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> Composer's Voice: A Year in Review	

> 60x60: A Year in Review	

> POSTCARD: The Tabla	

HAPPY New Year!	
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> RESULTS: Selections for the 60x60 (2012) European Mix	

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> Fifteen Minutes of Fame	

> Composer's Voice - call for scores	

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Composer's Voice
2012
Year In Review

 Composer's Voice
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<http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/issue/2012_Year_In_Review/12-12-29-Moinca_Har
te-Karen_Rostron.jpg> Composer's Voice kicked off the year with its January
8, 2012 concert featuring music and performances by: David Wolfson; Alex
Weiser; Robert Voisey; Bob Siebert; Karen Rostron; Monica Harte; Matt Frey;
Dorothy Duncan; Douglas DaSilva; Andy Cohen; Greg Bartholomew; Jenny Greene;
and this fantastic piece by Nils Vigeland performed by Delea Shand and Anne
Rainwater. They had premiered this piece the night before and were excited
to do it again on our series the next day! 

The first Composer's Voice concert of 2012 had 16 composers & performers on
it. We were to follow up with our January 29, 2012 concert with 31!! This
included 3 ensembles: 
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with the Bateira Trio: Sooyun Kim-flute, Conway
Kuo-viola, and Satoshi Okamoto-double bass.
 Josh Henderson, Matt Frey, Domenica Fossati, and Susan Davita Mandel
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rson-Matt_Frey-Domenica_Fossati-Susan_Davita_Mandel.jpg> 
a quartet with Domenica Fossati-flute, Matt Frey-clarinet, Josh
Henderson-violin, and Susan Davita Mandel, premiered my "Jor-el's Juju". ;
and closed the concert with three pieces performed by the West Point
Woodwind Quintet, with Megan Szymanski Megan-flute, Anna Pennington-oboe Sam
Kaestner-clarinet, Glenn West-bassoon, and Nicole Caluori-horn. WPWQ
performed works by David Wolfson, Lisa Sobel, and this unique piece by Matt
Frey


February 12, 2012 Composer's Voice: Pour la fin du Monde concert featured
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Shiau-uen Ding performing end-of-the-world works
for piano and electronics, as well as Paolo Marchettini's "Seven Deadly
Sins" performed by Shelby Yamin, violin; Hayne Kim, violin; Midori Sadamatsu
Witkoski, viola; and Vivian Chang, cello. This concert was rounded out by
electronics works by Andy Cohen "Prelude #12 for AutoTuned Piano", Robert
Voisey "Abyss", Welton Barker "Multicultirae", and Chris Vaisvil's "The
Wimpering End of the World"!


 Shiau-uen Ding
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February 26, 2012 gave us our annual Trajetoria Brasileira concert featuring
the music of Brazilian composers of Preludio 21: Jose Orlando Alves; Marcos
Vieira Lucas; Neder Nassaro; Sergio Roberto de Oliveira; Alexandre Schubert;
and Caio Senna; with Sarah Carrier, flute; Andrea Christie, piano; Josh
Henderson, violin; Daniel Hallford, guitar; Sylwia Kloc, guitar; Kurt
Toriello, guitar; and Maria Carolina Cavalcanti, flute! 


March 11, 2012 brought us guest curator Marie Incontrera's beautiful program
featuring Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, horn and music
and performances by Timothy Andres, Sarah Carrier, Cindy McTee, Alex Temple
Cindy McTee, and this wild ride for solo clarinet by Viola Yip performed by
Carlos Cordeiro 

March 25, 2012 Delea Shand was out guest curator for an all women concert
commemorating women's history month. Brant Lyon claims" Composer
<http://greatweatherformedia.com/composers-voice-is-fresh/> 's Voice is
fresh!" With artists: Eleanor Taylor, soprano; Mila Henry, piano;
Andrea-Arias Martin, voice; Rachel Peters, piano; Kamala Sankaram, voice,
accordion; Delea Shand, voice; Kjersti Kveli, voice-guitar; Gelsey Bell,
piano; Martha Cargo, flute 


