Contemporaneous Call for Scores

In the spirit of keeping up with the music of now, Contemporaneous holds an annual Call for Scores open to composers of all ages and origins. We are open to a wide variety of instrumentations and can accept works with electronic components. While we may consider works that slightly exceed these limitations, we mostly accept works for the following instrumentation, including solos and subsets:

• 1 flute
• 1 oboe
• 1 clarinet
• 1 bassoon
• 1 horn
• 1 trumpet
• 1 trombone
• 2 percussion
• 1 piano
• 1 electric guitar
• 1 harp
• 2 violins
• 1 viola
• 1 cello
• 1 contrabass

At least one work submitted to our Call for Scores will be selected to be programmed during the Contemporaneous 2011-2012 concert season. Composers may submit up to three compositions to each annual Call for Scores. Each submission should include the following:

• Score (.pdf or hard copy)
• Recording, if available (CD or .mp3 - MIDI renderings are acceptable)
• Contact information (name, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number)
• Bio, résumé, or CV

Electronic submissions are strongly preferred, although mail-in submissions will be also be accepted. Please send electronic submissions to allforscores@contemporaneous.org. Composers wishing to mail in their submissions should e-mail for details. If return of materials is desired, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage. For questions about the call for scores, please contact us.

The deadline for the 2011-2012 season Call for Scores is March 1, 2011. Winning scores will be selected and composers notified of the news by April 15, 2011. With composers' permission, scores and recordings that are not selected for programming next season will be kept for consideration for future programs.

Contemporaneous is a versatile, entirely youth-run new music ensemble based in New York, devoted to presenting programs of music by living composers both emerging and established. Founded in 2010, Contemporaneous regularly gives passionate performances of cutting-edge music for audiences throughout the Hudson Valley and in New York City. Hailing from four continents, the over 35 members of contemporaneous are avid entrepreneurs and enthusiasts for the promotion of awareness and appreciation of new music among audiences of all types. Though most of our musicians study at Bard College, Contemporaneous is an independent ensemble not supported financially by the College. We are a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the state of New York.

www.contemporaneous.org

The Sixth International Jurgenson Competition for Young Composers

(Moscow 2011)

The Sixth International Jurgenson Competition for young composers has been organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Centre for Contemporary Music (Moscow) and Jurgenson Charity Foundation.

Open to: Composers born after 15 March 1975

The competition invites submissions in the following categories:

• compositions for soloist ensembles or for voice and soloists (6-16 musicians);
• string trio or quartet
• compositions for marimba or percussion ensemble (up to 6 musicians).

Duration: 6 -15 minutes

The instrumentation for soloist ensembles could include: 1 flute (also piccolo, also alto), 1 oboe (also English Horn), 1 clarinet (also clarinet bass), 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, percussions (2 musicians), 1 piano, 1 harp, 2 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double-bass.

Instruments in scores for percussion ensemble must be grouped by performers.

The competition will only accept compositions that are unpublished, and which have not been performed publicly. Applicant may not submit compositions in more than two categories.

Deadline: 15 March 2011 (by postmark)

Prizes: Grand Prix (60.000 rubles), I award in each category (30.000 rubles)

According to the rules of Competition Laureates transmit the rights for publishing the composition which won to the Jurgenson Charity Foundation.

The competition will have two rounds. 10 participants will be admitted to the second round after adjudication of scores. Awards will be conferred on September 2011 after the performance of compositions by soloists from the Studio for New Music (Moscow) and Mark Pekarsky's percussion ensemble.

Chairman of the jury committee is Vladimir Tarnopolski

The application package must be postmarked no later than 15 March 2011. It should contain the following:

• 2 copies of the score (if your score is selected for a final reading, parts must be sent by May 31, 2011). A password should be clearly written on the manuscript submitted; the applicant's name shall not appear on the manuscript)
• 2 photos of the applicant
• A complete signed application form in English or Russian

The application package, marked "To the organizing committee of the International Jurgenson competition for young composers", should be submitted to the following address:

Centre for Contemporary Music
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
B.Nikitskaya 13, of.316,
Moscow 125009 Russia

Tel/fax (+7 495) 690 51 81

www.ccmm.ru

info@ccmm.ru

2011 4th UnCaged Toy Piano Call for Submissions: Toy Toy Toy!

