2014/07/18 12th Annual British Composer Awards
The British Composer Awards celebrate the music of today’s composers living and working in the UK and also UK premieres of works by composers from outside the United Kingdom. Nominations are now open across thirteen categories for works of classical and jazz music which have received their UK premiere between 1 April 2013 and 31…
2014/08/15 Apollo Chamber Players’ project
Apollo Chamber Players’ project seeks to identify a composer to be awarded a commission for a new work for string chamber ensemble, preferably string duo, trio or quartet. (Works may include piano.) which will take inspiration from folk music; specifically, Hungarian/Roma folk music and/or similar Eastern European folk idiom(s). It will be programmed and premiered…
2014/09/10-09/20 Ultima 2014
2014/09/10-09/20 Ultima 2014 is the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, and under the theme “Nation”, the festival will focus on how a local musical identity is expressed in the context of an international, digital world. In this contect also the Ultima Academy 2014 (10 – 19 September);THE NATION: Singing in unison or playing solo….
2014/10/01 composers’ competition – 5-Minute Opera!
2014/10/01 Music Biennale Zagreb is launching a new composers’ competition – 5-Minute Opera! Ten best entries will be performed in the Grand Finale of the competition as a part of the 28th Music Biennale Zagreb, in April 2015. The jury plus the audience vote will then chose the winning piece. The composer of the winning…
2014/10/31 Impuls events
2014/10/31 We, Impuls, announce the start of the international impuls composition competition call and draw your attention to another competition with infos on Franz Schubert and Modern Music. Please also find some updates on our Academy programs and tutors for upcoming February (registration has started and places are filling up quickly with some classes already…
2014/10/15 Composition Competition
Oxingale Music and Matt Haimovitz join UK vocal trio Voice in inviting composers of all ages and nationalities to submit a work for cello and three voices, using text from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 8, 30, or 60. Works should be under ten minutes in duration. read more…
2014/12/30 Pierrot Lunaire International Composition Competition 2015
Composers from all over the world – are invited to present works for the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien ®. Created on an initiative of the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien ® the Pierrot Lunaire International Composition Competition 2015 will launch its edition during the 2015-2016 seasons for chamber works open to composers of all nationalities, with…
2014/05/31 Annual International Young Composers Academy
2014/05/31 Annual International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city (Perm region), August 29 – September 13, 2014 is the large-scale international composer workshop in Russia. Artistic director is a composer Dmitri Kourliandski. Academy is a creative laboratory for young composers and musicians from around the world. During fortnight workshop the young composers write new compositions…
2014/05/31 eContact! 16.4
The Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) is now accepting submissions for an upcoming issue of eContact!, the online journal for electroacoustics published four times a year by the CEC. eContact! 16.4 will showcase subversive, politically informed and experimental work, projects and practices in the larger realm of creation in sound and technologies. read more…
2014/05/31 Italy Percussion Competition
2014/05/31 Italy Percussion Competition for Marimba, Vibraphone, Timpani, Snare Drum, Drum set & Composition will be held from 23 to 28 september at the Congress Centre “Serena Majestic” in Montesilvano /Pescara (Italy) in a beautiful location near the sea. read more….