MrMcFall’s Chamber Call for Scores

MrMcFall’s Chamber, in association with the Scottish Arts Council, is pleased to announce a

CALL FOR SCORES

Scottish-based chamber ensemble, Mr McFall’s Chamber, is looking to commission four settings of English poems and one extended four-movement setting of English poems from young composers aged 30 and under. The commissioned works will become companion pieces to Gavin Bryars’ ‘Eight Irish Madrigals’, and will be scored for the same unusual combination of soprano, tenor, two violas (or violin and viola), cello and double bass. The chosen works will be performed alongside Bryars’ ‘Eight Irish Madrigals’ by Mr McFall’s Chamber during 2011.

Interested applicants should submit an existing example of their work by 30^th April 2010, to be reviewed by the panel. The piece submitted should be one which includes a part for voice (or voices) and at least two instrumental parts. The reviewing process will be completed by 1^st June 2010, at which point four settings of English poems will be commissioned from the four composers chosen. The four chosen composers will each receive a commissioning fee of £500. They will be performed together early in 2011.

One of the four composers will then be chosen and commissioned to write three further settings to make a four-movement piece (one movement of which would be their previously written individual movement). This chosen composer will receive a further fee of £1,000. This resulting four-movement complete piece will be performed during the summer or autumn of 2011.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be aged 30 or under on the date of submission (30^th April 2010)
• The submitted score should be no longer than 15-minutes duration.

How to Apply:

Please send the following to the address below:

• A bound and legible score of one work for voice or voices and at least two other instruments – please ensure your name does NOT appear on the score
• A separate sheet, giving details of your name, address, and duration of the work
• A recording of the submitted work, if available
• Program notes, including the work's performance history
• Composer biography
• Optional: Self-addressed/stamped envelope for return of materials. Note: All other scores will be discarded the week following the judges' decision

Application Deadline: All packages must be received at 2 Downing Court, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PN by Friday 30^th April 2010 to be considered. No late submissions will be accepted.

• All applications will be acknowledged on receipt
• All applicants will be notified of the panel’s decision by 1^st June 2010
• The reviewing process will be ‘blind’: each score will be numbered and the panel will not know the names of the composers until after a decision has been made.

Enquiries: Please direct any queries to Jo Buckley: jmkbuckley@hotmail.co.uk

Non-Cochlear Sound

Diapason will be working with sound artist and author Seth Kim-Cohen to present an exhibition of "Non-Cochlear Sound", as formulated in Kim-Cohen's book "In the Blink of an Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art" (Continuum).

The exhibition is scheduled for October, 2010.

CALL FOR WORK

Non-Cochlear Sound organized by Seth Kim-Cohen

OVERVIEW

Non-Cochlear Sound describes a form of sonic practice not primarily concerned with the ear. Marcel Duchamp’s famous call for a non-retinal visual art was answered (eventually) by minimalism, conceptual art, social-based practice, and a host of approaches that appeal not to the eye, but to other concerns. In his new book, In The Blink Of An Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art, artist and theorist Seth Kim-Cohen asks why sound has been slower to make the conceptual, linguistic, and social turns. As a way of responding to this question and of “redressing” this perhaps unfortunate sonic situation, we seek sound work that engages any or all of the following: sociality, conceptualism, politics, textuality, discursivity, subjectivity, history, economics, or philosophy.

CRITERIA

Major criteria for artist participation is:

• Artists working with sound (although the work can include other materials and media as well)
• Work that engages concerns beyond hearing or the senses in general
• No history of previous exhibition, performance, or recording is required

DEADLINE

Submissions to participate are due by June 3, 2010. Participants will be contacted by July 1, 2010.

SUBMISSIONS

All submissions and contact will be by email.

Send an email to mailto:diapason.info@gmail.com that includes the following information in the body:

• Your contact information (Name, Email Address, Phone Number)
• A brief bio/artist background describing what you do in general and what you've been doing lately
• A brief statement about how your work relates to the idea of the non-cochlear
• A proposal for the project you would like to include in the exhibition

NOTE

Please do not attach any work-samples or documents. All work samples must be available online, and all information must be submitted in the body of the email.

Diapason is supported by NYSCA, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Phaedrus Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, Kirk Radke, and by generous individuals. Diapason is a 501(c)3 organization.

Process Festival Call for Proposals

PROCESS Festival Berlin is now accepting proposals for performances and new-media work, to be shown at our 2 day festival in mid-March 2010.

The Festival seeks to highlight new and compelling work in the field of generative or process music - focusing on sound pieces which are inspired by or emulate algorithms, biology, or other defined systems.

From scores generated from nature (Mamoru Fujieda's "Patterns of Plants") or mathematics (John Cage's "Sonatas and Interludes"), to interactives which allow users to create music (Brian Eno's Bloom for iPhone) or a system as simple as 2 tape recorders ("It's Gonna Rain" by Steve Reich), this space has enjoyed a compelling history.

As well as the traditional execution of code outputting music, we're also interested in projects which expand the definition or approach to this field. This could, for example, including hardware-based projects like custom instruments, more lo-fi, organic systems, or hybrids such as a string quartet playing a generative score.

Web-based new-media projects will be shown onsite via a Macbook with wireless connection, as well as linked via the festival website. Performances should be between 20 and 40 minutes long, to allow a diverse selection of pieces over the festival period.

We're unable to offer artist compensation or provide travel costs to the event, although composers outside of the Berlin area are encouraged to partner with local artists to perform works. Please contact us if you're interested in this avenue.

Please e-mail us with your name, short bio, contact details, type of work and a description of your project.

The ALEA III International Composition Prize

Theodore Antoniou, Music Director

2010 Twenty-Eighth Annual Competition

The ALEA III Prize: $2,500

Deadline: March 15, 2010

http://www.aleaiii.com

Composers of any nationality born after January 1, 1970 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 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. Contact 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 2010. 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 2010. 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.

Cadillac Moon Ensemble "On the Road"

CALL FOR SCORES: Cadillac Moon Ensemble "On the Road"

Cadillac Moon Ensemble announces a call for scores for its upcoming season.

With its unique instrumentation of flute, violin, cello, and percussion, Cadillac Moon Ensemble is redefining a "quartet" of the traditional sense while maintaining the artistry of chamber music within the new music realm. CME is dedicated to premiering new works which explore the roles quartet members as well as extended techniques and innovative ideas in composition.

If selected, we will perform your piece in New York City in our 2010/2011 season.

Instrumentation: the concept of this call is for a New York-based ensemble traveling on the road, or even to a concert on the subway. We are looking for pieces for flute, violin, cello, and suitcase percussion.

All percussion instruments must fit into a suitcase. A list of instruments is as follows: two egg shakers, one 14" cymbal, two bongos, three cowbells, three wood blocks, one tambourine, one triangle, pair of claves.

*additional small instruments can be added to the percussion setup but must be the size of a hand or smaller. For approval on extra instruments contact danielle@cadillacmoonensemble.com

Timing: No shorter than six minutes, no longer than 30 minutes.

Please send a proposal including piece concept, length, percussion instrument list, and composer bio by January 15, 2010 to submissions@cadillacmoonensemble.com. If selected, your scores and parts will be due by March 15 in hard copy format.

