Conductor, Sarah John is currently looking for new works for the following ensembles.
Choral:
Instrumental:
Contact : sarahjohn64(at)gmail.com
Luigi Russolo - Rossana Maggia
For young composers under 35
Theme for 2011: Eros's weapons
Deadline February 15th
Hexagram Concordia Centre for Research Creation in Media Arts and Technologies In collaboration with the Department of Music CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Montreal - Canada
Saturday 26th of March, 2011
A call for proposals for paper presentations and live performances
Deadline: 1st of February 2011 (one week left)
Hexagram Concordia will be hosting CLIEC 2011 – a one-day colloquium focused on live and interactive electroacoustic music, organized in collaboration with the Music Department.
The event will take place on Saturday, March 26th 2011 and will include paper sessions, a roundtable discussion, and an evening concert.
We are inviting artists and researchers to propose paper presentations and performances focusing on live and interactive electroacoustics and related issues, including artistic and technological innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, human-machine interface, laptop orchestras/ensembles, comprovisation, stage techniques, audience interactivity, aural and visual perception, related educational and pedagogical aspects, social and cultural contexts, and others.
More information: http://cliec2011.hexagram.ca/
Paper presentation: please email an abstract (250 words or less), a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less), and a 3 page CV.
Performance: please email a short description of the proposed performance piece (250 words or less), detailed technical needs, a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less), a 3 page CV, and audio samples when relevant (please send a link to download the files through yousendit, soundcloud or a similar service. Do not send audio files by email).
The basic available setup allows up to 10 channels of audio. If your setup requires additional channels or for any other special technical consideration please send an email with specific questions.
Email abstracts to: cliec2011@gmail.com
Paper presentations: each paper will be presented in person for about 20 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes of discussion.
Performances: the evening concert will consist of selected live electroacoustic performances, which may include multiple channels, multimedia, dance, theatrics, and interactive components.
Roundtable discussion: an hour-long open discussion on key issues related to the main theme of the colloquium.
cliec2011@gmail.com
Short electroacoustic; computer music; or sound art works are required for the audiograft jukebox. The jukebox will be available from February 17th-19th at audiograft and will also be placed online on the Sonic Art Resarch Unit webpages at Oxford Brookes University http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/saru
Audiograft will take place in Oxford from 17th-19th February and will feature Tim Howle, Joseph Anderson, Rob Mackay, Max Eastley, Rhodri Davies, SET ensemble; Stephen Cornford and Paul Whitty; Ray Lee; Automated Noise Ensemble; Paul Dibley and more…
Please upload your works (as mp3 files) using: http:soundcloud.com/pdibley/dropbox
Deadline for Submissions is February 12th 2011.
For more information about the event please visit www.audiograft.com
audiograft is a project of the SARU at Oxford Brookes University http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/saru
The ALEA III Prize: $2,500
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Composers of any nationality born after January 1, 1971 may participate. Only one composition per composer is permitted.
No entry fee.
Works of any aesthetic direction from 6 - 15 minutes in duration may be submitted. Works may be for solo voice or instrument or for an ensemble up to fifteen players. Available instruments are: one flute (doubling piccolo or alto), one oboe (doubling English horn), one clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), one saxophone (a, s, t or b), one bassoon, one horn, one trumpet, one trombone, one tuba, two percussion players, one harp, one keyboard player, one guitar, two violins, one viola, one cello, one bass, tape and one voice.
One of the fifteen performers could play a traditional, folk, or rare instrument (solo or as a part of the ensemble), or could be an unusual specialized vocalist. Check here for more information.
One work per composer. All works must be unpublished and must not have been publicly performed or broadcast in whole or in part or in any other version before the announcement of the Prize in late September, or early October 2011. Works that have won another award are not eligible.
Anonymous entry.
6 - 9 works will be selected for performance in Boston by ALEA III under the direction of Theodore Antoniou in late September, or early October 2011. At the end of the concert one piece will be selected to receive the $2,500.00 ALEA III prize. The judges reserve the right to divide the award money or to decline to make an award.
The judges will be prominent personalities residing or working in the Boston area. The panel, consisting of composers, performers, conductors, musicologists and educators, aims for a balance among a variety of musical approaches.
For information and application form please check the ALEA III web site: http://www.aleaiii.com/ or email to Alex Kalogeras kalogeras@earthlink.net
Application Form must accompany the score at the time of submission.
Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its ninth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.
Deadline for 60 second compositions for 60x60 is DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST,2011
There is no admission fee.
Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.
Multiple submissions are accepted from a single composer/sound artist; however, only one submission will be allowed per email address submitted.
