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General Information Bachelor of Music undergraduates from any Australian tertiary institution are invited to enter the inaugural Duo Entendre Composition Competition. Applicants will be required to submit a composition of up to 5 minutes duration for the instrumentation of horn and piano*. The work can be of any style providing that the score is legibly notated with computer software. Electronics and prepared piano can be utilised providing clear instructions are given. *Stuart & Sons 102 key Concert Grand - see Stuart and Sons website for specifications. Prize The winning composer will receive a $1000 prize. A concert program including the winning composition will be devised from the entered works. This free concert will take place on Sunday October 5, 2014 at 3pm in the Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium. The winner will be announced at this concert. Full details and entry form available from our website: http://www.duoentendre.com/competition.html

HI I have a little question. May you introduce me a site for all composing competitions around the world? thanks

Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble 2014 Emerging Composers Competition http://cerddorion.org/2014-emerging-composers-competition/ The Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble is pleased to announce its second annual Emerging Composers Competition, designed to foster the creation and performance of new works for mixed chorus. Submission Guidelines Works must be: Scored for SATB a cappella (some divisi acceptable); or Scored for SATB and string quartet; or Scored for SATB and solo violin, viola or cello, or any combination of these instruments Approximately 3-5 minutes in length Unpublished and unperformed Submission of midi realizations is encouraged, but not required. Works will be premiered in March 2014 as part of a program entitled Language of Birds, featuring a piece by the same title for choir and string quartet by Veronika Krausas, as well as Janequin’s Chant des Oiseaux. Some preference may be given to pieces that fit this theme. Eligibility Composers should be in the early stages of their professional careers, without substantial publishing credit, national awards or commissions. There is no age limit.

Saw this and thought I'd give it a post here in case anyone is interested. (: Announcing the 2014 Eighth Annual International Anthem Competition of the First Baptist Church of Worcester, Massachusetts. Scoring for SATB choir with flute and organ accompaniment for a prize of $1550.00 US funds. Complete guidelines are found at http://fbc-worc.org. First performance will be in 10:00 AM worship on May 4, 2014 with Chancel Choir, flute, and organ under the direction of William Ness. Winner announced in March 2014.

Hi guys! I was not quite sure where to post that but I decided that it's something that would belong to composers' headquarters :) (let me know if I should move this topic somewhere else) SO, there is that curious music project - "Maestro-in-the-Making" http://www.musicaneo.com/music-for-children.html The idea is to hold an international competition among modern composers and encourage them to create fun and engaging music pieces for children that would be published in a music book and sent for free to music schools all over the world. They are raising funds right now at IndieGoGo to bring that to life. If the goal is reached in time, the whole thing will go live. I personally think it's a great - and quite tangible - idea! Huh? Thought spreading the word about it would help! What are your thoughts? :rolleyes:

The Young New Yorkers’ Chorus invites all composers under the age of 35 to apply for our Tenth Annual Competition for Young Composers. Entrants may live anywhere; a small travel stipend is available for non-New York composers to workshop their pieces prior to the performance and attend the premiere. Applicants should submit a sample of their work for consideration by May 1, 2013. Samples must be compositions written for choir alone or choir with an accompanying instrument. Three finalists will be selected by our panel of judges and will be notified by July 1, 2013. Each finalist will be commissioned to compose an original work that addresses the theme of “Heroes.” The piece should be for a cappella mixed choir and will be premiered by the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus in our June 2014 concert, which will feature music for and about heroes. Prizes based on the commissioned works will be announced at the premiere concert. The first place winner will receive the $1,000 Nathan Davis Prize in Composition. The other two finalists will receive $500 each. Before applying, please review our submission guidelines. Applications will be accepted on our website until the competition deadline of May 1, 2013. Please visit www.ynyc.org/composers-competition for more information.

