CALL FOR SCORES RISUONANZE 2018

Associazione Culturale TKE is calling for pieces to be performed at the “Risuonanze 2018 - incontri di nuove musiche”
Festival, which will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia region - Italy (for the previous edition results: http://
www.risuonanze.it/calls/results2017.html#ENGLISH).
The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age.
Pieces should be written for the specified instruments and chamber groups (please see below); use of tape and/or
electronics is not allowed.
The submitted works should not have been premiered in any public performance in Italy; if selected, these works will
be presented as “world premieres” or “Italian premieres”.
Works of any aesthetic and stylistic direction, not longer than 6 minutes in duration may be submitted.
All music performed in the Festival will be radio-broadcast and professionally recorded; composers will be given a copy
of the recording of their works.
18 Euros (non-refundable) must be paid via bank transfer or PayPal as a donation for contribution to costs; this
amount allows to submit 1 to 6 different works.
Festival “Risuonanze 2018” is based on the direct relationship between composers and audience, so composers
attending the performances are much appreciated. In that case, there is no refund for travel and lodging fees.
Associazione Culturale TKE may select one or more pieces in each category; it may also decide not to choose any
composition.

GUIDELINES


Submission deadline: March 19th, 2018;
• Works written for:

1.  UNACCOMPANIED
• - solo Piano
• - solo Violin
• - solo Flute [C Flute,
• Piccolo, G Alto Flute]
• - solo Oboe
• - solo English Horn
• - solo Clarinet [Bb/A/Eb
• Clarinet, Bbass Clarinet]
• - solo Trombone
• - solo Concert Accordion
• - solo Voice [mezzo-
• soprano, range: F3 to F5
• (piano dynamics) or Ab5
• (forte dynamics)]
2. DUOS
• - Voice [mezzo-soprano,
• range as before] and
• Piano
• - two Violins
• - Flute [C/piccolo/G] and
• Clarinet [Bb/A/Eb/bass
• clarinet]
• - Flute [C/piccolo/G] and
• Oboe [english horn]
• - Clarinet [Bb/A/Eb/bass
• clarinet] and Oboe
• [english horn]
3. TRIOS
• - Flute [C/piccolo/G], Oboe
  [english horn] and
  Clarinet [Bb/A/Eb/bass
  clarinet]
  

• Regarding vocal works, the text should be in the public domain, otherwise the composer should be
authorized for its utilization;
• Works not longer than 6 minutes in duration;
• All submitted works must be “world premieres” or “Italian premieres” in the Festival;
• Submissions via email only;
• Each submission consists in:

1.  one to six scores,
2.  payment proof 18 Euros (bank transfer: IBAN IT58P0634067684510701023136, BIC/SWIFT IBSPIT2U, beneficiary: Associazione culturale TKE, or Pay Pal: please see the Risuonanze website- as description of payment please write “Call for Scores Risuonanze 2018”),
3. a short biography (170 words max.);

• The scores must be attached as PDF files;
• The biography (in Italian or English) must be pasted as text in the body of the email, together with first
name, last name, date of birth and nationality;
• The payment proof (bank transfer or PayPal) must be attached as PDF file;
• In the body of the email, please specify whether the pieces, if selected, should be presented as “world
premiere” or “Italian premiere”;
• Send the submission via email to callrisuonanze2018@gmail.com
The results will be announced not later than May 7th, 2018 on the Risuonanze website, and composers of the
accepted works will be notified by email.
For any further information, please visit: http://www.risuonanze.it/calls/call.html
or email: tkecallforscores@gmail.com

Blue Mountain/Forecast International Call for Scores

Blue Mountain/Forecast International Call for Scores

Hosted by Blue Mountain/Forecast
http://www.bluemountainensemble.org

Blue Mountain/Forecast: 2017-18 International Call for Scores

PRIZE: The winners of the Blue Mountain/Forecast 2017 International Call for Scores will be performed on Blue Mountain/ Forecast’s 2018-19 season in Winston-Salem, NC. From 1-3 works may be chosen. A travel stipend of $500 will be awarded to the winning composer(s) in order to help them attend the concert.

