MUSICWORKS’ 2017 ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSITION CONTEST IS OPEN
| MUSICWORKS’ 2017 ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSITION CONTEST IS OPEN | |
| Summary: | Electronic music call |
| Deadline: | 27 October 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09 August 2017 |
| Details: |
Annual juried contest offers top three winners cash prizes and publication in Canada’s acclaimed magazine about experimental music and sound art. Deadline for entries is October 27, 2017. Winners will be announced in February 2018. For immediate release, TORONTO—Musicworks’ seventh annual Electronic Music Composition contest is now open to receive entries from anywhere in the world! Musicworks has been exploring experimental music and sound in a triannual magazine since 1978. Its annual juried contests spotlight new literary and musical talent, offering cash prizes and opportunities to be published and heard. Electronic Music Composition Contest Compose a piece in one of the following experimental genres: Acousmatic, Electroacoustic, Glitch, Intelligent Dance Music, Turntable Art, or Video music. Maximum length: 10 minutes. Accepted file types: MP3 or MP4 only. $25 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Musicworks magazine; $5 each additional entry (unlimited). First Prize: $500 cash, a composer profile in the Spring 2018 issue of Musicworks magazine and onmusicworks.ca and your composition released on the Spring 2018 companion CD Second Prize: $200 cash and a composer profile on musicworks.ca Third Prize: $100 cash and a composer profile on musicworks.ca Entry portal, assessment criteria, prize details, and past winners can be found on our contest landing page! www.musicworks.ca/contest Also check out our Sonic Geography Writing Contest Describe how sound shapes your experience of a specific place in 500 words. The first-prize-winning essay will be published in our regular Sonic Geography space in the Spring 2018 issue of Musicworks. Second- and third-place winning will be published online. Accepted file types: PDF only. |
| Web Site: | www.musicworks.ca |
