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Ablaze Records ORCHESTRAL MASTERS Series

 Ablaze Records ORCHESTRAL MASTERS Series
Summary:Commercial Release for Orchestral Scores
Deadline: 01 February 2014
Date Posted: 20 August 2014
Details: Would you like to have your orchestral work recorded and released on CD to a worldwide audience, radio stations and CD Reviewers? Now is your chance with the ABLAZE Records call for SCORES for its third ORCHESTRAL MASTERS series disc. For this series ABLAZE will record your work with the tremendous BRNO Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by new music specialist conductor Mikel Toms.

Send a score of your work to us for your chance to win a place on our Orchestral Masters, Vol. 3 CD. If our expert panel of composers chooses your work, you will win a spot on our THIRD Orchestral Masters CD. This will entitle you to a partially subsidized commercial release of your work worldwide in 2015.

1. The works can be for any orchestra size up to 70 players with the usual instrumentation of:

2 Flutes (2nd doubling piccolo),
2 Oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais),
2 Clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet or Eb clarinet),
2 Bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon)
4 French Horns,
2 Trumpets,
3 Trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass),
1 Tuba
1 Timpanist (four timpani),
2 Percussionists (usual range of orchestral percussion available),
1 Harp
Strings
2. Works must be for the full orchestra or usual subgroups of the full orchestra only (string orchestra; strings with winds only, etc).

3. Wind ensemble works are not eligible. Works using instrumental or vocal soloists (concertos), choir, amplified instruments or electronics are not eligible.

4. The works can be of any duration.

5. The score must be a computer engraved (Finale, Sibelius, etc) score.

6. The composer will be responsible for supplying ABLAZE with computer engraved hard copies of parts prepared to MOLA standards.

7. The composer will supply notes about the composer and work.

8. The composer will supply a high quality photograph of his/herself for use in the CD booklet and ABLAZE website.

What we are looking for:
1. Very high quality compositions
2. Very high quality prepared scores and parts

Who is Eligible:
Any composer without restriction as to style of music, age or nationality of the composer may submit a score for consideration.

Submission Deadline (Receipt of Scores NOT postmark)
FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Notification to winners
FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Issue of Disc
Fall, 2015
Web Site:https://ablazerecords.submittable.com/submit/30178