(Please click on this link to view all of the winners.)Dr. WALTER SAUL of Fresno CA has received an Honorable Mention from The American Prize in Composition, 2017-18, in the professional orchestra division, for his work entitled “Rhapsody for Oboe and Orchestra (Kiev 2014) “. WALTER SAUL was selected from applications reviewed this winter from all across the United States. The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit, competitions unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings. The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts.