Composition competition LAUDEM 2017
| Composition competition LAUDEM 2017 | |
| Summary: | Choral competition |
| Deadline: | 15 September 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 28 March 2017 |
| Details: |
LAUDEM, the Association of Liturgical Musicians of Canada, organizes a composition competition on the occasion of the 375th anniversary of Montréal Eligibility: Every person, regardless of nationality or age, who is not member of the Administrative Council of LAUDEM, is eligible to apply. Important dates: Friday, September 15, 2017: Deadline for submitting the works. Monday, October 9, 2017: finalists and winner(s) are announced during the annual Study Day, organized by LAUDEM, which will take place on October 9. Sunday, November 12, 2017: concert featuring the works of the finalists and the winner(s), included in the Oasis Musicale concert series at Saint George Anglican Church in Montréal. Le mercredi 22 novembre 2017, Interprétation de certaines œuvres retenues au Concours LAUDEM à l’occasion d’une messe en l’honneur de Sainte Cécile à l’église montréalaise dont elle est patronne. Wednesday, November 22 2017: Presentation of certain works during a mass honouring Saint Cecilia at the Montréal Catholic church of which she is the Patron Saint. Beginning of 2018: publications of the winning compositions (and others, as per discretion of the jury) by LAUDEM Publishing House. Jury and prizes: The jury will comprise the members of the Administrative Council of LAUDEM. The composer will receive a monetary prize of CAN $500 The winning work will be published by LAUDEM Publishing House. The jury can choose more than one winning work. In this case, the monetary prize will be divided between the composers of the winning works. The jury can accord more than one prize and can recommend more than one work for publication. The decisions of the jury are final. Participation: The work must use the text provided, but it does not have to be necessarily composed for the competition. The work may have been performed before the competition. Each composer may submit more than one work. The work will be scored for SATB without divisi, a cappella, or with organ. Fees: There are no fees to participate in the competition. Submission: The following information and documents will be sent to laudem.canada@gmail.com: 1) A word of PDF file containing your name, nationality, date of birth, e-mail address and phone number. 2) Score in PDF format, letter size or A4 size. Text (translation included to facilitate comprehension): The psalmody is included here as information only. You do NOT have to use it in your composition. Tubas cum cytharis jam nunc assumite. Now take hold of trumpets and zythers Triumphum Martyris jam nunc celebrate. Now celebrate the triumph of a martyr. Angelorum et Virginum agmina. Troops of the Angels and Virgins, Et cum voce laetitiae dicite. With the voice of gladness say: [O felix Caecilia! O felix Caecilia!] [O blessed Cecilia! O blessed Cecilia!] Praeclara sitiens illa victoriae Thirsting for a brilliant victory, In corpus saeviens virtute gratiae. In her body to fury burst the strength of grace, Tradit furentibus. (Her body) that she delivers to the furious. Membra mucronibus. Her members (which she delivers) to their sharp instruments. [O felix Caecilia! O felix Caecilia!] [O blessed Cecilia! O blessed Cecilia!] Et nos qui gemimus favens nos respice. And we who moan, look at us favorably. Saepe quem laesimus sta coram judice. Stand before the Judge whom we have often offended: Liberis det mentibus ad caelum tendere. May He give our souls, when detached from their bodies, to go to Heaven. Purgatosque sordibus fac tecum vivere. And purified from their defilements, make them live in your company. [O felix Caecilia! O felix Caecilia!] [O blessed Cecilia! O blessed Cecilia!] |
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