 
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April 8, 2012 Concert brought us our First Composer's Voice: Japan
Perspective concert with a Japanese inspired Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Thomas
Piercy, clarinet & Claudine Hickman, piano. There was music and performances
by: Tsuyoshi Furutsu; Douglas DaSilva; Kenji Haba; Man Woong Han; Yui
Kitamura; Corinne Sobolewski; Moto Osada; Kai Watanabe; Jin-Xiang Jx Yu and
this moving piece by the amazing Mari Kimura "My Life in Fukushima"
performed by soprano Kyoko Ogawa & pianist Yumi Suehiro, with electronics


April 29, 2012 gave us the hyper-diverse Composer's Voice-Spring Winds
concert featuring West Point Woodwind Quintet premiering their
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
(Expect 2013 to have some huge announcements regarding WPWQ!). Jazz
saxophonist/composer Ray Blue brought some rich & soulful sounds to the
program and "Think-outside-of-the-paperclip" and June 9, 2013
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame performer, Alex Sramek performed works by Roger
Blanc, David Rhodes, and this amazing work "An Adolescent Composition's
Brush with Death". To answer you question: It is a contrabass clarinet! 

 Liana Alexandra
<http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/issue/2012_Year_In_Review/12-12-29-Liana_Alex
andra.jpg> May 13, 2012 was Composer's Voice: Tribute to Liana Alexandra.
Liana was an active member of Vox Novus and a great advocate for new music &
living composers. Her husband, composer/cellist Serban Nichifor continues
Liana's mission as our greatest promotor outside of the United States! The
concert featured works by Liana and works written to honor her. There was
music and performances by Jasmin Cowin, Nuh Dolby, Serban Nichifor, Robert
Voisey, and this piece which was premiered in Bucharest by Serban on cello,
here premiered on viola by the always excellent Midori Sadamatsu Witkoski


Our 4th Annual Composer's Voice Guitar concert was June 10, 2012 featuring
music and performances by Tsuyoshi Furutsu; Kenji Haba; Sylwia Kloc; Joe
Gianono; Eva Ingolf; Gene Pritsker; Kathleen Supove; Kurt Toriello; Kai
Watanabe and Sergio Roberto de Oliveira's "18 Strings" performed by the New
York Guitar Trio:


June 24, 2012 Composer's Voice featured composer's from the
<http://www.emmfestival.org/> Electronic Music Midwest festival; performing
the works of Jay Batzner, Jason Bolte, Ian Corbett, Tony Higgins, Mike
McFerron, David McIntire, and Rob Voisey 

 David McIntire, Mike McFerron, Ian Corbett, and Jay Batzner
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July 8, 2012 Composer's Voice presented the premiere of the amazing
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Peter Reit, horn! This was the opener for an
exciting concert featuring music and performances by: Yui Kitamura; Josh
HEnderson; Kyoko Ogawa; Robert Voisey and this cool piece by composer and
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Famer (horn!) Michelle McQuade Dewhirst "Grind" being
performed by Yumi Suehiro, piano and Susan Davita Mandel, cello!


Sunday, August 26, 2012 1:00 PM Composer's Voice presented Vision of Sound
featuring PUBLIQuartet combining string quartets with modern dance.
Returning from the summer break, Composer's Voice begins its season with The
Vision of Sound; a collaboration between composers, choreographers, dancers,
and musicians to produce new choreographic works with music written by
living composers. The pieces reflect the most current aesthetic
sensitivities of representative composers and choreographers. The artists of
Vision of Sound are committed to the promotion and performance of new works.
This performance included compositions from composers: Robert Paterson, Doug
Opel, and Mark Olivieri. and dances from choreographers: and Melanie Aceto,
Joe Celej, and Hannah Seidel. with dancers Liz Beres, Courtney Drasner,
Lauren Garson, and Brigid Gillis
 
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Our September 9, 2012 Composer's Voice concert presented a 2nd
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Bruce Curlette, clarinet! Once again, he was
AMAZING! The concert featured music and performances by: Robert Voisey;
Roberta Michel; Mary Barto; Melanie Chirignan; Masatora Goya; Scott Hill;
Faye-Ellen Silverman; and this beautiful piece by Greg Bartholomew performed
by Denise Stillwell, violin and Yumi Suehiro, piano 

