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		<title>The 2010 Shure Songwriting Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) and Shure are delighted to announce the launch of the 2010 Shure Songwriting Award. Previously known as the Shure Creative Award and supported by Amy McDonald and K.T. Tunstall, the competition will be judged this year by the sensational singer/songwriter, Paloma Faith.
Paloma has taken the music world by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundance Institute Announces Six Fellows for the 2009 Sundance Institute Composers Lab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellows Span the Musical Spectrum with Unique Backgrounds in Jazz, Funk, Big Band, and Classical
Creative Advisors Include Three-Time Academy Award Winner Walter Murch and Golden Globe Winner Harry Gregson-Williams
 Los Angeles, CA &#8212; Today, Sundance Institute announced the six musicians selected for the 2009 Sundance Institute Composers Lab, which runs from July 15 - July [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.composersnewpencil.com/sundance-institute-six-fellows-for-the-2009-composers-lab/</link>
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		<title>Texas Composers Competition 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Call for MMNY &#8220;Musical Handshakes&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Make Music New York invites composers to submit entries for this year’s “musical handshake”.
The Event:  Make Music NY is a unique, free outdoor celebration called “the largest music event ever to grace Gotham” (Metro New York). As part of the third annual festival, a new addition called “Mass Appeal” brings together hundreds of musicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lukas Foss Dies at 86</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.composersnewpencil.com/lukas-foss-dies-at-86/</link>
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		<title>Prix Ars Electronica 2009 - International Competition for CyberArts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 23rd Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition for CyberArts is open for entries.
From its very inception in 1987,  the Prix Ars Electronica has been conceived as an open platform for various disciplines at the intersection of art, technology, science and society. More than 3,000 submissions in 2008 have further enhanced the Prix Ars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Five College Composition Contest &#038; Festival of New Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance announces:
The First Five College Composition Contest &#038; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.composersnewpencil.com/umass-five-college-composition-contest-and-festival/</link>
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		<title>Elliott Carter celebrates 100th birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AFP) — US composer Elliott Carter, one of the USA&#8217;s greatest living artists, celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday.
Major concerts were planned to mark the centenary in New York, London and Paris, according to the website www.carter100.com.
Described by 20th century classical music giant Aaron Copland as &#8220;one of America&#8217;s most distinguished creative artists in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.composersnewpencil.com/elliott-carter-celebrates-100th-birthday/</link>
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		<title>The 2009 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Illinois School of Music presents:
The 2009 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 the fall of 2009 at the Krannert Center [...]]]></description>
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