Boston New Music Initiative
| Boston New Music Initiative | |
| Summary: | Call for Scores |
| Deadline: | 31 October 2019 |
| Date Posted: | 19 September 2019 |
| Details: |
Opens: September 15, 2019 Deadline: October 31, 2019 The Boston New Music Initiative is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual Commissioning Competition. The purpose of this competition is to further the mission of The Boston New Music Initiative to maintain an international network of composers, performers, conductors, directors, and champions of music in order to generate new music concerts, compositions, collaborations, and commissions. Incorporated in 2010, the organization aims to advance the careers of its members in the field of new music by serving as a resource for networking, professional development, commissioning, collaboration, and programming. The 8th Annual Competition will be open to any representative work, however, composers are encouraged if at all possible to show their ability to write for the BNMI core ensemble (fl, cl, vn, vc, pf, perc) or a similar instrumentation. This sextet will be the ensemble of the commissioned work. Any composer is eligible except composers currently or formerly on the staff of The Boston New Music Initiative and past commission winners are ineligible to apply. The competition will be adjudicated in a two-round process, with the winner(s) being selected by an external panel of composers and music professionals using a blind evaluation process. The winner of this competition will be awarded a grand prize of at least $1,000 USD, in addition to being engaged to compose a new 8-12 minute work for performance by The Boston New Music Initiative in a future concert season. Pending available budget, the organization may award up to three (3) additional winners from this competition to compose new works for performance by BNMI or select works for Honorable Mention. At least one winner will be named for this competition, and the winner will be strongly encouraged to be in attendance for the premiere performance. Previous Winners: 2014 Panayiotis Kokoras - Ghost Notes 2015 Nicola Straffelini - Labyrinth Song 2016 Travis Alford - Altered States 2017 Lonnie Hevia - After the Rain 2018 Charles Peck - Kindling 2019 Alex Berko - Living in Color 2020 Andrew Davis We strongly encourage all composers to download and review the BNMI Submission Guide ahead of submitting to this competition. Details 1. Number of Entries. There is no limit on the number of works a composer may submit; however, each work should be submitted as a separate entry. Multi-movement works should be submitted as single entries, even if movements are in separate files. (The submission process allows for multiple files per entry.) 2. Anonymity. All submissions must be anonymous. Scores or other materials with names or other identifying marks will not be considered. Please remove all identifying marks from all materials (except the composer information page, see submission process below) before submitting. Please make sure no metadata including names or identifying marks remain in submitted files. Please do not use a pseudonym or code number, simply remove your name. 3. Membership. Composers wishing to submit scores must become members of BNMI; Associate Membership is free and Full Membership is $20 a year. Information on membership benefits can be found here. 4. File Formats. The only acceptable file formats are: • For the score: .pdf • For (optional) audio recordings: .mp3 or .m4a • For video: .mov or .m4v • All other materials: .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .odt, or .pdf 5. Questions? Please address any questions to info@bostonnewmusic.org. Note: Please do NOT send submission materials to this email address as the materials cannot be submitted using this method. When submitting inquiries, please be as generic as possible, and do not include the title of your piece in the query in order to preserve anonymity. Submission Process Composers are asked to use our submission portal to upload the following materials (each as separate documents). If this is your first time submitting, please review our submission guide prior to starting the submission process. 1. An anonymous PDF file of the score. 2. A recording of the work (not required but encouraged) 3. For works using electronics, a detailed description of technical requirements and processes needed (i.e. a “tech rider”). 4. An entry fee for each submission. The entry fee for this competition is $20 for Associate Members, and $10 for Full Members. Membership information can be found here. 5. An information sheet containing the following: a. Composer’s contact information (name, phone number, physical mailing address, email address, and website URL, if any) b. Composer biography and program notes for the work (maximum 300 words each), to be used if the work is selected. BNMI reserves the right to truncate the program notes or composer biography if either exceeds the word limit. To Apply: Please click the submit button at the bottom of the page. We strongly encourage all composers to download and review the BNMI Submission Guide ahead of submitting to this competition. Helpful Hints: 1. Please note that new memberships may take up to 24 hours to be approved (although usually much less). Composers signing up as new members who wish to submit to this competition should be sure to allot enough time for the approval process to complete in order to meet the October 31 deadline. 2. The submission portal is not available without login credentials. Composers who are not existing BNMI members should not attempt to go to the submission portal without submitting a membership application first: http://www.bostonnewmusic.org/membership in order to create login credentials. 3. Once your files have been added for each work, be sure to complete your payment in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. Full members must have dues paid in full in order to receive full membership benefits, including discounts on Calls for Scores and commissioning competitions. For those composers submitting more than one entry, payment should be made only after ALL entries have been completed. 4. More questions? Please see our submission guide. |
| Entry Fee: | $20 |
| Web Site: | www.bostonnewmusic.org/commissioning |
