VBC CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
| VBC CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION | |
| Summary: | Competition fo Canadian Composers |
| Deadline: | 31 August 2019 |
| Date Posted: | 26 June 2019 |
| Details: |
The VBC is pleased to announce the second year of our Choral Composition Competition. The competition was established by a generous private donor to encourage the creation of new choral music by Canadian composers and to honour the organization’s history of engaging local and national composers. The competition is open to composers who are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or landed immigrant. If a citizen, you are not required to be currently residing in Canada. There is no age restriction. Works must be unpublished and not have received any previous public performance. The winner of the competition will receive: • A cash prize of $2000 issued after the premiere performance. • A premiere of the work presented at Christmas with the Bach Choir on December 1st, 2019. • Access to an archival recording of the premiere. Works to be submitted must be unpublished, and have not received any previous performance in any previous editions or arrangements of the work. You may only submit one composition per year for consideration. Submissions must be: • Target length is 4-6 minutes. • A sacred or secular work for the winter holiday season. Arrangements of already-composed Christmas carols are not eligible. However, text from already composed carols may be used in a newly composed format. The composed work should be accessible to a wide range of listeners. • Scored for SATB, either a cappella or accompanied by organ, brass quintet or organ and brass quintet. Occasional divisi is allowed. • Composed using a text that is 1) original (written by the composer), 2) in the public domain, or 3) under copyright, but with written permission of the copyright holder. • Submissions must be written in a computer engraved format such as a PDF and written in open score with a piano reduction underneath. The successful applicant will be asked to provide appropriate instrumental parts if necessary. Please note that e-mail attachments must not exceed 8MB in size. If your manuscript is larger it must be sent via dropbox or other file transfer method. • Do not include any identifying marks on the manuscript. Please add a cover page with title, composer and text source details. VBC Music Director’s Leslie Dala and a jury of peers will review all applications. Submissions will be evaluated anonymously. One winner will be contacted by October 18, 2019 with a public announcement being made by November 1st, 2019. The deadline for submission of all materials is August 31st, 2019. To apply, click here to complete the application form. If you have any questions, please direct them to competition@vancouverbachchoir.com. |
| Web Site: | www.vancouverbachchoir.com/competition/ |
