Sigma Alpha Iota

OPPORTUNITIES New Choral Composition Competition SAI PHILANTHROPIES INC. SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS Deadline: Sept. 1, 2011 Inter-American Music Awards A triennial competition for composers established in 1948, the Inter-American Music Awards are open to composers residing in North, Central and South America, with no age limit. Two major American composers are invited to judge each IAMA competition. In addition to their judging responsibilities, the composerjudges each write a work to be published in the Sigma Alpha Iota IAMA series. Current or former students of either of the announced judges are ineligible to apply. The 2012 composer-judges are SAI Member Laureate Linda Robbins Coleman and National Arts Associate John Heins. This triennium's composition will be a piece for strings and optional piano, for up to five performers (trio, quartet, piano trio, piano quartet) that can be played by high- Foothills Chorale announces an international competition which offers a $1,000 cash award for an unpublished, never-before-performed-in-a-ticketedvenue choral composition. The Chorale offers this competition as part of its upcoming 20th Anniversary season's celebrations (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012). This is an anonymous (aka "blind") competition which is open to all composers (except where prohibited by law), with no restriction on age, gender, nationality, professional status, organizational membership, race, religion, or any other category. The composition must be a choral work of at least four vocal parts for SATB choir; this is not an instrumental or solo vocal composition competition. It must be an original composition, not an arrangement. It must be a work of a single movement and not part of a "cycle" or other grouping of pieces. Thus, an extract from a longer work is not acceptable. The competition will be judged by a panel of professional composers and musicians. The winning composer will agree to correspond with the director of Foothills Chorale throughout the rehearsal process. Deadline: June 17 Website: foothillschorale.org school students. The winning composer +++ will receive a $2,500 cash award. The work will be published by C. F. Peters Corporation and premiered at the 2012 Sigma Alpha Iota Young Composers Contest National Convention in Atlanta. The Cantate Chamber Singers announces its 8th Biennial Young Composers Contest. The Cantate Chamber Singers is a vocal chamber ensemble that performs throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area, under Music Director Gisele Becker. This is a biennial Website: sai-national.org BEST continued from page 20 at Harvard. If I have an opportunity to have a piece performed, I'll hunt for a performance venue so my performer will also get the value associated with giving a recital or concert. We don't think about it. It just happens. I just realized that the last composition master class I attended had three young men on stage, even though there are women in the teacher's studio. Wouldn't you be shocked to see a voice 22 PAN PIPES SPRING 2011 sai-national.org master class with only tenors and baritones and no sopranos? We do have to think about it; we have to do something about it. If a composer writes reams of music but never is performed, that composer does not exist. We are deprived of her voice, her heart, her talent, her gifts and her ability to inspire "the composer" in future women musicians. And that's a tragic thing for musicians to do to each other. contest to award and possibly perform the original work of talented young composers 35 years old or younger. The contest seeks to encourage emerging composing talent from around the nation. Cantate's performances, often featuring acclaimed guest artists, are offered in smaller venues to create the greatest possible intimacy between performers and audience. The award is $1,000. This year's entries must be: • Scored for mixed choir • A cappella, or with keyboard accompaniment • Ten minutes or less • Choice of two Kandinsky poems: "Song" or "Later" (English text on Cantate website) Deadline: July 1, 2011 Website: cantate.org Contact: Judy Davis, batikj@aol.com +++ 'Signature' Subscription Signature is an online magazine featuring the contributions and achievements of women in classical music worldwide, published by The Maud Powell Society for Music and Education. Both contemporary and historical figures are featured. A special children's corner makes each issue exciting, fun, and interesting to all ages. Backed by an international line-up of writers, Signature brings to light the achievements of women as composers, performers, conductors, educators, patrons, music historians, musicologists. Publication of future issues of Signature depends on your support. Visit the organization's website to receive more information and access past issues. The latest edition of Signature is now available at maudpowell.org/signature. Composers Bureau Director Dr. Susan Cohn Lackman is a Delta Mu initiate at Temple University. She has held officer positions in both collegiate and alumnae chapters in Central New Jersey and Orlando and received the Rose of Honor. She is a professor at Rollins College and advisor of Lambda Iota Chapter.

• Cover