The Association of Friends of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra (Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker) announces a competition for composers of symphonic music. The competition is international and open to all age groups.

Brandenburg Composer’s Prize:

The winner of the Brandenburg Composers’ Prize will receive 5.000 Euro for a commission to compose an orchestral work for the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra or for the first performance of a not yet performed rendered composition. In both cases, the work will receive its premiere performance in the Industrial Museum of Brandenburg (former Steelworks).

Brandenburg Da Capo Prize:

consists of a second or a further performance of one of the submitted pieces by the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Application documents:

• application form (download)
• a maximum of three scores representative of the abilities for composing in the orchestral medium composed later than 2000. The name of the composer must not appear on any of the submitted scores (no pseudonym)
• recordings from prior pieces and preferably of the submitted works (CD or MIDI-Version) (optional – no condition)

participation fee A: 10 Euro: the application submitted will not be returned
participation fee B: 20 Euro: the application submitted will be returned

The participation fee must be sent with the intended purpose
“5th Biennal + name of the applicant ” per Paypal or by bank transfer:
BIC: GENODEF1BRB IBAN: DE15160620730000000990 (international code of Brandenburger Bank)

The following Jurors will select the winners on June 18th and 19th 2012:

Iris ter Schiphorst, composer, Berlin
Vittorio Zago, composer, Milan, Italy
Carsten Hennig, composer, Dresden
Michael Helmrath, chief-conductor of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra
Markus Rindt, intendant of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra
Applications must be submitted to the Chairperson of the Board by May 19th 2012 (postmark):

Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker
Andrea-Carola Güntsch
Wallstraße 15
D-14770 Brandenburg an der Havel

mail:auskunft (at) fbsym (dot) de
Tel: +49-(0)3381-22 88 22
Fax: +49-(0)3381-22 88

The Call for Scores cage + is linked to a special project within the percussion workshops of Christian Dierstein and Arnold Marinissen: The new (shorter) pieces should be in relation with and in the spirit of the percussion work of John Cage – more specifically his four works Trio, Third Construction, Branches and Six. Details of the four Cage Pieces

In the concert, the Cage pieces will be mixed with a selection of the new pieces. Please, be aware that it may not be possible to play all pieces in concert. However, all pieces will be rehearsed between the 16 and 25 July 2012 always in the morning in Darmstadt, so you will have a chance to hear your music played and to do corrections if necessary.

The percussion concert cage + is scheduled for 26 July 2012 (presentation concert in the afternoon).

Please, send the new scores before 1 June 2012

to Christian Dierstein by E-mail or snail mail:

Christian Dierstein

Rahel Varnhagenstrasse 73

D-79100 Freiburg

Germany

mail@christiandierstein.de

1) The call is directed to composers of all ages and nationalities.

2) The aim of the call is the creation of electroacoustic sound miniatures (duration: 2-5 minutes) in 2012 under the theme of “sound text composition”

3) No more than one electroacoustic work per composer will be presented at the Sound Walk installation.

4) All applications should be sent via internet in 1 single Zip File by UPLOAD on the Miso Music’s FTP at the following web address:

http://www.misomusic.com/competitions/soundwalk.html

The Zip File with the candidate’s application should contain 3 files inside a single folder:
- 1 Text file (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf) with a short biography and contacts, as well as information about the piece (methods used, concept, etc.)
- 1 Audio file .AIFF or .WAV format 16bit 44,1kHz with the recording of the composer’s name and title of the piece spoken aloud (this is to be used as an announcement and will be played before each piece on the Sound Walk installation).

- 1 Audio file .AIFF or .WAV format 16bit 44,1kHz containing the stereo version of the piece*
In case of works up to 4 channels (multichannel pieces) the audio files corresponding to each of the channels in AIFF or WAV format should be recorded on a CD-R or DVD-data and submitted by post to:

Sound Walk 2012
Miso Music Portugal
Rua do Douro 92,
Rebelva – 2775-318
Parede – Portugal

5) The deadline for submissions (upload and post) is 12 P.M. GMT time, June 30 2012

Important: The name of the Zip File and the folder should be identical to the name of the work submitted.
All incomplete applications or those not meeting these requirements will not be taken into consideration.

Please note that due to bandwidth limitations on the Miso Music server it is possible that around deadline hours an overload may occur, making it impossible to access the FTP. Please upload your application as soon as possible before the deadline. Applications sent after the deadline will not be considered valid.

6) Applications sent by post will not be accepted.

7) Among all submitted electroacoustic miniatures the Festival’s Artistic Direction will select ±25 pieces to be diffused at the “Sound Walk” installation.

Participation in this call implies the acceptance of the above rules.

For all who already want to make plans for 2013: Registration has already started …

Founded by Beat Furrer and Ernst Kovacic impuls, the International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music and Association for the Communication of Contemporary Music has developed into one of the internationally leading institutions in this field within shortly. Instrumental classes and ensemble work, composition classes and programs, that strengthen the cooperation between composers and interpreters (Ensemble meets Composer, reading sessions with Klangforum Wien amongst others), special programs such as Choreography of Sound (Electroacoustics), composition beyond music, electronic and improvisation workshops … as well as various call for scores: Every second year the impuls Academy offers an intense training and holistic approach to contemporary music (both in a theoretical and practical way) to young musicians and composers from all over the world. For about 14 days impuls hereby builds an important platform for joint working, mutual learning and international exchange. An international team of renowned musicians and composers as tutors guarantees highest quality and builds the basis for excellently educated, highly motivated and internationally interlinked young musicians and composers as competent and authentic messengers of music as a language without borders.

TUTORS 2013:
Georges Aperghis composition
Pierluigi Billone composition
Chaya Czernowin composition
Beat Furrer composition
Georg Friedrich Haas composition
Rebecca Saunders composition

Peter Ablinger composition beyond music

Gerhard Eckel + Ramón González-Arroyo choreography of sound
Peter Plessas live electronics

Annette Bik violin
Christian Dierstein percussion
Bill Forman trumpet + brass
Eva Furrer flute
Uli Fussenegger double bass
Petra Hoffmann voice
Ernst Kovacic violin
Andreas Lindenbaum cello
Lars Mlekusch saxophone
Ernesto Molinari clarinet
Ian Pace piano
Dimitrios Polisoidis viola
Ernest Rombout oboe
Krassimir Sterev accordion
Mike Svoboda trombone + brass
Marcus Weiss saxophone

Enno Poppe conductor (reading sessions)
Clement Power conductor (ensembles)

Klangforum Wien (reading sessions)

Frank Gratkowski improvisation
Manon-Liu Winter improvisation

Eva Furrer yoga

Registration and further informationen: www.impuls.cc / Academy

4th European Forum: “Participation and Citizenship – Can Cultural Institutions in Europe lead the way? Should they?” Taking place in Brussels on the 5th/6th June 2012.

This event will explore cultural participation as an element of “active citizenship” and ask what role cultural institutions play. If cultural democracy requires a full polyphonic representation of social and ethnic diversity, are public cultural institutions the needed spaces for encounter and interaction? Do public policies help cultural institutions launch significant intercultural processes, outreach and organisational re-invention?

Some programme headlines:

• Meeting and Creating Audience Expectations in an Age of Super-Diversity
• Engaging with Citizens: Good Practice in the Museum World
• Responding To Immediate Diversity Challenges: Can Culture Help?
• Cultural Diversity In Cultural Institutions: Researching And Benchmarking Commitments

See the draft programme !

This Forum will bring together academics, cultural practitioners and NGO activists who work for interculturalism. It takes place in the context of the Platform for Intercultural Europe’s involvement in the Structured Dialogue between the EU with Civil Society.

The Forum will be followed by our General Assembly of Members (non-members interested in membership can attend it as guests).

The European Commission will kindly sponsor our annual meeting once more with the use of their premises and catering on the second day, some travel subsidies for our members and the registration management. Interpretation between English and French will be available on the second day for a limited number of people (‘chuchotage’).

We look forward to seeing you in Brussels on 5/6^th June !

Register now! Deadline: Friday 18th May 2012
Password: INTERCULTURAL

X ANNUAL SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST FOR BANDS

“CITY OF TORREVIEJA”.

The municipal cultural institute, ‘Joaquin Chapaprieta’ has organised the (tenth) annual ‘SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST – CITY OF TORREVIEJA’ which will take place under the following rules:

RULES.