All submissions must be uploaded by DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST,2011
Composer will be notified of the results by email or they can visit http://www.VoxNovus.com
Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to Support@VoxNovus.com
We are looking for programmatic diversity and need new compositions in any style. The biggest criteria we will listen for in these submissions are melodic and commercial appeal. It can be intense, joyful, angry, mysterious - whatever you like. Please keep in mind that one of our primary goals is listener entertainment. There are some additional criteria:
Works selected for the project will be recorded in summer 2011 and released as an album in the winter of 2011/12. In lieu of commission fees, the composers of selected works will receive a portion of download sales once annually for three years after the release of the album. For this reason, please keep in mind the commercial appeal of the work. As an additional incentive, composers of selected works will have the option of having their piece(s) published and sold as part of the Brass Initiative Editions with a generous royalty rate for sheet music sales included.
Composers may submit multiple works.
For additional submission questions please contact us at info@brassinitiative.com or submissions@brassinitiative.
Call for Scores Deadline: January 31, 2011
The contemporary classical music website Sequenza 21, in partnership with Manhattan New Music Project (MNMP), is pleased to issue a call for scores.
Composers of any age may submit a single work with the following instrumentation: violins (2), viola, cello, piano, and percussion. Works for smaller groupings (solos, duos, trios, etc.) that employ the above instruments are especially welcome. In the interest of performing as many entries as possible, pieces that are shorter in duration may be preferred. Sound recordings may be submitted on a CD in MP3 format.
Several pieces will be selected from these entries for our 2011 concert in New York City (date/location TBA), performed by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble – ACME. The program committee will include Christian Carey (Sequenza 21), Clarice Jensen (ACME), and Hayes Biggs (Manhattan School of Music).
There is no entry fee. There is also no remuneration apart from the performance. Those composers selected for the concert will be responsible for their own travel and accommodations should they wish to attend the event.
Scores with CD recordings (if available) will be accepted at the address below until 5:00 PM on Monday, January 31, 2011. Please do not send parts at this time. Materials will be returned if accompanied by an SASE with appropriate postage.
Mail to
Sequna21/MNMP
2011
Concert
243
West
30th
Street,
Suite
500
New
York,
NY
10001
USA
Deadline: 5:00 PM on January 31, 2011 (receipt of materials; not postmark deadline)
Age limit: none
Entry fee: none
Limitations: only one (1) work per entrant will be considered.
Instrumentation: vlns (2), vla, clo, pno, perc
Prize: a New York performance by ACME, sponsored by Sequenza 21 and MNMP.
Return of materials: with SASE
Submitted works that do not conform to the above guidelines cannot be considered for inclusion on the program.
For any questions please email CallforScores@mnmp.org.
In the spirit of keeping up with the music of now, Contemporaneous holds an annual Call for Scores open to composers of all ages and origins. We are open to a wide variety of instrumentations and can accept works with electronic components. While we may consider works that slightly exceed these limitations, we mostly accept works for the following instrumentation, including solos and subsets:
At least one work submitted to our Call for Scores will be selected to be programmed during the Contemporaneous 2011-2012 concert season. Composers may submit up to three compositions to each annual Call for Scores. Each submission should include the following:
Electronic submissions are strongly preferred, although mail-in submissions will be also be accepted. Please send electronic submissions to allforscores@contemporaneous.org. Composers wishing to mail in their submissions should e-mail for details. If return of materials is desired, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage. For questions about the call for scores, please contact us.
The deadline for the 2011-2012 season Call for Scores is March 1, 2011. Winning scores will be selected and composers notified of the news by April 15, 2011. With composers' permission, scores and recordings that are not selected for programming next season will be kept for consideration for future programs.
Contemporaneous is a versatile, entirely youth-run new music ensemble based in New York, devoted to presenting programs of music by living composers both emerging and established. Founded in 2010, Contemporaneous regularly gives passionate performances of cutting-edge music for audiences throughout the Hudson Valley and in New York City. Hailing from four continents, the over 35 members of contemporaneous are avid entrepreneurs and enthusiasts for the promotion of awareness and appreciation of new music among audiences of all types. Though most of our musicians study at Bard College, Contemporaneous is an independent ensemble not supported financially by the College. We are a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the state of New York.
(Moscow 2011)
The Sixth International Jurgenson Competition for young composers has been organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Centre for Contemporary Music (Moscow) and Jurgenson Charity Foundation.
Open to: Composers born after 15 March 1975
The competition invites submissions in the following categories:
Duration: 6 -15 minutes
The instrumentation for soloist ensembles could include: 1 flute (also piccolo, also alto), 1 oboe (also English Horn), 1 clarinet (also clarinet bass), 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, percussions (2 musicians), 1 piano, 1 harp, 2 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double-bass.
Instruments in scores for percussion ensemble must be grouped by performers.
The competition will only accept compositions that are unpublished, and which have not been performed publicly. Applicant may not submit compositions in more than two categories.
Deadline: 15 March 2011 (by postmark)
Prizes: Grand Prix (60.000 rubles), I award in each category (30.000 rubles)
According to the rules of Competition Laureates transmit the rights for publishing the composition which won to the Jurgenson Charity Foundation.
