The Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University announced the most recent winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in composition.
Since 2003,
Nokuthula Ngwenyama recently talked with The Violin Channel about her new work.
The piece was recorded as part of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) Laureates
She made the first recording of Charles Ives' 1st Violin Sonata and gave the American premiere of Prokofiev's 2nd Violin Sonata.
Ms Field died in 1988,
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