Loadbang Announces 2016 Commission Competition

loadbang is pleased to announce their fifth annual call for scores.

Composers must submit:

• a work of chamber music written 2012 or later, for 2-7 players and/or singers, with or without electronics. It is recommended that the submitted work feature bass clarinet, trombone, trumpet, and/or male voice. Inclusion of a recording is required (MIDI realizations are NOT accepted).
  
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Rules and Regulations:

Eligible composers include any citizen OR current resident of the United States.
There is NO FEE for participating in this competition
The deadline for this submission is April 15th, 2016 (received by date, NOT postmark).
The winning composer will receive a prize of $433 and will be commissioned to write a new piece to be performed in New York City by loadbang in Spring 2016.
Questions, correspondence, and submissions should be made electronically to: loadbang@loadbangmusic.com

CALL FOR GRAPHIC SCORES

CALL FOR WORKS

The Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival and experimental chamber choir the Vocal Constructivists are jointly issuing a CALL FOR GRAPHIC SCORES to composers, artists, graphic designers - and anyone else who feels creative.

The winning entry will be performed by the Vocal Constructivists in their concert as part of this year’s Festival at St. Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington on 5th December. The winner and selected others may also be exhibited at the concert venue on the night.

The Constructivists’ concert takes the centenary of Kazimir Malevich's Eight Red Rectangles as the starting point for a fascinating journey through contemporary Polish scores incorporating graphics and text instructions, tightroping the intersection of a cappella vocal performance and live art.

Scores might or might not respond to this context, but we welcome a variety of approaches to the graphic score medium. Send scanned or photographed scores to sncontemporarymusic@gmail.com.
Deadline: Sunday 1st November 2015.

CALL FOR SCORES RISUONANZE 2013

Associazione Culturale TKE is calling for pieces to be performed at the “Risuonanze 2013” Festival
(early June, 2013, Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy).
The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age
Pieces should be written for solo piano, or solo flute [C Flute, and/or Piccolo, and/or G Alto flute,
one only player], or solo voice [mezzo-soprano, range: F3 to F5 (piano dynamics) or Ab5 (forte
dynamics)], or solo oboe, and should not have been premiered in public performances before the
Festival.
Works of any aesthetic and stylistic direction from 2 to 6 minutes in duration may be submitted.
15 Euros must be payed via bank transfer or PayPal as a donation for contribution to costs; each
composer has the right to send up to 3 different works.
Festival “Risuonanze” is based on the direct relationship between composers and audience, so
composers attending the performances are much appreciated. Attending the concert is
considered as an advantage in the selection. 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 decide not to
Submission deadline: March 1st, 2013
For any further information, please visit: http://www.risuonanze.it/calls/call2013.html
or email: tkecallforscores@gmail.com

15 minutes to 12: piéces pour la fin du monde

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute works for piano or works for piano and
electronic playback (tape) composed for 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Shiau-uen Ding
to be performed at the February 12, 2012 Composer's Voice concert in New
York City. The one-minute piano works are to be written specifically for
this project, which will be performed by Shiau-uen Ding. All works must be
60 seconds or less.

"15 minutes to 12: pi?ces pour la fin du monde": Fifteen one-minute works
for piano or piano and electronics are to be associated with the end of the
world in 2012, written specifically for this project for pianist Shiau-uen
Ding. No intervals for either hand should exceed an octave, except possibly
a minor ninth with one note on a black key (e.g. F#-G) , as well as a major
ninth with two white keys played by a thumb (e.g. F-G-G on the RH).
Electronics are optional, and are for one-track, fixed sound only.

Works should be submitted as PDF files in two formats; one as the published
score, the other without the composer's name for screening. A picture of the
composer, 50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece should
be submitted with works.

-Works need to be submitted via email to: composersvoicesubmit@gmail.com by
December 12, 2011.
-The subject line of the email should read - 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Shiau-uen
Ding - Composer Name - Composition Title
-Email submissions should include the 50-word bio and 50-word program notes
as text in the body of the email.
-The composer's a picture must be attached as a jpg file.
-The two scores must be attached as two separate files in pdf format.
(performance notes should be included with the score.) NO ZIP FILES.
-The optional electronic part should be submitted as an attached MP3 file -
if selected you will be asked to send a WAV or AIFF file.
-No works over a minute will be reviewed.
-Include the dedication to Shiau-uen Ding on the score
-Works should be composed specifically for this project and performer. All
pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed.
-The results will be announced by December 31, 2011 on the Vox Novus
website, and composers of the fifteen accepted works will be notified by
email.

For more information, visit:
http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame

The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2012

Call For Works


The San Francisco Tape Music Collective is seeking "fixed" electroacoustic works (aka works for tape alone) for possible performance in our next festival.
We perform all pieces over a 16+ speaker system capable of BEAST-style diffusion of stereo works, multi-channel works, and works in B-format ambisonics.

Please limit yourself to TWO submitted works per year.
You have the option to use this submition for broadcast on sfSoundRadio as well.

The January 2012 festival DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31, 2011, 11:59pm PDT.

Questions or comments can be sent to: tapecenter@sfsound.org

Thanks for your interest

El ÓRGANO COMO MEDIATOR ENTRE EL NORTE Y EL SUR

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:

1. Name as one wishes for it to appear in the programme
2. E-mail address
3. Score(s) in PDF format, landscape orientation
4. Recording of the organ work (optional)
5. Short biography (optional)

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

Call for String Quartets

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.

More information