The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995),[1] who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.[2] The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the Illinois Modern Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.