The 2nd Peter Rosser Composition Award 2017
| The 2nd Peter Rosser Composition Award 2017 | |
| Summary: | Quintet Competition |
| Deadline: | 28 April 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 08 February 2017 |
| Details: |
We are delighted to announce that the 2nd Peter Rosser Composition award is now open. We wish all the composers planning to submit the very best of luck and look forward to seeing your scores by the deadline. Deadline for submission: 4pm Fri 28th April 2017 3 prizewinning composers will be shortlisted by Fri 12th May 2017 and the shortlisted composers will be informed by email. All shortlisted works will be workshopped, performed and recorded (as well as video streamed) by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble at a special event in Red Box Recording Studio, Belfast on Fri 26th May 2017. CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSION Submission to the award is open to composers born or domicile in N. Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The competition is open to composers regardless of age. However, the award is aimed at emerging composers. The organisers, therefore, welcome submissions from composers at the start of their careers. AWARDS The following awards will be bestowed: • 1ST PRIZE £1,000 • 2ND PRIZE £500 • 3RD PRIZE £250 1.1 All submitted compositions should not have been performed before, must not be published and should be written speci cally for the 2nd Peter Rosser Composition Award and the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble. The following statement must appear in a preface page of the score: “This score was written for submission in the 2nd Peter Rosser Composition Award 2017 and for the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble”. 1.2 Compositions must use all 5 of the following instruments: Violin,Cello,Flute (optional doubling picc & alto), Bb Clarinet (optional doubling bass clarinet) and piano. Scores that di er in any way from this instrumentation will not be admissible. The use of electronics or a tape element is not permitted. 1.3 The composition should be between 5 and 8 minutes duration and should state the exact duration in the preface page. 1.4 Only composers who can attend the workshop and performance in Belfast on Friday 26th May 2017 will be eligible for the award. A travel bursary for composers traveling to the event from within NI and ROI will be made available through the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland. 1.5 The decision of the jury in relation to the shortlisting of works and the bestowing of awards is final. No further correspondence will be entered into. 1.6 The jury reserves the right not to make awards where it feels a minimum required standard has not been met. 1.7 Only one piece may be submitted by a composer. |
| Web Site: | www.hardrainensemble.com/peter-rosser-composition-award |
