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 One Quiet Plunge
Summary:Chamber work call with electronics
Deadline: 01 June 2018
Date Posted: 22 February 2018
Details: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — Commissioned Works

We are seeking landscapes, real and imagined.

One Quiet Plunge, an organization devoted to new music performance in New York’s Hudson Valley, is commissioning one to three new works on the theme of place and landscape for premiere in August 2018 on our program country/…/city/…. Blending found sounds and video footage of the landscapes of the Valley with newly commissioned works that create “imaginary landscapes” from the same material, the program will explore what place can mean to each of us.

Commissioned works will be for viola, piano, and electronics (or a subset thereof) and will be premiered by violist Christiana Reader and pianist Alex Peh. The chosen composers will be student or emerging composers of any age living or studying in the Hudson Valley (an emerging composer is defined as someone who does not have a track record of regular performances by professional ensembles). The fee for each commission is $200.

Interested composers are invited to submit any materials that give a sense of the piece you hope to compose, including prose descriptions, sketches, and (especially) recorded soundscapes or viewscapes of the landscape your piece would be reacting to. Composer should also submit 1-2 scores representative of their instrumental writing and music in general. Any aesthetic will be considered. There is no fee to submit.

Questions and submissions should be sent to onequietplunge@gmail.com and should arrive by April 1, 2018. Larger files may be sent via a file service such as WeTransfer or Dropbox. Commissioned composers will be notified by May 1, 2018.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — Soundscapes/Viewscapes

We are seeking landscapes.

One Quiet Plunge, an organization devoted to new music performance in New York’s Hudson Valley, is currently building our program country/…/city/… for presentation in August 2018. Blending found sounds and video footage of the landscapes of the Valley with newly commissioned works that create “imaginary landscapes” from the same material, the program will explore what place can mean to each of us.

We are soliciting submissions of recorded soundscapes and viewscapes from around the Valley. Capture a place that is unique, that is special to you, that gives others a new perspective on what life in this area can look, sound, and feel like. Chosen works will be presented in a multimedia production alongside new pieces for viola, piano, and electronics performed by violist Christiana Reader and pianist Alex Peh.

Anyone with a connection to the Hudson Valley may submit to this call. Although submissions should be of the highest feasible quality, they need not be at a professional level; submissions made with common smartphone apps are encouraged. All video should be shot in landscape format. There is no fee to submit.

Questions and submissions should be sent to onequietplunge@gmail.com and should arrive by June 1, 2018. Larger files may be sent via a file service such as WeTransfer or Dropbox.
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