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 Contemporary Music Lab
Summary:Composition Workshop
Deadline: 31 July 2018
Date Posted: 18 July 2018
Details: The Contemporary Music Lab launches the 1st Composition Workshop which will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, between 29 November to 01 December 2018, at the European University Cyprus and will include composition, analysis classes as well as rehearsals with the guest ensemble. The workshop aims to engage with young composers who wish to complete a new work, taking advantage of the experience and advice from guest composers and performers during the sessions and rehearsals.

All new works composed for the workshop will be presented and recorded during a concert open to the public.

• Submission Deadline:
31 July 2018

• Workshop Dates:
29 November – 01 December

•Guest Ensemble:
Varyaulos ΙΙΙ (2 Bassoons and Piano)


•Conditions
1.The workshop is open to composers born after December 1, 1983.

2.Composers’ applications and dossiers for the Composition Workshops will be examined by a reading panel made up of guest instructors whose decisions are final.

3.The directors in agreement with the instructors responsible for the workshop, have the right to dismiss a score if it cannot be realized during the work sessions.

4.Tuition: 85 € for active participants
40 € for auditors


• How to apply:

A full application should be sent to cmlcworkshop@gmail.com including:


– The application form duly completed and signed

– A recent ID photograph (passport format)
– A curriculum vitae (studies, current activities, achievements in the field of the composition, etc) written in English
– Up to three (3) scores with recordings where available (links to large files are accepted) demonstrating the skills of the composers in solo and chamber music writing.


• Submission deadline:
31st July 2018
Incomplete applications or applications without payment of the registration fee will not be considered.

Selected candidates will receive a confirmation email by 10 August 2018


The selection panel will assign one of the following four instrumental combinations to each selected composer who will have to submit scores and parts by 10 October 2018 the latest:

Option 1
Solo Bassoon – Duration up to 5 minutes

Option 2
Bassoon Duet - Duration up to 5 minutes

Option 3
Bassoon and Piano - Duration up to 5 minutes

Option 4
2 Bassoons and Piano - Duration up to 5 minutes

• Course fees (paid on the first day of the Workshop):

Active participant: 85 euro
Auditor: 40 euro

For more information:

cmlcworkshop@gmail.com

Web Site:cmlcworkshop.com/projects/composition%20workshop%202018.html