ACF Philadelphia recommends that its members list their upcoming concert events on the Philadelphia Camerata events calendar. The event listing process is easy. Direct your friends, fellow composers and musicians to the Camerata website today!
www.philadelphiacamerata.com
Grant Opportunities for Composers (non-ACF)
Butler County Symphony Orchestra: Call for Scores
Butler County Symphony Orchestra, seeks scores from composers of an original 10 minute orchestral composition on the theme of Space Exploration. One score will be chosen for performance at the April 16, 2011 concert in Butler, PA. Application deadline: February 1, 2011.
Details: Application fee $25.00. Instrumentation: 2fl, picc, 2ob, EH, 2cl, BC, 3bsn, 4hrs, 3trp, 3trob, 1tba, full percussion, harp, strings.
Monetary prize:$1,500.00 will be awarded at the April concert in Butler. Winning score and parts will become the property of the BCSO. Send all inquirers to: Vincent J Sanzotti, c/o The Butler County Symphony Orchestra, 259 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001. 724-290-7627
Details:
Application deadline: February 1, 2011(postmark) To Apply, submit: 1. One bound and legible score of one orchestral work of 10 minutes duration. Label the cover with your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number. 2. Recording if available. 3. A program note concerning the piece. 4. A check for $25
Eligibility:
1. Applicants must be U.S. resident. 2. Only one work per composer will be considered. 3. Preference will be given to unperformed works. 4. Not eligible are concertos, choral works, and works with electronic elements.
Selection:
The 10 minute piece will be selected by a committee of BCSO members and will be announced by February 15,2011
Send score, program notes and biographical sketch by February 1, 2011 to: Butler County Symphony Orcestra, 259 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001
Information:
Contact Vincent J Sanzotti, 724-290-7627, vsanzcsanz@zoominternet.net or www.butlersymphony.org.
McKnight Visiting Composer Residencies
Guidelines and application materials are now available for this year's McKnight Visiting Composer Residencies. The application deadline is March 27, 2010 (postmark).
Each year, the McKnight Visiting Composer Program underwrites a residency in Minnesota for two non-Minnesota-based composers. While in residence, the visiting composer collaborates on a project with a Minnesota performing, presenting, and/or community organization. The award is $14,000 in unrestricted funds.
Guidelines and application materials are available via the ACF National website.
MATA (Music at the Anthology) is currently accepting submissions from young composers for possible commissions and performances on the 2010 MATA Festival in New York City. Materials for submission must include:
- Recording (CD) of one or (preferably) two recent works (on one CD). If you submit an orchestral work, please also send a chamber or solo work. MIDI recordings will not be accepted
- Scores to accompany the above recordings (unless scores are not pertinent to your work)
- Biography or resumé
- A list of works
- Contact information
Postmark Deadline: February 16th, 2010. NOTE: We do not accept submission via email
To submit or for more information, contact:
MATA
293 Warren Street, #2
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: (212) 563-5124
Email: info@matafestival.org
Web: www.matafestival.org
Electronic Music Foundation: Call for works
Seeks proposals of “documentary field recordings, instrumental and electronic compositions, performances, installations, interactive websites, and any other forms of experimental audio with imagery and multimedia” on the theme of water for their October 2010 “Ear to the Earth” Festival in NYC and environs.
Send descriptions of your ideas or works, or send pointers to websites or downloads by email to emf@emf.org with the words 'Ear to the Earth'
in the subject line.
If you prefer to send examples of your works as CDs or DVDs, send them to EMF, 307 Seventh Avenue Ste 1402, New York, NY 10001.
If you have an idea for a specific venue in New York City, let the Festival know. If you plan to produce a water-related event anywhere throughout the world during October 2010, and if you would like it included as a festival event, contact the Festival.
Our deadline for receiving ideas and materials is January 7, 2010.
As the Festival is already being curated, please act or be in touch as soon as you can.