ELIGIBILITY: Composers of art music from all genres and of any nationality are invited to submit works to Forecast Music’s 2017-18 International Call for Scores. No preference will be given as to whether or not a work has been previously performed.

INSTRUMENTATION: Solo and small ensemble works using some or all of Forecast Music’s core instrumentation (flute, bassoon, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, cello, and mezzo soprano) are welcomed. Pieces may use electronics, and may include one additional instrument not included in the core ensemble. Works with durations of 12 minutes or less are preferable, although longer compositions may be considered.

DEADLINES: All works must be submitted online by December 1, 2017 to be eligible for this year’s call.

SUBMISSION FEE: Payment can be made securely via PayPal/credit card or via check. The fee is $10 for the first entry, and $5 for each additional entry made payable to Forecast Music. For PayPal payment please click on the Payments icon at www.bluemountainensemble.org/international-call-for-scores


SEND (checks) TO:

Forecast Music
c/o Eric Schwartz - Artistic Director
2446 Lyndhurst Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
USA

checks payable to "Forecast Music"

SUBMIT SCORES TO:
forecastcallforscores@gmail.com (use this address for e-submission as well as any questions)

PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW COMPLETELY

INCLUDE IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL:
Composer’s biographical information (250 words maximum)

INCLUDE AS AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT OR LINK
PDF score of composition

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf30GzV1_K-NCoziDELx30519gHwjyDQzqdTVKfOwdCVwVEOg/viewform

BEAMS Marathon Festival - Call for Submissions

2017 BEAMS Marathon Festival

March 15th - 17th, 2018 - Brandeis University

The Brandeis University Music Department, in conjunction with New Music Brandeis, are pleased to announce the 2017 BEAMS (Brandeis Electro Acoustic Music Studio) Marathon Weekend Festival. This festival will bring together composers, performers, and artists working with electronics and/or video from all corners of New England for a weekend full of concerts, workshops, demonstrations, and panels.We are very pleased to announce our guest composers and ensembles, who will be presenting and performing at this year’s festival:

Pamela Z - Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video. A pioneer of live digital looping techniques, she processes her voice in real time to create dense, complex sonic layers. Her solo works combine experimental extended vocal techniques, operatic bel canto, found objects, text, and sampled concrète sounds. She uses MAX MSP and Isadora software on a MacBook Pro along with custom MIDI controllers that allow her to manipulate sound and image with physical gestures. Her performances range in scale from small concerts in galleries to large-scale multi-media works in theaters and concert halls. In addition to her performance work, she has a growing body of inter-media gallery works including multi-channel sound and video installations.

Elainie Lillios - Acclaimed as one of the “contemporary masters of the medium” by MIT Press’s Computer Music Journal, electroacoustic composer Elainie Lillios creates works that reflect her fascination with listening, sound, space, time, immersion and anecdote. Her compositions include stereo, multi channel, and Ambisonic fixed media works, instrument(s) with live interactive electronics, collaborative experimental audio/visual animations, and installations.

Christopher Biggs - Christopher is a composer and multimedia artist residing in Kalamazoo, MI, where he is Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Technology at Western Michigan University. Biggs’ recent projects focus on integrating live instrumental performance with interactive audiovisual media. In addition to collaborating with artists in other disciplines on projects, he treats all of his works as collaborations between himself and the initial performing artist by working with the performers during the creative process and considering their specific skills and preferences.