1.- All those composers who wish to participate may do so.

2. The compositions should be original and unedited an-d not be a copy, modification or a version of any existing composition nor have been previously published through any media. Any entry which has been, or appears to have been previously presented to the public or received its ‘premier’ outside of this competition may be disqualified by the decision of the jury. The composition should have a duration of more than fifteen minutes and less than twenty minutes.

3. The content of the work, as well as its form, shall be of ‘free choice’ (not allowed to work for solo instrument and wind orchestra), and arranged for the instruments detailed in the attached annex. It should be noted that the jury will expect the use of ALL of the instruments listed in the annex except those which are indicated as optional. Failure to comply with this rule could result in the disqualification of the entry.

4. Works should be submitted in quintipulate “printed” on paper size DIN A3 (297mmx420mm), and accompanied by the individual material (partichelas) of the corresponding part for each of the instruments as detailed in the annex.

The individual material (or partichelas) of the work may be sent optionally on a CD (in PDF archives), in order to reduce the cost of shipping by the composer.

Together with the work and the individual material submitted, which should not bear either the name nor known pseudonym of the composer but merely a chosen title, should be enclosed a separate, sealed envelope which is clearly marked on the outside with the chosen title of the work. Within this envelope should be enclosed details of the composer: name, surnames, address, copy of national identity document or passport, telephone number and electronic mail address if applicable. Any non-compliance of this rule may lead to disqualification.

5. All entries must be received by 31^st October 2012 and the jury’s decision will be announced before the end of the year 2012.

6. Entries should be sent, within the specified time, to:

EXMO. AYUNTAMIENTO DE TORREVIEJA

INSTITUTO MUNICIPAL DE CULTURA

“JOAQUIN CHAPAPRIETA TORREGROSA”

REGISTRO – OFICINA PROP – C/ HERMANOS BAZAN, 6

03181 TORREVIEJA – ALICANTE – ESPAÑA.

7. PRIZES:

7.1. A single prize of twelve thousand euros (12,000€) will be offered to the winner.

7.2. The prize will be subject to taxes according to law. This will apply both to Spanish nationals as well as non Spanish competitors regardless of their place of residence.

8. The jury which will decide the winning entry will be composed of five members, all recognised within the world of music and nominated by the Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja (Town Council).

9. The prize-winning composition will receive its “PREMIER” during a special concert by the “UNION MUSICAL TORREVEJENSE” (www.unionmusicaltorrevejense.com) sometime during the first semester of 2013.

9.1. Regardless that the rights of ownership of the entry will remain with the author, he / she, in accordance with the rules of this competition, will be obliged to ensure that, in any future publication of the composition, the winning entry will be publicised with the following annex: “PRIZEWINNER OF THE X ANNUAL SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST “CIUDAD DE TORREVIEJA”. 2012.

10. All other works submitted and not deemed to be the winner will be kept by the ‘Ayuntamiento’ of Torrevieja for a period of three months from the date of the publication of jury’s decision, after which the composers may collect their entries in person or by sending an authorised representative.

11. The competition shall be declared void if the jury should decide that the standard required has not been reached.

12. The submission of any entry to this competition shall be considered as a full acceptance by the competitor of these rules. Any decision by the jury, with regards to the winning entry or any other matter relatining to this competition, shall be considered as final.

E-MAIL CONTACT – PEDRO HERNANDEZ: pedro@gesadem.com

ANNEX TO RULE 3

Piccolo

Flute 1,2

Oboes 1,2,

English Horn

Bassoons 1,2,

Clarinet E Bemol

Clarinet B Bemol Solo and 1º

Clarinet B Bemol 2º 3º

Bass Clarinet

Sax Sopr B Bemol

Alt Sax E Bemol 1,2

Tenor Sax B Bemol 1,2

Bariton Sax E Bemol

Bass Sax (Opcional)

Horn F 1,2,3,4

Trumpets B Bemol 1,2,3,4

Trombone 1,2,3 y 4 (Trombone 4º may be replaced by Bass Trombone)

Flügelhorn B Bemol 1, 2 (Fliscorno)

Euphonium B bemol 1, 2 (Bombardino)

Tubas in C

Violoncello

Double Bass

Piano (Opcional)

Arpa (Opcional)

Timpani

Percusión

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The spirit and intention of this competition is that the entries should be suitable for playing by musician members of a “Banda Sinfónica”, (as understood in Spain). Works which do not strictly meet this criteria may be disqualified.