Contact information:
Joel Chadabe, President
Electronic Music Foundation
www.emf.org
joel@emf.org
Delaware Valley Chorale: 2010 Choral Composition Competition
The Delaware Valley Chorale (DVC), an adult community chorus based in Wilmington, Delaware, announces the 2010 Choral Composition Competition for young composers. The winner of the competition will receive a $500 cash award and the opportunity to hear the composition performed by DVC during the 2010-2011 concert season.
- Eligibility: The competition is open to applicants who will be 30 years old or younger as of March 1, 2010.
- Award Criteria: The winning composition will be selected by a jury. Submissions must be original compositions of 3-8 minutes duration. The composition may be in any style, a cappella or accompanied by piano, and should be primarily for four parts (SATB). Arrangements or harmonizations of existing works will not be considered.
- Application Deadline: Applications must be received by March 1, 2010.
- Application Fee: $10
Application form, instructions and timeline can be obtained beginning October 10, 2009 from our website www.delawarevalleychorale.org or by contacting Elizabeth Rhoads, DVC Competition Committee Chair, at 610-388-2626.
Call for Artists to submit Proposal-Applications
Traverse Arts Project: TAP, a non-profit Arts organization in Philadelphia, PA is pleased to announce this Call for Performing and Creative Artists to participate in the 2nd Annual Philadelphia GLBT Arts Festival. The festival is scheduled for June 6-13, 2010 in Center City Philadelphia, PA
Emerging Arts professionals from around the world are eligible to apply for consideration to be presented in the 2010 Philadelphia GLBT Arts Festival.
Both soloists and ensembles are encouraged to submit proposal-applications with well-developed performance and exhibit ideas. Arts professionals and ensembles in Music, Dance, Theater, Dramatic Arts, are all encouraged to submit proposals. All styles from Classical/Traditional Arts to Contemporary Arts are welcomed.
Read the announcement for full details.
Other Opportunities for Composers and Performers (non-ACF)
Hollywood Calling: An Insider's Guide to Film Scoring
April 17-18, 2010 McNally Smith College of Music Saint Paul, MN
Registration Deadline: March 31, 2010
ACF is partnering with McNally Smith College of Music to offer an intensive two-day workshop on the process of film scoring. The sessions will be led by noted Hollywood composers Sean McMahon and Christopher Young.
The response to our initial workshop announcement was very strong and the limited number of spots in the Tier One registration category filled-up quickly. As a result:
- We are no longer accepting Tier One registrations
- We have added a new registration option for composers who still want to participate.
- A rate that allows composers to audit both day's sessions, but does not include the IFP reception or the follow-up critique to Sean McMahon.
- A rate that allows composers to audit the first day's workshop sessions.
Composer Wanted for Musical
Composer/Collaborator for New Musical Seeking a composer to write music for a new spec Philadelphia-based stage musical. Book finished and lyrics half finished. Composer should have experience writing for the musical theatre and should be able to write for diverse characters, collaborate with a lyricist, and structure a complete score, including. Must have extensive Musical Theatre history knowledge including the classics (West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, etc...) Prefer someone Philadelphia-based, but NYC/NJ are acceptable.
Contact dougfinelli@hotmail.com
MAAF's Creative Fellowships: Colony Track
Multidisciplinary Sponsored residencies at The Millay Colony and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts
The Artists' Colonies residencies support writers, composers, and visual artists who prefer to begin creating new work privately, in seclusion. At these artists' retreat centers the visiting artist is provided with a private studio, room and board, and the stimulating company of other artists from around the nation, for an intensive period of self-guided creative exploration and development. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's partners in this program are The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation provides funds to sponsor an artist from each of our member states annually. In addition, a small travel subsidy is awarded to the selected artist. Artists must apply directly to the appropriate colony. Application materials are available on the websites listed below. Deadlines for artist colony residencies vary. Contact the colony for current schedules.
- Artists in Delaware, Maryland, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia may apply to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. www.vcca.com
- Artists in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania may apply to the Millay Colony. www.millaycolony.org