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 Olyver New Music Collective
Summary:Solo/duet call
Deadline: 01 March 2019
Date Posted: 03 January 2019
Details: Competition Details
The Olyver New Music Collective is very excited to launch a composer competition. ​The competition is free to enter.

​Prize
​The winner will have a choice of having one of their own pre-existing pieces for either Clarinet and Cello duet/solo Clarinet/solo Cello performed at our concert on the 24th of May or they will choose to write a new piece for any of these combinations. The new piece can last anywhere from 1 minute to 5 minutes. In your application we would especially love to see any pieces you may have already written for either Clarinet and Cello duet/solo Clarinet/solo Cello.

The new piece will be performed by either both or one of our ONMC musicians Sarah Gait (cello) and Ben Westlake (clarinet). The winner will also receive £150 prize money and a professional recording and video of their piece.

Every applicant will be offered the chance to feature on our regular ONMC magazine, which is advertised on our sponsored Facebook page. Each magazine issue receives a £100 Facebook boost which leads to up to 35,000 views. If the applicant chooses not to be featured, this will not have a negative outcome on their competition application. We welcome any content the applicant would like to share with us - a link to a particular recording of one of their pieces we can showcase, a link to one of their blogs on new music, or even a few paragraphs on their favourite new music. We would love to hear from you all!

All entrants will become part of the Olyver New Music Collective. Regardless of the outcome of the competition, we will publicise any details relating to your new music concerts or publicise your projects on our far reaching sponsored magazine. Simply send these details to matthewolyver@hotmail.co.uk at any point.
You will also receive half price tickets to all future ONMC concerts.

Submit a brief biography (max 250 words), pdf's of your best two pieces and 2 accompanying recordings or midi sound demonstrations to matthewolyver@hotmail.co.uk.

We want to encourage a wide range of composers to apply and become part of the Olyver New Music Collective.
There is no age restriction and no restriction on compositional style.
The closing date of the competition is 01/03/19

Terms and Conditions
-All entrants can become part of the Olyver New Music Collective.

-Regardless of the outcome of the competition, the ONMC will publicise any details that competition applicants send us about their events or content that relates to New Music on the far reaching ONMC Facebook page and in the monthly sponsored ONMC magazine.

-The closing date of the competition is 01/03/19.

-If the winner writes a new piece rather than use a pre existing piece, they will have until 01/05/19 to do so.

-The winner will be notified by 07/03/19.

​-The winning composer will retain 100% copyright of their winning piece.

​-There is no age restriction for applying to this competition.
Web Site:www.matthewolyver.com/composer-competition.html