The Geneva International Music Competition (Concours de Genève) is organizing once again this year a Composition Prize : - Members of the Jury : Ivan Fedele (Chairman), Toshio Hosokawa, Magnus Lindberg, Philipope Manoury, Isabel Mundry - Subject of the Competition : work for flute solo and small ensemble of five instruments - Registration until March 31st 2013 For more information (rules, registration, etc...) check out : https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/index.php/en/composition-prize/2013/presentation.html

Komos, Bologna (Italy) Gay Men's Chorus, in collaboration with AltrEdizioni Casa Editrice, announces the first Komos International Choral Composition Competition, the chief aim of which is to promote the creation and distribution of new choral repertoire related to LGBTQ culture. Participation is open to composers of any nationality, age, sex, or sexual orientation. There is NO ENTRY FEE to participate in the competition The Competition is dedicated to an original, unpublished composition for men’s chorus (TTBB), a cappella or with piano or organ accompaniment, with the possibility of adding a (female) soprano soloist. The maximum duration of the work is five (5) minutes. The text must be based on gay-themed or homoerotic poetry or prose in its original language. Texts should be in the public domain. When this is not the case, permission to set a text and publish it subsequently must be obtained in writing from the author or copyright holder and must be enclosed with the entry form. The scores should be sent by mail to Komos, Via Venezian, 3, 40121 Bologna, Italy, by 21 June 2013. The winning score will be published by Altredizioni Casa Editrice and will be performed by Komos—Bologna Gay Men's Chorus in one or more concerts. One of these concerts will be part of the Bologna fall music festival Komos & Co., and will be dedicated exclusively to the composer of the winning score. On our website you can find the Competition Guidelines (in Italian, English, German and Spanish).http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Bando%201%20concorso%20composizione%20Komos.pdf and a selection of public domain texts, although the composer is not in any way restricted to these texts. http://www.progettokomos.it/komosanthology.html http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Greek1.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Greek2.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Latin.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/MiddleAges.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Renaissance.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/19th20thCentury.pdf http://www.progettokomos.it/concorso/Kavafis.pdf http://www.facebook.com/KomosCompetition

