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 Charlotte New Music Festival
Summary:String Quartet Call
Deadline: 29 October 2016
Date Posted: 27 September 2016
Details: The Charlotte New Music Festival (CNMF) and Beo String Quartet are happy to announce our second annual composition contest. This is a call for scores by emerging and mid-career American composers aged 35 years and older.

Beo String Quartet will perform the selected work at the Charlotte New Music Festival in June 2017. The winning composer will receive a $200 travel stipend and accommodations for two nights at the festival in Charlotte, NC. Beo will also perform the piece during their regular 2017-18 concert season.

Submissions — due October 29, 2016 by 11:59 EDT to submissions@charlottenewmusic.org.

• Submit ONE score AND parts for a string quartet composition (2 violins, viola, cello).
• Maximum duration is 20 minutes.
• The work may have been previously performed.
• Recordings are optional but highly encouraged.
• Please also submit a bio with birth year and your mailing address.
• $5 submission fee payable here. The fees from the submissions will be used to defray the costs of the transportation and lodging for the winner.

Eligibility — composer applicants must:

• Currently reside in the continental United States.
• Be born before January 1, 1982.
• Be willing to give a presentation on their music and attend the performance on Wednesday, June 28 at the 6th annual Charlotte New Music Festival.

CNMF current/former staff and guest composers are ineligible for this opportunity.

We will announce the winner on Monday, December 5.

Winner from CNM & Beo 2015 String Quartet Composition Competition:
Andrew List, String Quartet No. 5 “Time Cycles”. Link to score, Link to audio (live concert recording; studio recording coming soon).

Web Site:charlottenewmusic.org/stringquartetcompetition/