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2014 SCI Region V Conference

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:29 +0000

Web site:

http://www.societyofcomposers.org/conferences/2013_2014/2014region5.html

2014 SCI Region V Conference

March 27-29, 2014, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Host: Christopher Biggs and Lisa Coons
Email: christopher.biggs@wmich.edu; lisa.coons@wmich.edu
Paper/Presentations Deadline: August 15, 2013
Compositions Deadline: September 1, 2013
Fee: None for submission

WMU is thrilled to host the 2014 SCI Region V Conference. We are inviting composers and scholars to submit their creative work.

Who is eligible and what restrictions exist?

Published date:

23 May 2013

Singapore Chinese Orchestra Composer Workshop 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:10 +0000

Web site:

http://www.sco.com.sg/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Mon, 2013-06-10

Singapore Chinese Orchestra Composer Workshop 2013
Call for Scores
The Singapore Chinese Orchestra CO (SCO) is organising a Composer Workshop on 21 to 22 July 2013. The activities included symposium and reading session of new works to be held on 22 July at 9am – 12noon. SCO is now calling for scores.
Artistic Requirements and Regulations for scores
1. The forms of compositions must be the large or medium ensembles, or instrumental combinations (e.g. Plucked string, Bowed string). Solo, small-scaled ensemble and concerto are not in the scope of this reading session.

Published date:

23 May 2013

THE 2013 GREGG SMITH NATIONAL CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:59 +0000

Web site:

http://www.greggsmithsingers.com/index.php

Expiration of Opportunity:

Mon, 2013-09-30

THE 2013 GREGG SMITH NATIONAL CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST

In honor of the historic work of American composer/conductor Gregg Smith and the Gregg Smith Singers, the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music, Department of Choral Studies is pleased to announce the 2013 Gregg Smith National Choral Composition Contest. This is a biennial event with the specific Syracuse University Setnor School of Music choral ensemble named for each contest.
The award:
Award winning composer will receive a $1,300 prize. The selected composition will be premiered on

Published date:

23 May 2013

Iron Composer Competition

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:50 +0000

Web site:

http://ironcomposer.org/enter/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sun, 2013-06-30

Iron Composer Competition
September 6, 2013
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory
Berea, Ohio

PRIZES

1st Prize, $500+
2nd Prize, $350
3rd Prize, $300
4th Prize, $250
5th Prize, $200

+1st Prize includes a performance of a new or existing work by Blue Water Chamber Orchestra on their 2013-2014 season.

Entry Requirements
* There is no entry fee.
* The contest is open to composers of all ages.
* Submit a score and a bio to entry@ironcomposer.org
* Include your name, address, phone number and email.
* Entry deadline is June 30, 2013

Published date:

23 May 2013

The Howard B. & Ruth F. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:39 +0000

Web site:

http://jewishminneapolis.org/page.aspx?id=174140

Expiration of Opportunity:

Mon, 2013-07-22

Revised May 2013
The Howard B. & Ruth F. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment
Mission Statement:
The Howard B. and Ruth F. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment Fund serves to encourage artistic creativity within a Jewish context by aiding individual artists or organizations in creating works with a Jewish theme.
Guidelines / Application: Applications by individual artists or organizations within the Minnesota artistic and Jewish communities are emphasized. The arts are broadly defined.
Submit a clear narrative description of the project including its artistic merit.

Published date:

23 May 2013

Call for Scores | mise-en music festival 2014 (Deadline: August 1st, 2013)

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:08:33 +0000

Web site:

http://www.mise-en.org

Expiration of Opportunity:

Thu, 2013-08-01

Currency:

U.S. Dollar (USD)

Dear Composers,

ensemble mise-en will be curating a contemporary music festival in NYC in June 2014 (exact date TBA). We would like to invite you to submit your music for consideration in the festival concert programs. The guidelines for the submissions are as follows:

1. Applicants may be of any nationality and age.

2. Selected composers must be present at the festival in June 2014 in New York City.

3. There is NO FEE for your submission.

4. You may only send one piece per category.

5. Submission Categories:
- Works for mixed ensemble (1-14 players)*

Published date:

22 May 2013

Hartford Opera Theater's New in November 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:22 +0000

Web site:

http://www.hartfordoperatheater.com

Expiration of Opportunity:

Thu, 2013-08-15

Entry Fee:

0.00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lisabeth Miller, Artistic Director
Phone: 860.578.4393
Email: Lisabeth_miller@hartfordoperatheater.org

CALL FOR SCORES
Hartford Opera Theater Announces “New in November”

HARTFORD, CT- April 1, 2013—Hartford Opera Theater would like to announce a call for scores for the fourth annual “New in November” festival. The event will take place in Hartford, CT in on Sunday, November 17, 2013. A total of six short operas will be learned, staged, rehearsed, and performed in the span of two weeks.

