Waiteata Music Press is planning a new edition on NZ graphic scores. They are looking to create a collection that embraces the widest definition of ‘what is a graphic score?’ They have invited contributions from composer/artists with whose work in this area we are already familiar, but we are keen to have contributions from as wide a range as possible. Works do not have to be newly made - we are including material from the 1960s. They may also include colour prints.

Please send material as photocopies or as email attachments to

Jack Body
New Zealand School of Music (Kelburn Campus)
PO Box 600
Wellington

jack.body@nzsm.ac.nz

New Zealand has a proud history of success at the ACL Young Composers competition. We have had numerous first placings, including five in the last twelve festivals.

We are now seeking entries from CANZ members born after 14 October 1982 to represent New Zealand at the Asian Composers League Young Composers Competition being held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Full details here

Deadline: All required materials must be received by FRIDAY 11 MAY 2012

-Seeking articles of interest to New Zealand composers: interviews, reviews, historical and analytical essays, polemics, poetry, photography…
-Submissions do not need to be specifically related to 2009
-Please email samuelholloway [at] gmail [dot] com
-Final date for submissions 30 April

A call for submissions for 2010/11 joint issue will be issued soon

Have recent news, details of upcoming events, photos or anything else featuring NZ compositions? Articles or items for the next canzonetta are now due! Email any suitable material to canzonetta@canz.net.nz

AWARDS

* $2,000 USD cash award
* Inclusion on the 2013 USA International Harp Competition’s required repertoire list
* Performed by the Gold Medalist at the competition and related debut recitals
* Publication by Lyon & Healy Harps
* Inclusion on the 2013 USA International Harp Competition First Prize Winner’s CD recording
produced by Lyon and Healy Harps

RULES

* Duration: 6-8 minutes
* Instrumentation: solo harp (other instruments may be included if played by the harpist)
* Eligibility: work must be unpublished, unawarded and not have been recorded for commercial distribution
* Previous winners are not eligible
* Submissions: Online Application Form, PDF of anonymous score, MP3 recording played by harpist

DEADLINES

* October 30, 2012. Online application form, short bio, PDF of anonymous score
* November 30, 2012. MP3 recording of submitted work played by a harpist. No digital or midi recordings will be accepted
* January 30, 2013. Winning composition announced

QUESTIONS

* To learn more about the USA International Harp Composition Contest, please visit the USA IHC website www.usaihc.org Click on 2012 Composition Contest and then on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

For additional questions contact Dr. Ruth K. Inglefield, Composition contest Chair: ruthki@chesint.net
**Please Note: No application or participation fee is required to enter the Composition Contest**

If you are considering submitting a work for consideration for New Zealand’s entry in the ACL Young Composer Competition, please note that the duration of work has been changed to 8 minutes maximum.

The municipal cultural institute, ‘Joaquin Chapaprieta’ has organised the (tenth) annual ‘SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST – CITY OF TORREVIEJA’.

Open to all composers.
A single prize of twelve thousand euros (12,000€) will be offered to the winner.
Deadline: 31st October 2012

Full details & instrumentation (PDF in English at bottom of page)

Email contact – PEDRO HERNANDEZ: pedro@gesadem.com

Contest Facebook page

The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music announces its 10th International Composition Prize for 2013 in cooperation with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

Composers from all over the world – regardless of age – are invited to present new works for an orchestra consisting of seven traditional Chinese instruments and seven classical western instruments.

Deadline: 15th September 2012

Full information here

Magistralia has announced the 4th edition of its International Competition for Music Creation for Women Composers.
This activity, which takes place every two years, looks forward the visibility of women´s work in music, allowing both the performance of contemporary music created by women in Spanish orchestras.
More information can be found at: http://www.fundacionmagistralia.com/concurso/bases/english.pdf
The jury is formed by several prestigious women in the musical scene, either performers, musicologists and conductresses.
This competition has the support of WIMUST -Women In Music Uniting Strategies for Talent-, a triennial project promoted by the International Foundation Donne in musica, which, in Spain, counts with the collaboration of the Euterpe-Musica and Women Association and the Women in Music Association.

Departamento de Comunicación
985 987 751
www.magistralia.com

we are pleased to announce the 4th Grazyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition, Lodz 2012, Poland.
Its organizers are the Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland and the Arthur Rubinstein Lodz Philharmonic.

The competition is open to composers of all nations regardless of age. Each participant may submit more than one score.
Application deadline is 31st August 2012.
Full details can be found on our institutional website www.amuz.lodz.pl/en
The Jury will consist of eminent composers:
Zygmunt Krauze (Poland), Agustin Charles (Spain), Paul Patterson (United Kingdom) and Chen Yi (China, USA).

Please, see attached some ready-to-print material on our event. We would be more than happy if you could kindly distribute this information within your community (your website, facebook pages, print-outs etc.)

We also invite everybody to visit and like our facebook page 4th Grazyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition Lodz 2012 Poland
http://tiny.cc/651eo

In case of any questions, please contact the competition office: international@amuz.lodz.pl