Our September 30, 2012 Composer's Voice concert gave us the opportunity to
celebrate our 2nd Annual Children's Month concert. This was music with
children's themes, about children, some even by children; but it certainly
wasn't "children's music!" Suzanne Mueller premiered for us a collection of
solo cello pieces by young composers (and a couple of young-at-heart- adult
composers!)! Music and performances by Greer Baxter; Douglas DaSilva;
Nicholas C. McConnell; Olive Eng; Randall Eng; J. P. Redmond; Jason DaSilva;
Susan Mandel; Ethan Lombardi; Anne Goldberg; Chase Dobson; Hari
Parameswaran; Devon Campbell; Henry Crystal-Ewing; Jimmy Pigott; Roger
Blanc; Daniel Mihai; and Christian McCleer. Plus this beautiful performance
of Robert Voisey's "Music in Motion" performed by Nakyung Min, soprano and
Seulki Han, viola!  Yumi Suehiro and Josh Henderson
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ro-Josh_Henderson.jpg> 

October 14, 2012 gave us an encore presentation of the amazing
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Beth Griffith, soprano and our first collaboration
with Access Contemporary Music with musicperformances by Malcolm Dedman;
Troy Ramos; Shiau-uen Ding; Sarah Carrier; and Seth Boustead's "Numinous"
performed by Josh Henderson, violin and Yumi Suehiro, piano! 

October 28, 2012 demonstrated just how diverse the music of Composer's Voice
really is: the ever daring David Morneau teamed up with vocalist supreme to
present an exciting, cutting edge performance of voice and live electronics
with pieces by Scott Blasco; Rodrigo Baggio; George Brunner; Jay Batzner;
Greg Dixon; Elliot Hughes; Kayla Pierson; Thommy Wahlstrom and David
Morneau's very own "Box Shy"! 

 David Morneau and Katie Crawford
<http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/issue/2012_Year_In_Review/12-12-29--David_Mor
neau-Katie_Crawford.jpg> November 11, 2012 brought us guest curator Randall
Eng who gave us a powerful lineup of new music with Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame:
Alyssa Reit, harp; and music and performances by Conrad Cummings; Krista
Martynes; Daniel Sonenberg; Maria Wagner and Amy Justman singing excerpts
from Randall's opera "Florida", (Randall Eng, piano): November18, 2012
Choreographer Erin Bomboy presented "The Public Decides": an experiment in
which the choreography is established first and the composers have to write
to it. 5 compositions were selected to compete for a commission. It was
amazing, aesthetically satisfying and intellectually challenging to discover
how each of the pieces changed the audience's perspective of each dance
presentation, despite having the same choreography. Nolan Stolz' piece was
selected as the final piece! Congratulations!! 

 
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December 9, 2012 ended 2012 with a Douglas DaSilva's huge project: My Dad's
Violin. As part of the documentary he is making which explores the history
of his Dad's violin, DaSilva organized a call-for-scores for one-minute
works for solo violin, dedicated to his Dad (who attended the concert!), and
to be performed by a score or more violinists. 
 
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Music and performances by: Veronica Anghelescu: Rodrigo Baggio; Greg
Bartholomew; Maya Bennardo; Katarzyna Bryla; Julius Bucsis; Rebecca Cherry;
Tom Chiu; Jose Hernan Ciblis; Andy Cohen; Maria Conti; Douglas DaSilva;
Stanichka Dimitrova; Matt Frey; Avner Finberg; Megan Gould; Masatora Goya;
Christa Muller Hendricks; Jess Hendricks; Annette Homann; Eva Ingolf; Mari
Kimura; Conway Kuo; George Kontogiorgos; Amanda Lo; Daniel Mihai; Idin
Samimi Mofakham; David Morneau; Serban Nichifor; Nailah Nombeko; Sean
O'Boyle; Sergio Roberto de Oliveira; Richard Palacio; Suzy Perelman; Jimmy
Pigott; Michael Reit; Eric Segerstrom; Hana Segerstrom; Jamshied Sharifi;
Faye-Ellen Silverman; Nicole Stacy; Denise Stillwell; Nolan Stolz; Robert
Voisey; David Wolfson.
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After 31 pieces, from Bach-influenced to funk to experimental, the concert
concluded with gem by Jason Ulysses DaSilva: A10 Thunderbolt performed by
Conway Kuo who was able to tap into his inner-boy for this one! It's a
beautiful thing to witness a treasured family legacy, generously passed from
one violinist to another, highlighting a veritable smorgasbord of musical
delicacies from intrepid contemporary composers. The violin, no longer a sui
generis instrument dedicated to a solo player's predilections, emblematizes
music as a bountiful gift, passed from hand to hand, spirit to spirit. 

