The 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
The University of Illinois School of Music presents:
The 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
Eligibility: Any composer, regardless of age or nationality.
Awards: First Prize cash award of $1000 and second prize cash award of $500 plus performances by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble in November of 2010 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Additional awards and performances may be given at the discretion of the judges.
Judges: A panel of judges consisting of University of Illinois music composition faculty members will select the winning compositions. The winning composers are expected to attend the award concert/reception and will be responsible for their transportation costs (the competition will provide a stipend for lodging). The winning composers will assume full responsibility for providing adequate performance materials upon request.
Guidelines:
1. Medium: Full scores of any style or aesthetic direction for one to fifteen performers (including vocalists) may be submitted. Works for tape, electronics and/or mixed media with or without instruments/voices are eligible.
2. Duration: 20 minutes maximum
3. Limit: One entry per composer
4. Entry fee: A non-refundable entry fee of fifteen U.S. dollars ($15.00) must be included with each submission. Payment must be in US Dollars in the form of a check, international money order or credit card (preferable). All checks and money orders must be payable to the University of Illinois, and must be drawn on a U.S. bank. Please make sure to print the credit card authorization form (clik here for form) and sign authorizing the use of the card for the amount specified, the type of card, card number, and expiration date (incomplete authorizations will be rejected).
5. Anonymous Submission: The composer’s name must not appear on the score itself or on any item (tape, CD, etc.) submitted in supplement to the application. A sealed envelope must accompany the score and contain the composer’s name, address, telephone number/e-mail (if applicable) and a brief biographical sketch. If a recording of the work is available, it should accompany the score and be identified only by the title of the composition.
6. Return of Materials: Scores will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope of the proper size is enclosed.
7. Previous winners and faculty and currently-enrolled students at the University of Illinois are ineligible for the competition.
Send submissions to:
2010 Martirano Composition Award
Attn: Zack Browning, Director, Martirano Award
2136 Music Building
University of Illinois
1114 West Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
zbrownin@illinois.edu
http://camil.music.uiuc.edu/CompTheory/Awards/Martirano.html
All submissions must be postmarked by March 15, 2010
Zack Browning
www.zackbrowning.com
Texas Composers Competition 2009
The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and The International Society for Contemporary Music are pleased to announce the second annual Texas Composers Competition.
Winning works will receive a cash prize of $200 and be submitted, on behalf of the Texas delegation, to be considered for inclusion on the prestigious ISCM World Music Days 2010 to be held in Sydney, Australia (April 30- May 9, 2010).
Requirements:
Only works written in 2004 or later will be considered.
Works must fit one of the official categories listed at http://www.aurorafestival.com.au/availablecategories.html.
Composers must be residents of Texas.
Submissions:
Send score and recording (if available) at this time. Composers whose works are selected will be required to provide additional information as stipulated at: http://www.aurorafestival.com.au/submittingthroug.html.
Electronic submissions (encouraged) should be in standard file formats (Finale, Sibelius or PDF for scores, any standard audio format for recordings).
Composers may submit multiple works if desired.
Entries can be emailed to slias@sfasu.edu or mailed to:
Stephen Lias
SFA School of Music
PO Box 13043, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3043
The deadline for receipt of materials (either electronic or by mail) is July 6, 2009.
The number of winners selected will be determined by the judges based on the quality and appropriateness of works submitted. SFA reserves the right not to award any submissions. Composers selected as 2008 winners of this award are ineligible.
Lukas Foss Dies at 86
Lukas Foss, a German-born American composer, pianist and conductor, died at his home in Manhattan on Sunday. He was 86 years old. His music has an important place in the world of American composition, along with the music of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber and Elliott Carter. Mr. Foss was an explorer of the avant-garde, focusing at different times on techniques from serialism and electronic music as well as on Minimalism and improvisation. As a conductor, his specialty was contemporary music.
In addition to his wife Cornelia, he is survived by a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Eliza Foss.
Read the full New York Times article on Lukas Foss here.
The First Five College Composition Contest & Festival of New Music
The University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance announces:
The First Five College Composition Contest & Festival of New Music (September 11 to September 13 2009)
Call for Scores:
- Composers under the age of thirty-five are invited to submit compositions for consideration to the First Five College Composition Contest. Instrumentation should consist of any of Flute (alto and piccolo), Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Percussion. Works that employ live performance with electronics and works that involve projected visual media are acceptable.
- Works composed before September 1, 2006 will not be considered.
- The due date for scores is March 29, 2009. Only one score per applicant is allowed.
- At the time of the application composers should submit one score and a set of performance materials. Compact disc recordings, if available may also be submitted are not required. A cover sheet with your name, address, telephone and email address and the title of your composition is required.
- Please include a self-addressed envelope with proper postage if you wish your material to be returned.
- Only one winner will be chosen.
- A $35 check made payable to the Department of Music and Dance, UMass Amherst must accompany all applications.
- Address all submissions to:
Prof. Salvatore Macchia
Five College New Music Festival
Department of Music and Dance
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst MA, 01002
The winner will receive a cash award of $1000 (one thousand) and his or her piece will be presented as part of an “Emerging Composers Concert” that will be held on Saturday September 12, 2009.
Website: www.5cnmf.com