Call for proposals

The APO wish to call for proposals from NZ composers for a special project in 2010 – 11

Every year the APO invites composers to submit pieces to be workshopped and recorded under the mentorship of the APO’s Composer-in-Residence. For 2010 the APO is offering six NZ composers the opportunity to write a work for actor and orchestra.

APO Composer-in-Residence, John Psathas, will provide support for composers over the composition process.
Instrumentation available is 3*3*3*3*/4331/T, 2 perc, hrp, piano/celeste, strings.

To apply, please send the following by 1 March 2010.

• completed application form
• two scores of your own compositions which you feel represent the best of your orchestral writing
• outlining commentary of your idea for a new piece involving actor and orchestra. This could include a script outline, general theme summary or other dramatic ideas

Please note that all applicants need to have time available to complete the draft of their new work by 15 April 2010 for the first piano read-through. Also please be aware that this opportunity is not open to pieces that have already been composed. The six composers will be selected by the APO.

2010 workshop session times, all at the Philharmonia Hall:

26 April: piano read-through
8 June: first orchestral read-through and workshop of pieces
10-11 Sept: workshop and recording sessions with the APO

2011 – pieces will be programmed into an APO concert

You should only apply if you are definitely able to attend all the above workshop session times.

Click here to download the entry form.

For the upcoming International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt (July 17th to 31st, 2010) young composers are requested to submit ensemble pieces (preferably composed within the last two years) for the project ENSEMBLE 2010.

The works selected by a jury of four will be rehearsed by young ensembles par-ticipating in the project, together with the composers and renowned coaches like the conductor Lucas Vis, and will be presented in concerts. The composers selected will receive a partial scholarship to attend the Summer Course.

Applications must be send by April 15th, 2010 (as determined by the post-mark). Age limit at the time of the submission deadline is 35 years.

Detailed participation and instrumentation requirements can be found from January 2010 on www.imd.darmstadt.de.

LATVIAN MUSIC INFORMATION CENTRE IN COOPERATION WITH LATVIAN COMPOSERS’ UNION

5th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS MAZSALACA, 8th-16th OF AUGUST, 2010

The international meeting of young composers is a tradition which goes back to 2002 and was started by the composer Andris Dzen?tis and his companions. For the three first times the workshop took place in the Castle of Dundaga, which is connected to many legends, but now, for the second time already, it is being organized in Mazsalaca – a small town in the north of Latvia, next to the snaky river Salaca.
The workshop is deliberately not being organized in cities – this is a possibility for technologically oversaturated and instantaneous demand-oriented people to feel themselves and to reconsider their spiritual values by being in simple or one could even say primitive conditions, by experiencing a modest and slow way of living. At the same time this one week is being dedicated to intense discussions, training, composing, presentations, individual training with lecturers, making new acquaintances, and enjoying the serene life.

The first four international workshops have gained a certain reputation both regionally and internationally and have gathered more than 50 participants from different corners of the world, 13 lecturers – internationally known composers from 7 countries.

THEME: Chamber music nowadays. Classics, innovation, aesthetics, boundaries.

LECTURERS:

David Lang (USA)
Pär Lindgren (Sweden)
Richard Ayres (The Netherlands)

RESIDING MUSICIANS:

Ensemble Aleph (France)
String quartet ReDo (Latvia)

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOP:

In order to participate in the workshop the candidates have to prepare mp3 audio recordings (advisable length – 5 to 10 minutes) of two or three previously composed chamber music pieces (for two or more instruments), which, together with scores in digital format (pdf), a detailed CV and a photo, must be sent by e-mail to the workshop organizers until the 15th of February, 2010.

E-mail: dundagaworkshop@gmail.com

The examining commission, which is composed of lecturers and participants of ensemble Aleph, will evaluate the submitted materials and will choose 10 active workshop participants. The results will be published by the 15th of May, 2010.

According to the commissions’ decision five of the chosen participants will be asked to compose for the ensemble Aleph, the other five for the string quartet ReDo. These pieces will be performed in the gala concert.

The chosen participants will have to conclude and send the compositions to Aleph and ReDo no later than the 5th of July, 2010.

The pieces must be conceptually finished by then. The workshop will be devoted to working together with lecturers and musicians in order to sharpen up the details and introduce realistic modifications.

The internationally determined age limit is 35 years. However, the organizers prefer not to object if this limit is exceeded.

There are also 10 places intended for observers. In this case there is no need to participate in the competition to be able to join the workshop. The service will be equal and it will be possible to attend the group work sessions, however the observer’s compositions will not be performed as well as the active participants will always be prior when it comes to individual training.

PROCESS:

During the nine days of the workshop every participant will attend private consultations with all lecturers, as well as present his/her music, take part in rehearsals, seminars and discussions. Each lecturer will read two lectures on current issues of contemporary music. The theme of the workshop is only the axis around which different discourses concentrate. The official theme is not obligatory, and participants are given maximal creative freedom. During the workshop all conditions for creative, individual work will be provided.

CONCERTS AND FREE TIME:

Two concerts will take place during the workshop and both of the residing ensembles – Ensemble Aleph and string quartet ReDo – will perform compositions chosen by participants, by lecturers and music chosen by themselves. Every evening there will be an informal invitation for everyone to enjoy participants’ presentations.

PARTICIPATION FEE:

For active participants

From Latvia – 150Eur
From Estonia, Lithuania – 200Eur
From other countries – 300Eur

For observers – (number of places is limited. Please, apply for this option duly)

From Latvia – 200Eur
From Estonia, Lithuania – 250Eur
From other countries – 350Eur

The participation fee covers expenses of accommodation, catering, transport (Riga – Mazsalaca – Riga) and lecturers’ work. All the participants will be settled in hostel-type apartments with partial accommodations, meals will be provided three times per day, coffee, tee and water will be provided all day long. International travel expenses as well as insurance are not included in the participation fee.

CONTACTS
More detailed information about the workshop upon request:
dundagaworkshop@gmail.com

Created in 1995 by Lorraine Vaillancourt (conductor and NEM artistic director) and Denys Bouliane, the New Music Session at the Domaine Forget in St-Irénée (Quebec), one of a kind in Canada, welcomes every year approximately 20 composers and performers from all over the world. During two weeks, participants get to work closely and daily with the musicians of the NEM and attend different workshops given by renown guest composers. At the end of the session, the participants (musicians) join the musicians of the NEM to perform the works written by the composers during three concerts at the Françoys-Bernier concert hall at the Domaine Forget.

Artistic coordinators : Denys Bouliane and Lorraine Vaillancourt
Guest composers in 2010 : Philippe Leroux (France) and John Rea (Canada)

You are a composer or a performer interested in taking part in the New Music Session 2010, download the application form.

Application Deadline : Friday February 26th, 2010

Informations : Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM)
www.lenem.ca / info@lenem.ca / +1 514-343-5636
www.domaineforget.com

We are now receiving the sketches for the workshop. The workshop
will begin with preliminary readings on June 4th. The workshop proper
will be from June 8-10 with a culminating concert of the hopefully more polished
sketches on the 11th. They can be received in the following e-mail addresses:

jonas.baes@gmail.com
dgquejada@gmail.com

or they can be sent via post to the following address:

Department of Theory and Composition
College of Music
Abelardo Hall
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City 1101

The sketches should be set for the following instruments in ANY
combination: Flute, Oboe, Bb/Bass Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon

Please be advised that we are expected to improve on these sketches
over the course of the workshop, so any finished scores will be
expected to be improved upon at its conclusion.

Deadline for submissions will be on the first week of March 2009. It would probably be a good idea to somehow attach your e-mail address
to the sketches so that the ensemble can contact you for clarifications as needed.

For anyone sending their sketches via e-mail, we can accommodate files
of the following formats: Finale .MUS, Sibelius .SIB, Adobe .PDF,
.JPEG/.JPG/.BMP images

If you’re using new software that hasn’t been mentioned above, please
let us know. We might be interested.

Best Regards,
Nick Quejada

Application deadline for the Institute is March 1, 2009.

Ostrava Days is not so much a school as it is a working environment. With two resident orchestras, the focus is on, but not limited to, working with large-scale ensembles. It features seminars by lectors, as well as presentations by guests and resident-students. Participants interact in an informal manner and one-on-one sessions are no exception. Approximately 35 student applications will be accepted.

Young and emerging composers and performers have the unique opportunity to work with leading personalities of contemporary music, including Christian Wolff, Bernard Lang, Richard Ayres, Petr Kotík, Michael Schumacher, Elliott Sharp, Rebecca Saunders, Phill Niblock, Ben Patterson, Thomas Buckner and others as listed in the enclosed leaflet.

Students also work with the Janá?ek Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ostravská banda for the duration of the 21-day program. Compositions by resident-students are performed in workshops and/or during the week-long festival of public concerts at the end of the program.

Three weeks at Ostrava Days (August 10 – August 30, 2009) not only gives students the opportunity for daily contact with lectors and guests, but also offers them the chance to consult and analyze their own compositions in an international environment of like-minded musicians.

Please feel free to contact us with your questions. For more detailed information please visit http://www.ocnmh.cz.

Following two very successful sessions of NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in May and September this year, SOUNZ is now calling for submissions from composers who would like their orchestral works to be considered for either of the two Readings sessions planned for 2009.

A submission form and information sheet can be downloaded here [ http://sounz.org.nz/events/show/950 ] or contact SOUNZ if you would rather we sent one to you by mail.

Deadline for submissions: a full score and completed form: is 5pm, Friday 5 December 2008.

The Reading sessions planned for 2009 are on May 6,7 in the Wellington Town Hall and September 3,4 in the Michael Fowler Centre. Composers may express a preference for either of these sessions with their submission.

…are due FRIDAY 9 MAY (postmarked).

For further details see the Nelson Workshop section of this site.

And don’t forget the NZSO’s annual Made in New Zealand: this Friday, 6.30pm, Town Hall, Wellington

Information on this year’s workshop can be found by clicking on the tab ‘Nelson Workshop’ on the upper right-hand side of the CANZ frontpage (http://www.canz.net.nz/nelsonworkshop.html).
Application details will be available soon.

Willing and able performers are invited to contact the convenors asap.

June in Buffalo 2008
Music and Computers

David Felder, Artistic Director
Cort Lippe, Associate Artistic Director

Faculty Composers
Charles Dodge, Cort Lippe, Roberto Morales, Miller Puckette, Morton Subotnick, Ben Thigpen, Hans Tutschku

Resident Ensembles
Ensemble for Intuitive Music, Members of Ensemble SurPlus, Members of the New York New Music Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta

Special Guests
Nicholas Isherwood, Magnus Andersson and others

June in Buffalo 2008 will offer an extraordinary opportunity to work with a distinguished, international faculty of composers and researchers, leading experts in algorithmic, interactive, multimedia,acousmatic, and electroacoustic computer music. Presented by the Department of Music and The Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music, June in Buffalo, a festival and conference dedicated to composers, will take place from June 2-7,2008 at the University at Buffalo. June in Buffalo offers an intensive schedule of seminars, lectures,
master classes with selected faculty composers, workshops, professional presentations,participant forums and open rehearsals as well as afternoon and evening concerts open to the general public and critics. Each of the invited composers will have one of his/her pieces performed during the festival. Evening performances feature faculty composers,resident ensembles and soloists renowned internationally as interpreters of contemporary music. For application procedures and more information visit the website: http://www.music.buffalo.edu/juneinbuffalo

contact: J.T. Rinker
Assistant Director, phone 716 645-2765 x.1254, fax: 716 645-3824, email: jtrinker@buffalo.edu