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Sai-natiOnal.ORg SummER 2014 PAN PIPES 21 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 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compositioncompetition XV International Competition The purpose of the contest is the composition of 3 short unpublished pieces for Duos (violin and piano, viola and piano, cello and piano), each of which cannot exceed 7 minutes.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: Oct.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 Youth Music Composition & Songwriter Competition A small business in Knoxville, TN, ViolettesbyBecky.com, is holding its 2nd Annual Music Composition and Songwriter Competition. This year there will be 2 age groups for each category for judging and prize purposes. Sign up for the Newsletter to receive "Spotlights" on the judges and sponsors, more info on prizes and special offers on music themed gifts. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2014 Website: ViolettesbyBecky.com Vox Populi 1st Annual Call for Scores Vox Populi, a Vancouver, BC, based new-music ensemble announces its first annual Call for Scores. Vox Populi is an emerging contemporary ensemble seeking to promote, perform, and play a vital part in the creation of new music utilizing and showcasing the human voice Each composer can submit 3 entries for consideration. Works must utilize the human voice, whether in spoken word form, as a sound effect, reading text, in a recorded, manipulated style, or any other fashion which incorporates the voice into a chamber music setting. Deadline: Jan. 1, 2015 Contact: Aristict Director Aaron Graham aaronearlgraham@gmail.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: Feb. 7, 2015 Website: leftcoastensemble.org/composition- contest Church Music Search Call for Scores This annual and international church music contest calls authors and composers to create congregational hymns, choral anthems and orchestral music that engage and exclaim liberal Christian theology and associated themes. The 2015 Search is for an SATB Choral Anthem suitable for Adult Choirs with Keyboard Accompaniment (Organ or Piano). Other optional instrumental parts may be included. The anthem should express the meaning and celebration of Easter from a theologically-liberal viewpoint. An award of $1500 will be given to the creator of the winning selection (or divided equally between author and composer). Deadline: Feb.1, 2015 Website: pullen.org/musicsearch

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