We will announce our selections by January 22 on our website, and everyone who submits entries will be notified individually.

For questions regarding this call, write to us at info@cadillacmoonensemble.com, with "Suitcase Call" as the subject heading.

The 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

The University of Illinois School of Music presents
The 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

Eligibility: Any composer, regardless of age or nationality.

Awards: First Prize cash award of $1000 and second prize cash award of $500 plus performances by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble in November of 2010 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Additional awards and performances may be given at the discretion of the judges.

Judges: A panel of judges consisting of University of Illinois music composition faculty members will select the winning compositions. The winning composers are expected to attend the award concert/reception and will be responsible for their transportation costs (the competition will provide a stipend for lodging). The winning composers will assume full responsibility for providing adequate performance materials upon request.

Guidelines:

• Medium: Full scores of any style or aesthetic direction for one to fifteen performers (including vocalists) may be submitted. Works for tape, electronics and/or mixed media with or without instruments/voices are eligible.
• Duration: 20 minutes maximum
• Limit: One entry per composer
• Entry fee: A non-refundable entry fee of fifteen U.S. dollars ($15.00) must be included with each submission. Payment must be in US Dollars in the form of a check, international money order or credit card (preferable). All checks and money orders must be payable to the University of Illinois, and must be drawn on a U.S. bank. Please make sure to print the credit card authorization form (clik here for form) and sign authorizing the use of the card for the amount specified, the type of card, card number, and expiration date (incomplete authorizations will be rejected).
• Anonymous Submission: The composer's name must not appear on the score itself or on any item (tape, CD, etc.) submitted in supplement to the application. A sealed envelope must accompany the score and contain the composer's name, address, telephone number/e-mail (if applicable) and a brief biographical sketch. If a recording of the work is available, it should accompany the score and be identified only by the title of the composition.
• Return of Materials: Scores will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope of the proper size is enclosed.
• Previous winners and faculty and currently-enrolled students at the University of Illinois are ineligible for the competition.

Send submissions to:
2010 Martirano Composition Award
Attn: Zack Browning, Director, Martirano Award
2136 Music Building
University of Illinois
1114 West Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
USA
zbrownin@illinois.edu
http://camil.music.uiuc.edu/CompTheory/Awards/Martirano.html

All submissions must be postmarked by March 15, 2010

Call for Electroacoustic Works

Synesthesia Recordings is pleased to announce a call for electroacoustic works, 2009.

All presented music works should fit one of the following categories.

1. Works for recorded media alone
2. Works for recorded media and instrumental solo

Deadline: October 31, 2009

For more information visit: submissions@synesthesiarecordings.com

A pdf of the application is available at: http://www.synesthesiarecordings.com/docs/Call_for_electroacoustic_works_2009.pdf

Works should be produced using any conceivable analog device processing tools (pedals, no input mixers, analog synthesizers, custom built devices). The use of computer or any digital device (except a DAW for the tracking/mixing) is not allowed.

Call for Electornic Sound Works for Zeppelin 2009

We dedicate Zeppelin 2009 – Sounds of Power / Listening to Fear to thinking about issues that have been insidiously encircling us for some time. We are concerned about signs that might suggest we’re going backwards in terms of hard-won social and intellectual achievements and freedoms. . . .

We invite people interested in sound to think about these questions and send us their sound works. The pieces will be played through a system of eight loudspeakers on 10, 11 and 12 December 2009 at the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

All works received will be accepted provided they meet the following conditions:

1. Pieces should be NO LONGER than ten (10) minutes.

2. The format for the pieces should be WAV or AIFF at 44.1 kHz and 16 bits. Pieces may have up to eight tracks. Each track should be in a separate file (so a piece with eight tracks should have eight files each containing a single track).

3. The following documentation should be included: 3.1. Comments on the piece. 3.2. An artistic biography of the author. 3.3. A document signed by the author either giving or refusing explicit authorisation for the piece to be posted on the internet. 3.4. A document signed by the author giving authorisation for the piece to form part of the Sonoscop sound art archive.

4. The pieces and documentation should be sent on a CD/DVD by 15 November 2009 to:

caos/ZEPPELIN/convocatòria Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona C/Montalegre, 5 Barcelona 08001 Spain

For more information, please visit http://www.sonoscop.net or write to caos@sonoscop.net

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Futura 2010 Call for works

For its 2010 edition, the Futura festival is looking for fixed media works (acousmatic music, musique concrète, video art, hörspiel, etc.) around the ‘travel diary’ thematic.

The sent works may be ‘real’ diaries, elaborated with sound takes and/or recognizable images, but these diaries may also be ‘abstract’, without any identifiable sounds, concentrating only on remaining traces, impressions. The works evolving between these two poles are also, indeed, welcome.

It is all about drawing a large and original view of the ‘travel diary’, which is not only a journey in a geographical space, but rather the expression of an experience or a view on the surrounding world. As such, it is not absolutely necessary to have crossed back and forth the whole planet to submit a proposal, obviously travels are also metaphoric. It can be expressed through very diverse aesthetics and forms.

Nonetheless, we are not looking for ‘raw’, ‘objective’ soundscapes or field-recordings. To the contrary, we would like to program subjective works, and place at the centre of this thematic the perception of the traveller-composer-artist.

The submissions:

- The limited number of submissions is 2 works by composer, excepting works with video which amount is not limited.

- Only sonic works on tape medium should be submitted (acousmatic/concrète, radiophonic art…). Please do not send proposals for live electronics or performances.

- Preference is given to stereophonic music (multiphonic works may be accepted, but always if a stereo mix is provided for the selection process).

- Works including video are also encouraged.

-Deadline for the reception of works on CD Audio only (no cd-r or DVD-Audio) or DVD (for videos) is fixed before January 31 2010 (post-marked). At the following address: Futura, 62, avenue de Flandre F-75019 Paris, France.

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The ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2010 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program.

The ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning program commissions new electro-acoustic compositions from student composers. The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by Frances Richard and the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Eligibility You must be a student currently enrolled in an academic course of study that leads to a high school diploma, or baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral degree in music or electro-acoustic music, or a program that includes electro-acoustic music and related fields. This competition is open to student members of SEAMUS who are United States citizens or legal residents of the United States and students enrolled in an academic course of study within the United States.

Deadline Applications must be postmarked by October 15, 2009

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Announcing 2009 Jerome Composer Commission Program details

Application deadline: Saturday, August 1, 2009 (postmark)

The Jerome Composers Commissioning Program (JCCP) supports the creation of new musical works by emerging composers, composer/performers, improvisers and sound artists. JCCP helps towards the cost of the creator's commissioning fee. A composer applies in conjunction with a performing organization (which may be any soloist or group, not necessarily a non-profit organization). Alternatively, composer/performer/improvisers who play in their own work apply in conjunction with a venue or presenter (e.g., school, theater, gallery, festival, etc.).

JCCP welcomes applications in all musical genres, including jazz, experimental, classical, improvisation, sound-art and international styles, and seeks to expand new-music culture beyond the traditional settings.