The competition will have two rounds. 10 participants will be admitted to the second round after adjudication of scores. Awards will be conferred on September 2011 after the performance of compositions by soloists from the Studio for New Music (Moscow) and Mark Pekarsky's percussion ensemble.
Chairman of the jury committee is Vladimir Tarnopolski
The application package must be postmarked no later than 15 March 2011. It should contain the following:
The application package, marked "To the organizing committee of the International Jurgenson competition for young composers", should be submitted to the following address:
Centre for Contemporary Music
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
B.Nikitskaya 13, of.316,
Moscow 125009 Russia
Tel/fax (+7 495) 690 51 81
info@ccmm.ru
The UnCaged Toy Piano Composition Competition is a call-for-scores to expand the music for toy piano. This competition was formed to encourage composers to write for this unusual instrument that has rapidly gained attention and interest from many pianists, composers and musicians. The toy piano has many ranges, shapes and sizes, but the standard concert instrument has a chromatic range beginning from the F below middle C (F3-F6). Made of metal rods instead of strings, the toy piano has a bell-like metallic quality that sounds nothing like the standard-sized "string" piano.
The theme for the 4th UnCaged Toy Piano is Toy Toy Toy! Music for Toy Piano and Toy Instrument(s).
Here are the rules for this year's competition:
The UnCaged Toy Piano is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.
Phyllis Chen, Margaret Leng Tan, Angelica Negron
Unlike previous UnCaged Competition performances, the winning works this year will be performed at our 1st UnCaged Toy Piano FESTIVAL scheduled to take place in the Fall of 2011, New York City. The top selection will be awarded an honorarium of $800. Aside from this top prize, other winning works will be chosen to be performed as part of the festival and each composer will receive a studio recording of his/her piece. For the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival, other artists, musicians, composers, improvisers from New York and abroad will be joining in the Toy Toy Toy festivities!
For all scores that are sent to UnCaged Toy Piano, a copy of your score will also be sent to the Toy Piano Collection located at UC San Diego Geisel Library. In May of 2001, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the activities at the library. Even if your piece is not chosen for the festival, we hope that your piece finds its rightful performer by being placed in an organized catalog of toy piano music.
For your submission, you may either EMAIL your score, mp3(if available), short bio, and contact information to chenphyllis@yahoo.com. Or MAIL to:
PHYLLIS CHEN
P.O. BOX 2341
ASTORIA, NY 11102
USA
Deadline: July 15, 2011 (results announced August 15)
The Esoterics announces an international call for a cappella choral scores— its annual competition for choral composition, POLYPHONOS, from the Greek πολυφωνος,” having many voices” or “manifold in expression”.
The Esoterics is dedicated to performing and perpetuating contemporary a cappella choral settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world. The purpose of The Esoterics’ POLYPHONOS is to encourage today’s choral composers to broaden the scope of the a cappella choral repertory by setting texts from beyond the Western classical canon so as to support a thriving choral repertoire reflecting the universal beauty and power of unaccompanied voices joined in song.
Each winning composer will receive a commission from The Esoterics to plan and compose a new choral work that will be premiered by the ensemble in 2012. In addition to this commission, each of the winning composers will receive $1000 US plus airfare and accommodations to attend the Seattle premiere of their commissioned work. There will be up to three POLYPHONOS awards:
The application package consists of a completed application form, three completed compositions, a complete composer biography, and a $25 application fee. *
Entry form, portfolio requirements and complete rules can be found atwww.theesoterics.org/polyphonos
All applications must be complete and received by 15 May 2011
The winners of The Esoterics’ POLYPHONOS will be announced on 1 July 2011
For questions, please contact polyphonos@TheEsoterics.org
* This blog does not encourage the charging of entry fees to composers or performers participating in competitions, calls for scores, festivals, or other opportunities. And strongly objects to charging entry fees while reserving the right not to award any prize at all.
Aiming to deepen the cultural connections between the established organ music traditions of Canada and Mexico, the International Research and Information Centre (IRIC) Thracica invites all Mexican composers regardless of age to submit a solo organ work up to five minutes in length for possible inclusion in the concert The organ as a mediator between the North and the South.
The concert will take place on Saturday, 14. May 2011 at 17h00 in ChristChurch Cathedral in Montréal, QC, Canada and will feature a work by Ana Paola Santillan Alcocer commissioned by IRIC Thracica specifically for this event.
Interested composers should submit the following by 1. April 2011 at :secretary-general@thracica.com:
The stop list of the organ can be found here: http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/quebec/christccm.html#Liste
For more information, please, contact Alexandra Fol at secretary-general@thracica.com
Deadline: February 1, 2011 receipt.
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: Performance at Fast Forward Austin by the Aeolus String Quartet on April 9, 2011
Open to: All ages.
Scores: Works for string quartet, completed within the last 10 years, and no longer than 10 minutes.
Contact Info: fastforwardaustin@gmail.com
Winning composer must be present when piece is performed in Austin, Texas. Lodging is provided, but travel stipends are not.