2023 South Africa

LIST OF SELECTED WORKS – ISCM2023 World New Music Days

Official Submissions – Sections:
AUSTRALIAN SECTION – Angus Davison: Nigel (Medium Chamber Ensemble)
AUSTRIAN SECTION – Petra Stump-Linshalm: MADAME PELE (Solos)
BRITISH SECTION – Soosan Lolavar: I am the Spring. You are the Earth. (Collaborations with African Traditional Musicians)
CANADIAN SECTION – Cris Derksen: The Bells (Electronic Music)
CHENGDU SECTION – Shi Ziwei: Fantasy Etude for Solo Alto Saxophone (Solos)
CHILE SCD SECTION – Felipe Pinto d’Aguiar: Ambientes (Symphony Orchestra)
CROATION SECTION – Ana Horvat: Mi (Electronic Music)
DANISH SECTION – Veronika Voetmann: Frostbitten (Symphony Orchestra)
ESTONIAN SECTION – Madli Marje Gildemann: Osmosis (Trios / Quartets)
FAROE ISLANDS SECTION – Sámal J. Jakobsen: Krákan: á Húsið (String Quartet)
FINNISH SECTION – Markku Klami: Elegia (Medium Chamber Ensemble)
FLEMISH SECTION – Annelies Van Parys: Shades of Light (Solos)
GERMAN SECTION – Moritz Eggert: Tamam Shud (Solos)
GOTLAND SECTION – Fabian Svensson: Nothing Happens (Trios / Quartets)
GREEK SECTION – Nickos Harizanos: En Jardin (Trios / Quartets)
HONG KONG SECTION – Yip Ho-kwen Austin: This is All About That Monster (Electronic Music)
HUNGARIAN SECTION – Viktor Molnár: Miracles of Interstellar (Trios / Quartets)
ICELANDIC SECTION – Ingibjörg Ýr: Balaena (Collaborations with African Traditional Musicians)
IRISH SECTION – Deirdre McKay: sable qui glisse (Choir)
ISRAELI SECTION – Amos Elkana: Asara (Large Chamber Ensemble)
JAPANESE SECTION – Yasunoshin Morita: And the wind tells… (Collaborations with African Traditional Musicians)
LATVIAN SECTION – Gundega Šmite: Aurum (Solos)
LITHUANIAN SECTION – Juta Pranulytė: Harmonic Islands (Trios / Quartets)
NANNING SECTION – Zhong Juncheng: Cottage Imagery (Solos)
NETHERLANDS SECTION – Yu Oda: NoiseSample (Electronic Music)
NEW ZEALAND SECTION – Michaela (Mika) Cornelius: The Sounding Sea (String Quartet)
NORWEGIAN SECTION – Henrik Hellstenius: UNFOLDED (Trios / Quartets)
POLISH SECTION – Aldona Nawrocka: QUANTUM FLUCTUATION (in memoriam K.Penderecki) (Duos)
PORTUGUESE SECTION – Ângela da Ponte: We can’t breathe (Solos)
ROMANIAN SECTION – Lucian Zbarcea: Aksaka (String Quartet)
SERBIAN SECTION – Tatjana Milošević: The Time of Light (Trios / Quartets)
SHANGHAI SECTION – Ding Ying: Silent Gaze (Choir)
SLOVAK SECTION – Robert Kolář: Four Abstractions (Duos)
SLOVENIAN SECTION – Črt Sojar Voglar: O lux beata trinitas (Choir)
SOUTH AFRICAN SECTION – Njabulo Phungula: like knotted strings (String Quartet)
SOUTH KOREAN SECTION – Chihchun Chi-sun Lee: Divergence & Convergence (Solos)
SPANISH SECTION – Manuel M. Burgos: I HAVE A DREAM (Solos)
SWEDISH SECTION – Martin Svensson: Yin Yang (Solos)
TAIPEI SECTION – Paul SanGregory: Blue Shimmer (Electronic Music)
USA SECTION – Eric Moe: Deep Ecology (Electronic Music)
WALLONIA-BRUSSELS FEDERATION SECTION – Claude Ledoux: Entre-Vagues Irisés (Solos)
WELSH SECTION – Nathan James Dearden: i breathe (Choir)