Composers residing in Minnesota or in the five boroughs of New York City may apply with performers based anywhere in the world. Composers residing elsewhere must work with Minnesota-based partners and present the work in Minnesota. Similar geographic restrictions apply for composer/performers applying in conjunction with a presenter. All applicants may also consider forming a consortium to include Minnesota participants.

JCCP guidelines and application form are available at http://www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=11461&section=commissions

For more information about this program contact Craig Carnahan
651.251.2833 (p)

This program is funded by a generous gift from the Jerome Foundation.

Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra 2009 International Calling For Contemporary Music Score

1. The purpose of the competition is to encourage Calling For Contemporary Music Score to the growth and excellence of contemporary music.
2. Competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.

3. The required composition is a work for the whole ensemble as follows : 1 flute / 1 oboe / 1 clarinet in Bb / 1 basson / 2 horn / 1 trumpet in Bb 1 trombone / 2 Timpani and strings (8 - 6 -6 - 4 - 2)

   The following instruments can be used in addition : 1 piano, and/or 1 voice.

4. the duration of the work must be stated on the score and be from 10 to 15 minutes.

5. there is no entry fee.

   send 6 copies (will not be returned) Only one entry per person will be accepted.

6. The composition must be unpublished, never have been performed or broadcast in public nor have been awarded a prize under its present or other title.
7. Deadline : score must be received by 20,August,2009. ( we can not accept at the post-mark 20,August,2009.) -We accept by e-mail also condczoj@hanmail.net.
8. the works will be selected for a performance in the Autumn 2009 winners concert at Daegu. winners receive CD recordings of the concert The selected works will not be paid : as award or money.
9. Results will be announced by 31th. August, 2009
10. The judges reserve the right not to select and perform a work if no composition is deemed selection - and performance - worthy.
11. The material for the performance of the selected composition must be sent to the Daegu contemporary music orchestra(DCMO) by 20,August,2009 and must be available for the ensemble free of charge.
12. The judges will screen the submitted scores and select up to six works to be performed at the final concert given by the DCMO.
13. The jury will especially take into consideration the artistic qualities of the composition and will not consider the pieces that require enormous technical skills.
14. Any material from the selected compositions (score, parts and copies) remain property of DCMO and will not be returned.

Sincerely!
Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra
since 1996/
International Calling For Contemporary Music Score
since 2003

Welcome Christmas Carol Contest

Since 1998, ACF has partnered with Minneapolis-based VocalEssence

on the annual Welcome Christmas Carol Contest. Each year the contest seeks new carols for chorus with a variety of instrumental accompaniments. This year’s call is for carols scored for mixed chorus and viola.

Two composers are selected annually as the winners of the competition. They receive a $1000 prize and their carols are premiered at the VocalEssence Welcome Christmas concerts in December. These concerts have been recorded for regional broadcast on the network stations of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), and distributed nationally by American Public Media.

The application deadline for this year’s competition is August 21, 2009 (postmark). Eligibility: Composers of all ages whose permanent residence is North America.

Complete competition guidelines, program description and the application form are available at http://www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=11287&section=performances

See also:

www.vocalessence.org

For more information about this program contact Craig Carnahan.

ccarnahan@composersforum.org

(p) 651.251.2833

Call for soprano and violin music

Hope Wechkin and Washington Composers Forum present a call for scores for soprano and violin (one performer). Chosen music will be performed on a concert in Seattle with date TBA.

ABOUT THE PERFORMER

Hope Wechkin is best known to Seattle audiences for innovative and virtuosic pairings of the voice and violin. Her recent show Charisma featured such a pairing, and was presented at ACT Theatre. A well-known interpreter of contemporary vocal literature, she has premiered many works by Northwest composers and is the soprano soloist with Affinity. In 2006 she performed George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children for Seattle Symphony's Made in America festival, and she has appeared with the Contemporary Opera Lab in Winnipeg, Canada. She has also appeared as a soloist with The Esoterics, the Pacific Chamber Ensemble, the Northwest Chorale, and others. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Ms. Wechkin has studied with Thomasa Eckert, Marianne Weltmann, and Nancy Zylstra in Seattle, and with Josephine Mongiardo in New York.

ELIGIBILITY The call is open to the general public.

SUBMISSION Composers may submit multiple scores for soprano and violin (one performer). Scores may be of any duration. Previously performed works are welcome, but the performance history of the work must be included. The performer will adjudicate the call, and may choose not to perform any of the submissions. Submission packets must be received by May 4, 2009 and contain the following: 1) Performing score(s). Duration and page numbers must be clearly indicated. Scores must be marked with a pseudonym. 2) Contact information envelope containing name, address, phone number, email address and pseudonym. To have materials returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

If the submission is expedited, please do not require a signature for delivery. Otherwise, the submission may be held up.

For more information contact WCF.

Send submissions to: Soprano and Violin Submissions

Washington Composers Forum

6114 12th Avenue NE Seattle WA 98115-6704 USA

The Esoterics announces 2009-2010 POLYPHONOS Competition

The Esoterics announces 2009-2010 POLYPHONOS Competition (Reminder)

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 purpose of The Esoterics' POLYPHONOS is to encourage today's choral composers to broaden the scope of the a cappella choral repertory by setting sacred and poetical texts found beyond the Western classical canon in order to create a repertoire of choral concert music that reflects the universal beauty and power of unaccompanied voices joined in song.

There will be up to three POLYPHONOS awards, and 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 2010. 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.

Entry form, portfolio requirements and complete rules can be found at www.theesoterics.org/polyphonos

All applications must be complete and received by 15 May 2009
(Less than a month away!)
The winners of The Esoterics' POLYPHONOS will be announced on 1 July 2009

For questions, please contact polyphonos@TheEsoterics.org

PS - In our October 2009 concert MYSTERIUM, the Esoterics will premier the POLYPHONOS commissions of the 2008-2009 winners - Shawn Brogan Allison, Eduardo Andrés Malachevsky, and Nilo Alcala.

Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music

CALL FOR WORKS

Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music

Submission Deadline: 20th February 2009 (postmark)

This is a call for fixed media electroacoustic audio-visual music works exploring the interaction between sound and image. Works should be cohesive audio-visual entities and not just video/film with a soundtrack or music with a video/film track. The audio within these works should be electroacoustic in nature.

Works are requested for a PhD research project investigating audience reception of differing styles of audio-visual composition and the role of composer intention in facilitating audience reception of electroacoustic audio-visual music works. This research builds upon the foundations laid by Leigh Landy and Rob Weale through the Intention/Reception Project (Weale 2006) (Landy 2006).

Works will be presented to a series of audience groups who will then complete questionnaires and discuss their reception of each of the presented works. Results from these tests will then be analysed in order to discover any trends that exist between the different audience groups.

