Maestro David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony were awarded First Prize in The American Prize Competition in Orchestral Performance, 2011. The American Prize is a series non-profit national competitions providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances of music by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony’s award winning live recording of Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 is one of 17 albums available for download on iTunes, Amazon.com and Naxos/ClassicsOnline containing performances by the orchestra led by its music director David Bernard.