Stryker: Major New Music Prize Missed Opportunity To Distinguish Itself

Mark Stryker on the new $100,000 M-Prize: “There were two major disappointments with the 15-member jury’s winner. The judges missed a golden opportunity to manifest the progressive DNA so earnestly built into M-Prize and best symbolized by the inclusiveness of the open division. More lamentable, the decision forfeited the chance to make a transformative investment in the future of the art form, a core value of the competition. Instead, the winner simply reinforces the status quo.”