It is hoped that this analysis will form a useful resource for composers of electroacoustic audio-visual music works providing key information on how audiences perceive and receive their works. The research will also provide fruitful information concerning the accessibility of these types of works.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• In this phase of the project, submissions must be fixed media works (as opposed to 'live' performance based works).
• Works must have stereo audio and be for single screen.
• The duration of submitted works should be no longer than 8 minutes due to testing practicalities or, alternatively, a well-defined self-contained section of the work lasting no longer than 8 minutes can be identified within the entire work.
• Composers must be willing to complete a 'Composer Intention Questionnaire' outlining dramaturgic information relating to each submitted work.
• The composer should own all rights to the submitted works and provide the researcher with the right to include selected works as part of future scholarly publications of the research.
• Multiple works may be submitted.

NB: Works of high reputation may be rejected for testing due to issues of familiarity.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must consist of the following:

1. DVD containing the work to be considered (PAL or NTSC format) and or QTM file. Works should have stereo audio and be for single screen.
2. Programme notes (please include duration, year of creation and a list of previous performances).
3. Composer biography.
4. Contact information: email, postal address and telephone.

All requested information must be provided in order for the work to be considered.

DEADLINE

Only submissions received by (or postmarked) Friday 20th February 2009 will be considered.

Composers of selected compositions will be notified by 31st of March at the latest.

A 'Composer Intention questionnaire' will be dispatched to the appropriate contact address for completion by the composers of selected works. Failure to complete a copy of the questionnaire for a selected work will prevent the work from being used in the study.

Please send hard-copy materials to:

Andrew Hill
C/o Simon Smith
Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre
0.19 Clephan Building
De Montfort University
Leicester
LE1 9BH,
UNITED KINGDOM

Many thanks for your interest.

References

Weale, R. (2006) Discovering How Accessible Electroacoustic Music Can Be: the Intention/Reception Project. Organised Sound 11/2: 189-200.

Landy, L. (2006) "The Intention/Reception Project" in Mary Simoni, ed. Analytical Methods of Electroacoustic Music. Routledge (New York) pp. 29-53 + appendix on DVD.

Call for audiovisual works - EAR-plugged Festival at The LAB, 26-28 Feb 2009

The Table:

A pedestal for eating, a stone platform, a playing board, of marble, of wood, of metal, round or semicircular, as a work place, for serving tea, for dining, a joinery piece, a place to pursue the arts of writing and painting, folding leaves, a night table, Tabula rasa (starting with a clean slate)...

EAR are looking for audio visual compositions that respond creatively to the idea of The Table. The selected works will be shown in a screening, as part of the EAR-plugged Festival, February 26-28, At The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Submission guidelines:

• Works can be up to 10 minutes in duration.
• Works should be submitted in DV format, either on DV or MiniDV tape, or as .avi or .mov file on data DVD.

The submission deadline is Fri 23rd Jan 2009

Entries must include:

• 1/ Full Contact Details (name, address and email)
• 2/ Short Bio (max. 50 words)
• 3/ Short Description of the Work (max. 50 words)
• 4/ 2 jpeg images (high resolution)
• 5/ A self addressed stamped envelope if you would like the work returned.

Please send works to:

EAR
Audiovisual Call
3 Radcliffe
Binn Eadair View
Dublin 13
Ireland

Open Call for Scores from the Red Note Ensemble

NOISY NIGHTS @ the Traverse, Edinburgh starting Feb 23rd

Noisy Nights are the Traverse's new music nights - performed by the newly-formed professional Red Note Ensemble.

The first Noisy Night is in the Bar of the Traverse Theatre on Monday 23rd Feb 2009. A general call for scores, maximum length 5 minutes each, instrumentation Vn / Cl (BCl) / Trb / Vibes is made. Tape parts can be accommodated. Full scores and parts (hard copies or pdf via email) to john@seventhings.co.uk (address below) by Monday 9th February at the very latest. Late submissions will not be considered for performance.

The performers will be the Red Note ensemble. Noisy Nights are supported by Seven Things, the Traverse Theatre, SAC and the PRS Foundation.

The next Noisy Night will be Monday 20th April (Call for: Fl (AFl) / Tpt / Vc, submission date Monday 6th April)

John Harris and Robert Irvine (co-artistic directors)
Red Note Ensemble
c/o Seven Things
ETTC, King's Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3JL
UK

Call for Recordings of New Works

Possibilities Explored: Call for Recordings of New Works

The essence of college radio is the ability to explore the possibilities of radio for students. With this in mind, the classical music program on WRSU 88.7 FM (www.wrsu.org) is looking for recordings of new completed works for an ongoing series during a weekly broadcast that will begin in the Spring of 2009. Ideally, works should broadly be in the spirit of exploring the possibilities of music.

There is no deadline for submissions.

Guidelines

• Works may be in a variety and instrumentation (including electroacoustic works)
• The only requirement for recording quality is that it is representative, in the composer's mind, of the work. The recorded performance can be a professional recording or a reading of the work.
• A short biography of the composer, a synopsis of the work, and the performers on the recording is required and will be read over the air.
• Works may be of any length under a half hour. Excerpts of a work will also be accepted.

There is no award for works played during the series. Prior to being played, the composer will be given the date and time the work will be aired. A future website for the series will also identify the composer and work as being a part of the series.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically in mp3 format to douglas.laustsen@gmail.com If the work is accepted, an uncompressed version of the audio will be requested for airing.

Call for Works: 2009 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts

CALL FOR ARTISTS, COMPOSERS, and PRESENTERS

Submission Deadline: 11:59pm PST, October 31, 2008 (postmarked)

The University of Minnesota West Bank Arts Quarter, Collaborative Arts Program (COLA), and American Composers Forum are proud to present the 2009 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, February 17-22. The festival will be held on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (USA) and neighboring Minneapolis performing arts venues, and will feature numerous guest artists to be announced.

MUSIC SUBMISSIONS

Music submissions will be accepted in seven categories:

1. Concert Hall works: Interactive works for acoustic instruments and electroacoustics (performance forces are available, TBA) and electroacoustic works with and without performers. Performance venues will accommodate 2-8 channel works and works with video. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of fifteen minutes or less are strongly encouraged. This year, Spark encourages submissions of works for electronics with one of the following solo instruments: trumpet, tenor (voice), percussion (marimba especially), or violin. Additionally, the Renegade Ensemble, a local ensemble consisting of 2 percussion, 2 piano, clarinet (Bb, bass, etc), mezzo-soprano, cello and flute will perform several works. Other instruments and ensembles are possible. And, as always, bringing one's own performer(s) is highly encouraged. Note: Although some "tape music" will be programmed, Spark generally favors works with live performers or other visual component. Some accepted "tape" works may be choreographed. Please indicate if you do not wish to be considered for this.
2. Pub/Club works (aka Spark Nightlife): Experimental electronic performances in a "club-style" venue. Performers of various styles will be considered, including those influenced by IDM, hip-hop, glitch, jazz, etc. Selected performers will be given sets of 15-45 minutes. Performance venue will accommodate stereo sound and video. Please note that this venue is literally a pub—It will be a loud place. If your work requires a quiet atmosphere, please submit under the Concert Hall or Ambient Room category.
3. Ambient Room works (aka Nightlife/Ambient): Experimental electronic performances in a coffeehouse or club lounge venue. Works of any aesthetic approach are welcome, but ought to be "quiet" music. Please note that this venue will be a public establishment, not a concert hall, and thus listeners may converse during performances.
4. Installations: [See "Art Works" above]
5. Music with video [See "Art Works" above for general parameters, but also note that this year we ask submitters to specify whether the work is a video piece or a music video piece and these will be judged by separate juries.] Music with Video may also be submitted in either the Nightlife category or Nightlife/Ambient category.
6. Special Submission Category: "Homemade" instruments showcase. We encourage submission of proposals for short (15 minute) talk/performances to explain and demonstrate custom-made instruments. These presentations will happen in lieu of one or more daytime concerts. If the instrument is an item of clothing or otherwise mobile, please consider submitting under the Spark Fashion category (above).
7. Guerilla-style works/performances: See #2 in Dance/Theater, above.

