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Phillip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters - Deadline Extended

 Phillip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters - Deadline Extended
Summary:Songwriting Competition
Deadline: 19 September 2014
Date Posted: 27 August 2014
Details: The deadline for entries to the Phillip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters, at Birmingham Conservatoire, has been extended until 19 September.

Young composers from all over the UK are invited to enter the 2014 Philip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters.

Budding musicians between the ages of 16 and 25 may submit works in any style as long as they are for one or two singers/vocalists and between two and five players. The application deadline is Friday 19 September 2014 and the winning entries will receive a cash prize and a public performance.

Composition competition prizes
The competition offers three cash prizes:

£300 awarded by Birmingham Conservatoire
£300 awarded by the Philip Bates Trust
£200 awarded by the audience.
Shortlisted works will be performed at a concert in November 2014 and an opportunity will be given for one of the prize winning works to be performed again at 'A Touch of Basil' in September 2014, a concert organised by the Philip Bates Trust.

In memory of Phillip Bates
Philip Bates, a young man from Castle Bromwich with a promising musical future ahead of him, was tragically killed shortly after his nineteenth birthday in March 2000.

To honour his memory, the Philip Bates Trust (founded to encourage young musicians like Philip) and leading music college Birmingham Conservatoire (part of Birmingham City University) jointly run the annual Philip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters.

Competition Entry Requirements
This exceptionally broad competition has recognised talent in a variety of genres in the past.

It encourages entries in everything from classical, jazz and folk to singer-songwriter ballads, Asian music and rock, as long as the work is suitable for live performance and appealing to a wide range of concert-goers.

Works should last between six and 12 minutes and instrumentation is up to the composer. Only one entry may be submitted per composer.

How to Enter
To enter the competition, please submit the following using our online submission form:

Cover letter
Score
An audio recording of your composition

Web Site:http://www.bcu.ac.uk/pme/conservatoire/news/composition-competition-deadline-extended