2012-13 New-Music Consortium International Call for Scores Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/USFNewMusicConsortium. Application Deadline: 2013-01-15 The New-Music Consortium, University of South Florida School of Music’s student-run contemporary music organization, is pleased to announce its first ever New-Music Consortium International Call for Scores. Two works will be selected, with one winner each in the categories of acoustic and electronic composition. Selected compositions will be presented at concerts during the NMC’s Spring New-Music Concert, taking place on April 6, 2013. Selected composers will not receive a cash award and will be expected to provide professional performance materials by March 1st. Although a stipend for travel and lodging will not be provided, the winning composers are encouraged (but not required) to attend the performances. If the composers choose to attend the concert, the NMC will assist with travel arrangements to and from the airport in Tampa and provide lodging discounts through USF where possible. Composers of all nationalities under the age of 35 are encouraged to apply. There is no entry fee, and works may have been previously performed (further stipulations below). Composers who have graduated from the University of South Florida after the year 2007 are not eligible to apply. A panel consisting of members of the New-Music Consortium will evaluate the pieces and choose the winning entries. USF Composition Professor Baljinder Sekhon will facilitate the competition. All applications must be completed and received by January 15, 2013. The winning entries will be announced by February 15, 2013. RULES AND GUIDELINES Individuals may submit one work to each category. ACOUSTIC: The submitted work should be between 5-15 minutes in duration. The number of performers must be between 3-9 players. The instrumentation may be a subset of the following instruments. Works that require a conductor are acceptable. (2) Flutes/Piccolos Oboe/English Horn (2) Clarinets (Bb, Eb, or Bass Clarinet) Bassoon/Contrabassoon (2) Saxes (Alto, Tenor, and Bari) Horn (2) Trumpets (2) Trombones Bass Trombone Tuba (2) Percussion Piano (2) Violins Viola Cello Double Bass ELECTRONIC: The submitted work should be between 5-15 minutes in duration. Submissions of electronic works may be composed for audio playback up to a 5.1 speaker array. Submissions may be composed for any combination of audio playback, live electronics, and up to 4 performers (instrumentation should be selected from the list under ACOUSTIC guidelines). If necessary, a score, graphic representation, or other sufficient performance instructions must be included in the submission. OTHER: ~Works of any style, aesthetic, and notation will be accepted. ~The work must not exceed fifteen minutes in duration. ~The work may also call for an “unusual” (e.g. folk, traditional, rare, Partch) instrument. In such a case, the composer must provide both the performer and the unusual instrument for all rehearsals and the performance of the piece. NMC cannot assume any expenses for this performer or instrument (e.g. travel, accommodation, per diem, insurance). ~Only one entry per composer for each category (acoustic/electronic) will be accepted. ~A jointly written work will be considered a single entry. ~Submissions may have been performed previously, but pieces that have been played and/or recorded by a professional ensemble should not be submitted. ~No information that indicates or suggests the name or affiliation of the composer can appear anywhere on the entry work score or mp3. SUBMISSION PROCESS The submission process is entirely online. Please follow the directions below to ensure that your application is successfully received. ACOUSTIC: 1) Prepare an anonymous PDF score (TITLE.pdf) and an anonymous MP3 recording (TITLE.mp3) of your work. All indications of the composer’s identity, affiliation, or performing ensemble should be removed. 2) Include a form with the composer’s name, contact information, and one paragraph biography. (Biographies will be used when announcing the winning composer.) 3) Please send the above items as attachments to NMCSubmissions@gmail.com. 4) Please make the subject of your email “Last Name, First Name - Title of Piece.” It is imperative that the total size of these attachments be no larger than 20 MB. 5) Submissions will be handled by a third party. For questions and information, please write to: BSekhon@usf.edu. ELECTRONIC: 1) Prepare an anonymous PDF score (TITLE.pdf) if applicable, and an anonymous mp3 (TITLE.mp3) of your work. All indications of the composer’s identity, affiliation, or performing ensemble should be removed. 2) Include a form with the composer’s name, contact information, and one paragraph biography. (Biographies will be used when announcing the winning composer.) 3) Also include a tech sheet listing all hardware and software required, as well as a routing diagram. 4) Please send the above items as attachments to NMCSubmissions@gmail.com. 5) Please make the subject of your email “Last Name, First Name - Title of Piece.” It is imperative that the total size of these attachments be no larger than 20 MB. 6) Submissions will be handled by a third party. For questions and information, please write to: BSekhon@usf.edu. PUBLISHED DATE: 14 Dec 2012

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Hello all! I would like to have a concert in 2012 October-November, which would be a solo cello concert. I will play pieces like Penderecki's Capriccio, and Ligeti Solo Sonata. On this concert, I would like to perform one of your pieces, so that's the reason for this competition. You can write for cello solo, or cello with electronic accompaniment (or other prerecorded staff). I prefer more xx. century or contemporary staff on this concert, so neo-classic and neo-romantic pieces won't be really accepted. The piece doesn't have to be new, but I like to be the world premiere cellist :) You have to send the (full) score to my e-mail --> gollam12@gmail.com I hope till June 1st everybody can do something for this small competition. Of course is somebody needs more time, it can be extended. Please write a comment, if you want to try this, so that I can see how many people will try. Also, if you have any questions, write it here, or write PM. Cheers, Marcell Magyari

Hello to all YC members! I am here to announce the November edition of our very own monthly composition competition thingies. As I was thinking about what stimulus I should include for this competition, I looked back through some Lewis Carrol stuff and found the nonsense poem Jabberwocky. I thought this would make a wonderful piece of music, but I never got around to composing it so I have now decided to use it as a set poem for the November competition. First of all, here it is: `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. The composition that you enter has to incorporate this poem (or part of it) in the music in any way you like. Whether it's sung or not is up to you though. For instrumentation, you can include at least three and up to eight instruments/instrumentalists. If you decide to use voices, you can use any voice type(s) at all, but no more than four singers a to be included. Lengthwise, I'm looking at something between four and ten minutes, but I will allow a bit of lee-way. The entrants' works are due on the 27th of January (Mozart's 257th birthday if my calculations are correct) 2012. The judging will be out of 100. 50 marks for the incorporation of the poem in the music (please note it does not have to be sung) 10 marks for ensemble writing 20 marks for composition technique 20 marks for creativity. I will be on the judging panel with two other people, so let me know if you want to judge! Judges: 1. froglegs 2. Morivou 3. Treehugger1995 Entrants 1. Der Klavierspieler 2. Austenite 3. Calebhines