For more information, especially about submitting online, see http://spark.cla.umn.edu/submissions.html

New York Miniaturist Ensemble

The New York Miniaturist Ensemble is always seeking new works to perform. The Ensemble is dedicated to music composed of 100 notes or fewer.

INSTRUMENTATION: The core ensemble consists of violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (b-flat or bass). Solos and duos are welcome and encouraged.

DEADLINE: No deadline.

CEMVA 2008 2nd. Electroacoustic Contest 2008

The works submitted shall be recorded electroacoustic pieces, composed in studio, projected by loudspeakers in concert with the intervention of no live sound sources. They may include a maximum of eight channels and should have duration of between 07 and 20 minutes. The competition is open to composers of any nationality, aged no more than 40 years on 31/12/2008, each of whom may submit only one work: which must not have been commercially published or awarded a prize in any national or international competition.

The entries shall be sent in stereo version (support: CD), as well as a copy of the original multi-channel version in the case of works with more than two channels (in this case the works shall submitted only in CD-R/DVD-R with the audio files corresponding to each of the channels: SDII, AIFF or WAV format.

The works entered shall be identified only by their titles, on pain of disqualification, and shall be sent until 30 September 2008 (by registered mail, the date being determined by the post mark). Entrants shall attach to each copy of their composition a closed envelope, bearing only the title of the composition, and containing the details required to identify the composer with a proof of nationality and age, together with contact information, also send a short biography, a brief description of the work and digital picture of composer: JPEG or TIF formats. Is important shall be sent this rules agreement printed and signalled by the proponent. The materials submitted, as entries to the competition shall kept in Conservatory Library tutored by the Contest sponsors.

Follow the important dates on II International Electroacoustic Contest - 2008:

30 September: Deadline for the sending works to the Contest

10 October: Names of juries spreading

10 October - 31: Judgement

05-06 November: Finalists and Prizes Concert at Mestrinho Theatro - (Praça Champagnat, 68 - Varginha, Mianas Gerais)

The works shall be sent to:

II Concurso Internacional de Composição Eletroacústica 2008 - CEMVA
Praça João Pessoa 137, Centro
Varginha
Minas Gerais
Brasil 37014-200.

Revolutionary Sound - call for soundworks

Radio Papesse, in collaboration with the Festival della Creatività (Florence, Italy) - is inviting radio producers, composers and sound geeks to submit compositions and soundworks on the theme of revolution and its sonic dimension. Which is the sound of revolution?

Revolutionary Sound is part of FreeQuency, a special project within the Festival della Creatività, dedicated to those radios that have played a key role as tools of community strangle and communication in conflicts and revolutions. An exhibit within the festival as well as a meeting point for the debate.

Revolutionary Sound invites to reflect on those movements and people who have fueled winds of change in political, economical, social, cultural, musical and religious contests. We will prioritise narrative, inedited works that use archival materials. The pieces we will love the most will be selected and publicly broadcasted on Radio Papesse and at the exhibit venue during the days of the Festival. They will also enter into the Radio Papesse sound archive. The winner of the contest will also partecipate in the panel, organized by Radio Papesse, on sound archives and their use and re-use in sound art and radioart.

The selected works will be published under Creative Commons License .

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Pieces should be submitted as Mp3 audio files via the Radio Papesse dropbox.
2. Multiple works may be submitted, however, each work must be accompanied by an info document (DOC, PDF, TXT) with a short biography and program notes;
3. Deadline: 6 October 2008

For further information write to: info@radiopapesse.org

Encore

Grants from $500 to $2,000 are made to performers to play a work at least three times during an 18-month period. Awards support rehearsal and performance costs, so that performers may connect with a composer whose work they have not previously performed. Grant amounts vary according to the duration, difficulty of the work, and the number of performances proposed. As a rough guide, a soloist may receive $500-$1,000, a chamber group (3-8 performers) $1,000-$1,500, and a larger ensemble $1,500-$2,000.

Who may Apply

Performers and composers apply jointly.

Composer/Performer Collaborator Database

ACF has compiled lists of composers and performers who have expressed interest in the Encore program; however performers and composers are not required to appear on these lists in order to be eligible. To access the list, visit Encore Connection.

Vox Opera Call

The next postmark deadline is September 1, 2008

All entries will be reviewed carefully by a panel comprised of opera professionals and members of City Opera’s artistic and production staff.

All members of the jury make recommendations based on the following criteria:

• The work defines itself as an opera with music and words serving a theatrical purpose.
• Score and libretto are stage-worthy and crafted with dramatic savvy.
• Submitted material shows technical skill in composition for vocal writing and instrumental ensemble.
• The creators have a unique voice with the potential to enrich the operatic literature.
• The topic and subject matter of the opera are exceptional, relevant, and well suited to a music-theater form.
• The composer/librettist team will benefit from hearing their work with a full orchestra and soloists.
• The material is performable based on the resources available to the project.
• The work contributes to a wider diversity of styles and perspectives sought out for the festival as a whole.

All entries will also have to meet the following eligibility:

• The competition is open only to composers who are US citizens or composers currently living in America with plans to stay in the country on a long-term basis (proof required).
• The work may not have had a professional stage premiere; if a stage premiere is anticipated, it must be scheduled for after the VOX workshop dates.
• Works of all ensemble sizes will be considered but should not exceed the size of the New York City Opera orchestra (listed below). Instrumental requirements beyond the forces listed below may be considered but not guaranteed.
• Traditional and non-traditional operatic forms and musical styles are welcome.

City Opera Orchestra

The maximum ensemble size usually available for VOX is:
Strings: 10/8/6/5/4
Woodwinds: 3/3/3/3
Brass: 4/3/3/1
Timpani, 2 Percussion, Harp, Piano, Celesta

Additional and non-traditional instruments required for specific excerpts will be considered but not guaranteed. These numbers are intended as guidance in considering a work’s suitability for VOX; this is not a guarantee of what will be available for this year’s festival.

Spatialisation Competition "Espace du Son"

Spatialisation Competition "Espace du Son"

For the performance of acousmatic works

Acousmatic: Pre-recorded work composed in studio, projected on loudspeakers in concert, without intervention of live sound sources.

Spatialised performance of acousmatic pieces deals with directing sounds on multiple loudspeakers spread accross the concert room. Musiques & Recherches' acousmonium has 66 loudpseakers and an analogic console that allows 44 pathes of spatial projections. The performance competition is "manual", i.e. without computer-based system memorising spatial configurations. The performer is hands on the console during the competition. His/her physical presence during the performance is required.

