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2016 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition

 2016 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition
Summary:Chamber Music Competition
Deadline: 31 March 2016
Date Posted: 03 September 2015
Details: Earplay sponsors the annual Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition, open to composers of any nationality and any age. Earplay performs the prizewinning piece and presents a cash prize of $1,000 to the winning composer. The competition honors the late composer and Earplay board member Donald Aird.

You can submit an Aird competition application electronically or by mail. Please send mail if you have questions or comments.


Past competition winners:
1 2001 Massimo Lauricella
2 2001 Shintaro Imai
3 2002 Christophe Bertrand
4 2003 João Pedro Oliveira
5 2004 Vincent Chee-Yung Ho
6 2005 Fredrik Fahlman
7 2006 Mirtru Escalona-Mijares
8 2007 Hèctor Parra
9 2008 Nicolas Tzortzis
10 2009 Tolga Yayalar
11 2010 Adam Roberts
12 2011 Sven Daigger
13 2012 Alexander Elliott Miller
14 2013 Vera Ivanova
15 2014 Daniel Tacke

Eligibility:
1 Applicants may be of any nationality.
2 Applicants may be of any age.

Compositions:
Works are limited to 1 to 6 players chosen from Earplay's ensemble:
1 flute/piccolo/alto flute
2 clarinet/bass clarinet
3 piano
4 violin
5 viola
6 cello
Works may include electronics.
Works may be of any duration (8-15 minutes preferred).
Each composer may submit any number of pieces.

Award:
Cash prize: $1,000.
Performance by Earplay during our next season.
Earplay will announce the winner in fall 2016.
All entries will be considered for future performance.

Deadline:
Applications must be submitted online or postmarked by March 31, 2016.

Application:
Earplay strongly encourages you to use online application, but if you prefer you can print an application form, fill it out, and mail it instead. You can use online application even if you intend to mail some parts of your application (composer bio, score, program note, recording, or payment). Sorry, mailed submission materials cannot be returned.

Checklist:
• Completed application form or online application (preferred)
• Brief composer biography
• Score (all composer identification removed)
• Brief program note
• Recording (not required but strongly recommended, all composer identification removed)
• Application fee US $26 per score (cash, check, or PayPal payment)

Mailing address:
Earplay
2016 Donald Aird Composers Competition
560 29th Street
San Francisco, CA 94131-2239

Further information: aird@earplay.org
Web Site:http://www.earplay.org/www/competition.php