Global Women in Music for Human Rights
| Global Women in Music for Human Rights | |
| Summary: | Competition for female composers |
| Deadline: | 30 June 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 26 April 2018 |
| Details: |
The UN Human Rights Office celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10th December 1948) and has launched a worldwide campaign to promote, engage and reflect on human rights. Gender inequality in the field of music is a worldwide challenge. Sustaining the women creating music will influence public opinion and stimulate their full participation in cultural life. Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica has organised a “Global Call for New Music” for women composers and creators of music of all ages, nationalities and musical backgrounds. Participants will compose/create a song, choral or instrumental work inspired by the struggle for Human Rights. Ten works, chosen by an international Reading Commission and publicly announced at the end of July, will be performed and recorded in a Gala Concert in the Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy on the 5th November this year. GLOBAL CALL FOR NEW MUSIC for HUMAN RIGHTS • This call is open to (a) girls from 8 to 18 (b) women from 19 years of age. • Composers may submit works in any musical idiom or genre (contemporary, classical, traditional, popular, jazz, etc). • Texts (where applicable) must be accompanied by an English language translation. • Music must be written in traditional notation. • Works submitted may be new or previously performed and in PDF files. • Do not send recordings. • Each composer may send only ONE score. • Duration of work: maximum 6 minutes • Categories for submissions: Solo instrument Solo voice with one to four instruments Choir s.a.t.b with or without pianoforte Group/ensemble of 8 to 12 instruments • Please include, in WORD file (Times New Roman 12), a 10-line curriculum with nationality, date and place of birth, residence and contact (email). • Girls of 18 years of age or younger must accompany application with a signed letter from their family, school or teacher authorizing the participation, and confirming this is the composer’s own original work. • Deadline for submission: 30th June 2018 • There is no submission fee • Please send scores to: controcanto@donneinmusica.org marking submission – GWIM4Human Rights THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. The Declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Please meditate on: -All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights -Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security -Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion -Everyone has the right to education -Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author. |
| Web Site: | www.standup4humanrights.org/en/highlights_15.html |
| Email: | controcanto@donneinmusica.org |
