{"id":323,"date":"2012-07-05T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T19:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/copa\/2012\/07\/05\/daniel-alfred-wachs-named-semi-finalist-for-american-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:14:19","slug":"daniel-alfred-wachs-named-semi-finalist-for-american-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/2012\/07\/05\/daniel-alfred-wachs-named-semi-finalist-for-american-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra Wins American Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/2012\/07\/05\/daniel-alfred-wachs-named-semi-finalist-for-american-prize\/chamber-orchestra-19-for-web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-324\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-324\" title=\"Chamber Orchestra-19 for web\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/07\/Chamber-Orchestra-19-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"chamber-orchestra-19-for-web\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/07\/Chamber-Orchestra-19-for-web.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/07\/Chamber-Orchestra-19-for-web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n Professor Wachs with the Chapman Chamber Orchestra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\nThe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocyso.org\/\">Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra<\/a><br \/>\n (OCYSO),&#xA0;led by Daniel Alfred Wachs, assistant professor of music and music director and conductor of the Chapman University Chamber Orchestra, has been named a winner of the American Prize.&#xA0; The American Prize, founded in 2009, is an annual competition providing regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances by ensembles and soloists at the professional, college\/university, church, community and secondary school levels. 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