From Young Composers

This article is a work in progress and may have some incomplete or missing content.

Content pending. Something here about how friendly competition encourages learning composers to write and sparks imagination and how the judging helps them learn from their mistakes and any bad compositional habits. And of course bragging rights.

Current competitions and deadlines

• June 28 - Conceptual Music Competition 20: The Urban Streets
• June 30 - May/June Competition
• July 14 - Fantastic Competition for Recorder
• July 20 - Original Work for Theremin and Piano
• Aug.-Sept. - Compositional Exhibition for Strings

Past Competitions and Results

Regular Competitions

Monthly Competitions

are usually held on a monthly or bi-monthly basis and are currently directed by Jujimufu.

The following list begins with the most recent rounds.

• May/June 2008 Piece consisting only of a family of instruments written based on a text.

In progress.

• February/March 2008 Duo for any specified family of instruments.

Results Pending.

• January 2008 Theme and Variations

Four entries:

1st place: EnigmusJ4

2nd place: M_is_D

3rd place: Dev

4th place: VirtualShock

• Competition #3 Wind Trio

Four entries:

1st place: CreationArtist

2nd place: Mitchell

3rd place: FPSchubertII

4th place: Eddwin

• Competition #2 Piano Rhapsody

Nine entries:

1st place: Sinequanon

2nd place: spc1st

3rd place: Anders

4th place: Bassam

5th place: Mitchell, Rolifer

6th place: FPSchubertII, blueygh2, Eddwin

• March 2007 Competition Free-form sonata.

Four entries:

1st place: ralphb

2nd place: KSP

3rd place: awayfromlight, lind

Withdrawn: Invisionary

The Conceptual Music Competition

The CMC is a monthly composition contest directed by Kenneth Edward Keyn (Abadoss). The CMC was created shortly before the Thematic Original Music Competition was disbanded. The contest is typically open to registered members of the forums of OverClocked ReMix, VGMix, VGMusic, Gaming World, Young Composers, and GameDev.

More information and history of results and be found on the organizer's own profile: Kenneth Keyn

One-time Competitions

Duet Competition

Posted Jun 23 2007.

Twelve entries:

1st place: Nightscape

2nd place: rolifer

3rd place: Berlioz

Runners-up (in no specific order): TheMeaningofLIfe, Rafn, virtualshock, RavingSpleen, Euler, James QZ, EnigmusJ4, KSP, fegane.