Steven Bernstein's cantata "To Speed Them All" has won 2nd place in the 2015 American Prize competition for choral music, professional division. The judges commented: "To Speed Them All" is without a doubt a major new work that should receive acclaim... The work deserves to be published and given programming attention...Bravo." Mr. Bernstein's song cycle "Emeralds" was a semi-finalist in the chamber music category.