Meistersingers is proud to present their 6th Annual Choral Composition Competition. Also, we are extremely excited to release this announcement under the new name, the Knapp Award. Named in honor of Jim and Sally Knapp, ardent supporters of Meistersingers, their commitment will ensure this competition will continue for many years to come. In the 6th year of its existence this competition has received over 400 submissions, more than half created specifically for Meistersingers. With $5000 in prize money awarded to date, to both established and upcoming composers, Meistersingers is committed to fostering the future of the choral art. Please visit www.meistersingers.org for more information and the application Postmark Deadline: March 1, 2012 Prize: *$1,000.00 and at least two performances by Meistersingers *Archival recording for winner’s use toward publishing *Possible commercial recording by Meistersingers There is a $25 entry fee Submission Guidelines: Complete Competition Submission Form (can be downloaded from www.meistersingers.org) Original Composition for 4-8 part SATB a cappella choir (further divisi possible/range is not an issue) Texts focusing on light or dark themes are preferred. 4-8 minutes long Must be a world premiere performance (rehearsal read-throughs are acceptable) Anonymous Submission - Remove all names (except poet, if necessary) and identifying marks; - Provide a sealed envelope containing your name, address, email, the title and performance history of the piece (if applicable), and phone number. Submit a legible, photo-copy ready, score with piano reduction for rehearsal purposes - including a recording (MIDI, piano, etc.) is strongly encouraged but not required. If text is not in public domain, composer is responsible for including written permission to use it Selection Process: The Music Director/Conductor, Brian Dehn, shall review all scores received. A Selection Committee, consisting of members chosen by the Music Director/Conductor and Board, shall review many of the scores received. The decision of the Music Director/Conductor and Selection Committee will be final. Winning Composer will be notified by April 2, 2012 Other Items of Interest: Texts that focus on dark/light/day/night are preferred as our summer concert is centered on those themes. The winning composition is scheduled to be performed in May of 2012 in the Southern California area. Meistersingers encourages the composer’s attendance and cooperation in media publicity and press coverage. The winning composer must provide a final performance score by April 6, 2012. Meistersingers shall make 35 copies for the chorus, director, and rehearsal accompanist. There are no restrictions according to race, sex, or age. A composer may submit more than one piece. Meistersingers reserves the right not to select a winning composition and/or award a prize. A brief description of Meistersingers, including Mission Statement and type of literature performed, can be found on their website: www.meistersingers.org Send all Submissions, along with form to: Meistersingers, Inc. Knapp Award 8941 Atlanta Avenue #187 Huntington Beach, CA 92646 For further information, visit the website or email bdehn@meistersingers.org Application.pdf Knapp info.pdf

Hi all, Rogier Wildeboer & me are participating in a film music competition in The Netherlands called "the entertainment experience". It's organized by our most famous director Paul Verhoeven, you might know him from basic instinct. In this competition everyone can take part, but you have to get votes for your work to win. So here is where you come in, we'd like to ask you to vote for us! It can be done easily, just click the big 'stem' (=vote) button beneath the video and login with your facebook or twitter account, it's as easy as that. We'd appreciate that very much! Here's the link: http://www.entertainmentexperience.nl/audio/wi1wf1t9fqetym4pwg0o5giwi Thanks! Best regards, Rogier and Hugo

Hello from Red Scarf Classical! For anyone interested, there is a new composers competition open. It's open to anyone and we have some exciting judges and cash prizes. It is a great way to receive more recognition as a composer and every single entry will receive feedback from the panel of judges. I look forward to hearing all your entries! For more information and to enter, visit http://www.redscarfclassical.com All the best! Greg