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ABODA Australian National Youth Composition Competition (ANYCC)

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ABODA Australian National Youth Composition Competition (ANYCC)

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The National Board of ABODA are proud to announce the launch of the inagural Australian National Youth Composition Competition (ANYCC). It is vision of the National Board that this composition competition will stimulate the creation of many important new compositions for developing wind band and string orchestra, whilst inspiring young composers to write for these mediums.

The winning youth compositions of 2023 will be linked to and mentored by professional composers and work with an appropriate ensemble in their state.

The 2023 Adjudication Committee will consider two new works for the award:

1. Wind band compositions with no limitations for the youth composition category

2. String Orchestra compositions with no limitations for the youth composition category

Prizes

A public performance of the winning composition at a significant state event

Mentoring with a professional composer

Eligibility

To enter, applicants must be;

1. An Australian Citizen of secondary school age

2. Currently residing in Australia

The composition/score submitted must;

1. Be a new, original composition never before performed or published

2. Be no longer than ten (10) minutes duration

3. Use the following instrumentation:

Wind Band: Piccolo, Flutes, Oboe/s Bassoon/s,, B-flat Clarinets (3 parts), Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophones (2 parts), Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpets (at least 3 parts), French Horns (2-4 parts), Trombones (3 parts), Euphoniums, Tubas, , Percussion. The score may also include Piano and/or other keyboard instruments.

Optional instrumentation may include: Cor Angles, E-Flat Clarinet, Contra Bass Clarinet, Contra Bassoon, String Bass.

Works for solo instruments with wind accompaniment are also eligible for consideration

String Orchestra: 1st Violin, 2nd Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

Optional instrumentation may include: 3rd Violin

There is not a minimum length for entries, nor is there a limit on the number of movements. The number of works submitted by a composer is limited to three per year, and each entry must be sent separately. ABODA National Board members are not allowed to submit a work for consideration.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 31 MARCH 2023

Application Guidelines

2023 Application closing date, 31 MARCH 2023. No entry fee payable. Please register for the competition via email by the due date.

Your email application should include in the body of the email:

Attached to your email you must include:

Please Note: All composer details will be removed for adjudication. The adjudication will be a "blind adjudication". Only the chairperson of the committee will have knowledge of the composer information.

The Australian National Youth Composition Competition adjudication committee will comprise of:

Wind Band (To be confirmed for 2023)

String Orchestra (To be confirmed for 2023)

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The National Board of ABODA are proud to announce the launch of the inagural Australian National Youth Composition Competition (ANYCC). It is vision of the National Board that this composition competition will stimulate the creation of many important new compositions for developing wind band and string orchestra, whilst inspiring young composers to write for these mediums. The winning youth compositions of 2023 will be linked to and mentored by professional composers and work with an appropriate ensemble in their state.

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Artology - a great opportunity for young creators https://artology.org.au/composers/  

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Artology - a great opportunity for young creators https://artology.org.au/composers/  

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Recording session conducted by Thaddeus Huang on Saturday 10 September 2022, 9am-5pm, Trackdown Studios, Sydney.

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Applications for the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships are now open and will close soon!
The Scholarships are open to students who have completed their VCE at a government secondary school. They provide assistance to recipients to pursue further studies in music performance and composition.
In 2023 scholarships of $7000 will be offered to two successful applicants to contribute to the cost of tertiary education in music performance/music composition.
Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship for Music Composition - Eligibility Criteria
• Completed their VCE at a government secondary school
• Students must study either VCE Music Style and Composition, VCE Music Investigation, VCE Music Performance and/or VCE VET Music. The student’s scores for any of these subjects, will be taken into consideration.
• Demonstration of a commitment to music performance in recent years and to a future career in music composition.
• Acceptance and enrollment into a Tertiary Education Institution to study Music.
Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship for Music Performance - Eligibility Criteria
• Completed their VCE at a government secondary school
• Applicants must be soloists
• Demonstration of a commitment to music performance in recent years and to a future career in music performance.
• Acceptance and enrollment into a Tertiary Education Institution to study Music.
Click below for further information and application forms.
Applications close 11.59pm, Wednesday 16 November 2022.
Please contact the VCAA with any questions on vcaa.events@education.vic.gov.au

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The Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships are open to students who have completed their VCE at a government secondary school. They provide assistance to recipients to pursue further studies in music performance and composition.

The scholarship program was established in 2006 by the family of the late Margaret Schofield.

Applications for 2023

Applications for the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships for performance and composition are now open and will close at 11.59pm, Wednesday 16 November 2022.

Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship application - Performance

Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship application - Composition

This is an online application hosted on behalf of the VCAA by a third party. Before you leave the VCAA Website to complete the application, please read the VCAA Privacy Statement and Collection Notice for important information about privacy. By clicking on the link to the online application form, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understood, and consent to, the terms of the collection notice.

Music Performance scholarship

Applications for this annual scholarship are invited from government school students of VCE Music Performance, VCE Music Investigation and/or VCE VET Music. Applicants must be soloists.

The selection panel will consider applicants who can demonstrate a commitment to music performance in recent years and to a future career in music performance. Students' study scores for VCE Music Performance, VCE Music Investigation and/or VCE VET Music will be taken into consideration.

In 2023the annual scholarship of $7000 will contribute towards the cost of tertiary education in music performance.

2022 recipients

Congratulations to Sujie Kim, Mia Robinson and Ava McDermott, the 2022 recipients of the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship for Performance. Mia and Ava studied VCE Music Performance, VCE Music Investigation and VCE Music Style and Composition at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. Sujie studied VCE Music Performance and VCE Music Investigation at Virtual School Victoria; her home school was Glen Waverley Secondary College.

The scholarships were announced at the Top Class Music concerts held on Monday 21 March 2022 at Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

Music Composition scholarship

Applications for this annual scholarship are invited from government school students of VCE Music Style and Composition, VCE Music Investigation, VCE Music Performance and/or VCE VET Music.

The selection panel will consider applicants who can demonstrate a commitment to music composition in recent years and to a future career in music composition. Students' study scores for VCE Music Style and Composition, VCE Music Investigation, VCE Music Performance and/or VCE VET Music will be taken into consideration.

In 2023 the annual scholarship of $7000 will contribute towards the cost of tertiary education in music composition.

2021 recipient

Congratulations to Lachlan Rae, the 2021 recipient of the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship for Composition. Lachlan studied Music Style and Composition at Virtual School Victoria.

The scholarship was announced at the Top Class Sound concert held Friday 26 February 2021 at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne.

History of the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships

These scholarships were established by the family of the late Margaret Schofield in recognition of her achievements as a musician and her commitment to music education. The award of the scholarship is coordinated by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

Margaret Schofield's life and career are recognised through this scholarship which has been established by her family in recognition of her achievements and commitment to the provision of educational opportunities for all.

The scholarship is open to students who have completed their VCE at a government secondary school and provides assistance in funding ongoing music study at a tertiary institution.

Margaret Schofield was one of Australia's leading pianists. Her distinguished career included performances as a soloist, accompanist and actively teaching the piano for almost 60 years.

She studied music at the University of Melbourne and in London where she gave recitals for the BBC. During the 1950s and 1960s she had regular concert tours in Australia with visiting overseas musicians, such as violinist Jean-Pierre Wallez, cellist Edmund Kurtz and soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

In 1966 she was appointed Chief Study Teacher at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium. She lectured in accompanying and piano at the Melba Conservatorium, examined for the Australian Music Examinations Board and adjudicated at many eisteddfods and competitions.

In 1988 Margaret Schofield was awarded the OAM for her services to music and to the community. She continued to teach and play until almost 80 years of age.

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The Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships are open to students who have completed their VCE at a government secondary school. They provide assistance to recipients to pursue further studies in music performance and composition. The scholarship program was established in 2006 by the family of the late Margaret Schofield.

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Victorian Opera's Holiday Composition Program

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Victorian Opera's Holiday Composition Program

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In partnership with Montsalvat (Eltham) and as part of Victorian Opera’s commitment to the creation of new work, the New Work Opera Studio is a program where young people aged 15 – 25 years of age, can come together to create new opera for tomorrow. This is an ideal program for young people who have a keen interest in performing and devising new works for performance.

Over a two-week period in the June/July school holiday, registered participants will take part in workshops with industry professionals to brainstorm and write an original libretto. They will then identify and rearrange opera and classic musical theatre songs, or write their own pieces to insert into the libretto and workshop the piece for a reading.

All workshops are held at Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham and are free to successful candidates due to the generosity of Professor Barbara van Ernst AM.

To participate in this program, please register you interest for an audition by visiting http://www.victorianopera.com.au/youth

Applications close 5.00pm Monday 20 March, 2023.

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Victorian Opera’s Youth Programs reimagine the potential of opera for young, aspiring singers.

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Shortlisted for 2020 Environment Award for Children's Literature : Picture Fiction Category

In this stunning picture book beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy, respected Elder Aunty Joy Murphy and Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly tell the story of one day in the life of the vital, flourishing Birrarung (Yarra river).