WINNERS OF PREVIOUS COMPETITIONS:

1^st Edition: “SINFONIA HAMLET” by D. Santiago Quinto Serna (Spain) (2003).

2^nd Edition: “CUMBRE DE MASADA” by D. José Miguel Fayós Jordán (Spain) (2004).

3^rd Edition: “VENTS DEL GARBI” by D. José Miguel Martínez Giménez (Spain) (2005).

4^th Edition: “FANTASIA PER LA VITA E LA MORTA” by D. Bert Apermont (Belguim) (2006).

5^th Edition: PRIZE NOT AWARDED (2007).

6^th Edition: “ELEMENTS” by Pablo Anglés Galindo (Spain) (2008).

7^th Edition: “CASTELO DO INFERNO” by Ferrer Ferran (Spain) (2009).

8^th Edition: “THE SECRET OF THE HILLS” by Andre Waignein (2010).

9^th Edition: “EL FESTIVAL DE POSEIDON” by Juan José Solana Gutiérrez (2011).

E-MAIL CONTACT – PEDRO HERNANDEZ: pedro@gesadem.com

Musicworks Magazine, Canada’s only experimental music and sound art publication, is calling for new works from composers, sound artists, writers and journalists… The contest has two categories: the Electronic Music Contest (compose an electronic music piece); and the Sonic Geography Writing Contest (describe a location through sound in 500 words or less). Six winners will receive enticing cash prizes!

The Electronic Music Contest:
Compose a piece in one of the following genres: Acousmatic, Audio art, Electroacoustic, Glitch, Intelligent dance music, Microsound, Noise, Turntable art, or Video music. No maximum length.

• First Prize: $500 AND get profiled in the magazine and online, AND get your piece released on the CD
• Second Prize: $200 AND get profiled online
• Third Prize: $100 AND get profiled online

The Sonic Geography Writing Contest:
Write prose to describe how sound influences place.

How does sound define the chosen location? Listen to your local coffee shop, grocery store, or commute to work. Choose anywhere—urban or rural, indoors or outside, busy and loud or mysteriously quiet—and literally describe what you hear. Write about language, geography, landscape, urbanization, culture, architecture or people. Maximum: 500 words.

• First Prize: $500 AND get your article published in the magazine and online
• Second Prize: $200 AND get your article published online
• Third Prize: $100 AND get your article published online

Details and Eligibility Criteria available at www.musicworks.ca/contest/contest.asp

$20 Contest Entry Fee includes 1-year subscription: 3 magazines, 3 CDs

Founded in 1978, Musicworks is arguably Canada’s most unique music magazine. Musicworks reports on the world of experimental sound adventures, and is renowned around the world for the depth and perspective in its discussion of sound. Beginning as a supplement to Only Paper Today, Musicworks has now become the go-to source for all that falls outside the confines of the musical mainstream. Daring to publish tomorrow’s music, Musicworks magazine focuses on composers, musicians, improvisers, instrument designers, and artists who work in radio, sound installation, and sound sculpture. Musicworks publishes three issues each year, each with an accompanying CD, and is about to launch a redeveloped website complete with blogs, audio and video streaming, a searchable back issue collection, and more. The magazine is distributed internationally and has an inclusive mandate to introduce all forms of sound exploration to adventurous listeners.

“I enjoy the magazine because it is so devoted to a tradition that this country excels in.  We have produced great composers, and Musicworks celebrates this.  The CDs are an invaluable bonus, and I look forward to the extraordinary sonic journeys each issue provides me with.” – Atom Egoyan

www.musicworks.ca

More Information

Executive directors:

Carlo Forlivesi, Stefano Fossati, Stephen Whittington

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Selection panel:

Christian Zanési

Stephen Whittington

Carlo Forlivesi

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Guidelines:
http://www.iicmelbourne.esteri.it

http://www.alya.it/forlivesi/UniqueForms.html

formeuniche@me.com

Deadline: 15 May 2012