Yarn/Wire - Yarn/Wire is a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists. This instrumental combination allows the ensemble flexibility to slip effortlessly between classics of the repertoire and modern works that continue to forge new boundaries. Founded in 2005 while at Stony Brook University, Yarn/Wire is admired for the energy and precision they bring to performances of today's most adventurous music. The results of their collaborative initiatives with genre-bending artists such as Two-Headed Calf, Pete Swanson, and Tristan Perich point towards the emergence of a new and lasting repertoire that is "spare and strange and very, very new." (Time Out NY)

SPLICE Ensemble - The SPLICE Ensemble is a trumpet, piano, and percussion trio focussed on cultivating a canon of the most important works composed for instruments and electronics. Through seminars, lectures, master classes, concerts, and commissions, the SPLICE Ensemble works with composers and performers on performance practice techniques for collaboration and integrating electronics into a traditional performance space. The resident ensemble of both the SPLICE Summer Institute and the SPLICE Festival, the SPLICE Ensemble has been a featured ensemble at M Woods in Beijing, SEAMUS, the Electroacoustic Barndance, SCI National, Electronic Music Midwest. They have recorded on both the SEAMUS and Parma Labels.

Transient Canvas - Praised by the Boston Globe as "superb", Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock have been blazing their own trail as the bass clarinet/marimba duo Transient Canvas since 2011. In that time they have premiered over 75 works, essentially creating an entirely new repertoire for their unique instrumentation. Fearless in their programming and hungry for new collaborations TC performs anywhere from microbreweries to concert halls and actively seeks out new composers who will stretch their instrumentation to its limits. Call for Scores
We are currently accepting submissions from student composers for pieces that include electronics or video in some way. You must be a current undergraduate or graduate student (located anywhere), and must plan on attending the festival. If you do not attend the festival, your work will not be performed. We have four categories that you can submit to.
Category I: Music for the SPLICE Ensemble (Piano, Trumpet, Percussion)
We are accepting submissions for one piece that will be performed by the SPLICE Ensemble. Any subset of the ensemble will be considered, but preference will be given to works that include all three performers (and electronics or video).
Category II: Music for Transient Canvas (Bass Clarinet, Marimba)
We are accepting submissions for one piece that will be performed by Transient Canvas. Any subset of the ensemble will be considered, but preference will be given to works that include both performers (and electronics or video).
Category III: Works for Fixed Media
We are accepting submissions for pieces for fixed media (up to 8 channels, double diamond). These pieces may also include video.
Category IV: Pieces for Instrument and Electronics
We are accepting submissions for pieces for instruments and electronics. These can be for any instrument. For this category the composer will be responsible for bringing his or her own performers. These pieces may also include video.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
- Please send us the following through the form at the link below:
- Name, email address, and affiliated institution
- Title, instrumentation, and length of piece you are submitting
- Detailed technical requirements 
- Link to a score of your piece (if applicable) 
- Link to a recording of your piece

- Please direct all questions to Brian Sears at bsears@brandeis.edu 

**Deadline for submission is November 15th 2017**
Submit at this link! ­ https://goo.gl/forms/kSrx8YafuQi7GhM02

BGSU Klingler ElectroAcoustic Residency (KEAR) Call for Applications

Call for Applications:

KEAR Two-Week Electroacoustic Composer/Researcher Residency 2017-18 - Residency for SPRING 2018

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) Friday 17 November 2017

AWARD: Travel funding, housing, and stipend

APPLY: complete the application

STUDIO INFORMATION: visit website

BGSUElectroacoustics welcomes applications for its fourth annual Klingler Electroacoustic Residency (KEAR) program. We seek a dynamic, innovative composer, researcher, or practitioner with a project requiring the use of our surround studio facilities. NOTE: This year’s residency will take place during **Spring 2018 only**, for which one composer will be selected to visit for two weeks to work on a composition and/or research project employing multi-channel spatialization (up to 10.2), first order Ambisonics, and/or controller-driven live performance.

2016-17 Residents:

Adrian Moore (Sheffield, UK)

Robert Normandeau (Montreal, QC)

2015-16 Residents:

James Andean (Leicester, UK)

Louise Harris (Glasgow, UK)

2014-15 Residents:

John Young (Leicester, UK)

Jonty Harrison (Birmingham, UK)

2013-14 Residents:

Adam Basanta (Montreal, QC)

Brad Garton (New York, NY)

ELIGIBIILITY

All electroacoustic composers, researchers, and practitioners are welcome to apply. Preference will be given to applicants whose proposal makes a compelling argument for using the multi-channel and/or Ambisonics (MC/A) studio resources. Preference will also be given to established professionals in the field.