- Douglas DaSilva 



The Tabla

 The Tabla
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A common myth says that the 13th century Indian poet Amir Khusrau invented
the tabla when he split a large Indian drum, the mridangam, in two. In fact,
the instrument didn't even originate in India. Careful research now shows it
to be the creation of Jerome P. Tabla of Calcutta, Indiana. Tabla was a
basketmaker of ill repute because his "guaranteed waterproof" wares were
instead guaranteed to leak, thanks to a fundamental misinterpretation of
ASTM Standard C1127, "Use of Elastomeric Waterproofing Membranes with
Integral Wearing Surfaces." However, when Tabla's baskets were struck with
the hand in order to shake off the pervasive pools of water, they produced a
pleasing resonance, which gradually led to their conversion from interwoven
container to Hoosier membranophone, a happy happenstance that continues to
this day. 
 <http://www.davidgunn.org> - David Gunn - www.davidgunn.org 



Wishing you a
Healthy and Propserous 
2013 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/calendar> Happy New year!!! 	

May the new year bring you happiness and prosperity. 

Warm wishes from Rob Voisey, Douglas DaSilva, and the entire team of Vox
Novus. 

	


Announcements 



Selections for the 
60x60 (2012) European Mix

 
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ix_logo.jpg> 

In celebration of 60x60's celebration of a decade of one-minute works. 60x60
has created its second UK Mix comprising of composers and sound artists from
Europe. Robert Sazdov is the audio coordinator for this mix. 

60x60 (2012) European Mix include: 
Monty Adkins, Liana Alexandra, Samuel Andreev, Anita Andreis, Andreja
Andric, Oleg Bezborodko, Tatjana Bohme-Mehner, Bernard Clarke, Ricardo
Climent, Remigio Coco, Gordon Delap, Robert Dow, Roger Doyle, Gerald Eckert,
Pamela Ferro, Ambrose Field, Massimo Fragala, Yannick Franck, Diego Garro,
Christina Georgiou, Thomas Gerwin, Stelios Giannoulakis, Ana Gnjatovia,
Oswaldo Gonzalez, Kerry Hagan, Kirsi Ihalainen, Fergus Johnston, Timo
Kahlen, Panayiotis Kokoras, Gintas Kraptavicius, Giorgos Kyriakakis,
Sebastian Ladyzynski, (Thorsten Scheerer and Dorothea Herrmann) Lilienweiss,
Derck Littel, Coralie Lonfat, Wilson Mabry, Dario Moratilla, Josua Moreno,
Tiago Morgado, Emma O'Halloran, Norberto Oldrini, Felipe Otondo, Robin
Parmar, Aleksandra Popovska, Giuseppe Rapisarda, Robert Ratcliffe, Vladko
Ribarski, Christian Schiller, Bernd Schumann, Julian Scordato, Carlo
Serafini, Roger Sundstrom, Basar Under, Audun Vassdal, Clemens von Reusner,
Duncan Williams, Tom Williams, Mark Wilson, Paul Wilson, and Maximilian Yip 

 60x60 <http://www.voxnovus.com/img/60x60_logo_250.jpg> 


60x60 
a decade of
one-minute works
2012: a year in review


60x60 Year in Review 

After a bit of a break, 60x60 opened 2012 with a video of the 2011 Athena
Mix with composer and video artist Sabrina Pena Young. The 2011 Athena Mix
was the first all women 60x60 mix and included composers: Eve Beglarian,
Joan LaBarbara, Annea Lockwood, Maggi Payne, Pauline Oliveros, Daria
Semegen, Judith Shatin , Alice Sheilds, and Laurie Spiegel. 

