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 Cum Laude Music Awards
Summary:Chamber Call with Choice of Instrumentation
Deadline: 28 February 2017
Date Posted: 04 August 2016
Details: International Consonant Chamber Music
Composition Contest

Premiering, Performing, Recording and Broadcasting New Music for a New Audience

The value of the award is up to 30,000 € investment in the dissemination of the winning works. The prize is a full program of international promotion of the winning works through his performance in concert halls world-class with renowned interpreters. In addition, a CD Audio will be recorded provided that there is established in the point No.9 of Prize Rules section is accomplish. The recording will feature an international broadcast campaign between broadcasters and print media.

The premiere or performance of the work will be videotaped, additionally, for submission to be broadcasted by Spanish Radio Television. Each winning author will also receive 50 copies of the recording. The distribution of the recording in the United States and Canada will be made through Naxos of America and Europe through Semele Music Projects. The recording will be distributed on digital download stores both high resolution and generic stores too.

◦ Any possible combination that includes up to 2 violins, viola, cello, piano and soprano. It can be present works for a single instrument alone but not for voice a capella. As an example we could cite:
◦ Piano Trio
◦ String Quartet
◦ String Quartet and Soprano
◦ String Trio
◦ Piano
◦ Viola and Piano
◦ Piano Quintet
◦ etc...

◦ Can participate composers of any age but over 18 years and of any nationality irrespective of their place of residence.
◦ The works can not be longer than 20 minutes, or less than 3 minutes.
◦ The work may have been performed and / or recorded previously, but never released in Spain.
◦ There is a registration fee for each work a composer present to this contest of $50 / 45€ to be paid online through PayPal.
◦ Of each registered work it must be provided a single PDF containing the full score and particellas, and a MP3 audio file containing either a recording of a performance or a simulation performed in MIDI instruments. All contact details for the composer, a biography of 250 words maximum, a color photograph high resolution and an email address is also needed. All this material will be sent through the website page that the Non Profit Music Foundation enabled the composer once the registration amount paid.
◦ Each composer can submit unlimited works provided are appropriate to the template shown below. The material submitted for registration will not be returned to the author and will be destroyed except after the winning works for dissemination. When submitting a work the composer explicitly recognizes that owns the copyright and exploit rights and accept no liability to the Non Profit Music Foundation for the use of the work.
◦ The composers of the winning works will transfer their rights for free for the music recording, performance, premiere, broadcast television and image rights subject to copyright arising from the concepts of public performance and mechanical reproduction which will be controlled by the General Society of Authors of Spain and they will get through it in their respective management copyright entities of their respective countries.

◦ The works that sign must have the intention of getting a new audience for classical music in a way that stimulates the creation of new audiences for it. To this end each entry will have digital access to a recording published by Non Profit Music Foundation that brings together such intention.
◦ The languages for vocal music should be among the following: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin.
◦ The deadline for registration is February 28th / 2017.
◦ In any case the amount of registration will be refunded. Once the payment is meant the understanding and acceptance of all rules. If in doubt use the contact form before enrolling. The languages accepted for communication are Spanish and English. Keep on mind the English translation of this rules could have errors so, in case of doubt check the Spanish Cum Laude Music Awards page.
◦ No one connected with this institution or with the jury can participate.


Web Site:www.nonprofitmusic.org/en/cum-laude-music-awards.html#reglas