['TACTUS] YOUNG COMPOSERS' FORUM

	['TACTUS] YOUNG COMPOSERS' FORUM
Summary:	Orchestral and chamber music call for scores
Deadline:	10 April 2019
Date Posted:	06 March 2019
Details:	Composers 35 years and younger of all nationalities are invited to apply for one or both sessions submitting works as indicated in the application requirements found below. Jury: Jean-Paul Dessy, Kimmo Hakola, Claude Ledoux, Ann McKay, Benoīt Mernier, Annelies Van Parys & others to be confirmed Applications must be submitted exclusively online via the ULYSSES Platform You will be asked to submit scores and audio files. Handwritten scores will not be accepted. The application deadline is April 10th, 2019. The first session, held in Brussels, Belgium from November 25th to 27th, 2019, and with the collaboration of the Brussels Philharmonic, will feature writing for orchestra. Candidates are asked to submit a piece or part of a piece (movement) for symphony orchestra approximately 10 minutes in duration. Orchestral accompaniment cannot exceed the following instrumentation: Woodwinds in groups of 3: 3 flutes [including piccolo] - 3 oboes [including English horn] - 3 clarinets [including bass clarinet or soprano clarinet] - 3 bassoons [including contrabassoon] Brass: 4 horns - 3 trumpets - 3 trombones – 1 tuba Percussion: 3 players [1 timpanist and 2 percussionists] Harp: 1 player Strings: 14 – 12 – 9 – 8 – 6 Piano The second session, held in Mons, Belgium from November 28th to 30th, 2019 and with the collaboration of the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, will feature writing for chamber ensemble. Candidates are asked to submit a piece for chamber ensemble approximately 10 minutes in duration. Applicants are encouraged to submit a work using all the available instrumentation. Instrumentation for the chamber ensemble work should not exceed the following (9 musicians): 1 flute (including piccolo, alto flute and bass flute) - 1 clarinet (including bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet) – 1 trombone – 1 guitar (including electric guitar) – percussion* – 1 piano – 1 violin – 1 viola – 1 cello. * Accepted percussion instruments: - 1 * timpani 20 inches - 1 * timpani 26 inches - 1 * timpani 29 inches - 1 * timpani 32 inches - 1 * concert bass drum - 1 * tubulars bells - 1 * concert tam tam - 1 * gong tuned . C . - 1 * gong tuned . B . - 1 * marimba - 1 * vibraphone - 3 * conga - 3 * bongo paired 7 inches . and 8 inches 5/8 - 1 * complete drum set with 2 snares - 1 * glockenspiel - 1 * octave of crotales C6 – C7 - 1 * xylophone - 2 * bar chimes - 5 * cow bell - a set of suspended cymbals
Web Site:	ulysses-network.eu/competitions/tactus-2019/