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Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: for Now Chamber Players

 Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: for Now Chamber Players
Summary:Call for Short Works
Deadline: 16 February 2016
Date Posted: 18 November 2015
Details: Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for ‘Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: for Now Chamber Players’
to be premiered April 10, at the For Now New Music Festival at the University of North Georgia (Gainesville Campus).

Suggested theme is based on two lines from Shaekespeare’s ‘Winters Tale:’
1) “Exit, pursued by a bear”
2) “O, she’s warm!”

(Works may be based on one of these lines or a combination - please mark in the score which line you are using).

Please avoid extended techniques and prepared toy piano; however, improvisation on one toy piano will be considered.

Guidelines:
-Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2016
-Works are for any combination of the ensemble: Saxophone (doubling on Soprano, Alto, or Tenor) and 3 toy pianos (2 octave C to C).
-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performers.
-All pieces must be premieres.
-No works over a minute will be reviewed.
-Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!
-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.
-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named “Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: for Now Chamber Players” and press the “submit” button to start the submission process.
-You will need to provide a maximum 50-word biography and 50-word program notes.
-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file (You may also upload an audio file; however it is not required.)
-Must include the dedication to for Now Chamber Players on the first page of music of the score.
-Performance notes should be included in the score.

Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website,
the new music newsletter: NM421: www.NM421.com
and Composers' Site: www.ComposersSite.com

More can be found at:
www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com
Web Site:www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/