Charlotte New Music Festival
| Charlotte New Music Festival | |
| Summary: | Competition with 2 categories |
| Deadline: | 10 November 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 19 October 2017 |
| Details: |
The Charlotte New Music Festival (CNMF), Beo String Quartet, and Red Clay Saxophone Quartet are happy to announce our third annual composition contest. This is a call for scores by emerging and mid-career American composers aged 35 years and older who also live in the U.S. There are two ensembles for which you may choose to submit a piece: • Beo String Quartet • Red Clay Saxophone Quartet Award for the two winning composers (one in each category) — • Beo String Quartet and Red Clay Saxophone Quartet will perform the selected works at CNMF in June 2018. • $200 travel stipend and dorm accommodations for 4 nights at the 2018 CNMF in Charlotte, NC. • Be a special guest composer at the 2018 CNMF. (Give a presentation on your music, attend rehearsals of your music with Red Clay or Beo, attend other concerts and network with other guests and participants.) • Beo String Quartet and Red Clay Saxophone Quartet will also perform the piece during their regular 2018-19 concert season. • Top 10 pieces in each category will receive honorable mention. Submissions — due November 10, 2017 by 11:55pm EDT on Submittable.com • Choose one of the following categories and submit ONE score AND parts (ONE submission per composer): • string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) • saxophone quartet (SATB) • Maximum duration is 20 minutes. • The work may have been previously performed. • Recordings are optional but highly encouraged. • Please also submit a bio with birth year and your mailing address. • $8.50 submission fee due upon submission. Eligibility — composer applicants must: • Currently reside in the continental United States. • Be born before January 1, 1983. • Be willing to give a presentation on their music and attend the performance in June 2018 at the 7th annual Charlotte New Music Festival. • CNMF current/former staff and guest composers are ineligible for this opportunity. CNMF alumni are eligible. Winners to be announced on Friday, January 15, 2018. |
| Web Site: | charlottenewmusic.org/contest/ |
