Ethos Collective – Call for Scores
| Ethos Collective – Call for Scores | |
| Summary: | British Columbia Composer Opportunity |
| Deadline: | 06 March 2015 |
| Date Posted: | 24 December 2014 |
| Details: |
1. CONCERT OVERVIEW Vancouver Pro Musica invites all BC composers to submit new works for presentation at the Further Series Ethos Collective concert May 22 2015. Selected scores will receive a first reading at a public session on March 28 2015 at Pyatt Hall. Learn more about the Ethos Collective by visiting their website: http://ethosmusic.ca/ All of their video recordings can be accessed via https://vimeo.com/ethoscollective/videos/all/ In addition, Ethos Collective will present a public workshop January 31 2015 at the CMC. The primary focus of the workshop will involve not only orchestration but artistic challenges in incorporating improvisation and indeterminacy in musical works. Ethos Collective is a Vancouver-based ensemble comprised of flutist Samantha Fu, cellist Stefan Hintersteininger, violinist Kathryn Emiko Lee, pianist Chris Morano, and percussionists Katie Rife and Timothy Van Cleave. Partially due to their unique instrumentation, but mostly because of their desire to go beyond the genre of classical contemporary music, the collective places a strong emphasis on improvised music and non-traditionally notated scores. To this end, the present Call for Scores seeks to inspire composers to creatively ‘think outside the box’, and submit works that make use of Ethos Collective’s unique improvisational capacity. Composers are encouraged to explore graphic or open score notation, directed improvisation, visual arts, story-telling, etc. 2. SUBMISSION FEE & DEADLINE • Submission Fee: $25 (maximum of one submission.) • Submission Deadline: scores and finished parts, must be received by Friday, March 6, 2015. How to Submit To submit your work, please fill out the submission form below. For payment options, submitters may choose one of the following: 1) Online via PayPal – upon clicking “submit”, you will be automatically directed to a link where payment may be made by credit card or your PayPal account 2) Cash or cheque by mail (must be received by the March 6, 2015!). Please mail payment to: Vancouver Pro Musica Society PO Box 78077, RPO Grandview Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1 3. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES • Maximum duration: 8 minutes (Please note that time limits will be strictly enforced). • Works submitted must be scored for any combination of 3 or more of the following: Flute (doubling Piccolo) Violin Cello Piano Two Percussionists Please note: Composers should expect that the score may be projected above the stage during the performance. Composers are advised to submit works that are specifically designed to be performed without a conductor. Percussion List: There are 2 percussionists, and each player has their own distinct setup. Instruments cannot be swapped between players. Composers are strongly encouraged to write for a small subset of these options. When writing parts that switch between instruments, please consider if the instruments use different sticks/mallets and allot a reasonable amount of time for the percussionists to make these switches. Percussion 1 – available instruments: Glockenspiel (2.5 oct G-C) Snare drum Small concert bass drum 1 medium suspended cymbal (18″) 3 mounted finger cymbals (D, E, F) 4 small-medium chau gongs (F, Ab, D, Eb) 3 woodblocks (small, medium, large) Shaker Tambourine Triangle 1 bass bow Percussion 2 – available instruments: 7 tuned metal pipes – Treble clef starting first space ascending (F, Ab, C, Db, F, G, Ab) Snare drum 12″ and 14″ Tom-Toms 1 suspended cymbal 1 china cymbal 1 ride cymbal 1 hi-hat 3 cowbells (small, medium, large) 1 pair/set of bongos 2 bass bows 1 super ball mallet |
| Web Site: | http://vancouverpromusica.ca/pro-musica-event/call-scores-ethos-collective/ |
