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Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition

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Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition

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$10 application fee
- Non-anonymous
- Previously performed works are acceptable.
- Former students of the jury are eligible to participate, so long as they submit a piece unknown to the jury.
- Composers may submit a maximum of two (2) submissions, but must do so in separate emails and separate PayPal payments.
- All texts must be English
- Feedback regarding individual submissions will not be given.

Deadline: Feb 1, 2019

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HOW TO APPLY

The 2019 submission period will be from January 1st to January 31st. Please submit the following materials via ONE email with attachments to info@lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The subject line of the email should read "LGMF Composition Competition" followed by your full name.

A .pdf file of the composition score. Multi-movement pieces should be submitted together as one combined .pdf file.

A recording in mp3 format. Recordings must be complete (no excerpts) and sent as an email attachment. Both live recordings and MIDI are acceptable. If submitting MIDI please take the time to create an audio file which sounds as realistic as is possible. Composers submitting a piece for electronics/amplified instruments must submit a live performance or studio recording (not MIDI). Multi-movement pieces should be submitted together as one combined .mp3 file. Please edit out any tuning/clapping.

In the body of the email, please include the following information: composer name, place of birth, date of birth, college or university affiliation, composer phone number, and the PayPal transaction ID number.
All steps outlined above must be completed and submitted in their entirety by the deadline. No exceptions can be made whatsoever. If you wait until January 31st, we cannot guarantee any issues that arise during staff review, including missing or incorrect documents, will be resolved by the application deadline. Consequently, LGMF urges you to submit immediately.
APPLICATION FEE

$10 - Payment will be accepted via credit/debit card through PayPal by clicking the button below. PayPal accounts are not required. Application fee is not refundable, please review guidelines carefully.
ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS/OTHER INFORMATION
-Note (NEW): submissions to the 2019 competition do NOT need to be anonymous.
-Receipt of submissions and application fee will be acknowledged by return email.-Previously performed works are acceptable.
-Previous competition finalists re-applying must submit a different piece each year.
-Former students of the jury are eligible to participate, so long as they submit a piece unknown to the jury.
-Composers may submit a maximum of two (2) submissions, but must do so in separate emails and separate PayPal payments.
-International applicants, please translate all text to English.
-Scores/Recordings of pieces with multiple movements should be sent together as one file (do not submit individual movements separately).
-25 megabytes (MB) is the total combined maximum for all attachments. Large files that exceed 25MB (discouraged) may be sent as a Google Drive attachment or as a ZIP file.
-No third-party submission sites such as Dropbox or WeTransfer will be accepted.
-Please do not send any additional materials.-Application materials must be submitted electronically; no postal mail submissions will be accepted.
-Due to the large number of submissions, feedback regarding individual submissions will not be given.
-The winning composers must agree to provide parts in order to guarantee a performance of their winning work.
-Submissions that do not strictly follow the guidelines, or are submitted before or after the submission period will be disqualified.
Any questions regarding the competition should be directed to competition administrator Alexander Lombard at info@lakegeorgemusicfestival.com

Looking to download an official LGMF Composition Competition flyer for your school? Please download one HERE >>

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composition competition - Lake George Music Festival

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HOW TO APPLY The 2019 submission period will be from January 1st to January 31st. Please submit the following materials via ONE email with attachments to info@lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The subject line of the email should read "LGMF Composition Competition" followed by your full name. A .pdf file of the composition score.

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$17 application fee

Next Deadline: Feb 1, 2019
Then, April 1, 2019

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For this series ABLAZE will record your work with the tremendous BRNO Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by new music specialist conductor Mikel Toms. If selected, the submitter is responsible for securing funds associated with the production and, unusually for the recording industry, retains all ownership of the master and underlying composition.

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NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute

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NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute

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The Institute is tuition-free and housing on the campus of Princeton University (single room with air-conditioning) and on-campus meals will be provided, if needed.

The NJSO will reimburse participants up to $250 towards travel costs. Receipts will be required for reimbursement.

Deadline: February 1, 2019 (No Application Fee)

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NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

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Experience four emerging composers to hear their music performed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and participate in in-depth sessions with industry experts.

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Maureen Batt, Crossing Borders Call for Scores

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Maureen Batt, Crossing Borders Call for Scores

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No fee
- No age, gender, or nationality restriction on this call.
- Shorter works are preferred.

- Genre is open to classical art song, crossover pop, musical theatre, cabaret, and opera.

- Preferred Applicants: Canadian composers with a Latinx background, or with a connection to any Latin American country (or with a work thematically connected to Latin America). Latin American composers. Women, non-binary, and underrepresented voices very welcome

Instrumentation:

Voice and piano

Solo voice (soprano or mezzo and tenor)

Solo piano

Duets

Voice and electronics

Voice, piano, and electronics

Spoken word

Graphic scores

Deadline February 14, 2019

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There is no age, gender, or nationality restriction on this call. Shorter works are preferred.

The genre of music is open to classical art song, crossover pop, musical theatre, cabaret, and opera.
*Particularly of interest for this program:
-Canadian composers with a Latinx background, or with a connection to any Latin American country (or with a work thematically connected to Latin America)

-Latin American composers

-Women, non-binary, and underrepresented voices very welcome
HOW TO SUBMIT
Please submit scores/proposals to crossingbordersconcerts @ gmail dot com

Deadline for submission: Feb. 14, 2019

Recordings welcomed, but not necessary.
Scores selected for performance will be purchased (submitted scores via email are for perusal only).
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INSTRUMENTATION
Voice and piano

Solo voice (soprano or mezzo and tenor)

Solo piano

Duets

Voice and electronics

Voice, piano, and electronics

Spoken word

Graphic scores

Performers on this program are Maureen Batt, soprano; Fabián Arciniegas, tenor; Claire Harris, piano.

NB: We might not be able to respond to everyone's individual email submissions right away. Please know that if we are considering performing your music, you will be contacted at some point after the deadline. Thank you to all who submit, for considering this call, and thank you for your music. ~Maureen
About Crossing Borders Recital Series:
Crossing Borders is a concert series founded by Batt in 2014 that features contemporary music by living Canadian composers and musical artists from around the world. With themes of themes of compassion, contemplation, beauty, loneliness, darkness, healing, and warmth, the pieces presented in this series mirror both modern societal views and ancient cultural contexts through the lenses of humour, hope, and nostalgia. Three programs have toured to Halifax, Toronto, and Philadelphia and featured Cheryl Duvall on piano: Crossing Borders: A Celebration of New Music from New Mexico to Nova Scotia (January and March 2015) Crossing Borders: Realities Blurred (March and August 2016) Crossing Borders: Mission Compassion (January and Feb 2018).

Art song is a featured genre on this recital series, but programs also often include opera, musical theatre, and electronics. So far, Crossing Borders has given 7 world premières and has given composers and works countless Canadian/American premières. Among those world premières are works by Bob Bauer, Leila Lustig, Saman Shahi, Anthony T. Marasco, Anna Höstman, and Rodney Sharman.

The next Crossing Borders tour will feature works by Canadian and Latin American composers and will include works for soprano and tenor. This tour will take place later in 2019 with planned performances in Canada and Colombia. More art song commissions are planned for this upcoming season as well as next.

One of the cycles that Crossing Borders commissioned and premièred last year, Breathing in the Shadows (Saman Shahi) will be recorded as part of a commercial recording - to be released in 2020 on Leaf Music.

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There is no age, gender, or nationality restriction on this call. Shorter works are preferred. The genre of music is open to classical art song, crossover pop, musical theatre, cabaret, and opera.

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No fee
In celebration of our 10th anniversary and the Walt Whitman bicentennial in 2019, we are announcing our first ever call for scores from which selections will be performed as part of our final concert of the season on June 18, 2019 at The National Opera Center in New York City.

- Open to composers of any age, gender, ethnicity, and country of residence.
- Settings of texts by Whitman.
- Solo voice and piano only.
- Between 3-5 minutes.
- Must be willing to transpose song if necessary.
- Can submit up to 2 songs.

Deadline: Feb 15 11:59 EST

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In celebration of our 10th anniversary and the Walt Whitman bicentennial in 2019, we are announcing our first ever call for scores from which selections will be performed as part of our final concert of the season on June 18, 2019 at The National Opera Center in New York City.

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Genre Lines is a conference embedded within the 2019 Nief-Norf Summer Festival (June 14-15, 2019) in Knoxville, TN. In this conference, we will examine music that has defied, reaffirmed, and/or blurred the boundaries of genre in experimental music of the past 50 years. We seek to ask who and what gets included and excluded when genre lines are drawn.

The conference will feature talks and performances centered on the music of our guest artists, including composer-clarinetist James Falzone, composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, and trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith, who will give the conference keynote.

Please send abstracts (300 words) as PDF attachments to research@niefnorf.org by March 15, 2019.

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You are kindly invited to submit proposals for " Genre Lines," a conference embedded within the 2019 Nief-Norf Summer Festival taking place on June 14-15, 2019 in Knoxville, TN. In this conference, we will examine music that has defied, reaffirmed, and/or blurred the boundaries of genre in experimental music of the past 50 years.

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Deadline: March 20, 2019

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Crumb's Cosmos is a series of events honoring George Crumb's 90th birthday and celebrating his outstanding legacy. Submitted works must relate to the themes, techniques and/or aesthetics characteristic of George Crumb's oeuvre.

Open to composers of any age and nationality

Accepting solo, duo, and small ensemble works (trio, quartet, quintet) for any combination of the following instruments:
Piano, Voice, Percussion, Flute, Saxophone

Notes regarding instrumentation:

No more than two instruments of the same kind can be used within the same composition (i.e. there can be no more than 2 piano/voice/saxophones/flute parts, with one player per part).

Works involving percussion must be scored for a maximum of 2 players.

All works must be scored for no more than 5 performers in total.

DETAILS AND GUIDELINES:
Duration:
Solo works: 5-7 minutes

Duos*: 7-10 minutes

Trios - Quintets*: 10-12 minutes

*any combination of piano, voice, percussion, flute, and saxophone, with no more than 2 players per instrument. See the Notes above for more specific details regarding instrumentation.
Performance:

Selected compositions will be performed in Miami (FL) in the fall of 2019, as part of Kaleidoscope MusArt's Crumb's Cosmos project | Date, Time & Venue: TBD.

All works submitted will be considered for future programming.

Selection process:

The submitted compositions will be screened by a panel of composers and performers to include members of Kaleidoscope MusArt's artistic committee and University of Miami's composition faculty.

The compositions selected to be performed as part of the Crumb's Cosmos project will be announced on April 28, 2019.

GUIDELINES:

1. Call for Scores is open to composers of any age and nationality.

2. Applicants may submit more than one work for consideration. Please note that there will be an additional administrative fee for each work submitted beyond the first.

3. The submitted work(s) can include extended techniques that do not involve piano preparation (use objects/materials placed inside the instrument or between the strings). Please contact us at info@kaleidoscopemusart.com for further information, inquiries, and/or concerns.

4. The submitted work(s) can use electronics (fixed media - audio/video). Please contact us at info@kaleidoscopemusart.com for further information or inquiries/concerns.

5. The submitted work(s) cannot include prepared piano.

DEADLINE:

March 20, 2019, 11:59 PM EST

Results will be announced on April 28, 2019

Performance of the work: fall 2019 (date: TBD)

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

1. CV/Resume

2. List of works (please include instrumentation and dates of composition)

3. Work(s) submitted for consideration in Crumb's Cosmos Call for Scores (PDF, program notes, audio/video recording if available)

4. One additional work sample* (PDF and audio/video recordings, if available);
*The work sample can be of any length or instrumentation. Onlyone additional work sample is required per applicant, even when submitting more than one piece for consideration in Crumb's Cosmos Call for Scores.

5. Administrative Fee: $20.

6. If submitting more than one work for consideration in this Call for Scores, please include an additional fee of $10 for each additional submission.

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Please send all the required materials in one email, either as attachments and/or links to info@kaleidoscopemusart.com with the subject line "Call for Scores 2019" followed by Your Name.

2. Payment(s) may be submitted through PayPal.

3. All application materials and payment of the Administrative Fee must be received by 11:59 PM EST on March 20, 2019 .

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Crumb's Cosmos is a series of events honoring George Crumb's 90th birthday and celebrating his outstanding legacy. Submitted works must relate to the themes, techniques and/or aesthetics characteristic of George Crumb's oeuvre.