The National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain (NSC) and Saxtet Publications (SXP) are proud to announce the winner of the Sax Choir Composition Competition 2006.

After a very strong field of seven scores, it was unanimously decided that Roger May's INTRODUCTION & RIFFS should win the choir's competition with its imaginative and exciting score.

Find out more about Introduction & Riffs by Roger May

The NSC would like to thank all entrants for the great deal of time and skill that went in to crafting all seven substantial works.

Other submissions included:

• Broke'n Hert(for)'d Blues, Jay Gach
• Don't Stop Grooving, Ulrich Schultheiss
• Saxamaphones, Justin Tokke
• Sax Fest, Maria Ackroyd
• Top Jazz with Dr Goodtime, Jon Halton
• Two on Tuesday, Rachel Moninger

About The Competition

The aim of competition was to find a significant new work for presentation by the NSC's lively and innovative ensemble of 40 players. The winning score will be premiered by the NSC at the World Saxophone Congress on 8th July 2006 in Slovenia and will be included in other major appearances later in the year.

In addition, a 'standard' sax ensemble version of the winning score will be published by Saxtet Publications.