The UnCaged Toy Piano Composition Competition is a call-for-scores to expand the music for toy piano. This competition was formed to encourage composers to write for this unusual instrument that has rapidly gained attention and interest from many pianists, composers and musicians. The toy piano has many ranges, shapes and sizes, but the standard concert instrument has a chromatic range beginning from the F below middle C (F3-F6). Made of metal rods instead of strings, the toy piano has a bell-like metallic quality that sounds nothing like the standard-sized "string" piano.

The theme for the 4th UnCaged Toy Piano is Toy Toy Toy! Music for Toy Piano and Toy Instrument(s).

Here are the rules for this year's competition:

1. Pieces written for toy piano and any toy instrument is strongly encouraged, but must be able to be played by a solo performer. Some of these toy instruments include (but are not limited to) melodica,toy drums, toy cymbals, toy gongs, two toy pianos, toy xylophone, or toy handbells.
2. Electronics is optional, but must work for a Mac OS X with an Intel processor
3. Pieces can be of any length
4. Pieces for solo toy piano are also acceptable

The UnCaged Toy Piano is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.

Judges:

Phyllis Chen, Margaret Leng Tan, Angelica Negron

Unlike previous UnCaged Competition performances, the winning works this year will be performed at our 1st UnCaged Toy Piano FESTIVAL scheduled to take place in the Fall of 2011, New York City. The top selection will be awarded an honorarium of $800. Aside from this top prize, other winning works will be chosen to be performed as part of the festival and each composer will receive a studio recording of his/her piece. For the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival, other artists, musicians, composers, improvisers from New York and abroad will be joining in the Toy Toy Toy festivities!

For all scores that are sent to UnCaged Toy Piano, a copy of your score will also be sent to the Toy Piano Collection located at UC San Diego Geisel Library. In May of 2001, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the activities at the library. Even if your piece is not chosen for the festival, we hope that your piece finds its rightful performer by being placed in an organized catalog of toy piano music.

For your submission, you may either EMAIL your score, mp3(if available), short bio, and contact information to chenphyllis@yahoo.com. Or MAIL to:

PHYLLIS CHEN
P.O. BOX 2341
ASTORIA, NY 11102
USA

Deadline: July 15, 2011 (results announced August 15)

πολυφωνος POLYPHONOS

2011-2012 Competition

The Esoterics announces an international call for a cappella choral scores— its annual competition for choral composition, POLYPHONOS, from the Greek πολυφωνος,” having many voices” or “manifold in expression”.

The Esoterics is dedicated to performing and perpetuating contemporary a cappella choral settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world. The purpose of The Esoterics’ POLYPHONOS is to encourage today’s choral composers to broaden the scope of the a cappella choral repertory by setting texts from beyond the Western classical canon so as to support a thriving choral repertoire reflecting the universal beauty and power of unaccompanied voices joined in song.

Each winning composer will receive a commission from The Esoterics to plan and compose a new choral work that will be premiered by the ensemble in 2012. In addition to this commission, each of the winning composers will receive $1000 US plus airfare and accommodations to attend the Seattle premiere of their commissioned work. There will be up to three POLYPHONOS awards:

• International composer’s 2011 commission (for choral composers who are not US citizens)
• National composer’s 2011 commission (for choral composers who are US citizens)
• Young composer’s 2011 commission (for choral composers under age 30 as of 31 December 2011)

The application package consists of a completed application form, three completed compositions, a complete composer biography, and a $25 application fee. *

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

All applications must be complete and received by 15 May 2011

The winners of The Esoterics’ POLYPHONOS will be announced on 1 July 2011

For questions, please contact polyphonos@TheEsoterics.org

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* This blog does not encourage the charging of entry fees to composers or performers participating in competitions, calls for scores, festivals, or other opportunities. And strongly objects to charging entry fees while reserving the right not to award any prize at all.

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

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music 2011

CALL FOR SCORES/WORKS

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music 2011

The London Festival of Music invites submissions of both choral and organ works for inclusion in the 2011 Festival (7-15 May), based primarily at St Pancras Church, Euston, London. For more information on the Festival, please visit the website: www.lfccm.com.

CHORAL WORKS

Settings of an Easter text, either accompanied (SATB - one per part) or accompanied (up to SSAATTBB - one per part), up to 5 minutes in length.

ORGAN WORKS

Up to 5 minutes in length.

Submissions

Please email a pdf of your submission, along with a CV, to admin@lfccm.com by 15 December 2010.

Sequenza 21/MNMP Call for Scores

Deadline: 5 PM on January 31, 2011 (receipt of materials; not postmark deadline)

Age limit: none

Entry fee: none

Limitations: only one (1) work per entrant will be considered.

Instrumentation: vlns (2), vla, clo, pno, perc

Prize: a New York performance by ACME, sponsored by Sequenza 21 and MNMP.

Return of materials: With SASE

Other Minds Composer Fellowship

The Other Minds Composer Fellowship presents composers with the opportunity for a unique residency in conjunction with the 16th Other Minds Festival of New Music, dubbed by the LA Times "the premier new music festival west of the Rockies."

Works by OM Fellows will be performed by the resident Other Minds Ensemble, in a concert in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. In addition, Fellows will participate in a series of residency events from Sunday, February 27 through Saturday, March 5, 2011, including lecture-presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and seminars.

To apply, please submit to Other Minds the following:

1. A résumé, curriculum vitae, or description of your education, experience, and creative activity.

2. A proposal for a work to be performed:

   Applicants may submit an existing work or propose to write a new piece. Instrumentation must be flute, Bb clarinet or bass clarinet, violin, cello or a subset thereof; an applicant may also perform in his/her own work (piano not available) or make use of electronics. We regret that works with duration greater than 20 minutes cannot be considered.

   • For a completed work, submit score, recording, and/or any other appropriate documentation, and list of past performances of the work.
   • To propose a new work, submit instrumentation, approximate duration, and a preliminary description. In addition submit one to three recent or related works (scores, recordings, and/or any other documentation).

   For online applications, please send scores as .pdf and recordings as .mp3 (please use a fileshare service if files exceed 15MB) or direct links to downloadable files.

3. A brief statement (500 words or less) about why you want participate, what you hope to gain, and/or how the OM Composer Fellowship fits into your other creative activities.

All materials must be received by October 15, 2010.

More . . .

VIII SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST FOR BANDS TORREVIEJA 2010

VIII SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST FOR BANDS TORREVIEJA 2010

LAST DATE TO INSCRIPTION: 31/10/2010

FREE INSCRIPTION

THE JURY´S DECISION WILL BE ANOUNNCED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR 2010

DURATION WORKS BETWEEN 15/20 MINUTES

1 ONLY PRIZE: 15.000 €

EMAIL CONTACT: info@unionmusicaltorrevejense.com

The rules

BCA Student Competition

BASCA is delighted to announce a student competition which will run alongside the 2010 British Composer Awards.

To apply, students must submit a work in two sections for voice accompanied by a portable acoustic instrument.

The winning work will be performed at the prestigious British Composer Awards ceremony on 30 November 2010, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The closing date is Friday 24 September. Applicants must be aged 26 or under on the closing date.

http://www.basca.org.uk/news/british-composer-awards-student-competition

UnTwelve announces its 2nd annual composition competition

We are delighted to offer yet again a unique opportunity for composers and for the budding field of new tunings, temperaments, and microtonality! We are looking for NEW works in any medium (do not send us things which were sitting on your shelf, or things you have already released in any manner---the idea is that this competition spurs you creativity NOW) which reflect the potential of using tunings/temperaments other than 12-equal.

First prize is $400.00 (USD). We will also recognize 2nd and 3rd place finalists, but these prizes will carry no cash award. There will be a "dark concert" presentation in January (date TBA) in Evanston, IL of the highest-rated hour of music from the submissions. In addition, your music will be promoted from our website in the form of artist interviews of the top 3 finalists, and a downloadable audio tracks consisting of the finalist's pieces. All contestants who enter will at the very least have a mention of their participation, which can include, should they choose, a link to their music or site from untwelve.org

Work and online application data must be presented to us by the deadline of Dec. 15th, 2010

http://www.untwelve.org/2010_competition.html

Orchestra of Our Time

Composers are invited to submit a work, for chamber ensemble (any combination of instruments from a solo piece up to a maximum of 5 instruments consisting of string quartet, contra bass, trumpet, clarinet, oboe, two percussionists, piano, flute, bassoon, trombone and electronics. Submitted pieces may be up to 5 minutes. The scores will be adjudicated by a professional composer/performer panel. The criteria for the selections are based on innovation, imagination and originality with preference for scores that have not been premiered. The call for score is open to composers of any age or nationality and all genres.

