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Virgil Thomson Award in Vocal Music

The Virgil Thomson Foundation endowed this $40,000 biennial award to honor its namesake, the composer and music critic Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), who was elected to the Academy in 1948. The award, which was first given in 2014, recognizes an American composer of vocal works.

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