The Eastman School of Music, Department of Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards, announces a music competition to provide a tune and setting for a newly commissioned hymn text by Dr. Carl P. Daw, Jr.: “Out of Silence Music Rises.” If you wish to participate in this competition please contact Isaac Drewes, Utech Fellow at the Eastman School, to indicate your interest and receive a copy of this text (utech.hymn.competition@gmail.com). Completed compositions are due by July 31, 2019, and will be judged anonymously. The winning composer will receive an honorarium of $3,000 and travel support to the November 1, 2019, Utech Hymnody Symposium and Festival at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.