OK! I have made my decision!
I'm sorry this took so long, I seemed to be stuck in a 3-way tie...
because some of these pieces are a bit difficult, I decided on 4 pieces, one of which will be performed at a benefit concert of new music to raise awareness for teen bullying.
the 3 pieces that will be recorded are:
1. Austenite's "Playful Dreams"
2. Yeo Chow Shern's "the Branyo"
3. Christian Perrota's "6 melodies"
and finally, the piece that will be performed in concert (drum roll...)
Sarastro's "Hortus Conclusis"
thank you all for participiating! You all were fantastic! I was tremendously pleased with all the works you submitted, and trust me, it was really difficult to narrow it down. Winner, expect your recordings sometime this summer, probably late August, and I will send everyone a very detailed response to their piece, what I liked, what I didn't like, so if you're wondering why you didn't make it (or why you did), you'll figure out soon enough :)
thanks again everyone!