The Frost School of Music
| The Frost School of Music | |
| Summary: | Composition competition for student composers |
| Deadline: | 01 October 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 13 June 2018 |
| Details: |
ELIGIBILITY There are two divisions, as follows: • Division 1: Open to composers who will be enrolled in high school as of 9/1/18. • Division 2: Open to composers who will be enrolled as college undergraduates as of 9/1/18. Students enrolled in the Frost School of Music are ineligible. INSTRUMENTATION AND LENGTH Compositions may be up to 10 minutes in duration. Submissions for the competition may be for any combination of one to 15 instruments drawn from the following: Flute (doubling alto and piccolo) Oboe (1) clarinet (doubling bass) (1) bassoon (1) horn (1) trumpet (1) trombone (1) Tuba (1) Piano/keyboard (1) Percussion (up to 2) violin (2) viola (1) cello (1) Bass (1) SUBMISSION Applicants may submit only one work. Applicants should submit their score electronically as a pdf file to Charles Norman Mason, Chair of Composition/Theory at: c.mason@miami.edu with the subject line “Frost Composition Submission, Division [1 or 2]: [composer name]” Recording of the work is optional. Recording must be in mp3 format. MIDI realizations are acceptable. DEADLINE for receipt is midnight EST, October 1, 2018. JUDGING Applicants will be judged on their originality, artistic promise, and score presentation by a panel of award winning composers. Decisions will be announced by November 10, 2018 on our website (see below). PRIZES The winning composers will receive a $250 prize and a performance of the work by Ensemble Ibis at the Frost School of Music on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, Florida (details about concert date TBA). |
| Web Site: | composition.frost.miami.edu/index.html |
