The 2018 Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize
| The 2018 Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize | |
| Summary: | Children's Choir Competition |
| Deadline: | 20 June 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 17 May 2017 |
| Details: |
The 2018 Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize is sponsored by the Doug and Ruth Boshkoff family in order to encourage the composition of high-quality octavos for elementary, middle school and high school choral groups. Ruth Boshkoff received a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College and a Master of Music Education from the University of Buffalo. In addition, she has earned both Kodály and Orff certifications. She was a member of the faculty and choir director at the St. Charles School in Bloomington for 20 years and, after retirement, became director of the Indiana University Children’s Choir. Ruth has served on the National Board of the Organization of Kodály Educators and is the Associate Editor of its journal, The Kodály ENVOY. With Mary Goetze and Angela Broeker, she co-authored the book Educating Young Singers: A Choral Resource for Teacher-Conductors. Ruth composes for children’s choirs. With this initiative she hopes to encourage teachers to write for their own choirs, and to help children in their classrooms and choirs to create their own music. Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize Application | Deadline: June 20 Entry Fee: Non-refundable $5.00 USD for non-OAKE members. Fee waived for active OAKE members. Rules, Requirements and Timeline | PDF Version: TIMELINE: • June 20: Composers’ portfolios are due. Please apply using the online form found at www.oake.org. • June 20-25: Committee will select finalists. These portfolios will be submitted to Ruth Boshkoff, who will select the winner. • July 1: Winner will be notified and will consult with Ruth regarding the selection of a text for the National Children’s Choir piece (approximately 150 singers who will be in grades 4 – 5 with treble voices). • August 15: Winner sends composition manuscript to Ruth Boshkoff for comments. • September 15: Composition is completed and submitted to OAKE for inclusion in all choral packets for the 2018 National Children’s Choir. • March 2018: Winning composition will be premiered at the 2018 OAKE National Conference in Oklahoma City, OK March 22nd – 25th with the composer being recognized at the National Conference Choirs concert, Saturday March 24th. Cash prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the composer. Opportunities to meet and work with the children’s choir members and the conductor can be arranged. OAKE reserves the right to not award a prize. |
| Web Site: | www.oake.org/contests-and-awards/ |