Deadline: December 31, 2010

A non-refundable registration/processing fee of $25 per composition must accompany all submissions.

http://orchestraofourtime.org/index.html

Embedded - writing for the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Writing for the BBC Symphony Orchestra:

Call for proposals

As the first opportunity in our new artist development programme, Embedded, Sound and Music is joining forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra to create an opportunity for composers to work closely with the orchestra, developing their skills in writing for orchestra and for two composers to have new works premiered. Sound and Music announces a call for proposals from composers of up to age 35 at 1 September 2010 and of any nationality living in the UK or British composers living abroad.

This collaboration is a unique opportunity for composers to gain inside knowledge of working with players and conductors. The 12-month process will involve a workshop of initial ideas and sketches, which may be open to the public; a closed workshop on the further developed pieces; a final performance which will be recorded for broadcast on Radio 3’s Hear and Now.

The deadline for this call is Monday 27 September 2010

More . . .

Seattle Symphony’s Celebrate Asia! Composition Competition

Seattle Symphony Celebrate Asia! announces its first Seattle Symphony Celebrate Asia! Composer Competition. The Competition seeks to promote young composers who are interested in Asian culture, music and traditions.

In partnership with numerous local community groups, Seattle Symphony honors and celebrates Seattle’s Asian community with an annual Celebrate Asia! event. The concept originated in 2008, when local Asian leaders wanted to find a way to strengthen bonds with the broader community through a cultural celebration. Celebrate Asia! is part of Seattle Symphony’s Around the World series.

Seattle Symphony, presenting its 108th season, has been under the artistic leadership of Music Director Gerard Schwarz since 1985. Maestro Schwarz has led Seattle Symphony to international prominence, with more than 125 recordings, 12 Grammy nominations, 2 Emmys and numerous awards. Maestro Schwarz celebrates his Farewell Season as Music Director in 2010–2011, after which he will become Conductor Laureate. Newly named Music Director Designate Ludovic Morlot will begin his role as Music Director in the 2011–2012 season. The Orchestra performs in the acoustically superb Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. The Symphony is internationally recognized for its adventurous programming of contemporary works, its devotion to the classics, and its extensive recording history. From September through July, the Symphony is heard live by more than 315,000 people.

• Award and Performance
  The winning composer will receive a $1,000 cash award and an opportunity to visit Seattle for the world premiere. The winning score will be performed by Seattle Symphony and conductor Carolyn Kuan on January 14, 2011, in Benaroya Hall at the annual Celebrate Asia! concert.
• Eligibility
  All composers born after January 1, 1968, are eligible.
• Jury
  Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Music Director
  Elena Dubinets, Seattle Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning
  Carolyn Kuan, Celebrate Asia! Conductor
  Samuel Jones, Seattle Symphony Composer in Residence
• Submission Guidelines
  1. Works must have Asian influences (for example: Asian folk melodies, Asian stories and legends, Asian traditional instruments).
  2. Works must be original and accessible.
  3. Works should be 3 to 6 minutes in duration. (30 minutes rehearsal time is currently scheduled for the composition.)
  4. Works should be for orchestra or chamber orchestra with instrumentation no larger than 3333 – 4331 – T+3 – hp – kybd – str. Woodwind doublings are allowed.
  Interested composers should submit:
  • A legible, bound, full score
  • A recording of the piece on a CD (midi-format is OK)
  • A clear description of the composition’s Asian influence(s)
  • A biography, with current address, e-mail address, and phone number
  • If selected, professionally prepared parts will be required 60 days before the concert.
• Entry Fee and Deadline
  There is no entry fee. All entries must arrive no later than Friday, September 24, 2010. Seattle Symphony Celebrate Asia! is not responsible for lost or damaged material. The winning composition will be announced before Friday, October 22, 2010.

Send submission to:
Seattle Symphony Celebrate Asia! Composer Competition
ATTN: Amy Stagno
Seattle Symphony
P.O. Box 21906
Seattle, WA 98111-3669

Questions and inquiries may be emailed to: celebrateasia@seattlesymphony.org

Redshift

Call for Scores and Projects

Redshift Music, a Canadian New Music Organization, is seeking scores and project ideas for possible future performances. Specifically we are looking for chamber music compositions or project ideas of a spatial nature (i.e. with the musicians surrounding the audience).

If you have composed or are composing spatial music please let us know about it.

ABOUT REDSHIFT:

Redshift Music has presented numerous spatial music events in unique venues such as atriums, parks, libraries, and are interested in new and exciting ideas.

To see what we have done in the past please check out our website: www.redshiftmusic.org

ELIGIBILITY:

Composers and Practitioners of Contemporary Art Music of any Age or Nationality are eligible.

DURATION & INSTRUMENTATION:

There are no restrictions on instrumentation or duration although we are more interested in acoustic projects not involving electronics.

DEADLINE:

November 1, 2010 for consideration in our 2011-2012 season.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Please submit by email only. Send scores as pdf files and recordings, if available, as mp3's.

Please include as many details as possible about your piece or project idea.

No submission fee is required.

EMAIL:

spatialmusic@gmail.com

Sonic Rain

In association with the completion of new facilities at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, we are pleased to invite electroacoustic composers and new media artists of all ages and nationalities to submit their sonic-based works for programming consideration in the Sonic Rain Concert Series. The Sonic Rain Concert Series will feature new electroacoustic and intermedia musical creations with and without live-performers. The Sonic Rain Concert Series represents the commitment of Future Music Oregon and the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon to beautifully and musically present great electroacoustic and sonic-based new media works from around the world to appreciative audiences within the intellectually rich environment of a world-class university.

Deadline: November 1, 2010

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sonicrain

temp’óra

emp’óra is issuing a call for projects, period 2011-2012. It is aimed at composers and soloists or ensembles (instrumental and/or vocal) involved mainly in contemporary music.

In the text below, the performing part of the project is called ensemble (from two performers), but may be a soloist, and may incorporate electroacoustics. The pieces may also be of improvisational character.

Directions for entries of projects to temp’óra (must be followed to be considered) :

The project must consist of an exchange between, at least, three different countries. From these countries each ensemble will commission a piece from a composer of its own country.

The exchange is in form of a collaboration between these countries, so that each ensemble will play a programme including the new commission in the two or more other countries of the collaboration. The programme may be performed in one concert or consist of a tour. This part of the project takes place between 1st of September 2011 and 31st of December 2012.

temp’óra will pay a commission fee of €1000 minimum for each granted commission. temp’óra will not pay or have any expenses connected with the traveling, the accommodation or the payment for concert venues.

Special consideration will be given to projects which develop in their programmes the artistic and conceptual idea of exchange between countries in the world.

Application deadline: 30th of September 2010

http://www.tempora-site.org/spip.php?article191

CINESONIKA: The First International Film and Video Festival of Innovative Sound Design

The theme of this international film and video festival is to celebrate the soundtrack. Usually in cinema festivals there is a fixation on movie stars, or captivating imagery, or the literary qualities of screenplays, or the abstract concepts of film theory. Sound tends to be relatively unvalorized in moving-image making. The intent of the festival is to give attention to innovative work in the creation of film and video soundtracks, and to give due credit to the importance of audio in audiovisual media. This first annual festival will showcase international works of film and video with fascinating soundtracks, idiosyncratic sound design, eclectic scoring and innovative approaches to the sound-image relationship.

Deadline: September 1, 2010

$25 CAD fee

http://www.cinesonika.com/

ABOUT TIME

2011 marks the 10th anniversary of NAISA’s Deep Wireless and SOUNDplay festivals and so it is an opportunity for NAISA to both reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. With this in mind, New Adventures in Sound Art invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme ABOUT TIME for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2011 programming for its annual Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, and SOUNDplay festivals presented in Toronto, Canada. Artists may submit works in one or all of the following four categories (Note: please send separate submissions for each entry).

1. Radio Art
2. Electroacoustic Music & Sound Art
3. Videomusic
4. Installation Art

Individual interpretations or variations on the theme ABOUT TIME are encouraged, but should be realized with sound as the primary component.

Deadline: September 30, 2010

http://naisa.ca/opportunities.html#2010