Anything Goes Composition Competition:
| Anything Goes Composition Competition: | |
| Summary: | Anything Goes Composition Competition |
| Deadline: | 31 December 2012 |
| Date Posted: | 18 February 2012 |
| Details: |
Anything Goes Composition Competition: Compose an original work for any forces and duration from a single soloist to chamber orchestra*. Now in its fourth successful year, the Álvarez Chamber Orchestra (ÁCO) is inviting entries for its annual composition competition for 2012; composers of any age and nationality may submit works. There is no specification as to the length or nature of the piece. There may be a vocal component to the work, up to four singers. Any text may be used; if the text is not in roman script, the composer should provide a phonetic transcription and a recording of the text as spoken. If electronics are used, if not notated fully in the score, please supply a CD or mp3. There is no restriction on the number of works submitted by each composer but each piece will incur the same entry fee of £26.. The work may be a new piece or may have been written at any time in the composer’s career. Each piece should have a pseudonym printed on the cover, and the identity of the composer, including address, email, phone number, biography, photograph and programme notes in a separate sealed envelope also marked with the same pseudonym. The scores may be submitted electronically as pdf files with the composer's pseudonym as heading to the following address: alvarezchamberorchestra@hotmail.co.uk The accompanying details should be sent in another email with the same heading to the same address. The deadline for score submission is December 31st, 2012 for electronic submissions - posted scores arriving later than that date will be disqualified unless postmarked with the closing date of the submission period. Please contact the ACO at geoffrey.alvarez@virgin.net for further clarification. The maximum* size of the orchestra is as follows: 2.2.2.2./2.1.1.1/timp./perc./hrp/gtr/pfte/3.3.2.2.1. Minimum specification is a single performer. The following doublings are possible: 2nd fl. db picc. 2nd ob. db cor 2nd cl. db bass cl. 2nd bsn db cbsn 2nd perc db timp. There is a first prize of £1000 and a Sibelius 7 Software award donated by Avid. The entry fee is £26 per work which includes postage costs for return of scores. Payments may be made via Paypal by clicking below: |
| Web Site: | http://freespace.virgin.net/geoffrey.alvarez/AGCC.htm |
