Quartet No. 2
Jeffrey Ryan Equilateral

R. Murray Schafer

Honored for : Duo For Violin And Piano

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
R. Murray Schafer Duo For Violin And Piano
Jocelyn Morlock Exaudi
Peter Togni Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Clark Ross Last Dance
Larysa Kuzmenko Piano Concerto

Marjan Mozetich

Honored for : Lament In The Trampled Garden

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marjan Mozetich Lament In The Trampled Garden
Marjan Mozetich Angels in Flight
Leonard Enns Nocturne
Rob Teehan Dreams of Flying
Stephen Chatman Earth Songs

John Burge

Honored for : Flanders Fields Reflections

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Burge Flanders Fields Reflections
Pat Carrabré From The Dark Reaches
Bramwell Tovey Manhattan Music
Timothy Corlis Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written
Sid Robinovitch Song of Songs

Christos Hatzis

Honored for : Constantinople

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Christos Hatzis Constantinople
Brian Current This Isn't Silence
Jeffrey Ryan Quantum Mechanics
Oskar Morawetz A Child's Cry From Izieu
R. Murray Schafer Letters From Mignon

Denis Gougeon

Honored for : Clere Vénus

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Denis Gougeon Clere Vénus
Harry Somers A Midwinter Night's Dream
Harry Somers Of Memory and Desire
Neil Currie Tumbling Strain
Stephen Chatman Varley Suite for Solo Violin

Christos Hatzis

Honored for : String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Cherney Illuminations
Chan Ka Nin Our Finest Hour
Christos Hatzis String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening)
Peter Togni Illuminations
Robert Turner Symphony For Strings

István Anhalt

Honored for : The Tents of Abraham

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
István Anhalt The Tents of Abraham
John Estacio A Farmer's Symphony
José Evangelista Nuevas monodias españolas
Jeffrey Ryan Pangaea
Robert Turner Third Symphony

R. Murray Schafer

Honored for : String Quartet No. 8

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 8
R. Murray Schafer Credo
Norma Beecroft Amplified String Quartet with Tape
Jacques Hétu Piano Concerto No. 2
Christos Hatzis Everlasting Light

Bramwell Tovey

Honored for : Requiem for a Charred Skull

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bramwell Tovey Requiem for a Charred Skull
Alexina Louie Music for a Thousand Autumns
Christos Hatzis Orbiting Garden
Heather Schmidt Concerto for Cello
John Estacio Test Run

Chan Ka Nin

Honored for : Par-çi, Par-la

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chan Ka Nin Par-çi, Par-la
Peter Paul Koprowski Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Owen Underhill Love Songs
Harry Somers Serinette
Sid Robinovitch Suite for Klezmer Band and Orchestra

Oskar Morawetz

Honored for : From The Diary Of Anne Frank

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Oskar Morawetz From The Diary Of Anne Frank
Harry Somers The Third Piano Concerto
Marjan Mozetich Affairs Of The Heart
Paul M. Douglas La Cévenole
R. Murray Schafer Once On A Windy Night

Alexina Louie

Honored for : Shattered Night, Shivering Stars

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Shattered Night, Shivering Stars
Alexina Louie Arc
Glenn Arthur Buhr String Quartet No. 1
Gary Kulesha The Book of Mirrors
Glenn Arthur Buhr Winter Poems

Colin McPhee

Honored for : Concerto For Wind Orchestra

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Colin McPhee Concerto For Wind Orchestra
Chris Harman Sonata for Viola and Piano
Linda Bouchard Songs for an Acrobat
Malcolm Forsyth Tre Vie
John Weinzweig Wine of Peace: Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra

Malcolm Forsyth

Honored for : Electra Rising

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Malcolm Forsyth Electra Rising
R. Murray Schafer Adieu, Robert Schumann - The Garden of the Heart
R. Murray Schafer Gitanjali - The Garden of the Heart
Colin McPhee Symphony No. 2
Alexina Louie Winter Music

Harry Somers

Honored for : Picasso Suite

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Harry Somers Picasso Suite
Harry Somers Lyric for Orchestra
Chan Ka Nin The Charmer
Claude Vivier Lonely Child
Malcolm Forsyth Quintette for Winds

Andrew Paul MacDonald, David Stewart, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Honored for : Concerto For Violin & Orchestra

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Music For Heaven and Earth
Esprit Orchestra Music For Heaven and Earth
Alex Pauk Music For Heaven and Earth
Andrew Paul MacDonald Concerto For Violin & Orchestra
David Stewart Concerto For Violin & Orchestra
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Concerto For Violin & Orchestra
Chan Ka Nin I Think That I Shall Never See...
Amici Chamber Ensemble I Think That I Shall Never See...
Glenn Arthur Buhr Piano Concerto
Christina Petrowska-Quilico Piano Concerto
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto
Harry Freedman Touchings
Nexus Touchings
Esprit Orchestra Touchings

Malcolm Forsyth, CBC Radio Orchestra

Honored for : Sketches From Natal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Malcolm Forsyth Sketches From Natal
CBC Radio Orchestra Sketches From Natal
Alexina Louie From the Eastern Gate
Chris Harman Iridescence
Healey Willan Missa Brevis No. 11 Sancti Johannis Baptistae
Jean Coulthard Sonata Rhapsody for Viola & Piano

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chan Ka Nin Among Friends
Joaquin Valdepenas Among Friends
David Hetherington Among Friends
Patricia Parr Among Friends
Milton Barnes Divertimento for Harp and Strings
Amadeus Ensemble Divertimento for Harp and Strings
Erica Goodman Divertimento for Harp and Strings
Malcolm Forsyth Piano Concerto
Mario Bernardi Piano Concerto
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Piano Concerto
Jane Coop Piano Concerto
Jean Piché Sleight of Hand
Lawrence Cherney Sleight of Hand
Wendy Humphreys Three Poems
Stuart Laughton Three Poems
Peter Tiefenbach Three Poems

R. Murray Schafer

Honored for : Concerto For Flute and Orchestra

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Claude Vivier Kopernikus
Jean Coulthard Music to St. Cecilia for organ and strings
Kevin McMillan Leider on Poems of Heinrich Heine
Michael McMahon Leider on Poems of Heinrich Heine
R. Murray Schafer Concerto For Flute and Orchestra
R. Murray Schafer The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveller
R. Murray Schafer Theseus

Michael Conway Baker

Honored for : Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Conway Baker Concerto For Piano & Chamber Orchestra
R. Murray Schafer Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder
John Thrower Improvisation on a Blue Theme
Oskar Morawetz Memorial to Martin Luther King
Patrick Cardy Virelai

R. Murray Schafer

Honored for : String Quartet No. 5 - 'Rosalind'

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Glenn Arthur Buhr Aviravirmayedhi
Michael Colgrass Chaconne
R. Murray Schafer Le Cri de Merlin
R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 5 - 'Rosalind'
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Capriccio-Concertante

Oskar Morawetz

Honored for : Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Oskar Morawetz Concerto For Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Gary Kulesha Third Chamber Concerto
Jean Coulthard Introduction And Three Folk Songs
Sid Robinovitch The Sons Of Jacob
Pat Carrabré Sonata No. 1

Alexina Louie

Honored for : Songs of Paradise

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Songs of Paradise
R. Murray Schafer Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments
Brian Cherney River of Fire
Claude Vivier Siddartha
Jacques Hétu Symphonie No 3

Malcolm Forsyth

Honored for : Atayoskewin

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Cadenzas
André Prévost Scherzo For String Orchestra
Donald Steven Pages of Solitary Delights
Malcolm Forsyth Atayoskewin
Oskar Morawetz Overture To A Fairy Tale

Donald Steven

Honored for : Pages of Solitary Delights

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexina Louie Cadenzas
André Prévost Scherzo For String Orchestra
Donald Steven Pages of Solitary Delights
Malcolm Forsyth Atayoskewin
Oskar Morawetz Overture To A Fairy Tale