Official Submissions – Full Associate Members:
ARFA – Rucsandra Popescu: Konstellation II (Duos)
Florida International University – Kory Reeder: Erb Study (Medium Chamber Ensemble)
Japan Federation of Composers – Akira Ito: Even a Chance Acquaintance is Decreed by Destiny (Trios / Quartets)
Music Centre Slovakia – Michael Blažek: „FOMO“ (Trios / Quartets)
Musikagileak – Teresa Catalán: Larrazpileko jentilen trikuharritik (Trios / Quartets)
New Music USA – Fahad Siadat: Not Infinite if Not God (Choir)
Prague Spring Festival – Ondřej Štochl: Il sogno fragile (Solos)
Scottish Music Centre – Rufus Isabel Elliot: a piece of horizon has been arching ur back (Solos)
Stephen F. Austin State University (Texas) – Jinghong Zhang: The Tale of A Wise Man (Electronic Music)
Vietnam Contemporary Music Centre – Nguyen Ngoc Tu: String Quartet No.3 (String Quartet)

Official Submissions – Affiliated Associate Members:
COSIMTE – Candelaria Dorta Núñez: Ruminations (Choir)

Individual Submissions:
Christian Banasik: Inscription 3 – Seikilos Epitaph (Electronic Music)
Lee Cheng: Shanshui (Electronic Music)
Brian Current: Sungods (Solos)
Glenn Dixon: Vitreous Shades of Rock (Medium Chamber Ensemble)
Ugnė Giedraitytė: Au-dessus (Trios / Quartets)
Martin Theodor Gut: Zu köstliche Sache (String Quartet)
Tõnu Kõrvits: Hope (Trios / Quartets)
Masafumi Oda: Anti-Automationism (Electronic Music)
Morten Poulsen: A Cradle Song (Choir)
Gerhard Praesent: “…para tocar” (Solos)
Tihomir Ranogajec: Rush hour (Medium Chamber Ensemble)

1. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (with or without soloist[s]) max. 3 fl. (of which 1 alto flute and 1 piccolo are possible), 3 ob. (of which 1 cor anglais is possible), 3 clar. (in Bb or A, with 1 bcl. possible), 3 bsn. (of which 1 contrabassoon is possible), 4 hrn., 3 tpt., 3 tbn. (of which 1 bass tbn. is possible), 1 tuba, 3 perc. (of whom 1 player can perform on timp.), 1 hrp., 1 pno. and/or electric kbd., string orchestra

2. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 13 musicians or more drawn from the following: 1 flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), 1 oboe (incl. cor anglais), 1 clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), 1 bassoon (incl. contrabassoon), 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 2 pianos and/or keyboards, 1 harp, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 contrabass, 2 percussion*(see below), live electronics (mono or stereo only), voice(s) (up to 2, male or female)

3. LARGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLES 8-12 musicians drawn from the following: 1 flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), 1 oboe (incl. cor anglais), 1 clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 2 pianos and/or keyboards, 1 harp, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 contrabass, 2 percussion*(see below), live electronics (mono or stereo only), voice(s) (up to 2, male or female)

4. MEDIUM CHAMBER ENSEMBLES 5-7 musicians drawn from the following: 1 flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), 1 oboe (incl. cor anglais), 1 clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 2 pianos and/or keyboards, 1 harp, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 contrabass, 2 percussion*(see below), live electronics (mono or stereo only), voice(s) (up to 2, male or female)

5. STRING QUARTET (2 violins, viola, cello)

6. BRASS QUINTET (or trio or quartet) drawn from the following instruments: horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba

7. TRIOS OR QUARTETS drawn from the following instruments (one of each): flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), alto saxophone, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano, accordion, percussion*(see below), voice(s) (up to 2, male or female)

8. DUOS drawn from the following instruments (one of each): voice (male or female), flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), oboe (incl. cor anglais), clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), bassoon (incl. contrabassoon), alto saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano, accordion, guitar, percussion*(see below), live electronics (up to 4 channels – no fixed-media electronics as these should be proposed in category 11)

9. SOLOS of the following instruments: voice (male or female), flute (incl. piccolo, alto flute), oboe (incl. cor anglais), clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), bassoon (incl. contrabassoon), alto saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano, organ, harpsichord, accordion, guitar, percussion*(see below), live electronics (up to 4 channels – no fixed-media electronics as these should be proposed in category 11)

10. CHOIR SATB, a cappella or with piano accompaniment. The choir that is likely to perform most pieces consists of 22 singers; divisi possible (2 per voice); sub-groupings (such as female voices only, etc.) are possible.

11. ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH FIXED MEDIA (acousmatic works, fixed media alone, or fixed media plus up to 2 performers of any instrument listed in categories 8 or 9, or supplied by composer) (up to 8 channels/speakers).

12. COMPOSER-PERFORMER on any instrument supplied or brought by the performer, or on an instrument provided by the venue (possibilities are piano, vibraphone, marimba). For electronic composer-performers, a p.a. system (up to 8 channels/speakers) will be provided.

13. JAZZ and/or IMPROVISING ENSEMBLE: Instrumentation should be drawn from the following list: voice (male or female), flute, oboe, clarinet (incl. bass clarinet), bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano, accordion, guitar, percussion*(see below); additional instruments include: saxophone (up to two players – soprano, alto, tenor, baritone possible), electric keyboards, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, various African or Latin percussion, steel pan, drum set, live electronics (up to 4 channels).

14. SOUND INSTALLATIONS to be shown in gallery spaces or other environments, or outside. It should be possible to set up and tear down the installation within 20 minutes each. Installations with more complex setups will be accommodated where possible; the Festival Organizers can be contacted in case of questions.

15. COLLABORATIONS WITH AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS: African musicians usually do not read scores; it is possible to develop music and learn it by rote, but also to develop new notation systems or in some cases use existing ones. Each such collaboration will require its own approach and strategy for development. Please submit a written project description. If you know (a) musician(s) you would like to collaborate with, let us know; if not, describe your ideas and we will try to match you with (a) collaborator(s). In order to rehearse and perform the music, it may be necessary to attend the festival in South Africa and to arrive several days prior to the festival’s opening. Smaller numbers of musicians will make projects easier to realize – duos or trios are ideal. Possible African instruments can include, but are not limited to, lesiba, sekhankula/mamokhorong, Southern African musical bows (uhadi, umrhubhe, umqangala, xitende, etc.), guitar played using African techniques, timbila, Southern African marimba, balafon, amadinda, endongo, djembé, kora, mbira, kalimba, drums from various Southern African locations. Electronics and voice(s) can be included in these collaborations.

16. MARIMBA ORCHESTRA: Compositions for youth or professional ensembles consisting of Southern African marimbas of different sizes. Ensembles usually consist of 4 voices, soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, each played by multiple musicians. Please submit a score or get in touch with the Festival Organizers to discuss instrument details.

*for works including percussion, it should be noted that, while instruments used in the standard symphonic repertoire are available (timpani, snare drums, tom toms, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, tubular bells, etc.), locating more unusual percussion instruments might be challenging. In some cases, it may be necessary for the composer to provide such instruments, either by sending them via courier or by attending the festival and bringing the instrument. NewMusicSA will liaise with the composer should there be problems locating necessary instruments. In addition to standard orchestral percussion, a wide variety of African traditional percussion instruments is available, as well as Southern African marimbas, which are neotraditional (not traditional!) instruments from Zimbabwe and South Africa that are usually diatonic.