The competition is open to the public. It will take place at the Theatre Marni in Brussels during the XV° international acousmatic festival "L'Espace du Son", which is scheduled for 16 to 19 October 2008.

Registrations and other documents requested in the Competition Regulation must be sent to Musiques & Recherches by post postmarked June 30, 2008, at the latest. There are no registration fees.

Each participant will perform four stereo works, including: an work imposed by the jury, a work of his/her choice, two works drawn the day before his/her performance from a list of pieces proposed to the participant after his/her registration. Personal compositions are not recommanded.

The maximal duration of each work is 10 minutes. The prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival, on 19 OCtober 2008.

The Competition Regulation as well as the Registration Form are available on the website

http://www.musiques-recherches.be/agenda_event.php?lng=fr&id=543

ARTSFEST 2008 SEEKS FILM SUBMISSIONS FROM FILM MAKERS AND ARTISTS

We are currently looking at the Short Cuts Film programme for ArtsFest 2008 and are now looking for submissions. Short Cuts is an established and brilliantly attended part of the festival weekend and a great showcasing opportunity. The majority of films shown are normally 5-20 minutes in length but we are happy to consider longer/shorter ones if we feel they will fit in to the programme.

Short Cuts normally takes place in the Library Theatre but we are open to new locations if you have any suggestions. The Library Theatre sees an audience of around 500 over the ArtsFest weekend so if you want to get your work out there...

We are programming at the moment so please let us know quickly if you are interested.

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Kate Sullivan
Festival Assistant
ArtsFest
House of Sport
300 Broad Street
Birmingham B1 2DR
0121 464 5678

Kate.Sullivan@birmingham.gov.uk

Call For Scores – Live Elevator Music

The association Levande Musik (Living/Live Music) is requesting submissions for soloist. Levande Musik is a non-profit organization in Gothenburg, Sweden, which arranges around 6-8 concerts a year with a focus on contemporary art music. Pieces must be miniature works with a duration of 30 seconds and intended to be performed in the spectacular outdoor elevator of Gothia Hotel (which offers a magnificent view over Gothenburg) at the Göteborg International Book Fair 25-28 September 2008. The fair is held at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. With over 100,000 visitors this is the largest cultural event in the Nordic region.

10 to 12 works will be chosen for performance during three days. The elevator goes fairly straight from entry level to 23th floor, a ride that lasts for exactly 30 seconds. Each day a different musician will perform. All chosen works will be given an equal amount of performances according to a revolving schedule. Due to the small room, please do not use too strong dynamics - mezzoforte at the strongest.

Chosen composers will receive a recording of all performed works in three different versions, one for each instrument.

ELIGIBILITY: Composers of contemporary art music of any age or nationality are eligible. Each composer may submit a maximum of two (2) scores.

The work must not have been previously published or performed.

INSTRUMENTATION: Solo works. Every work must be performable on any of the available instruments; flute, clarinet and soprano saxophone (no doubles). Therefore, instrument specific techniques will not be possible to use, only techniques that are performable on all the instruments.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2008. Results will be announced September 1, 2008.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Please submit by email to:

elevator@levandemusik.org

Send score(s) as pdf files. Please include contact info, biography and a photo.

Any questions can be sent to the same email address.

Göteborg Book Fair 2008 : www.bok-bibliotek.se/index.asp?lang=EN

Phoenix Rising's Harvest Celebration : Call for Choral Scores

Phoenix Rising vocal ensemble, in conjunction with ChoirWorks.com, announces a call for choral scores appropriate for a Harvest Celebration concert planned for October/November 2008. Awards include performance, a live recording of the concert and possible publication on ChoirWorks.com

Deadline (postmark date) : July 18th, 2008

Entry fee : None

1. Entries should be appropriate to the Harvest Celebration theme. Some possible topics include:
   • Agricultural Harvest
   • Spiritual Harvest
   • Fall/Autumn
   • Halloween/Death/Macabre
   • Thanksgiving
2. Entries may . . .
   • be the completely original work of the composer/poet.
   • be based on previously existing public domain material. However, proof of public domain status for derivative works must be included with the entry.
3. Entries may use any of the following voicings:
   • SATB acappella (divisi up to SSAATB)
   • SSA acappella (divisi up to SSSAA)
4. Entries should be no longer than 5 minutes in length.
5. Scores should be neat and legible with proper phrasing and dynamic markings noted.
6. Recordings are extremely helpful.
7. Composers may submit up to 3 entries (all 3 entries may be included in the same envelope or email).
8. Please note for each score if you would like it to be considered for publication on ChoirWorks.com or not. Composers published on ChoirWorks.com retain the copyright to their work and receive fifty percent of all net sales from their works (as compared to ten percent in traditional publishing deals).
9. By submitting an entry, composers give Phoenix Rising permission to make sufficient copies of the submitted work/s to facilitate performance.

To send entries electronically, please send score (PDF or Finale) and MP3s to: admin@vocalworks.org

To send entries by post, please send all materials to:

Phoenix Rising Harvest Celebration Call for Scores
c/o Vocal Works
856 N 350 W
American Fork, UT 84003

MANTIS Festival 2008 - 2nd International Call for Electroacoustic Music Compositions

Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008

NOVARS Research Centre for Electroacoustic Composition, Performance and Sound Art, University of Manchester, UK

Submission Deadline: Monday 30, June 2008 [postmark]

MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) is seeking electroacoustic works for performance in a single concert that is part of the larger MANTIS festival [Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008] at the University of Manchester's Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall.

For this particular concert we are calling for fixed media music and mixed instrumental and electroacoustic works, with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

Live and interactive works for a broad range of solo instruments (including voice) or small ensembles with electroacoustic elements, or electronics alone, will be considered. Full and detailed technical requirements must be included for these works (see below). Student performers will be sought from The University of Manchester's new music ensemble: Vaganza.

Fixed media works may be stereo or multi-channel.

Only one work per composer will be considered. Work must have been composed after 2003.

The MANTIS sound diffusion system consists of 40+ Genelec loudspeakers and a purpose-built computer-based matrix and control surface at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must consist of the following:

1. Audio (or DATA ) CD/DVD of the work to be considered (all audio files should be interleaved).
2. Programme notes (please include duration and year of creation)
3. Composer biography (updated)
4. Contact information: email and telephone.
5. Technical specifications (including number of channels, sample rate, bit-depth, multi-channel loudspeaker mappings, and other technical requirements as necessary)
6. All live and interactive submissions must additionally include the following data:
   • Instrumental forces
   • Number of microphones required (and kind)
   • Number of channels output for diffusion system
   • Hardware required
   • Software and computer system requirement
   • Stage plan
   • Fold back requirement

All requested information must be provided in order for the work to be considered.

DEADLINE: Only submissions received by (or postmarked) Monday 30, June 2008 will be considered for MANTIS 2008. Selected composers will be notified by 31st of July at the latest.

Works will be selected by a programming committee comprised of postgraduate students and staff at the NOVARS Research Centre.