AWARD DETAILS

Selected composers will receive:

·      Airfare or mileage reimbursement to/from Bowling Green (up to $1500 and adhering to Bowling Green State University travel regulations)

·      On campus housing

·      $150 Meal card for on-campus dining

·      $150 stipend

·      Unlimited access to the BGSUElectroacoustics MC/A studio for two weeks (14 days)

AWARDEE OBLIGATIONS TO BGSUElectroacoustics

While the resident's primary activity will be working on his/her proposed project, we seek a resident willing to engage with our creative community during his/her visit by spending some informal time with our faculty and students, and sharing their expertise in a few formal settings as follows:

·      Present two music technology course lectures - topics to be agreed upon with the course instructors. (75 minutes each)

·      Teach up to four 30-minute lessons to students composing electroacoustic pieces.

·      Present one informal lecture and demonstration on the project at the residency's end. (75-90 minutes)

·      Other activities may include interviews (audio and/or video), photography sessions, and other press-related endeavors with BGSU Marketing and Communications, to be used by BGSU at its discretion for publicity and archival purposes.

·      Commitment to serve as a judge for one future KEAR scheme.

AWARD CRITERIA

·      Proposed projects should clearly and convincingly illustrate the necessity of working in the BGSUElectroacoustics MC/A facility.

·      Awarded composers must reside in Bowling Green and work on their proposed project for two weeks (14 days total.) Shorter durations will not be permitted. Longer periods may be possible but the resident must pay his/her own expenses after completing the sponsored 14-day residency.

·      In-progress projects may be completed during the residency period.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested applicants must submit an electronic application form including the following:

·      Project title and detailed description (850 word maximum)

·      Signed residency agreement

·      Maximum of three web links pointing to work examples (soundfiles, score, video demonstrations, research papers, software, etc.) Hard copy materials will not be accepted.

o   Composers should submit up to three electroacoustic compositions with a 30-minute sum-total maximum duration. Multi-channel works are permitted but please include a stereo version for the jurors.

o   Researchers should submit up to three papers and/or software programs.

Submit online here.

Applications will be reviewed by a three-member international jury.

Selected residents will be notified by 20 December 2017, after which time additional details will be provided.

Questions about the process may be addressed to Elainie Lillios – lillios at bgsu.edu

DEADLINE

Applications must be received by midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday 17 November 2017. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

loadbang Announces 2018 Commission Competition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrew Kozar, Executive Director

loadbang – www.loadbangmusic.com

tel: 412.680.0974

email: loadbang@loadbangmusic.com

New music ensemble loadbang (trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, baritone voice) has been called 'inventive' by the New York Times, 'cultivated' by the New Yorker, and 'a formidable new music force' by TimeOutNY.  loadbang is proud to announce their 2018 Commission Competition.  Below you will find all of the details and instructions which can also be found at: www.loadbang.com/commission-competition.

Composers must submit: 
- a work of chamber music written in 2013 or later, for 2-7 players and/or singers, with or without electronics.
It is recommended that the submitted works feature bass clarinet, trombone, trumpet and/or male voice (though not required).
- CV (PDF REQUIRED)

Rules and Regulations:
- Eligible composers include citizens OR current residents of the United States.
- There is NO FEE for participating in this competition.
- The deadline for this submission is March 1, 2018.

Prizes:
- The winning composer will receive a prize of $433 as a commission to write a new piece which will be premiered in New York City by loadbang in Spring 2019.
- Tuition free participation and workshops with loadbang at the Longy School of Music's Divergent Studio, which will take place June 10-17, 2018 in Cambridge, MA.

Questions, correspondence and submissions should be made electronically to:

loadbang@loadbangmusic.com