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Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins award-winning picture book duo Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne's beautiful Yarra river, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day.

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Wilambrings Aboriginal life, culture and language right in to the heart of the city.

From an award-winning team of the bestsellingWelcome to Country, and Yarra Riverkeeper and award-winning author Andrew Kelly.
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Aunty Joy Murphy is a respected Wurundjeri Elder and author of Welcome to Country. Andrew Kelly is the Yarra Riverkeeper, part of an international organisation of Riverkeepers. He has written numerous books for children and adults.
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Lisa Kennedy is a descendant of the Trawlwoolway People on the north-east coast of Tasmania. Lisa was born in Melbourne and as a child lived close to the Maribyrnong River. Here she experienced the gradual restoration of the natural river environment alongside cultural regeneration and reclamation. Through sense of place she feels connected to the Wurundjeri country and all that entails - the water, the land, the animals and the ancestors. The experience of loss and reclamation is embedded in her work.

Welcome to Country was her first title with Black Dog Books.

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A CBCA Honour Book, THE RAINBIRDS has received much acclaim and will be brought to life during the September school holidays in a theatre production at the Melbourne Recital Hall.

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Students went on a sound hunt of the area around MGSE to see what they noticed about Country. They collected sounds on devices and used these to inspire their music making. They also collected objects which they used to create an artwork/graphic score and then composed music for their artwork/graphic score. Each small group had a section of the paper and this also provided an order/structure for the whole class composition.

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Writing music for an Acknowledgement to Country. Jess Hitchcock suggests this in the opening of this video:

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Jess Hitchcock shares engaging ways to incorporate music written by First Nations composers into your music curriculum.

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Musical Storying

A senior secondary level resource for creating/composing musical works

Note: Although this resource is aimed at the upper secondary level, it is adaptable for different age groups and skill levels.

The idea

Framing musical creations around stories

·      Incorporating musical storying is an approach to creating/composing for senior secondary students

·      Using this approach as a basis for developing musical ideas gives students tools to authentically and creatively adapt their stories into music, resulting in the creation of musical works

·      This idea is applicable to:

o    All musical styles - popular, jazz, art music, folk, world music

o   All modes of musical creation, from ‘real’ instruments to electronically generated sound sources

Pre-requisites

At this level it is assumed that students:

·      Read and write music

·      Have an understanding of the musical elements

·      At VCE level, understand the concepts of Repetition, Variation, Contrast and Transition

·      Have access to working with music technology, especially a notation program

The process

Step 1: Writing the narrative

·      To start, students need to develop a narrative that will be adapted into a musical work

o   Using a stimulus word, for example ‘mystery’, develop a main character and 2-3 other characters

o   Develop a basic story around these characters

·      At this stage the narrative should be easy to follow, however, as the work develops there can be the inclusion of side plots and ideas

·      Isolate the different characters in the story and allocate affective elements to each

Step 2: Motifs/themes for the characters

·      Students now develop musical motifs/themes that will reflect the identified affective aspects of the characters. Think about:

o   Mode/scale

o   Rhythmic aspects (staccato, legato, cohesive/angular)

o   Melodic shape

o   Length of the motif/theme

o   Sound sources

Step 3: Develop a structure for the piece

·      Using the narrative as a guide, decide on a structure for the piece:

o   Binary, ternary, rondo, through-composed, sectional,

·      The student could use a storyboard here, as they might when making a film, or music for a game

Step 4: Musical texture

·      It’s important to remember that musical texture is understood differently in different curricula (VCE, IB).

·      Once students have developed motifs for their characters they can explore other ways of presenting the motifs and ways of winding them together using musical texture:

o   Monophony, homophony and polyphony can be explored as students use the interactions in their narrative to create their musical storying

o   Students can consider thick or thin textures as well.

Step 5: Harmonic considerations

·      Steps 4 & 5 can be considered concurrently.

·      Once the motifs/themes are set, and structural and textural ideas are considered, students explore and experiment with ideas related to harmony

Step 6: Creating and composing

·      From this point students develop and experiment with their motifs.

·      This may involve:

o   Development of motifs into melodies

o   Creating longer themes

o   Rhythmic experimentation and exploration

o   Adding countermelodies

o   Harmonic contrasts

o   Musical mood changes

o   Use of articulation, tempo, and time signatures

·      All of the above contribute to building the musical story.

Further notes

Musical elements and compositional devices

·      As the student gains experience and expertise greater consideration of the musical elements and compositional devices can be incorporated into the creating process.

