Archive for December 2014
Composition Competition for Guitar and String Quartet
2015/04/27 The Claxica 2015 contest is dedicated to a composition for classical guitar and string quartet (two violins, a viola, a cello), duration between 6 and 10 minutes. Read more…
Read More28th Music Biennale Zagreb
28th Music Biennale Zagreb 2015/04/18-04/25 In just eight days, the 28th MBZ offers 40 concerts, performances and installations of all shapes and sizes in ten formal performance venues, but we will also flood the streets of Zagreb with street performances with around 700 performers in total. Three symphony orchestras and 11 chamber ensembles are participating.…
Read MoreEMC 5th European Forum on Music
2015/06/11-06/14 the 5th European Forum on Music which will be held in Riga, Latvia and co-hosted by the Latvian Music Council. The title of the next edition of the EMC annual conference is: Access to music is digital? and it will explore how new technologies facilitate the work of cultural institutions, how improved access to…
Read More2015/01/19 I-Park multi-disciplinary artists-in-residence program
I-Park, located in rural East Haddam, CT (U.S.), announces its 2015 multi-disciplinary artists-in-residence program. The program is open to composers and those working in the field of sound art/design/sculpture. Other creative disciplines represented: visual arts, architecture, moving image, creative writing and landscape/garden/ecological design. Self-directed residencies will be offered from May through November, 2015. Most residencies…
Read More2015/08/15 Re-imagining Old Hispanic musical culture.
The University of Bristol, in collaboration with Bristol cathedral choir, Christ Church cathedral choir, and Kokoro Ensemble (the contemporary music ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra), seeks original compositions of 3-5 minutes length for EITHER a) cathedral choir (with organ if desired), for use in the Anglican liturgy OR b) instruments including some or all…
Read More2015/05/01 Love, Life and Peace on the Planet
The basic requirements for the participants and the composition are: Participation is open to composers from any country, aged over twenty. Preferred languages are Latin, English and Armenian. The compositions should be written for the “Little Singers of Armenia” children’s choir – either for (SSA) or (SSAA) voices and percussion with or without piano accompaniment.…
Read More2015/02/20 The Charlotte New Music Festival
The Charlotte New Music Festival is an intense workshop for composers, filled with private lessons, panel discussions, composition masterclasses, presentations, rehearsals, and public concerts. In the evenings, participating composers will have multiple opportunities to attend several other concerts and perform their music during a “New Music Open Mic Night” in a hip Charlotte music venue.…
Read More2015/06/15 International Composition Competition Piero Farulli
In order to create a new repertoire for young string quartets, the Association Piero Farulli announces a competition open to all composers of the European Union for creating works of max 15 minutes duration, for string quartet (two violins, viola and cello). The jury will be composed by three distiguished musicians (one composer and two…
Read More2015/02/15 2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015
2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015. Deadline: February 15. The Prix Annelie de Man 2015 will take place from May 26 – 30th 2015. The Foundation Annelie de Man organizes in cooperation with the Orgelpark in Amsterdam Netherlands a competition for composers and harpsichordists to promote and support contemporary harpsichord repertoire. We encourage…
Read MoreLouisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Rihm wins music prize for piece evoking ‘dark colors’ LOUISVILLE, Ky. – “IN-SCHRIFT 2,” an orchestral work that explores the boundaries of musical space, has earned German composer Wolfgang Rihm the 2015 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Read more…
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