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Busan Choral Competition

 Busan Choral Competition
Summary:Choral Competition
Deadline: 31 May 2017
Date Posted: 30 November 2016
Details: Throughout its festival and competition history, Busan Choral has fostered cultural exchange and promoted high quality of choral music by attracting notable artists, conductors, and composers to one of Asia’s top choral festivals. The Busan Choral Composition Competition seeks to engage with aspiring young composers and to encourage the creation and performance of new works written for the choral music genre. The 1st winning work will be premiered at the 2017 Busan Choral Festival & Competition during the week of September 6-9, 2017.

Composer must be born between JUN 30, 1997 and JUN 30, 1977
(exceptions may be considered under the BCFC committee's review.)

-3-10 minutes in duration
-Piece must be for unaccompanied, equal or mixed voices choir.
-Smaller, portable percussion instruments are allowed. (Xylophone, vibraphone and timpani not allowed).
-Text can be chosen from Latin, English or Korean. If another language is chosen, a detailed English synopsis and pronunciation must be included in the score.
-Compositions must not have been previously published or awarded in previous composition competitions and never publicly performed.

Application: 31st May Deadline

-Complete Online Application Form
-Résumé/CV (*.doc / *.docx)
-Copy of passport or ID Card with date of birth in JPEG format
-Score in PDF format
-English synopsis and pronunciation
-Midi recording (by computer software) in MP3 format

Web Site:www.busanchoral.org/bcfc/competition/cc_guide02.asp