Send hard-copy materials to:

MANTIS FESTIVAL 2008
Novars Research Centre
Music - Martin Harris Centre
The University of Manchester
Coupland Street, Manchester
M13 9PL UNITED KINGDOM

http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/

David Berezan - Mantis Festival Director
email: david.berezan@manchester.ac.uk

Ricardo Climent - MANTIS Festival coordinator
email: ricardo.climent@manchester.ac.uk

COMPOSITION COMPETITION FOR MIXED MEDIA WORKS OF ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC AND VIDEO

Announcing a new, international competition for electro-acoustic music and video

The Leonor Hirsch Award celebrates leading edge musical creations that explore the new possibilities opened by the convergence of digital technologies. It invites the submission of mixed media works of electro-acoustic music with a visual component in video.

The Award will be a single, non-divisible award of US$10,000. The Award winner will be selected from three Finalists, whose works will all be performed at a closing concert. The costs of transportation to the city of Buenos Aires will be covered for Finalists to attend the awards ceremony and concert.

The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2008. There is no submission fee.

The prestigious members of the Jury of the Leonor Hirsch Award are Gerald Bennett, Francisco Kropfl, and Nina Colosi.

For more information and a complete list of submission requirements, please see: http://www.fundacionbyb.org/ingles/

For questions, feel free to contact:
Cintra Scott
Project Manager
Leonor Hirsch Award
Fundación Bunge y Born
Tel. +1 917 438 6972
Mob. +54 911 6532 2949
http://www.fundacionbyb.org/ingles/

Call for scores – Music for saxophone/wind controller and computer/electronics

Deadline: September 15, 2008 (postmark)

Application Fee: None

Project description: During Spring 2009, composer/saxophonist Eric Honour will tour and record a program of new music for saxophone and computer. The recording is planned for commercial release as a hybrid DVD/DVD-A. Interested composers are invited to submit works for consideration. For more details, please see the full call for scores at http://www.erichonour.com/CallforScores2008.html

Eligibility: Composers of all ages and nationalities may submit music for consideration. I would prefer to receive no more than two submissions from each composer. Each piece should be no longer than 12 minutes. Selected composers must agree to the rules for participation (see the full call for scores online). Before sending any materials, please complete the online submission form.

Instrumentation: Alto saxophone/baritone saxophone/wind controller and computer/electronics. Works involving surround/multi-channel audio and/or incorporating video are welcome.

Eric Honour
Associate Professor of Music
University of Central Missouri
eric@erichonour.com

Sound:Space - Call for Submissions, South Hill Park

South East Closes Tue 27 May 2008

Artform: visual arts, Other, sound

Contact Martin Franklin martin@digitalmediacentre.org

An exciting opportunity has risen to exhibit at South Hill Park as part of the Sound:Space season on 20 September – 9 November 2008. We invite proposals from artists exploring the field of sound art and the representation of sound. We welcome proposals for both moving image/sound and wall-based work.

The Atrium is one of our busiest exhibition spaces and is used by a wide range of South Hill Park visitors. The space also combines a café and a lounge area and we are particularly interested in site-specific works for the space.

The Sound:Space season also includes the "Kinetic Drawings" exhibition by Max Eastley and the international Sound:Space symposium on 1 November 2008. For further information, please visit: www.southhillpark.org.uk and www.sound-space.info

There is no fee payable to artists but we provide marketing and technical support. Please indicate your technical requirements in your proposal.

The deadline for the proposals is Tuesday 27 May 2008.

Please send submissions for:

Projections

Download the application form from www.sound-space.info and send along with a CD/DVD of your entry to:

Martin Franklin
Digital Media Manager
South Hill Park
Ringmead
Bracknell RG12 7PA
Email: martin@digitalmediacentre.org

Call for Diffused work

13th June to 15 June

Call for fixed media, performance and improvisation work to be diffused across 36 discrete loud speakers and explore the particular physicality of the location (St Paul's Hall).

Works are required for a variety of performance, improvisation and installations settings: floorplan and speaker placement maps are on the website (see below). While traditional tapes works are welcome, laptop performance, live diffusion, installation and instrumental works with electronics in particular are sought.

For more see online @ www.inclusiveimprov.co.uk/wofs

Where: St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, UK

When: June 13th - June 15th

Cost? All Events Free -in fact this is all being done on favors

To submit work for consideration please email calls@inclusiveimprov.co.uk by May 19th with appropriate links. And if you have a really crazy idea for this opportunity email us with your thoughts.

HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL Opportunities

Description

HCMF Shorts

Opportunities for Emerging Performers at the UK’s leading Festival of new music

About HCMF

HCMF is an annual 10 day international Festival of new music, consisting of approximately 50 events, including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multimedia, film and jazz hosted in a variety of venues in and around Huddersfield. Now in its 31st year, HCMF attracts an annual audience of over 10,000 people from around the globe, and boasts consistent success and world-wide recognition.

HCMF Shorts

HCMF Shorts is a series of short informal performances which this year will take place all day on Monday 24 November 2008. They provide up-and-coming musicians with a valuable platform to perform for members of the public, media and key music industry representatives at the UK’s leading new music Festival.

This year the HCMF Shorts series will be accompanied by an Industry Marketplace where emerging artists will be able to meet promoters, record labels and publishers and find out about opportunities available to them.

Proposals are welcomed from all types of performers, and works can be especially composed or existing pieces. There are no age limits.

Closes Monday 02 June 2008

For more information and an application form contact HCMF by calling +44 (0) 1484 425082 or e-mailing heidi.johnson@hcmf.co.uk.

Two LGBT Men's Chorus Opportunities

The American Composers Forum is partnering with GALA Choruses Inc. (an international organization serving the GLBT choral movement) to launch a pilot Community Partners program. This program provides grants of $5,000 to two GALA-member choruses to commission a composer to write a piece for each of them.

The choruses selected to participate in this project are the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (Boston, MA) and Una Voce: The Florida Men’s Chorale (St. Petersburg, FL). These choruses were chosen on the potential of the project each proposed to broaden their artistic vision and expand their audiences by engaging new voices and exploring new outreach initiatives.

The Choruses and Commission Details

The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus is one of New England’s largest and most successful community-based choruses. Now it its 26th season, the 175-voice ensemble is celebrated for its outstanding musicianship, creative programming, and groundbreaking community outreach. One example of that is BGMC’s history of working with high school choirs and performing benefit concerts to support the network of Gay Straight Alliances that exist in high schools throughout Massachusetts. The piece BGMC will commission will be written specifically for performances in these concerts. It will be a work of moderate difficulty, 8-to-10 minutes in length, scored for TTBB chorus with piano accompaniment and will include a flexible “second chorus” section accessible to student singers that can be efficiently combined with BGMC in minimal rehearsal time. The text will be mutually agreed upon by BGMC and the composer, and is expected to reflect positively on themes of inclusivity and diversity.

