Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kate Amrine, trumpet
| Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kate Amrine, trumpet | |
| Summary: | Solo Instrument Call |
| Deadline: | 15 December 2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07 September 2016 |
| Details: |
Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for solo trumpet. 15 one-minute works will be selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kate Amrine, trumpet to be premiered May, 2017. Submission Guidelines: -Works should be composed specifically for this project and performer. -Works should be for solo Bb or C trumpet only. -All pieces must be premieres and not previously performed. -No works over a minute will be reviewed. -Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work! -Works need to be submitted online at http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/30081.html -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: Kate Amrine, trumpet" to submit work. -You will need to provide a maximum 50-word biography and 50-word program notes. -You need to upload a score as a PDF file (Audio files are encouraged but not required.) -Please include the dedication to Kate Amrine on the score. (Performance notes should be included in the score.) Composers will be contacted via email of the results and will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website. Kate Amrine A passionate and creative performer, Kate Amrine is a prominent young trumpet player balancing a multifaceted career from curating concerts and developing new repertoire to freelancing with many different groups in the New York city area. She is extremely dedicated to commissioning, performing, and curating new music performances as both a soloist and a chamber musician. She also works as a contractor hiring musicians for various events including a full orchestra classical concert, musical theater pits, rock band horn sections, and chamber ensembles for recording sessions. Kate recently hired a 40-person orchestra for a full album recording session at Avatar Studios. As a commercial player, Kate performs with bands of all different styles from Latin to hip-hop and she appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in an all-girl horn section with the rock band Sleigh Bells in 2013. Recently, she appeared as a musician extra for the A&E show Unforgettable with several other freelance musicians. Kate also frequently performs in various regional and off broadway musical theater productions; some selected shows include filling in for a week of the Annie National Tour, touring the Southwest and Florida with the Broadway Big Band, performing in the 2015 New York Musical Theater Festival production of Into the Sun, and substituting in the off Broadway productions of Mary Poppins (Westchester Broadway Theater), Three Penny Opera (Atlantic Theater Company) and Lies My Father Told Me (National Yiddish Theatre). In addition to performing, she teaches all ages and levels from grade school students in Brooklyn and Harlem to college students at New York University as an adjunct instructor. Kate received a Bachelor's degree in Trumpet Performance from NYU, where she studied with Thomas Hoyt, Laurie Frink, and Jeremy Pelt. Kate is currently pursuing her Master's degree from Peabody Conservatory, studying with Joe Burgstaller. Examples of Kate Amrine's playing can be heard here: http://kateamrine.com/video/ http://kateamrine.com/audio/ Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works by different composers written for a specific performer or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. "...the 15 Minutes of Fame project of Vox Novus is a godsend. It organizes competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for premieres. The players, themselves emerging and without the funds for a traditional commission fee, get original works to present, while the likewise emerging composers get a chance for exposure and a premiere... " - Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner More can be found be found at: www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com Music Avatar Music Avatar is an online submission system to upload music online. Itcreates a hassle free process for the composer to submit, update, and upload a submission with confidence that the opportunity will receive it. For more information visit: www.musicavatar.org/ |
| Web Site: | www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com |
