ŤOld Bridgeť International Composition Prize

	ŤOld Bridgeť International Composition Prize
Summary:	Brass Competition
Deadline:	01 May 2018
Date Posted:	12 April 2018
Details:	Article 1 - Object The ITALIAN BRASS NETWORK with the support of Italian Brass Week, hereby announces the First Edition of the ŤOld Bridgeť International Composition Prize. The competition aims to stimulate composers to create music compositions suitable to performing in one of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world: Florence, with its Arno river, on front of the Old Bridge. Article 2 - Admission requirements and general performance details The Competition is open to all composers regardless of ages or nationality. Candidates should submit to the jury a composition (urban symphony) for large brass orchestra, small drum section and separate brass ensembles, lasting between 15 and 25 minutes, which is freely inspired by the river, the bridge and the city. For the first edition, the Organization has decided to accompany the execution of the winning piece of the competition with a virtual installation with pictorial games of lights and lasers created by the contemporary painter SIM A FR A (www.simafra.com). The composer should therefore freely be inspired by extra-musical themes such as water, gold and flowers, connotative elements of the city of Florence and subjects of the video installation by visual artist Simafra. The organization counts for about 100 brass instruments available for execution, divided between trumpets, horns, euphonium , trombones and tubas formed by students and professors of the Master Classes of the Italian Brass Week. The number may change according to members of the master classes. The composer can divide the ensembles as he wishes, but he must take in consideration the following important points: 1) The performances location is at the Florences Old Bridge area is divided essentially in 3 zones: on the Right river side (zone number 1) usually for a large ensemble; on the 3 boats at the center of the river (zone number 2) with 3 small brass ensemble on board; on the Old Bidge (zone number 3), just Soloist or very small ensemble. (please see the picture below); 2) The 3 boats in the middle of the river on front of the Bridge, with 3 small brass ensemble on board, are obligatory. Basically you can have 3 brass quintets, one for each boat, or you can divide the brass ensemble in obligatory. Basically you can have 3 brass quintets, one for each boat, or you can divide the brass ensemble in 3 parts : Trumpets 1 boat, Horns and Euphonium 2 boat, Trombones and Tubas 3 boat. Please consider no more than 5 musicians every boat and one only conductor on the central boat. The position of the three boats will be almost between zone 1 and zone 3 and will be absolutely motionless during the performance; 3) No more than 3 orchestra conductors in total. The winner piece will be conducted by Dale Clevenger and Roger Bobo. The eventual third director will be selected by the organization one month before the concert. 4) The orchestra will be formed by students and professors of the Master Classes of the Italian Brass Week. (please visit www.italianbrass.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ubVEC4sik) In accordance with the picture above, work should be thought for one of the following combinations: A) 1-2 (1- all orchestra / 2- brass ensemble* or quintets) B) 1-2-3 (1 - all orchestra / 2- brass ensemble or quintets / 3- brass soloists) Candidates must to consider that the performance will be in a large open space, with little background noise and little bit of echo especially if choose an a large disposition of the ensembles (point B above). The winner of the competition, if necessary, must submit an outline of the arrangement of the ensemble. Criteria for judging are musicianship and suitability for performance. Submitted works must be unpublished, must never have been performed in public or have received any award, whether under their current title or any other, and must not have been previously commissioned. Transcriptions, arrangements, paraphrases or works which includes musical references to other works are not accepted. Article 3 Entries The deadline for the submission of manuscripts is 1 May, 2018. Each participant may only present one composition.
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