Audience Voices
WRITING & DRAWING CONTEST FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS
The 2025–26 Audience Voices Contest is now open as a Lasting Tracks Challenge! This year’s contest asks you to Imagine it’s the end of the world. What piece(s) of music are you listening to, and why?
The annual Audience Voices Contest, designed to capture music’s impact as perceived by PUC concertgoers, was launched in the 2022-23 season. You can peruse past winning entries below. The contest is inspired by an annual program for Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students, organized to connect students to the arts and celebrate classical music’s unique contributions. The winning student entries from previous contests are available for viewing on the Creative Reactions Contest page.
Winning Entries
2024-25 Contest
NOT AWARDED.
2023-24 Contest
The 2023-24 contest took the form of an “impromptu challenge.” Click here to learn more and view the winning entries.
2022-23 Contest
CONTEST PROMPTS:
- How has music served as a healing force in your life, or in the lives of those around you?
- How has your relationship with music changed since the start of the pandemic?
CREATIVE WRITING CATEGORY winners
Grand Prizes – Eugenio Monjeau and Jacqueline Burkholder
Honorable Mention – Lorraine Goodman
DRAWING CATEGORY winners
Grand Prize – Janice Gossman
Honorable Mention – Amber Ameen
