Opportunities




		Opportunities The 2008 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award Postmark Deadline: February 29, 2008 Open to any composer, regardless of age or nationality. $15 entrance fee; first prize $1,000; second prize $500; performances by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble in the fall of 2008 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Anonymous submission of full scores of any style or aesthetic direction for one to fifteen performers (including vocalists) may be submitted. Works for tape, electronics and/or mixed media with or without instruments/voices are eligible. Duration 20 minutes maximum. Website Email The Fifty-fifth Annual Washington International Competition for Piano Deadline: March 20, 2008 This competition, which rotates among voice, strings and composition, and piano, is presented by the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation, which has several SAIs on its board. Ages 18-28 are eligible. Winners receive opportunity for solo recitals and cash prizes ($10,000 First Prize, $4,000 Second; $2,000 Third). This competition has identified several young artists over the years who are now internationally known, including Jessye Norman. Finals will be held in the Kennedy Center May 24-25, 2008. Find information and the application at www.fmmc.org; then click on “International Competitions.” The application must be filled out on line. Contact Dr. Immanuela Gruenberg International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) 27th Annual Competition for Women Composers Deadline for receipt of entry: March 14, 2008 Several competitions, each with special requirements, e.g ., minimum age 50; women 21 and under, etc. Cash and performance prizes. Contestants must be IAWM members or must join at the time of entry ($55 individual; $30 student; $30 senior over 65; $80 - Joint; $1000 - Lifetime). You may send your membership check along with your competition submission. A composer may submit only one piece in any given year in only one chosen category. The work submitted must be unpublished by a major publishing house and must have won no prior awards at the time of entry in the competition. Submissions are anonymous. Website click on “Opportunities & Competitions” Email 2nd Magistralia Competition for Music Creation for Women Postmark deadline: March 31, 2008 The competition is open to all women composers of all nationalities and ages. Each composer may present a single original and unpublished musical creation 10-15 minutes in length. The orchestral formation will be symphonic without solo instruments or vocals with a maximum number of instruments (listed on website). The compositions will be submitted under a pseudonym, by certified post to the Magistralia Foundation (Centro Comercial “Soto De Llanera, 12 A-B. 33423 Pruvia, Asturias, Spain) addressed to “Magistralia Competition for Musical Creation.” The music score must be submitted in CD, in pdf, Finale or Sibelius format in a sealed envelope. Website VOICES FOUND Choral Anthem Contest Deadline for receipt: May 1, 2008 The Women’s Sacred Music Project announces an international contest for choral anthem settings of texts and/or tunes by women in VOICES FOUND, a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church. $50 entry fee. A total of $6,000 in prizes (three envisioned) will be awarded; winning compositions will be performed in 2009 at the Princeton University Chapel. Scores must be set in a commonly used note setting program. Website 2008 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition Application Deadline: April 1, 2008 The seventh Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition will be held between June 1 and June 7, 2008, at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. The competition is open to conductors, regardless of age, sex, or nationality. Entries will be screened by an international panel of judges who will select 24 to compete in the first round of the competition. Decisions will be announced by April 15, 2008. Applications must be complete in one package; three cash prizes will be awarded. Website [Click on competition links.] Contacts Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or Joan Murray at 423-894-5748 8th Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition Application Deadline: May 16, 2008 September 23 to October 4, 2008, Paris, France The contest is open to flutists of all nationalities born after September 23, 1978. Application form must be accompanied by the following documents: cv, photocopy of identity card or passport; photograph; short biography; two original letters of recommendation; required payment; and color photo. Contest requires inscription fee and entry fee for those accepted for first round. Cash prizes and performance contracts; Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris is 10,000 Euro. Website Concordia Youth Chorale Woman Composer Competition Application Deadline: June 1, 2008 Setting for “a cappella” treble voices (SSA) of a poem by W.B. Yeats not more than 5 minutes in length. Choice of poem is up to the composer. The Concordia Youth Chorale is comfortable singing down to F below middle C (altos) and high B naturals (soprano 1). Some divisi is also fine. For return of materials please enclose a SASE. There will be a $500 prize for the winner + performances in New Jersey and on the choir’s 2009 Irish tour. The performances will be recorded. Composers should feel free to contact the CYC at the number or e-mail address below. Website Email Phone: 732-495-2066 Gyeongnam (Korea) International Music Competition 2008 - Piano Application Deadline: August 16, 2008 (Arrival, not postmark) The competition is open to pianists of any nationality born on or after November 2, 1978, and on or before November 1, 1993. Applicants who are selected to participate in the 1st stage of the competition must submit an entry fee of $100 USD; cash prizes total $72,000 USD (First Prize $30,000). Application form must be accompanied by a recent resume or cv; a recording of applicant’s performance; two photos; copy of passport; recommendation letters from two eminent musicians; a letter that proves the recording is not edited. Website (click on “2008 Competition”) Email Phone: Tongyeong International Music Festival Foundation at +82-2-3474-8315
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