"The Tortoise and the Hare" - A Study in Contrasts - Young Composers Instrumental Music Composition Competition

Starting August 22nd, 2022 and running until October 16th, 2022, Young Composers Forum invites you to participate in a new and unique music composition competition hosted by @Thatguy v2.0, @PeterthePapercomPoser, @Tónskáld, and @chopinall of whom will also judge the competition.  “The Tortoise and the Hare” is the theme of this competition.  It is mandatory that the entrants associate a pair of instruments with the tortoise and the hare respectively which are meant to contrast each other.  However, the total number of instruments used in the music is left up to the composer's discretion.  A score/sheet music submission is also required.  The maximum allowed duration of the music is 10 minutes and all compositions will be judged based on the following criteria:

The competition does not have to stay true to the famous short story from Aesop’s Fables “The Tortoise and the Hare”.  Instead, the composer is free to use any poem, short story or painting as the inspiration for the music, as long as it is related to the theme (“The Tortoise and the Hare”).  Using a poem, short story or painting is of course, optional.  The composer’s ability to create the contrast in question between one instrument representing the Tortoise, and another instrument representing the Hare will be judged with the “Instrumentation/Orchestration” criterion as well as the “Execution of Given Challenge” criterion.  Compositions which do not feature two instruments as a duet or in high relief accompanied by other instruments that are clearly in the background will effectively be disqualified as their scores in these criteria will bring down their total score.

Also, there will be a cash prize of $100 given to the winner of this competition!  Given enough participants (at least 10), there will also be a cash prize for 2nd and 3rd place ($60 and $40 respectively).

In order to compete:

• Must feature two solo instruments

  • One for the tortoise

  • One for the hare

• With any accompaniment desired (or none)

• At most 10 minutes of music

• Optional poem, story or painting as additional inspiration

• No age limit

• One submission per participant

• Mp3 rendition required

• Score/Sheet music submission also required (please send an anonymous copy w/o the composers name)

• $100 1st prize, $60 2nd prize, $40 3rd prize awards given at least 10 participants

• Deadline: Sunday, October 16th, 2022

Submissions are to be sent to @PeterthePapercomPoser through direct message with the title of the composition as the subject line.  He will post the submissions anonymously in a special contest thread for everyone to listen to and consider.  Besides attaching a pdf score (without your name in it) and mp3 rendition of your music consider also including a description of your piece for the judges, fellow competitors and young composers at large to better understand your music.  Which instrument is the tortoise and which is the hare?

Current Entrants: (reply to this thread in order to enter)

@ComposaBoi

@SwiggitySwewgity 

@DanJTitchener 

@Tom Dahlenburg

@MusicianXX12???

@Noah Brode

@SofiaS

@corrado cristaldi

@Studio_H

@Austenite

@Left Unexplained

rorycraigcomposer

@WowBroThatWasReallyEdgy

@AngelCityOutlaw

Grey Ross

@Ricardo A J Ferrari

@Sepharite

@Camfrtt

@Tedd

@rsn

@Martin Manolescu

@luderart

@BAllen

@Mark Dal Porto

@semotivo

@Vonias

Competition Submissions Thread:

Popular Voting Polls Thread:

The competition is now closed to further entries.

For a sneak peek at all the awards the winners will receive go here:

For all the results and winners go here:

Interesting. I’m in

I just realized how long it's been since I've written a full orchestral song. It might be nice to give this a shot!

Sounds fun, I'm in (as long as I come up with anything I think is good enough!) 😊

Sounds interesting, I might give it a go, I'll see what happens. Two solo instruments accompanying each other in an almost question and answer like style? Sounds like a real challenge, should be fun.

A great idea! Definitely to have considered!

4 minutes ago, MusicianXX12 said:

A great idea! Definitely to have considered!

Just to be clear - does that mean you would like to enter?

Thinking over this possibility! Thanks!

Looks like I came back to the site at the right time 😁 I’d like to sign up, please. Thanks to the judges for organizing this event; I appreciate it!

I’m in!!!

Count me in!

This makes for an excellent chance to trudge out of a composing hiatus. So I hope to be up to the task.

im in 

Sounds like a fun challenge... Count me in! 😁

@rorycraigcomposer why’d you say it twice?

9 minutes ago, ComposaBoi said:

@rorycraigcomposer why’d you say it twice?

 

Ah, my bad. I forgot I had replied already. I wanted to delete my second reply but I couldn't find a way how.

i shall participate 

Tapping in

You can count me in!

I am in!

I’m in! Curious to see my work judged on a professional level. 

I'm in too!

I'm in

Can anyone tell me how to submit piece?

1 hour ago, rsn said:

Can anyone tell me how to submit piece?

Please see below (copied from the original post of this thread):

On 8/22/2022 at 5:39 PM, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Submissions are to be sent to @PeterthePapercomPoser through direct message with the title of the composition as the subject line.  He will post the submissions anonymously in a special contest thread for everyone to listen to and consider.  Besides attaching a pdf score and mp3 rendition of your music consider also including a description of your piece for the judges, fellow competitors and young composers at large to better understand your music.  Which instrument is the tortoise and which is the hare?