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Call for applications: International Composers Festival 2018

1 Nov 2017 - 09:24

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The Mizzou New Music Initiative is calling on all music composers around the world to apply for the eighth edition of the annual Mizzou International Composers Festival at the University of Missouri in the US from 23 to 28 July 2018.

Successful applicants will compose a work that will be performed by internationally acclaimed ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Photo: Mizzou New Music Initiative

The deadline for applications is 17 November 2017.

Only eight composers from around the world will be selected through a portfolio application process to compose a work that will be performed by internationally acclaimed ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Selected composers will participate in discussions and master classes with composers Alex Mincek and Chen Yi. The applicants will also take part in workshops with Alarm Will Sound and receive a professional live recording of the premiere performance of their work.

Applicants who are selected as resident participants for the festival are expected to compose the complete instrumentation for an eight-minute piece. Each selected resident composer must submit a finished preliminary score before 16 April 2018 for review by Alarm Will Sound as well as two professionally prepared scores. Parts of the final work will be due by 7 May 2018.

Due to rehearsal/technical demands, the organisers will not be able to programme works that include electronics. Festival tuition, room and board for each selected composer will be provided by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. Selected composers will need to pay for transportation to and from Columbia, Missouri.

Submission guidelines

Click here to apply. Applicants are required to pay the $22 application fee.

Upload three scores of original works with contrasting instrumentation. One score must be written for chamber orchestra or large ensemble. If you have a piece scored for Alarm Will Sound’s instrumentation, listed below, please include that work as one of the three submitted scores.
Label all scores with your name and contact information.
Upload recordings of the same works. Live recordings preferred but MIDI recordings are accepted.
Upload your resume (maximum of two pages)

Alarm Will Sound's instrumentation:

Flute/piccolo
Oboe/English horn
E-flat Clarinet/B-flat clarinet
B-flat Clarinet/bass clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone/bass Trombone
Percussion: two players with standard multi-percussion, mallet percussion, and drum kit.
Piano
Violin 1
Violin 2/viola
Viola
Cello
Double bass