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KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI 14TH INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS’ COMPETITION 2015

 KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI 14TH INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS’ COMPETITION 2015
Summary:Voice and Orchestra
Deadline: 15 August 2015
Date Posted: 29 April 2015
Details: REGULATIONS

Competition

1. The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.

2. More than one score per composer is permitted.

3. It is possible to submit works already performed and/or awarded in other competitions, excluding compositions already published.

Genre

Only compositions for voice (lyric soprano, range C4-C6) and symphony orchestra (with a conductor) will be considered. Max. orchestration: 2222 – 4200 – perc (2 performers) – harp – strings (12.10.6.5.4)
Duration: from 10 to 16 minutes.
prizes

The First Prize – 18.000 PLN

The Second Prize – 9.000 PLN

The Third Prize – 4.000 PLN

PWM Edition’s Special Prize for the Youngest Winner: a set of Polish contemporary music scores.

Jury

Paul Patterson (United Kingdom)

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (Poland)

Elżbieta Sikora (France/Poland)

The decisions of the Jury are final.

The prize winners’ concert

The awarded compositions will be performed on 15th of November 2015 in the Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Polish Radio, at a special concert organised by the ISCM Polish Section and Polish Radio Channel 2. The concert will be broadcasted and offered to all members of the European Broadcasting Union.

The composer of the awarded work must provide all the performance material at their own expense and send them to the ISCM Polish Section until 20st of October 2015.

Composers declare that they possess all rights to their pieces, their composition is original and all materials (parts and full score) are available to the Competition’s organiser free of charge.

Entries

The score should be submitted anonymously and marked with an alphanumeric emblem.
Sealed envelope marked with the same emblem containing the following data should be attached:
a) composer’s full name: first name (s), surname, gender,

b) date and place of birth,

c) nationality,

d) address, telephone, e-mail address or fax,

e) title and duration of the composition,

f) brief programme note about composition in English, (or Polish and English)

g) biography and current photo of the composer.

The entries should be sent to the following address:

ISCM Polish Section (PTMW)

ul. Mazowiecka 11/24

00-052 Warsaw, Poland

phone/fax: + 48 22 827-69-81

mobile: +48 535-266-363

e-mail: ptmw@epistola.pl

The deadline for submission of scores is August 15th, 2015. The postmark is decisive.

Entry fee

Entry fee for participants is 200 PLN (50 EUR) for each score.
The amount should be sent in one of the following ways: PAYPAL on the ISCM Polish Section’s website: www.ptmw.art.pl (preferred) or bank transfer (bank charges covered by a sender) to the following account:
ISCM Polish Section

PKO Bank Polski S.A., Warsaw Branch

account number (IBAN): PL 77 1020 1013 0000 0302 0127 1394

Code BIC (Swift): BPKOPLPW
Web Site:www.ptmw.art.pl/?p=3703&lang=en