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MELODIA WOMEN'S CHOIR OF NYC ANNOUNCES
THE 2022 WOMEN CHORAL COMPOSERS COMPETITION
Melodia is accepting applications for the 2022 Women Choral
Composers Competition. The winning composer will be awarded
a commission to create a new work for the choir, which will be
performed in New York during Melodia's 20
th
Season, in spring
2023. The new work will be Melodia's 10th commission. Previous
commissioned composers include Hilary Purrington, Errollyn
Wallen, Sally Lamb McCune, and Christina Whitten Thomas – see
full list at https://melodiawomenschoirnyc.org/composers-program/
All eligible applications will be reviewed by a panel of
composers/musicians. The panel will select one composer who
will receive a $3,000 commission fee to compose a work for the
choir and up to five instruments (including piano), 7 to 10 minutes
in length. Composers who have received prior commissions from
Melodia are not eligible.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2022
WEBSITE: https://melodiawomenschoirnyc.org/composers-program/
CONTACT: Jenny Clarke, Executive Director,
jenniferclarke446@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BRASS CONFERENCE
IWBC exists to educate, develop, support, and inspire all
women brass musicians. For over 20 years, IWBC has successfully
worked towards its mission by:
• Hosting seven international conferences
• Supporting outstanding musicians through the Susan
Slaughter Solo Competition
• Commissioning new pieces for brass
• Publishing NoteWorthy, the biannual newsletter
WEBSITE: https://myiwbc.org/
2022-2023 ASSOCIATION OF CONCERT BANDS YOUNG
COMPOSERS COMPOSITION CONTEST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE JOHN PHILIP SOUSA FOUNDATION
• Eligibility: Composers under 30 years of age on June 15, 2022
• A 3 - 5 minute duration piece of original composition for concert
band at a grade level of roughly grade 4.
• Premiere: The piece will be premiered at the annual convention
of the Association of Concert Bands
• The composer will receive an award of $2,000 and
reimbursement up to $1,000 for travel expenses to attend the ACB
Convention for the premiere if available to attend.
Deadline: June 15, 2022
Notification: by November 1, 2022
Website: https://www.acbands.org/composition-contest
Contact: acbcontest@gmail.com
MUSICAL AMERICA WORLDWIDE JOBS CENTER
A regularly updated catalog of job opportunities in the fields of
music and the arts.
WEBSITE: https://jobs.musicalamerica.com/
TRIENNIAL AWARDS IN AN SAI CONVENTION YEAR (2022)
• Performance Awards for Graduates and Undergraduates
• Jazz Performance Awards
• Inter-American Music Awards Competition
WEBSITE: www.sai-national.org/philanthropies/philanthropies-
awards/triennial-awards.html
CAREER PERFORMANCE AWARD
See inside back cover of this issue.
Otunities
Maud Powell Favorites
"Masterful compositions, beautiful arrangements — the art of one of the greatest vio-
linists ever!" — SAI Honorary Member Rachel Barton Pine, Music Advisor and Editor
Maud Powell Favorites includes 43 rare masterworks for the violin, including Maud Pow-
ell's transcriptions of Deep River and Nobody Knows the Trouble I See — and her original
cadenza for the Brahms violin concerto!
Special offer to SAIs — $95, Set of 4 Volumes. Order from e Maud Powell
Society for Music and Education at www.maudpowell.org or call 828-884-8500.
"e violinist I most admire is definitely Maud Powell." — Rachel Barton Pine
Register now for the National Convention in Greensboro, NC,
at the Sheraton-Greensboro/Koury Convention Center
July 28-August 1, 2022
https://www.sai-national.org/resources/2022-convention.html