Published date:

20 May 2013

Arizona Pro Arte's 2013 - 2014 Call for Scores

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:54:27 +0000

Web site:

http://www.azproarte.com/call-for-scores/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sun, 2013-12-01

Entry Fee:

0.00

As Arizona Pro Arte launches its 2013 - 2014 Call for Scores project, they announce that the winning work will be performed on the ensemble’s April 10th, 2014 concert at Tempe Center for the Arts. The program is titled “Apotheosis of the Dance.” The winning work will be performed with a live solo dancer or duo of dancers. The concert also includes Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

Published date:

19 May 2013

ORIENT / OCCIDENT 2013 - KIEV . Composition for String Quartet / Piano (any combination of instruments)

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:48:08 +0000

Web site:

http://www.klknewmusic.com/orientoccident2013.html

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sat, 2013-08-10

Entry Fee:

0.00

The International Music Composers' Forum ORIENT / OCCIDENT 2013 will take place from 24 to 29 September 2013 in KIEV (Ukraine) - Address: Pushkin street 32 . (Union Ukraine Composers). The International Music Composers' Forum is open to a maximun of 10 composers of whatever age or nationality.

Each composer must submit - deadline: 10 August 2013 - a music score from 1 to 5 instruments choosen in the following list:
- String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello)
- Piano

Published date:

19 May 2013

Keyed Up Composition Competition

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:07 +0000

Web site:

http://freespace.virgin.net/geoffrey.alvarez/keyedrules.htm

Expiration of Opportunity:

Wed, 2014-01-15

Entry Fee:

26.00

Currency:

British Pound (GBP)

Keyed up

Composition Competition:

Compose or submit an original work

which must include a keyboard instrument,

but of any duration and scale,

from a solo work to chamber orchestra*.

For the fifth year running, the Álvarez Chamber Orchestra (ÁCO) is inviting composers of any age and nationality to submit works for an annual composition competition, this season entitled Keyed up.

There is no specification as to the length or nature of the work.

If electronics are used, if not notated conventionally and fully in the score, a CD or mp3 should be supplied. .

Published date:

17 May 2013

ORCHESTRA SEEKS COMPOSER No.4 YORKSHIRE LATE STARTERS STRINGS New Music Commission 2013

voisey — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:24 +0000

Web site:

http://www.ylss.org/dates-events/orchestra-seeks-composer/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sat, 2013-08-31

ORCHESTRA SEEKS COMPOSER No.4
YORKSHIRE LATE STARTERS STRINGS
New Music Commission 2013
-
14
Inspired by the success of YLSS’s previous commissions*, we are now inviting entries for our 2013 - 14 New Music Commission. Four of the submitted pieces will be
chosen for a workshop with award
-
winning composer Emily Howard and YLSS players and from these one piece will
be selected for performance in 2014.

Our aims for the commission are to:
·
Create an original piece of music of high quality, which is inspiring,

Published date:

16 May 2013

The Sixth Annual Texas Tech Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest

voisey — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:29:39 +0000

Web site:

http://www.big12tromboneconference.com

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sat, 2013-11-30

Entry Fee:

30.00

Currency:

U.S. Dollar (USD)

The Sixth Annual Texas Tech Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest

The TTU Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest Committee is requesting original works for trombone choir with the following characteristics:

Duration 4 – 6 minutes in length

Instrumentation Trombone Quartet/3 tenors, 1 bass

Type of Work: Stand Alone Concert Piece, optionally requiring the performers to vocalize portions of the composition

A $1,000.00 Cash Prize will be awarded to the winning composition.

Additional awards may be granted at the discretion of the contest adjudication panel.

Published date:

15 May 2013

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Piano Pinnacle, piano duo

voisey — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:01:53 +0000

Web site:

http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Tue, 2013-12-10

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Piano Pinnacle, piano duo
Deadline: December 10, 2013

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Piano Pinnacle, piano duo to be premiered April 27, 2014 on the Composer’s Voice concert series in New York City. Piano Pinnacle is the piano duo of Deborah Grimmett and Iman Habibi. This call is open to all composers.

Composition guidelines:
All works must be 60 seconds or less.
Theme: Canada
The composers can interpret this creatively. Submitted works can be written in any style and use any technique.

