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RED NOTE New Music Festival Eighth Annual Composition Competition

 RED NOTE New Music Festival Eighth Annual Composition Competition
Summary:Competition with 3 categories
Deadline: 01 November 2017
Date Posted: 20 September 2017
Details: General Guidelines (Applicable to all three categories)

• Works may include non-interactive electroacoustic elements (e.g., CD playback).
• Works may have been performed before, but should not have been composed before the year 2000.
• An entry fee of $25 must be included with the first score submitted, regardless of category. There is an entry fee of $15 for each additional score submitted, regardless of category. For example, a composer who submits one score to Category A and another to Category B must submit a $40 entry fee. Composers may submit as many works as they like in any category.
• Previous winners in any category of the RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition may not enter.
• Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Illinois State University may not enter.
• The winning composer must agree to provide parts by February 1, 2018, in order to guarantee a performance of the winning work at the RED NOTE New Music Festival.
• Attendance at the Festival is encouraged but not required.
• In the unlikely event that no entry is worthy of the award in a given category, the University reserves the right to award no prizes or prize money in that category.

Additional Guidelines- Category A (Chamber Ensemble)
• Submitted works may be scored for any number of players or vocalists, but no more than one instrument or voice type may be doubled. For example, a work for two violins and wind quintet would be eligible, but a work for two violins and two cellos would not be eligible.
• In addition, works which include three or more of any instrument or voice type other than percussion are not eligible (e.g., a work for three trombones). Large ensemble works which require three percussionists but otherwise meet the guidelines are eligible.
• The composer of the winning work in Category A will receive a $1000 prize, and the work will be performed by faculty members of the Illinois State University School of Music at the RED NOTE New Music Festival in Normal, Illinois, on March 29, 2018.
• If the instrumentation of the winning work is for some subset of Onix Ensamble’s instrumentation, it may instead be considered by Onix for performance at the RED NOTE New Music Festival.
• Works must not exceed 15 minutes in duration.
• The final round of the Competition will be judged by nationally and internationally recognized composers.

Additional Guidelines- Category B (Wind Ensemble)

Submitted works should be scored for wind ensemble, with the following maximum instrumentation:

Piccolo
2 Flutes (divisi possible, 1 dbl. piccolo or alto flute)
2 Oboes (1 dbl. English Horn)
3 B-flat Clarinets (divisi possible)
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
4 Saxophones (AATB or SATB)
4 Horns
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
Euphonium (divisi possible)
Tuba (divisi possible)
Piano
Timpani + 4 Percussionists
String Bass


• The composer of the winning work in Category B will receive a $750 prize, and the work will be performed by the Illinois State University Wind Symphony conducted by Tony Marinello, at the RED NOTE New Music Festival in Normal, Illinois, on March 26, 2018.
• Doublings, or additional instrumentation, not listed above may be permissible at the discretion of Mr. Marinello.
• The ISU Wind Symphony is an advanced ensemble which features the School of Music’s top performers. However, judges reserve the right to consider playability in their deliberations.
• Works must not exceed 12 minutes in duration.
• Works featuring soloists (e.g., concertos) may be submitted with the understanding that the soloist must be supplied at no expense to the ISU Wind Symphony, and that the soloist must be able to attend at least one full rehearsal with the ensemble in advance of the concert date, as well as the dress rehearsal before the concert.
• The final round of the Competition will be judged by members of the Illinois State University wind conducting faculty.

Additional Guidelines - Category C (Chorus)
• Submitted works must be scored for mixed choir in 4-6 parts, with moderate divisi.
• Works may be with or without accompaniment
• Works may be untexted, or set to text of any language.
• The composer of the winning work in Category C will receive a $750 prize, and the work will be performed by the ISU Concert Choir at the RED NOTE New Music Festival in Normal, Illinois, on March 29, 2018.
• Works must not exceed 15 minutes in duration.
• The final round of the Competition will be judged by Dr. Karyl Carlson, Director of Choral Activities at Illinois State University.

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2017. Results will be announced by January 15, 2018.
Web Site:finearts.illinoisstate.edu/red-note/competition/#tabs-accord-accordion4