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PAN PIPES sPRIng 2014 saI-natIOnal.ORg 24 opportunItIes Musical America Career Center Musical America, the leading resource in the performing arts, has a Career Center offering your members and alumni a place to find jobs in the performing arts. They can set up a free job seeker account and search today! Website: jobs.musicalamerica.com Performance Residency Distinguished Concerts International New York is accepting auditions for an opportunity to perform Gwyneth Walker's choral music for women's voices in New York City's Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts. This residency will take place over Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 27-29, 2014. Elizabeth Núñez, Associate Conductor of the Young People's Chorus New York City, will conduct the music of Gwyneth Walker in this performance. Gwyneth Walker will be the Composer-in-Residence for this weekend, and during the three-day residency, singers will participate in intensive rehearsals with Mrs. Núñez. This performance will feature New York City's Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and the Distinguished Concerts Singers International, a choir comprised of auditioned choral ensembles and individuals from across the world. High quality women's choirs or individual singers are invited to apply to be part of the Distinguished Concerts Singers International for this performance. Website: dciny.org George Enescu International Competition Bucharest The competition in two categories is open to participants of all nationalities, born after August 1st, 1980. For Symphonic Music, Orchestral scores may not exceed 14 violins I 12 violins II 10 violas 8 cellos 6 double-basses, 3 flutes 3 clarinets 3 oboes 3 bassoons, 4 french horns 3 trumpets 3 trombones 1 tuba, timpans + 3 percussion groups , harp piano celesta glockenspiel harmonium synthesizer. For Chamber Music, compositions for a group of 1 to 10 performers, with or without vocal participation. The duration of a piece for each section must be not less than 10 minutes and not more than 40 minutes. The scores shall be submitted under a motto. First prizes, respectively, are $13,500 (US) and $9,500 (US) Deadline: July 1, 2014 Website: festivalenescu.ro/en/competition New York Flute Club Composition Competition We are seeking works for flute and piano between 8 and 15 minutes duration. The difficulty of the work is at the discretion of the composer, but high artistic goals should be balanced with realistic instrumental demands. Entered works should not have been previously published, recorded and commercially released, or have had a formal premiere. Only original works which are less than five years old should be submitted. Works should be complete, with no single movements of multi-movement pieces. Submissions will be adjudicated anonymously in two rounds. The award is $1,500. Deadline: September 15, 2014 Website: http://nyfluteclub.org/concerts- events-and-more/competitions/composition- competition First International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition The first International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition is organized as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Finland's most prestigious composer. The aim of the competition is to gain new, high-quality repertoire for choirs, pianists and violinists. The competition is open to all composers regardless of nationality. There is no age limit. The competition has three categories: choir; solo piano; solo violin; or for violin–piano duos. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2014 Website: sibelius150.fi/ compositioncompetition XV International Competition The purpose of the contest is the composition of 3 short unpublished pieces for Duos (violin and piano, viola and piano, cello and piano), each of which cannot exceed 7 minutes. Each composer has to send 3 pieces for the 3 ensembles mentioned above (one for each ensemble). Open to composers of all nationalities under the age of 40 as on Dece. 31,2014. The prize is $9,500 (US). Deadline: Sept. 30, 2014 Website: composerssite.com/opportunity/4945 2015 Verdehr Trio Composition Competition The competition is open to composers, clarinetists, and musicians who desire to further the repertoire of the clarinet with an original composition for trio for clarinet, violin, and piano. The prize is $5,000. The submitted work must have no prior performances. A score must be provided. A MIDI realization of the work is optional. The winning composition will receive a world premiere performance during ClarinetFest 2015, July 25-29, 2015 in Madrid. Free registration at ClarinetFest 2015 will be provided. If the winner is a clarinetist, he/she must be a member of the International Clarinet Association. Deadline: October 15, 2014 Website: clarinet.org/2015CompositionComp. asp Symphony in C Young Composers' Competition The winning entrant will receive a performance by Symphony in C, conducted by Maestro Rossen Milanov, on Jan. 10, 2015; professional archival recording of the performance; broadcast/webcast by WRTI-FM and wrti.org; round-trip domestic airfare to attend rehearsals and concert; and possible inclusion in the Theodore Presser Company rental library. Only US citizens, permanent residents, and current foreign students at American schools born after January 10, 1985 may apply. Works with a performance history are eligible. We recommend that all entrants consult our guidelines for preparing score and parts, available at the below website. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2014 Website: danieldorff.com/youngcomposers.htm Contact: Daniel Dorff, Composer-in-Residence competition@danieldorff.com Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest Composers of all ages and nationalities may apply. The winning composition will receive $1,500 and a recorded performance by Left Coast Chamber Ensemble during the 2015-2016 concert season. See website for full criteria of competition, including accepted instrumentation. Each composer must submit a legible score of professional quality. No marks identifying the composer must appear anywhere on the score. Tapes or CDs preferred. MIDI realizations are acceptable. Deadline: February 7, 2015 Website: leftcoastensemble.org/composition- contest

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