www.newmusicbox.org/articles/2017-herb-alpert-young-jazz-composer-awards-announced/"The 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients are listed with their age, current residence and place of birth. The youngest winners are listed with their age and state of residence:
Emily Bear (age 15 of Illinois):
Je Ne Sais Pas
Annie Booth (age 27 of Denver, CO):
Prologue-Park Fanfare
Michael Conrad (age 28 of Greeley, CO; originally from Arlington Heights, IL):
Union
Gizem Gökoğlu (age 30 of New York, NY; originally from Izmir, Turkey):
Garden of Onur
Andrew Karboski (age 22, of New York, NY; originally from Seattle, WA):
An Evening’s Fortune
Gene Knific (age 24 of Chicago, IL; originally from Kalamazoo, MI):
Borderline Fantasy
David Leon (age 23 of Miami, FL):
Me vs. Me
Scott Ninmer (age 27 of Arlington, VA; originally from Decatur, IL):
Maelstrom
Luca Mendoza (age 18 of California):
Omnibus
Christopher Misch-Bloxdorf (age 25 of Milwaukee, WI; originally from Kenosha, WI):
A Shared Office with Superman
Kai Ono (age 21 of Lawrence, KS; originally from Granada Hills, CA):
Everybody is With Everybody Else
Chris Ott (age 29, of Brooklyn, NY; originally from Kettering, OH):
Change
Robert Perez (age 24 of Chino Hills, CA; originally from Covino, CA):
Freefall and Flight
Lucas Pino (age 29 of New York, NY; originally from Phoenix, AZ):
Golden Rule, Turing Test
Diego Joaquin Ramirez (age 27 of Woodside, NY; originally from Cork, Ireland):
The Kick
Nikos Syropoulos (age 28 of Los Angeles, CA; originally from State College, PA):
Portrait of Rhythm: Part 5
Zan Tetickovic (age 25 of Long Island City, NY; originally from Ptuj, Slovenia):
Euphoria
Matt Wong (age 18 of New York, NY; originally from San Francisco, CA):
Golden Fields
Christopher Zuar (age 29 of New York, NY):
Ha! (Joke’s On You)"