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Biennale College – Music 3rd edition

Call for works Biennale College – Music 3rd edition The aim of the Biennale College – Music project is to promote and support the production of up to 4 micro-budget musical theatre chamber works based on a comical, surreal and/or playful theme, lasting no longer than 25 minutes each, for an ensemble of 8 instruments…

CALL FOR SCORES RISUONANZE 2018

Associazione Culturale TKE is calling for pieces to be performed at the “Risuonanze 2018 – incontri di nuove musiche” Festival, which will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia region – Italy. The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age. Pieces should be written or the specified instruments and chamber groups; use of…

Rainy days 2015, festival de musique nouvelle 24–29.11.2015

rainy days 2015, festival de musique nouvelle 24.–29.11.2015 at Philharmonie Luxembourg. Suspense – A feeling or state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen Read more…

2015 British Composer Award

Robert Saxton has been nominated for a 2015 British Composer Award. His work Sonata for Brass Band on a Prelude of Orlando Gibbons has been shortlisted in the Wind Band or Brass Band category. Composed and published in 2014, Sonata for Brass Band on a Prelude of Orlando Gibbons was commissioned by Peter Bassano for…

125 PARTY PIECES

on the initiative of the Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig [FZML] 125 of the most distinguished contemporary composers created a piece in honour of John Cage that has no equal. On January 20th the world’s largest group composition will finally experience its European premiere in Leipzig at the UT Connewitz. 125 PARTY PIECES 20th January…

New Music Miami Festivals and Collaboration Between ISCM Miami and ISCM Taiwan Chapters

During the spring 2015 the ISCM Miami Chapter presented their annual New Music Miami Festival. The festival this year included a total of thirteen concert presented between January and April 2015 and featured full concerts by guest performers including the Fonema Consort, Jennifer Choi, Bugallo Williams Piano Duo, Charles Curtis, Thomas Buckner, Mari Kimura, and…

THE 2015 ISCM WORLD MUSIC DAYS – Report by Frank J. Oteri

IT’S DIFFICULT TO BE A WORLD SHOWCASE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES: THE 2015 ISCM WORLD MUSIC DAYSBy Frank J. Oteri on October 23, 2015 Before trekking to Ljubljana, Slovenia for the 2015 World Music Days (WMD), the signature annual music festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), I had attended three previous editions of…

The 2017 GAUDEAMUS AWARD NOMINEES have been selected

A professional jury consisting of Mayke Nas (NLD), Christopher Trapani (USA) and Joe Cutler (GBR) has drawn up a shortlist for the 2017 Gaudeamus Award.No fewer than 288 scores from 36 different countries were submitted for the 2017 competition. The judging panel selected the following five composers to enter the prestitious competition next year:* Landscape…

The Villiers Quartet

The Villiers Quartet announces the VQ New Works Competition for 2016. This competition is open to composers of any nationality and age writing new music for string quartet. Deadline for entries is January 15th, 2016 Read more…

2016 Sound of Dragon Music Festival

2016 Sound of Dragon Music Festival – Call for Scores & Workshops for Composers of any age and nationality. The 2016 Sound of Dragon Music Festival is accepting submissions of works for the combination of Chinese and western instruments. In order to provide the resources for composers unfamiliar with these instruments, the Sound of Dragon…