Published date:

15 May 2013

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Shannon Roberts, soprano & Yumi Suehiro, piano

voisey — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:33 +0000

Web site:

http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sat, 2013-11-30

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Shannon Roberts, soprano & Yumi Suehiro, piano
Deadline: November 30, 2013

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Shannon Roberts, soprano & Yumi Suehiro, piano to be premiered on March 30, 2014 for the Composer’s Voice concert Series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City.

Vocal details about Shannon Roberts:
I am a dramatic Soprano, singing mostly Verdi and Wagner roles. My voice is sizable, has much power, is rich in tone, and capable of fioratura.

Published date:

15 May 2013

Visby International Centre for Composers – A work and meeting place for composers

voisey — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:18:08 +0000

Web site:

http://vicc.se/wp/

ISCM/VICC Composers in Residency Program

VICC will annually provide to ISCM six places of
residency in its center, each of a maximum period
of one month. VICC will accept the six composers
as selected by the ISCM without going through its normal selection panel for such residency.

All National Sections and Associate members of the ISCM are eligible to nominate a maximum of one composer candidate per year to this project.
For further information, please contact
ARTHUR VAN DER DRIFT.

Applications may be sent in at any time.

Published date:

15 May 2013

Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:06:58 +0000

Web site:

http://www.columbiaorchestra.org/composer_competition

Expiration of Opportunity:

Mon, 2013-07-01

Entry Fee:

0.00

The Columbia Orchestra of Howard County, Maryland, is pleased to announce its sixth biennial American Composer Competition. The competition is open to all American composers. The submitted works should be under 15 minutes in duration, and should not have been performed in public more than twice. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000 and the winning work will be performed by the Columbia Orchestra during the the 2013–2014 season. Postmark deadline is July 1, 2013. There is no competition entrance fee.

Published date:

14 May 2013

11TH ANNUAL BRITISH COMPOSER AWARDS STUDENT COMPETITION 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:15:42 +0000

Web site:

http://www.britishcomposerawards.com/page.php?idp=776

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sat, 2013-08-24

BASCA is delighted to announce details of the fourth British Composer Awards Student Competition as part of the 2013 British Composer Awards.
To apply, students must submit an original work for solo viola of 4 to 5 minutes duration. The winning work will be performed by celebrated British violist Sarah-Jane Bradley at the British Composer Awards ceremony in London on 3 December 2013, and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in a programme about the Awards on Sunday 8 December 2013.

Published date:

14 May 2013

AUT (Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere) announce a call for composers

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:35:38 +0000

Web site:

http://www.komponistforeningen.dk/sites/default/files/AUT_CALL_2013_BODY.pdf

Expiration of Opportunity:

Sun, 2013-09-15

AUT (Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere) announce a
call for composers and/or artists to interpret the
theme BODY in a work for three performers.
The winning works will be realised by acclaimed
Danish choreographer / performer LISBETH
SONNE and the Norwegian vocal duo BLY in a
week long workshop, concluding with two
presentation concerts in December 2013, in
Aarhus and Copenhagen.
THE WORK:
Composers and / or artists are invited to devise
works that explore the human body through
sound and movement. The three female performers
(one performer / actor, and two vocalists)

Published date:

14 May 2013

Italy Percussion Competition for Marimba, Vibraphone, Timpani, Snare Drum and Drum Set

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:36:10 +0000

Web site:

http://www.italypas.it/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Fri, 2013-05-31

Entry Fee:

90.00

Currency:

Euro (EUR)

ITALY Percussive Arts Society organized, with the financial support of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, the 11th edition the Italy Percussion Competition for Marimba, Vibraphone, Timpani, Snare Drum and Drum Set from 24th to 29th September 2013, that it will be during the International Festival Days of Percussion. The Competition and Festival will be held at the new location "Serena Majestic" in Montesilvano/Pescara (Italy).
R U L E S
Art. 1 Competitors of any nationality can participate.

Published date:

14 May 2013

LSO Soundhub

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:30:17 +0000

Web site:

http://lsosoundhub.co.uk/apply/

Expiration of Opportunity:

Mon, 2013-06-24

London Symphony Orchestra
LSO Discovery
Application form
and information
Background information
LSO Soundhub provides a fl exible space where
composers can explore, collaborate and
experiment, with access to vital resources, support
from industry professionals and LSO members
and staff. Soundhub is a composer-led space,
responding directly to the needs of those using it:
a supportive environment for artists to try out new
ideas, develop existing work and benefi t from peerto-
peer networking and support.
How does LSO Soundhub
work?
Soundhub Members

Published date:

14 May 2013