Associazione Musicale

New Music for Easter Time INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR CHORAL COMPOSITION

NOTIFICATION AND REGULATIONS 1. Musica Ficta Music Association announces the New Music for Easter Time International Competition for Choral Composition, the chief aim of which is to promote the creation and wide distribution of new and innovative choral repertoire. 2. Participation is open to composers of any nationality and any age. 3. The Competition is dedicated to choral compositions a cappella (SATB or divided into as many as eight parts, SSAATTBB) with a maximum duration of 8 minutes. The text of the composition, suitable for a concert during Holy Week (Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday) including Easter Vigil and Holy Sunday, in any language, written for the occasion or pre-existing, should be in the public domain. If not, permission in writing must be obtained from the author or copyright holder of the text and must be enclosed with the entry form. If works are written in a language other than English, Latin, French, German, Italian, or Spanish, please include an IPA transcription. 4. A maximum of two works per composer may be submitted. All entries must be sent using the electronic form here http://goo.gl/G0Xcjc by 11:59 pm (GMT time) on 30 June 2014 at the latest. 5. Entry fee is 25 Euros for the first piece and 15 Euros for the second. All composers should remit payment through our PayPal account, accessible from the same electronic form. 6. Scores shall be sent electronically (through the form) in PDF format made from Sibelius or Finale files or in a similar program. The composers name shall not appear anywhere on any score. The Musica Ficta Competition Office will receive all works, which will then be sent to jury members. No composers identity will be divulged to the jury before or during judging. The jurys decision will be announced in the Musica Ficta website at www.musicaficta.org by the end of September 2014. The application form contains also a written, signed statement by the composer declaring that any score submitted is unpublished, has been composed within the last seven years and has never been awarded a prize in any previous contest. Works may have been performed previously. If so, please include a performance history. 7. The competition will be judged by a jury consisting of international choral conductors and composers. The jurys decision is final. 8. Substantial consideration will be given to a works potential for performance by a majority of choirs possessing the appropriate voicing requirements. The winning work must demonstrate excellence of composition, sing-ability (given reasonable rehearsal time), idiomatic effectiveness. A number of Special Prizes may be awarded at the jurys discretion. 9. The winning work will receive a cash prize of 500 Euros, will be published by Edition Ferrimontana (http://ferrimontana.de) and will be premired by The Australian Voices (www.theaustralianvoices.com) within one year after the announcement of the result. The runner-up (second place) will be published by Edition Ferrimontana as well and will be premired by The University of Philippines Singing Ambassadors - UPSA (www.upsingingambassadors.com) within one year after the announcement of the result. Other pieces selected by the jury will also be published by Edition Ferrimontana. The composer of the winning work will be invited to sit on the Jury of the Rimini International Choral Competition (www.riminichoral.it), edition 2015. All expenses regarding the winner traveling and staying in Rimini will be paid by the Organizers of the Competition. 10. The selected groups performing the premire of the winner and of the runner-up will have non-exclusive, world-wide perpetual license to perform the winning piece and shall have the right to record the performance for archival and other purposes, including distribution and sale of such recording. 11. Participation in the competition implies full knowledge and acceptance of these regulations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.musicaficta.org/competitions/compchoralcomp Dr. Andrea Angelini, Artistic Director of Musica Ficta

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