[Voxnovus] Call for Scores - One minute works for harp - Fifteen Minutes of Fame written for Alyssa Reit

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Fifteen Minutes of Fame written for Alyssa Reit

15 one-minute pieces for concert harp (pedal) will be selected to be played
continuously for a debut performance in New York City on May 29, 2011, by
harpist Alyssa Reit in the Composer's Voice concert series. 

Submission guidelines: 

OK to try non-traditional techniques (such as harmonics at the 12th, use of
soft mallets); OK to use words, simple vocals (alto), or theatrical
techniques along with the harp. OK to write for lever harp. 

Works should be submitted as a PDF file with a picture of the composer,
50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece. 

. Works need to be submitted via email to composersvoicesubmit at gmail.com by
March 1, 2011. 
. Email submissions should include the 50-word bio and 50-word program notes
as text in an email. 
. The picture should be an attached jpg file, and the score should be an
attached PDF. 
. No works over a minute will be reviewed. 
. The results will be announced by March 30th on the Vox Novus website, and
composers of 15 accepted works will be notified by email. 

For more than 30 years Alyssa has worked as an independent performer,
composer and arranger. She completed her Bachelors and Master's degrees at
the Juilliard School as a student of the late Marcel Grandjany. 

As a harpist she has performed with institutions ranging from the world
renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the
Metropolitan Opera, to contemporary music groups and traditional Irish
bands; she has played in such well known, diverse venues as Carnegie Hall,
Merkin Hall, Tully Hall, BAM, the Public Theater, and the Kitchen. She
worked with composer John Cage and helped organize "The Grand Harp Event" at
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and "The Garden of Harps" at the
Museum of Modern Art. Recently, she joined forces with New Music New York,
and co-produced a concert of new works for their spring 2008 series. 

As a composer, her work "American Songs" has been performed nationally by
the Eastern Brass Quintet, she has done sound design for the well-known
storyteller Laura Simms, and in January 2006 the Greenwich Symphony
Orchestra premiered her work for strings, "Legends of Isis." 

In collaboration with Johanna Rose, she produced the Sunflower Story Arts
Festival in the spring of 2009. She is founder, artistic director, and
resident composer for Singing Harp, an arts troupe directed by New York
stage director Terrence Montgomery. The company presents fairy tales, myths,
and classic stories in dramatic and musical forms, performing in locations
ranging from schools and small local libraries to such esteemed venues as
the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. They have received grants from
NYSCA and the Westchester Arts Council, and recently were awarded a second
major grant from the Rudyard and Emanualla Reimss Fund in the Westchester
Community Foundation through the Westchester Library System to present a
series of performances in the 2009-2011 season 
Alyssa is on the Pre-College Division faculty of the Manhattan School of
Music, and on the faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester.