CALL FOR SCORES RISUONANZE 2013

Associazione Culturale TKE is calling for pieces to be performed at the “Risuonanze 2013” Festival
(early June, 2013, Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy).
The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age
Pieces should be written for solo piano, or solo flute [C Flute, and/or Piccolo, and/or G Alto flute,
one only player], or solo voice [mezzo-soprano, range: F3 to F5 (piano dynamics) or Ab5 (forte
dynamics)], or solo oboe, and should not have been premiered in public performances before the
Festival.
Works of any aesthetic and stylistic direction from 2 to 6 minutes in duration may be submitted.
15 Euros must be payed via bank transfer or PayPal as a donation for contribution to costs; each
composer has the right to send up to 3 different works.
Festival “Risuonanze” is based on the direct relationship between composers and audience, so
composers attending the performances are much appreciated. Attending the concert is
considered as an advantage in the selection. In that case, there is no refund for travel and
lodging fees.
Associazione Culturale TKE may select one or more pieces in each category; it may decide not to
Submission deadline: March 1st, 2013
For any further information, please visit: http://www.risuonanze.it/calls/call2013.html
or email: tkecallforscores@gmail.com

NCP x SS: Call for Scores for Symphony Space's Music of Now

The Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) is holding their first call for scores! The ensemble will perform selected scores at Symphony Space's "The Music of Now Marathon" on Saturday, Feb 2, 2013.

Up to 3 composers will be chosen by NCP and Symphony Space's Artistic Director Laura Kaminsky. Composers may apply via our online application: http://form.jotform.us/form/22667490043151.

Details

• Eligibility: Composers who are in the emerging stage of their career may apply. Selected composers must be available to attend the Music of Now concert at Symphony Space on Feb 2, 2013.
• Score requirements: Pieces of a 4-8 minute duration. Instrumentation for any combination of at least 3 of the following instruments: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, soprano (1 on each part). One additional instrument that is not mentioned here is allowed (e.g. drum set, viola, sax, etc.). The score must be submitted as a PDF.
• Honorarium/Performance: Selected composer(s) will receive a $100 honorarium from Symphony Space, a performance of their piece at the Music of Now concert (part of the Composers Now Festival) by NCP on Feb 2, 2013, and a featured interview with WQXR's Terrance McKnight at the event.
• Deadline: November 13, 2012 at 11:59 pm (GMT -5)
• How to apply:
  
  -Fill out this form, where you can also upload the PDF of your score: http://form.jotform.us/form/22667490043151. A recording of a past performance of the work is recommended but not required.

Selected composers will be announced by December 3, 2012. Questions may be addressed to info@nouveauclassical.org.

Website: www.nouveauclassical.org

IC2013 Call-for-Scores

Applications to the IC2013 Call-for-Scores may now be submitted via e-mail!

A CV, along with scores AND parts of up to three chamber works should be sent as PDF files. Works should be approximately ten minutes in duration for up to five performers drawn from the following instrumentation: clarinet, string quartet, double bass, and piano.

Recordings (if available) of submitted works should be sent as MP3 files.

All files should be sent in one e-mail (30MB limit) to: info@ic.shss.ust.hk by Friday 5 October, 2012.

Instructions

• Label the subject of the e-mail as:
  IC2013 Call for Scores – Last name, First Name
  
  
• Label CV PDF file as: last name.first name.CV.pdf
  
• Label score PDF file names: last name.first name.work title.pdf
  
• Label parts PDF files as: last name.first name.work title.part name.pdf
  
• Label recording MP3 file names: last name.first name.work title.mp3
  

If submissions exceed 30MB in size, please send files as separate e-mails. Please remember to label the subject of all e-mails as above.

For more information please visit: http://www.ic.shss.ust.hk/2012/eng/submission_guidelines.html

Leeds International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition

CALL FOR PAPERS, COMPOSITIONS & WORKSHOPS

Leeds International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition

Thursday & Friday 13TH- 14TH DECEMBER 2012

The International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition takes place at Leeds College of Music from Thursday 13th to Friday 14th December 2012. iFIMPaC is an annual event focusing on practice related innovations in Music Production and Composition. The event sees its 5th year in association with the Journal for Music, Technology and Education (JMTE). iFIMPaC creates a unique environment for composers, producers, music industry representatives, academics, educators and students to discuss their compositional, pedagogical and production work as practice-led research.

Works under 12 minutes in stereo or multichannel formats will be considered.

The following are welcome:

• acousmatic Music (stereo or multichannel)
  
• multimedia pieces
  
• solo instrument and fixed medium*
  
• solo instrument and live electronics*
  
• laptop improvisation/live coding
  
• club music (electronic music influenced by pop, IDM and electronica)
  
• demonstrations of unique interfaces
  
• composition and paper
  
• other (we are happy to consider music that doesn’t fall into the above categories and may be wholly acoustic so long as the submitted piece presents new insights into music composition)
  

* We may be able to supply solo performers in some instances, but you should consider acquiring your own performers as iFIMPaC’s budget is small. Please see the web link for further information (information will be posted soon).

Registration:

Successful applicants must register and pay a delegate fee in order to be programmed.

If your submission is successful, and is acousmatic, but you cannot attend, you will still need to register. You may have a nominee to diffuse your work.

Deadline

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15th October 2012.

Call details can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/cpbjhfu

Composers Voice Dance Collaboration

CALL FOR NEW MUSIC WORKS - Composer's Voice Dance Collaboration

Erin Bomboy, a dance choreographer, seeks music for a new dance piece.
Inspired by the book, The Wisdom of Crowds, she plans to use the audience as
the final arbiter for the music selection. Works should be recorded for
stereo playback between 4:30 to 5:00 minutes in length and submitted as MP3
audio files.

Deadline: Monday, October 19th 2012

First Prize Award: $250 commission and premier premiere as part of Movement
Research's Open Performance series on January 23rd at 8PM

Honorary Prize: a NYC premier performance with dance at Composer's Voice
concert series November 18th at 1PM

The process will unfold in three parts.

PART 1

Composers may submit 4:30 to 5:00 minutes of material using the parameters
and general outline listed below.

PART 2

5 semifinalist compositions will be selected. They will premiere in live
performance at Composer's Voice on Sunday, November 18th at 1PM featuring
Bomboy's choreography. The movements of the dance will not be altered
although speed, movement quality, and performance quality may change based
on the dancers' response to the music. Videos of the piece will be made
available to the public. Interested parties may vote for their favorite
music/dance combination.

PART 3

The composer who obtains the most votes wins the commission to finish the
piece (another 4-5minutes) and a $250 PRIZE! The full piece will premiere as
part of Movement Research's Open Performance series on January 23rd at 8PM.

PARAMETERS

The piece will involve two female dancers exploring the idea of a parallel
universe. The dancers will confront the ramifications of encountering your
personal duplicate. The performances will perform in pointe shoes but not
dancing in a balletic style.

You can see a link of Bomboy's choreography here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0EIBVyf8I

GENERAL MUSICAL OUTLINE

• :00 -:45= short bursts of sound punctuated by silence
  
  
• :46 - 1:30 = sounds becoming more cohesive and organized
  
  
• 1:31 - 2:20 = sounds develop into a cohesive melody, a pulsing rhythm begins
  at some point
  
  
• 2:21 - 3:20 = melody becomes more unsettling and the rhythm intensifies
  
  
• 3:21 - 4:10 = short bursts of sound and silence interspersed with a driving
  melody/rhythm
  
  
• 4:10 - 4:45 = Frenetic build up that stops short of a climax
  

All times are approximations.

A consistent time signature is requested. For example works that start in 6/8 should stay in 6/8 and not change to 4/4 during the piece. Tempo is the composer's choice.

Please submit all works to erinbomboy@aol.com by Monday, October 19th 2012

Ex Stabilimento Florio della Tonnare di Favignana e Formica Favignana Island Italy

Call for Proposals - Sound Installations in
Ex Stabilimento Florio della Tonnare di Favignana e Formica
Favignana Island Italy

AntiTesi in collaboration with the Superintendence for Cultural and
Environmental Heritage of Trapani,, is announcing a Call for Proposals for
Sound installations to present at Ex Stabilimento Florio delle Tonnare di
Favignana e Formica in Favignana island.
This call is connected to the Eighth edition of the Live!IXem festivals of
music, sound and electronic arts.
The aim is to highlight the works of those artists who, involved in an
experimental and creative exploration, use sound, integrating it with
electronic audio-visual and digital design for Art installations in specific
sites.
Another aim is to witness the new aesthetic in contemporary art through a new
way to conceive and carry out works within (or outside) of architectural
spaces.
In this regard, the spaces that will host this could not be more appropriate:
the former Florio Tuna factory on the island of Favignana in Sicily, the
largest of the Mediterranean, which takes its name from a family of
entrepreneurs that at the beginning of the twentieth century was the great
protagonist in Sicily, the Belle Epoque. The ancient structure located in the
largest of the Egadi islands, were obtained after the recent restoration of
museum space, a conference room with 400 seats and a guest room.

To make this call even stronger there will be a collaboration between
Live!iXem and OpenSound a platform that brings together seven European
partners to create a project for cooperation and exchange that puts the sound
in the middle of a series of outreach and artistic initiatives.

Open Sound is in fact a Grundtvig project for mobility and partnership in the
training supported by the EU through through the agency LLP - Life Long
Learning Programme. Thanks to this partnership, Sicily will be the first venue
where the festival will converge with some of the major representatives linked
to the European art scene and musical sound research. During the festival,
workshops will be conducted by some of the guest artists (the access to
workshops is free of charge): this will contribute to become familiar with the
locations of the former Florio Tuna factory on the island of Favignana.

SUBMISSIONS

We encourage proposals for site specific Sound Installations that will have to
be set up in one of the locations of the Ex Stabilimento Florio della Tonnare
di Favignana e Formica in Favignana Island Italy.
Subscription and participation to the call are free of charge.
It will be necessary to explore the locations through specific preparatory
visits during Live!iXem Festival 2011, from 8 to 11 december 2011.

Suggested topics for presentations include, but are not limited to:

Best practices in Sound and architecture
Techniques used for Sound/Art Installation
Sound and environment/Sound ecology
Site specific
Software & network management
History & aesthetic theory of Sound Art/Installation
Teaching & pedagogical strategies
Hardware (audio, interface, computers, loudspeakers)
Software environments & frameworks
Artists/Composers’ perspectives on their own works

For more information and instructions for submissions, please refer to the
website, http://www.ixem.it .
Email contact: info@antitesi.org
The deadline for submission is February 26, 2012, but preliminary and
preparatory visits will take place btw 8-11 dec 2011.

15 minutes to 12: piéces pour la fin du monde

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

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

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

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

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

The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2012

Call For Works


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

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

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

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

Thanks for your interest

a very small consortium

Receipt Deadline: August 1, 2011

Contact: submissions@very-small.org

The newly renamed ensemble “a very small consortium” (previously known as the Chicago Miniaturist Ensemble, then “An Evening of Miniatures” at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay) seeks miniature compositions for performance during the 2011-2012 concert season. Our first concert will be Saturday, September 24th at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

All submitted works must be "miniatures." A work may qualify as a miniature in one of three ways:

the piece consists of 100 or fewer notes (with the definition of “a note” left to the discretion of the composer);

the piece is 60 seconds or less in duration;

the work is obviously based on a very limited amount of material (i.e., drones, small pitch collections, a single motif). Please keep our mantra “we do more with less” in mind if selecting this option.

We seek works that utilize the following forces in any combination or as soloists:

• Soprano voice (1)
• Mezzo-soprano voice (1)
• Baritone voice (1)
• B-flat clarinet (1)
• Alto saxophone (1)
• Trumpet (1)
• Horn (1)
• Trombone (1)
• Viola (1)
• Cello (1)
• Piano (1)
• Percussion (1) – (available instruments: all standard orchestral percussion, 4-1/3 octave marimba, vibraphone)

Submissions are accepted via email only. Please send scores (and parts, if necessary) in PDF format to the email address below. MP3 recordings are welcome but not necessary. Please also include composer contact information, a very small biography and very small program notes. Scores must be received by Monday, August 1, 2011 to be considered for the first concert. Scores arriving after this deadline will be retained for future consideration.

Contact: submissions@very-small.org

Website: www.very-small.org

Call for works/ BabelScores® Reading Panel 2011

BabelScores® is pleased to announce the Call for Works for the First BabelScores® Reading Panel 2011. BabelScores® is looking for the most creative and innovative composers from all over the world to continue building a quality catalog with important contemporary music pieces.

We strongly encourage composers of any age or nationality to submit one to three works of any instrumentation or for electronics or mixed media to the BabelScores® Reading Pannel. If the submitted piece/s is/are accepted then BabelScores® will invite you to upload more pieces to the catalog for promoting your music worldwide and selling your scores. As composer, you will get the mayor part of your scores sales. The remaining part shall be kept by BabelScores® to cover its operative costs and financial autonomy.

The strong web traffic and the Institutional Subscriptions (conservatories, universities, etc. from all over the world) allows BabelScores® to diffuse its music massively.

The BabelScores catalog offers a lot of advantages to composers:

- BabelScores® is a web platform which allows people to buy, rent and consult scores all over the world.

- BabelScores® do not retain any copyright.

- BabelScores® do not ask for exclusivity (you can offer or sell your scores by other means if you'd like to)

- BabelScores® creates cooperation agreements with different cultural institutions such as ensembles, festivals, universities, etc. in France and abroad for playing the music of our catalog.

- The composers are able to resign their engagement with BabelScores® at any time and with no penalty

- To be part of BabelScores® catalog is completely free.

How to submit your work:

It is really easy and quick.

Via internet, in our website www.babelscores.com. Click on submit your work and then click effect submission. Please complete the online form and send it. You will need to upload at least one piece. BabelScores® guarantees not to use or diffuse your submitted work in anyway or by any media without your agreement.

Deadline for submitting your work: 31 May 2011

Results of the BabelScores® Reading Panel: late June 2011

We are acting intensively to diffuse the music of our time because we really care about music. And we encourage you to submit your work to BabelScores® to take part in the project that is challenging the present of contemporary music.

We invite you to visit our site www.babelscores.com . Should you have any questions or remarks, please do not hesitate to write to us at contact@babelscores.com

One Minute Soprano Works

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute soprano solo composed for 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Beth Griffith to be performed at the September 25th, 2011 Composer's Voice concert in New York City. The one-minute vocal works for soprano are to be written specifically for this project, which will be performed by Beth Griffith. All works must be 60 seconds or less.

Dramatic works and extended vocal techniqes are strongly encouraged.

Submission guidelines:

• Submission Deadline June 1, 2011
• Works written for soprano solo. (extended vocal techniqes are strongly encouraged) -Works must be submitted as a PDF file with a picture of the composer, 50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece.
• Works must be one minute in length. No works over a minute will be reviewed.
• Works need to be submitted via email to: composersvoicesubmit@gmail.com
• The subject line should read - 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Beth Griffith - Composer Name - Composition Title
• The 50-word biography and 50 word program notes must be pasted as text in the body of the email.
• The composer's a picture must be attached as a jpg file.
• The score must be attached as a pdf. (performance notes should be included with the score.)
• Include the dedication to Beth Griffith on the score
• Works should be composed specifically for this project and performer. All pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed.

No works over a minute will be reviewed. Multiple submission are discouraged. Send your best work! The results will be announced by August 1, 2011 on the Vox Novus website, and composers of 15 accepted works will be notified by email.

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

EUROPE ­ A SOUND PANORAMA

CALL FOR ENTRIES EXTENDED till 15.03.2011 The Goethe-Institut of Belgrade, the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics Karlsruhe, Götz Naleppa (producer and media artist), Programme 3 of Radio Belgrade, the European Broadcasting Union¹s Ars Acustica Group and Deutschlandradio Kultur warmly invite you to take part in the following project:

EUROPE ­ A SOUND PANORAMA

This is a call to all European sound artists to compose a contribution made up of acoustic impressions of a European venue or landscape selected by them and rendered in artistic form. No contribution should exceed five minutes in duration. The aim of this project is to produce a sound composition which conveys an impression of the particularities of different parts of Europe.

String Quartets and Choirs

Conductor, Sarah John is currently looking for new works for the following ensembles.

Choral:

• women's choir with piano or organ, women's choir a cappella

Instrumental:

• 1111, 1000, 0000, string quintet and piano
• 1111, 1000, 0000, string quintet, piano, women's choir and/or female vocalist

Contact : sarahjohn64(at)gmail.com

International Noise Music Contest

Luigi Russolo - Rossana Maggia

For young composers under 35

Theme for 2011: Eros's weapons

Deadline February 15th

http://www.studioforum.net/concours/2011/index_uk.html

CLIEC 2011 - Concordia Live and Interactive Electroacoustic Colloquium

Hexagram Concordia Centre for Research Creation in Media Arts and Technologies In collaboration with the Department of Music CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Montreal - Canada

Saturday 26th of March, 2011

A call for proposals for paper presentations and live performances

Deadline: 1st of February 2011 (one week left)

DESCRIPTION

Hexagram Concordia will be hosting CLIEC 2011 – a one-day colloquium focused on live and interactive electroacoustic music, organized in collaboration with the Music Department.

The event will take place on Saturday, March 26th 2011 and will include paper sessions, a roundtable discussion, and an evening concert.

We are inviting artists and researchers to propose paper presentations and performances focusing on live and interactive electroacoustics and related issues, including artistic and technological innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, human-machine interface, laptop orchestras/ensembles, comprovisation, stage techniques, audience interactivity, aural and visual perception, related educational and pedagogical aspects, social and cultural contexts, and others.

More information: http://cliec2011.hexagram.ca/

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Paper presentation: please email an abstract (250 words or less), a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less), and a 3 page CV.

Performance: please email a short description of the proposed performance piece (250 words or less), detailed technical needs, a short biography ready for printing (250 words or less), a 3 page CV, and audio samples when relevant (please send a link to download the files through yousendit, soundcloud or a similar service. Do not send audio files by email).

The basic available setup allows up to 10 channels of audio. If your setup requires additional channels or for any other special technical consideration please send an email with specific questions.

Email abstracts to: cliec2011@gmail.com

SESSION FORMATS

Paper presentations: each paper will be presented in person for about 20 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes of discussion.

Performances: the evening concert will consist of selected live electroacoustic performances, which may include multiple channels, multimedia, dance, theatrics, and interactive components.

Roundtable discussion: an hour-long open discussion on key issues related to the main theme of the colloquium.

DATES

• Deadline for reception of proposals: February 1st, 2011
• Notification of acceptance: February 12th, 2011
• Confirmation of attendance by artist/researchers: February 25th, 2011
• Colloquium CLIEC-2011: Saturday, March 26th, 2011

CONTACT AND INFORMATION

cliec2011@gmail.com

CLIEC-2011 ORGANIZERS

• Eldad Tsabary (co-director)
• Ricardo Dal Farra (co-director)
• Paul Scriver (collaborator)

Call for Works - audiograft jukebox

Short electroacoustic; computer music; or sound art works are required for the audiograft jukebox. The jukebox will be available from February 17th-19th at audiograft and will also be placed online on the Sonic Art Resarch Unit webpages at Oxford Brookes University http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/saru

Audiograft will take place in Oxford from 17th-19th February and will feature Tim Howle, Joseph Anderson, Rob Mackay, Max Eastley, Rhodri Davies, SET ensemble; Stephen Cornford and Paul Whitty; Ray Lee; Automated Noise Ensemble; Paul Dibley and more…

Please upload your works (as mp3 files) using: http:soundcloud.com/pdibley/dropbox

Deadline for Submissions is February 12th 2011.

For more information about the event please visit www.audiograft.com

audiograft is a project of the SARU at Oxford Brookes University http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/saru

The 2011 ALEA III International Composition Competition Prize

The ALEA III Prize: $2,500

Deadline: March 15, 2011

http://www.aleaiii.com

Composers of any nationality born after January 1, 1971 may participate. Only one composition per composer is permitted.

No entry fee.

Works of any aesthetic direction from 6 - 15 minutes in duration may be submitted. Works may be for solo voice or instrument or for an ensemble up to fifteen players. Available instruments are: one flute (doubling piccolo or alto), one oboe (doubling English horn), one clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), one saxophone (a, s, t or b), one bassoon, one horn, one trumpet, one trombone, one tuba, two percussion players, one harp, one keyboard player, one guitar, two violins, one viola, one cello, one bass, tape and one voice.

One of the fifteen performers could play a traditional, folk, or rare instrument (solo or as a part of the ensemble), or could be an unusual specialized vocalist. Check here for more information.

One work per composer. All works must be unpublished and must not have been publicly performed or broadcast in whole or in part or in any other version before the announcement of the Prize in late September, or early October 2011. Works that have won another award are not eligible.

Anonymous entry.

6 - 9 works will be selected for performance in Boston by ALEA III under the direction of Theodore Antoniou in late September, or early October 2011. At the end of the concert one piece will be selected to receive the $2,500.00 ALEA III prize. The judges reserve the right to divide the award money or to decline to make an award.

The judges will be prominent personalities residing or working in the Boston area. The panel, consisting of composers, performers, conductors, musicologists and educators, aims for a balance among a variety of musical approaches.

For information and application form please check the ALEA III web site: http://www.aleaiii.com/ or email to Alex Kalogeras kalogeras@earthlink.net

Application Form must accompany the score at the time of submission.

Vox Novus 60x60 deadline extended

Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its ninth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.

The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.

Deadline for 60 second compositions for 60x60 is DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST,2011

There is no admission fee.

Audio submissions must be in either AIFF or WAV file format.

Multiple submissions are accepted from a single composer/sound artist; however, only one submission will be allowed per email address submitted.

All submissions must be uploaded by DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST,2011

Composer will be notified of the results by email or they can visit http://www.VoxNovus.com

Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to Support@VoxNovus.com

Brass Initiative 2011 Composition Contest

We are looking for programmatic diversity and need new compositions in any style. The biggest criteria we will listen for in these submissions are melodic and commercial appeal. It can be intense, joyful, angry, mysterious - whatever you like. Please keep in mind that one of our primary goals is listener entertainment. There are some additional criteria:

1. Work must be a stand alone piece approximately 2-7 minutes in length or a multiple movement work approximately 5-10 minutes long.
2. Scored for horn, trombone, bass trombone, and two trumpets keyed in Bb or C. Eb and piccolo trumpet may also be employed as well as flugel horns. (Tuba may not be used unless pertaining to 2a below.)
   1. Works written for ensembles larger than quintet will also be considered.
   2. Works written for ensembles smaller than quintet will not be considered.
   3. The addition of a rhythm section, (drums, bass, piano, guitar, or any part of that group would be a welcome addition.)
3. Works must be submitted no later than April 15th, 2011.
4. All works must be submitted digitally. Please do not mail hard copies unless requested. Please submit all works to submissions@brassinitiative.com
5. Submissions must include, in PDF form, a score, individual parts, and a midi or audio recording of the work.
6. In the email of the submission include the following:
   1. Composer Name:
   2. Email Address:
   3. Phone Number:
   4. Mailing Address:
   5. Composition Name:
   6. Number of Movements:
   7. Composition Length:
   8. Copyright Information:
   9. Instrumentation:
   10. A short description that can be used as a program note:
7. Works must not be previously published or you, the composer, must be the sole copyright holder of the work.
8. The work cannot be previously released as a commercial recording.

Works selected for the project will be recorded in summer 2011 and released as an album in the winter of 2011/12. In lieu of commission fees, the composers of selected works will receive a portion of download sales once annually for three years after the release of the album. For this reason, please keep in mind the commercial appeal of the work. As an additional incentive, composers of selected works will have the option of having their piece(s) published and sold as part of the Brass Initiative Editions with a generous royalty rate for sheet music sales included.

Composers may submit multiple works.

For additional submission questions please contact us at info@brassinitiative.com or submissions@brassinitiative.com.

Manhattan New Music Project Call for Scores

Call for Scores Deadline: January 31, 2011

The contemporary classical music website Sequenza 21, in partnership with Manhattan New Music Project (MNMP), is pleased to issue a call for scores.

Composers of any age may submit a single work with the following instrumentation: violins (2), viola, cello, piano, and percussion. Works for smaller groupings (solos, duos, trios, etc.) that employ the above instruments are especially welcome. In the interest of performing as many entries as possible, pieces that are shorter in duration may be preferred. Sound recordings may be submitted on a CD in MP3 format.

Several pieces will be selected from these entries for our 2011 concert in New York City (date/location TBA), performed by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble – ACME. The program committee will include Christian Carey (Sequenza 21), Clarice Jensen (ACME), and Hayes Biggs (Manhattan School of Music).

There is no entry fee. There is also no remuneration apart from the performance. Those composers selected for the concert will be responsible for their own travel and accommodations should they wish to attend the event.

Scores with CD recordings (if available) will be accepted at the address below until 5:00 PM on Monday, January 31, 2011. Please do not send parts at this time. Materials will be returned if accompanied by an SASE with appropriate postage.

Mail to

Sequna21/MNMP 2011 Concert
243 West 30th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10001
USA

Summary

Deadline: 5:00 PM on January 31, 2011 (receipt of materials; not postmark deadline)

Age limit: none

Entry fee: none

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

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

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

Return of materials: with SASE

Submitted works that do not conform to the above guidelines cannot be considered for inclusion on the program.

For any questions please email CallforScores@mnmp.org.