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FIFTEEN-MINUTES-OF-FAME: WEST POINT BAND - "SERVICE"

 FIFTEEN-MINUTES-OF-FAME: WEST POINT BAND - "SERVICE"
Summary:Military Band Competition
Deadline: 30 May 2016
Date Posted: 17 March 2016
Details: In a unique collaboration, the West Point Band joins Vox Novus to find 15
one-minute works by living composers to honor and commemorate the men and
women of service.

These 15 works written specifically for the West Point Band is part of
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame a Vox Novus music project. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame:
West Point Band - "Service" will be premiered September 11, 2016 at Trinity
Church, 75 Broadway, New York City. The West Point Band is looking for
works that challenge and inspire and what the theme "Service" means to all
different kinds of people such as military, first responders, community
service, and everyday kindness.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is a project which features fifteen one-minute works
by fifteen composers, written specifically for the performers. The purpose
of the project is to promote a great variety of contemporary music to
audiences hungry to hear what living composers are writing today. Vox Novus
has previously collaborated with West Point in 2012 for
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: West Point Woodwind Quintet, commemorating the
sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

Submissions will be scored for full concert band and composed specifically
for the West Point Band. The one-minute works will be premiered by the West
Point Band in a special concert held September 11th at Trinity church in
downtown New York City.

Works are submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org and include a score, audio
file, biography of the composer, and program notes of the piece. Each work
is dedicated to the West Point Band. Deadline for submissions is Memorial
Day, May 30, 2016. Details of the call for works can be found on Music
Avatar at: http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/30068.html

The West Point Band is the Army's oldest musical organization and continues
to provide world-class music to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of
Cadets and to serve as ambassadors of the United States Military Academy and
the Army to local, national, and international communities. Its innovative
programs and performances are enjoyed across the globe through regular
television, radio, and recordings. The West Point Band traces its lineage
back to a single drummer and fifer left to maintain the tradition of
military music at West Point after the Revolutionary War. Over the next 200
years, the band evolved into one of the most capable and versatile
professional performing groups in the world. The organization fulfills more
than 1600 official missions annually, including military and patriotic
ceremonies, public concerts, parades, professional and collegiate sporting
events, internet, radio and television broadcasts, and numerous ceremonies
and special events for the Corps of Cadets, the West Point community, New
York City, and the broader area of the northeastern United States. As the
senior premier musical representative of the United States Army, the band
has appeared at numerous historical events. It performed at dedication and
rededication ceremonies of the Erie Canal; at the St. Louis, Chicago and New
York World's Fairs; Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty, and at the
battlefield at Gettysburg; for the funerals of Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin
D. Roosevelt as well as the inaugurations of numerous presidents.

Vox Novus is a new music production and promotion company. Through concert
programs such as Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, Vox Novus seeks to empower
composers, musicians, and community music creators. Finding innovative
methods of concert formats and presentation, Vox Novus introduces audiences
to the vast wealth of music being created by today's composers and
musicians. Since 2000, Vox Novus has premiered the works of thousands of
composers in more than 500 performances throughout the world.
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame creates opportunities for 15 composers to express
themselves and have the chance to write for a prominent ensemble. More about
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame can be found on the website
www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com

For more information, contact Robert Voisey at support@voxnovus.com.


Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: West Point Band - "Service"
Deadline: Memorial Day, May 30, 2016

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: West Point Band - "Service" to be premiered
September 11, 2016 at Trinity Church, 75 Broadway, New York City.

The theme for this call is "Service" and what it means to all different
kinds of people such as military, first responders, community service, and
everyday kindness.

The West Point Band is looking for works that challenge and inspire; while
at the same time are easily programmable for presentation before a broad
audience.

Guidelines:
-Works are for the full concert band. The following instruments are
available:
3 flutes (usually 2 flutes and one picc, but all double on picc when
needed)
8 clarinets (E flat, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, bass)
2 oboes (EH as needed)
2 bassoons
4 saxes (alto/sop, alto, tenor, bari)
6 trumpets (doubling on cornet/flugel/C trumpet/whatever else)
4 horns
4 trombones (3 tenor, 1 bass)
2 euphoniums
2 tubas
1 timp
4 percussionists
1 piano
1 double bass
1 guitar (doubles on banjo, mandolin, and electric guitars)

-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performers.
-All pieces must be premieres.
-No works over a minute will be reviewed.
-Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!
-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work
online.
-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: West Point Band - "Service" and press the "submit"
button to start the submission process.
-You will need to provide a maximum 50-word biography and 50-word program
notes.
-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file. Include the score and
parts together as one PDF file.
-Uploading an audio file is recommended; but not required
-Must include the dedication to West Point Band on the first page of music
of the score.
-Performance notes should be included in the score.

Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website
www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com and
Composer's Site www.ComposersSite.com

About the Performers:
The West Point Band is the Army's oldest musical organization and continues
to provide world-class music to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of
Cadets and to serve as ambassadors of the United States Military Academy and
the Army to local, national, and international communities. Its innovative
programs and performances are enjoyed across the globe through regular
television, radio, and recordings. The West
Point Band traces its lineage back to a single drummer and fifer left to
maintain the tradition of military music at West Point after the
Revolutionary War. Over the next 200 years, the band evolved into one of
the most capable and versatile professional performing groups in the world.

Many band members hold graduate degrees from the world's finest music
schools and all have earned substantial professional musical achievements
prior to serving their country as professional musicians.
The organization fulfills more than 1600 official missions annually,
including military and patriotic ceremonies, public concerts, parades,
professional and collegiate sporting events, internet, radio and television
broadcasts, and numerous ceremonies and special events for the Corps of
Cadets, the West Point community, New York City, and the broader area of the
northeastern United States.

As the senior premier musical representative of the United States Army, the
band has appeared at numerous historical events. It performed at dedication
and rededication ceremonies of the Erie Canal; at the St. Louis, Chicago and
New York World's Fairs; Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty, and at
the battlefield at Gettysburg; for the funerals of Ulysses S. Grant and
Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as the inaugurations of numerous presidents.
Additionally, the West Point Band has collaborated with some of the finest
musical ensembles in the country, including the New York Philharmonic and
the Boston Pops.

Members of the West Point Band have also been showcased at Carnegie Hall and
Lincoln Center The Today Show, 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, A&E and
documentaries occurring on the History and Discovery Channels, and even
featured on their own national broadcast of "A West Point Holiday Show" on
Fox News during the holidays in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Additionally, the band
also collaborates with Columbia University, and the English and Philosophy,
Geography, and History departments at West Point as dynamic teaching
resources.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works by different composers
written for a specific performer or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives
a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what
is being created in today's music scene.

"...the 15 Minutes of Fame project of Vox Novus is a godsend. It organizes
competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of
approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for
premieres. The players, themselves emerging and without the funds for a
traditional commission fee, get original works to present, while the
likewise emerging composers get a chance for exposure and a premiere..." -
Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame was designed by producer and composer Robert Voisey
to create an opportunity for composers to get their works performed and
heard by audiences around the world.

More can be found at Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame
www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com
or
Music Avatar
http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/30068.html
Web Site:http://www.fifteen-minutes-of-fame.com/
Email:support@voxnovus.com