·      Alongside more common compositional devices (including repetition, variation, contrast and transition as explicitly included for VCE Composition), compositional devices including augmentation, dimunition, inversion and retrograde can also be explored, manipulated and incorporated

Composing Journal

·      It is important for students to keep a journal of the compositional processes, as compositional statements are required for most composing subjects at senior secondary level.

·      The journal can be written or voice recorded

·      It should include sketches and musical ideas

·      Include:

o   Initial ideas and inspiration

o   Decisions at different stages of the process

o   Musical fragments and/or written fragments, sound bites or any other musical ideas.

·      The journal can be useful to inform changes in compositional direction a

·      It is a place to revisit if the student decides to back-track to earlier thinking about the piece.

·      The journal can be used to assist in writing accompanying written reflections for both the VCE and the IB students

Curricular Links:

·      Program music

·      Film music

·      Game music

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Musical Storying

A senior secondary level resource for creating/composing musical works

Note: Although this resource is aimed at the upper secondary level, it is adaptable for different age groups and skill levels.

The idea

Framing musical creations around stories

·      Incorporating musical storying is an approach to creating/composing for senior secondary students

·      Using this approach as a basis for developing musical ideas gives students tools to authentically and creatively adapt their stories into music, resulting in the creation of musical works

·      This idea is applicable to:

o    All musical styles - popular, jazz, art music, folk, world music

o   All modes of musical creation, from ‘real’ instruments to electronically generated sound sources

Pre-requisites

At this level it is assumed that students:

·      Read and write music

·      Have an understanding of the musical elements

·      At VCE level, understand the concepts of Repetition, Variation, Contrast and Transition

·      Have access to working with music technology, especially a notation program

The process

Step 1: Writing the narrative

·      To start, students need to develop a narrative that will be adapted into a musical work

o   Using a stimulus word, for example ‘mystery’, develop a main character and 2-3 other characters

o   Develop a basic story around these characters

·      At this stage the narrative should be easy to follow, however, as the work develops there can be the inclusion of side plots and ideas

·      Isolate the different characters in the story and allocate affective elements to each

Step 2: Motifs/themes for the characters

·      Students now develop musical motifs/themes that will reflect the identified affective aspects of the characters. Think about:

o   Mode/scale

o   Rhythmic aspects (staccato, legato, cohesive/angular)

o   Melodic shape

o   Length of the motif/theme

o   Sound sources

Step 3: Develop a structure for the piece

·      Using the narrative as a guide, decide on a structure for the piece:

o   Binary, ternary, rondo, through-composed, sectional,

·      The student could use a storyboard here, as they might when making a film, or music for a game

Step 4: Musical texture

·      It’s important to remember that musical texture is understood differently in different curricula (VCE, IB).

·      Once students have developed motifs for their characters they can explore other ways of presenting the motifs and ways of winding them together using musical texture:

o   Monophony, homophony and polyphony can be explored as students use the interactions in their narrative to create their musical storying

o   Students can consider thick or thin textures as well.

Step 5: Harmonic considerations

·      Steps 4 & 5 can be considered concurrently.

·      Once the motifs/themes are set, and structural and textural ideas are considered, students explore and experiment with ideas related to harmony

Step 6: Creating and composing

·      From this point students develop and experiment with their motifs.

·      This may involve:

o   Development of motifs into melodies

o   Creating longer themes

o   Rhythmic experimentation and exploration

o   Adding countermelodies

o   Harmonic contrasts

o   Musical mood changes

o   Use of articulation, tempo, and time signatures

·      All of the above contribute to building the musical story.

Further notes

Musical elements and compositional devices

·      As the student gains experience and expertise greater consideration of the musical elements and compositional devices can be incorporated into the creating process.

·      Alongside more common compositional devices (including repetition, variation, contrast and transition as explicitly included for VCE Composition), compositional devices including augmentation, dimunition, inversion and retrograde can also be explored, manipulated and incorporated

Composing Journal

·      It is important for students to keep a journal of the compositional processes, as compositional statements are required for most composing subjects at senior secondary level.

·      The journal can be written or voice recorded

·      It should include sketches and musical ideas

·      Include:

o   Initial ideas and inspiration

o   Decisions at different stages of the process

o   Musical fragments and/or written fragments, sound bites or any other musical ideas.

·      The journal can be useful to inform changes in compositional direction a

·      It is a place to revisit if the student decides to back-track to earlier thinking about the piece.

·      The journal can be used to assist in writing accompanying written reflections for both the VCE and the IB students

Curricular Links:

·      Program music

·      Film music

·      Game music

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David Henkels Composition Award - The Musical Society of Victoria

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www.msv.org.au