The selected composers are Elise Arancio, Andrew Faulkenberry, Soomin Kim and Benjamin Webster. “These composers have such unique, disparate voices, and they write with great imagination and color.

Dot Bardarson, a well-known Alaska artist from Seward, has won many awards and commissions for her work and has long served as an arts advocate. Among her honors are the 2019 Alaska Governor’s ...