Since its debut in December 2002, audiences have heard Una Voce perform in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL, Fort Worth, TX, Montreal, Canada, and at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Future performances include a tour to Paris, France in 2010, as well as their annual concert season in the Tampa Bay, FL area. Una Voce’s Community Partners project will be to commission a composer to write a piece combining their TTBB ensemble and the Symphonic Chorus of the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (an arts magnet high school in St. Petersburg) for a 2010 concert to benefit The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. They envision a work of moderate difficulty, 8-to-10 minutes in length, scored for SATB chorus with piano accompaniment. The composer will also be asked to supply a TTBB version of the work that Una Voce can perform by themselves. The text will be mutually agreed upon by Una Voce and the composer, and is expected to convey an uplifting, positive message of hope and humanity.

The deadline for composers to apply for either (or both) of these commissions is May 30, 2008 (postmark).

For program guidelines and application materials, please visit www.composersforum.org/cp-gala.

For more information about this program contact: Craig Carnahan ccarnahan@composersforum.org
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Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (ECCE) Call for Scores

Application Deadline: ongoing

Seeks scores for new pieces for chamber ensemble. Instrumentation includes all standard orchestral string, wind, keyboard, and percussion instruments. Possible performance during their concert season plus recording.

Details

The Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble announces an ongoing call for scores for new pieces for chamber ensemble. Instrumentation includes all standard orchestral string, wind, keyboard, and percussion instruments. Works involving new media (film, live electronics, tape, etc...) will also be considered. Preference is for mid to large ensemble (6+ players).

There is no fee for consideration and submissions are reviewed on a continuous basis.

Selected pieces will be performed and recorded on one of the ensemble's 5–6 concerts per season.

Please address submissions to:

Scott J. Ordway

Director, Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

337 1/2 E 13th Ave

Eugene, OR 97401

Website:

www.eccenewmusic.com

For inquiries, please send an e-mail to:

scottordway@gmail.com

6th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music

Call for Scores

6th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music

New Music Forum is proud to announce the call for scores for the 6th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music. This year the two-concert event will take place on Friday and Saturday, August 15 & 16, 2008 at the Community Music Center in San Francisco. Composers are invited to submit up to two (2) works for consideration in any of the following categories:

1. Solo: vocal or instrumental
2. Chamber ensemble: up to eight (8) performers
3. Two-channel works for digital audio media (on CD)

Submission packets should include:

1. 2 copies of the score (do not send parts now)
2. 2 copes of a recording of the piece, if available, on audio CD or cassette
3. 1 copy of the completed registration form. (Downloadable from newmusicforum.com)

Your piece(s) will not be considered without the registration form.

Composers must provide performers for the selected works. The FCM artistic staff can provide names and contact information of performers; however, it will be the composer’s responsibility to make all necessary arrangements for performance and compensation. Upon selection, composers will be asked to provide a brief biography, performance notes of the piece and parts, if necessary. Submitted works and materials will not be returned.

Attendance at the festival is required. If you are unable to be present at either of the two programming dates, please do not submit an entry.

Selected participants will be required to submit a registration fee of $20. Do not send the fee now.

Deadline: May 1, 2008, postmark

Composers of the selected works will be notified around June 15, 2008, via email.

For more information:

Brian Bice, co-artistic director email: brian@newmusicforum.com

C. Michael Reese, co-artistic director email: ecomposer@runbox.com

John Bilotta, co-artistic director email: jgbilotta@comcast.net

Website: http://www.newmusicforum.com

Send scores to:
Festival of Contemporary Music
c/o New Music Forum
P.O. Box 20936
Castro Valley, CA 94546

Call for Works for the 60x60 project

Continuing to promote contemporary composer and their works, Vox Novus is inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to included in its sixth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert. The 60x60 concert season will begin with a debut in New York City and continue throughout the world in venues to be announced. Please submit recording(s) of work and submission form post marked before March 31st, 2008 to:

60x60
c/o Robert Voisey
Radio City Station
P.O. Box 1607
New York, New York
10101 USA

More information can be found at: http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Call.htm http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm

The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage. Works submitted must not have been previously performed or broadcasted.

Wet Sounds 2008 - Open Call

Setting

Speakers will be placed underwater and the audience will float around ears submerged immersed in sound. Sound travels 4 times faster in water and is heard omniponically. Although we will have 2 channels playing back, the stereo effect is lost and is perceived as a dynamic variation and not as directionality.

The listeners are immersed in sound and perceive sound through their bones as well as through the ears. The sound is heard more intimately.

Criteria

The Call for Proposals will be mainly looking for sounds which depict undersea life/ human interaction with water/ sounds which immerse the listener / abstract electronica/ electro-acoustic sounds.

Duration

Audio work is to be of any duration over 5 minutes and under 20 minutes

Deadline

5pm 12st May 2008 [postmarked]
Successful applicants will be notified by 1st June 2008

Post a hardcopy of the filled application form and an audio CD to:
 
Wet Sounds
211 Dalston Lane
London E8 1HL
United Kingdom

Or Email the filled application form with a link to your audio files [.wav/.aif 44.1khz 16bit at least] to: wetsounds@newtoy.org

If your work is chosen:

• The chosen work will be collected and played at future tours of Wet Sounds; by submitting work you are permitting Newtoy Ltd. to use your work for playback at any Wet Sounds performances.
• A booklet will be produced and distributed at venues displaying info on all participating artists. The same info will be displayed on the website as well.
• You will get two tickets to one of the dates in the tour.
• You will receive a two for one dive introduction voucher with PADI diving school.

choral composition, POLYPHONOS

The Esoterics announces an international call for a cappella choral scores, as this Pacific Northwest ensemble announces 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 sacred and poetical texts found beyond the Western classical canon in order to create a repertoire of choral concert music that reflects the universal beauty and power of unaccompanied voices joined in song.

2008-2009 Competition:

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 2009. 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:

• International composer’s 2009 commission (for choral composers who are not US citizens)
• National composer’s 2009 commission (for choral composers who are US citizens)
• Young composer’s 2009 commission (for choral composers under age 30 as of 31 December 2008)

All applications must be complete and received by 15 May 2008. The winners of The Esoterics’ POLYPHONOS will be announced on 1 July 2008.

Fee: $25

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Call for Scores for solo piano pieces

Seattle Pianist Collective

Call for Scores for solo piano pieces

Submission receipt deadline: April 1, 2008 Results announced April 15, 2008

 

The Seattle Pianist Collective is accepting submissions for new works for solo piano. Compositions should be between 3 and 9 minutes in duration, and have some correlation to the program’s theme of synesthesia and the interpretation of color in music. Submissions may be in a variety of styles from classical to avant to jazz.

 

An honorarium of $500 will be divided between winning submissions. Submission deadline is April 1st, 2008. Notification of selection will be given on or before April 15th. Selected compositions will be performed at a June 1st, 2008 concert at the Seattle Art Museum.

 

The program currently includes works by: Olivier Messiaen, Alexander Scriabin, Duke Ellington, Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin) and others.

 

The Seattle Pianist Collective is: Dawn Clement, Oksana Ezhokina, Julie Ives, Peter Stevens and Kelly Wyse. The Collective is committed to the presentation of engaging and open programs of new and used music for piano. We love you.

 

Please send submissions to:

The Seattle Pianist Collective
c/o Kelly Wyse
P.O. Box 2175
Vashon Island, WA 98070 USA

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