4th PETER ROSSER COMPOSITION AWARD 2019
| 4th PETER ROSSER COMPOSITION AWARD 2019 | |
| Summary: | Competition for Irish Composers |
| Deadline: | 15 March 2019 |
| Date Posted: | 22 November 2018 |
| Details: |
CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSION Submission to the award is open to composers born or domicile in N. Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The competition is open to composers regardless of age. However, the award is aimed at emerging composers. The organisers, therefore, welcome submissions from composers at the start of their careers. HRSE particularly welcomes submissions from women composers. TIMELINE • Deadlines for Submission 4pm Friday 15th March 2019 • 3 prizewinning composers will be shortlisted by Monday 1st April 2019 and the shortlisted composers will be informed by email. • All Shortlisted works will be workshopped, performed and recorded by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble at a special event in Red Box Recording Studio, Belfast on Sunday 14th April 2019. AWARDS The following awards will be bestowed: • 1ST PRIZE £1,000 • RUNNERS UP £250 RULES • 1.1 All submitted compositions should not have been performed before, must not be published and should be written specifically for the 4th Peter Rosser Composition Award and the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble. The following statement must appear in a preface page of the score: “This score was written for submission in the 4th Peter Rosser Composition Award 2019 and for the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble”. • 1.2 Compositions must use all 5 of the following instruments: Violin,Cello,Flute (optional doubling picc & alto), Bb Clarinet (optional doubling bass clarinet) and piano. Scores that differ in any way from this instrumentation will not be admissible. The use of electronics or a tape element is not permitted. • 1.3 The composition should be between 5 and 8 minutes duration and should state the exact duration in the preface page. • 1.4 OnlycomposerswhocanattendtheworkshopandperformanceinBelfast on Sunday 14th April 2019 will be eligible for the award. A travel bursary for composers traveling to the event from within NI and ROI will be made available through the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland. • 1.5 Thedecisionofthejuryinrelationtotheshortlistingofworksandthe bestowing of awards is final. No further correspondence will be entered into. • 1.6 Thejuryreservestherightnottomakeawardswhereitfeelsaminimum required standard has not been met. • 1.7 Only one piece may be submitted by a composer. 1.7 Previous winners of the Peter Rosser Composition Award are not eligible to enter the competition. Previous runners up are eligible. |
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