Later this year in November Andy Hasenpflug with his dance colleague Ursula
Payne and Jon Shumway brought 60x60 Dance (using the 2011 Athena Mix) to
Slippery Rock University. Thank you Andy for bringing 60x60 Dance to
Slippery Rock 3 years in a row! 

Jay Batzner with his colleague Heather Trommer-Beardslee premiered 60x60
Dance with the 2011 Athena Mix to Michigan University in Mount Pleasant,
Michigan 
You can see the video of the performance here:
 
<http://panopto.cmich.edu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=835172b5-15b7
-4cfb-8244-b8c563aaf23b> Click here for 60x60 Dance Video in Michigan


Thank you Jay and Heather for premiering 60x60 Dance for the first time in
Michigan! 

 60x60 - celebrating a decade!
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And then there was our 10th call for one-minute works. This year's 60x60
call went very well with over 850 submissions from more than 30 countries
from around the world. 

Highlighting the works of more than 850 composers from around the world who
have submitted to 60x60 in 2012. Works include every musical aesthetic from
punk to neoclassical, free jazz to structure noise and glitch, ambient to
text-sound, pop and R&B to environmental sounds. Artists from every
professional career stage from teenage novices to seasoned veterans with
acclaimed careers; from more than 30 countries of all ages, ethnicity, and
gender. We completed our goal to have works to create at least 10 mixes to
celebrate the 60x60 Decade. The mixes include the 60x60 Presenters Mix,
60x60 EMM Mix, 60x60 Athena Mix, 60x60 New York Minutes Mix, 60x60 Voice
Mix, 60x60 European Mix, 60x60 Canada Mix, 60x60 UK Mix, 60x60 Composer
Concordance Mix, and 60x60 International Mix 

 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza
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The Radio Request 10 Hour Marathon! Jim Cross with What's Next? Radio at
WGDR <http://www.wgdr.org/ai1ec_event/whats-next/?instance_id=>  hosted an
unprecedented 10 hour marathon for the 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza. 10
hours of one-minute works from 2012 submission for the decade celebration of
60x60. Thank you Jim! And thank you Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, who joined us that
day in the studio too! 

You can still listen to the show archived here:
<http://www.wgdr.org/60x60-radio-extravaganza-archive/>
http://www.wgdr.org/60x60-radio-extravaganza-archive/ 

60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza was also featured on Relevant Tones hosted
by Seth Boustead on 98.7 WFMT in Chicago, Illinois. Relevant Tones has a
page for the show here:
http://blogs.wfmt.com/relevanttones/2012/10/06/60x60-electronic-music-midwes
t/ 

The first 60x60 2012 mix out of the gate was the 60x60 Presenters Mix
featuring composers who have presented 60x60's past, present, and future.
The mix busted out strong with a review from its first performance in North
Carolina.  <http://cvnc.org/article.cfm?articleId=5735> "a mix sure to
delight; or at least some of the pieces will tickle your fancy" - Arts Now
Series: 60 x 60 -By Karen E. Moorman CVNC 

The 60x60 Presenters Mix has had 8 performances already this year and should
garner several more in 2013 as a special 60x60 Video is being created for
this mix by video artists: Zlatko Cosic, Patrick Liddell, and Sabrina Pena
Young. 

 60x60 Canada <http://www.voxnovus.com/img/60x60_Canada_logo.jpg> 

James Finnerty and Eldad Tsabary continue the 60x60 Canada Mix for its fifth
year. With two performances in 2012 in St Johns and a premier performance in
Vancouver, this 60x60 Canada mix has many exciting performances in store for
2013. 

Two 60x60 mixes had their premiers this year! 

The 60x60 Composers Concordance Mix debuting in NYC at Spectrum. 

And the 60x60 EMM Mix
<http://www.emmfestival.org/data/ConcertNotes.php?submissionID=2396>
including composers who have participated I both 60x60 and the Electronic
Music Festival. This mix was created specifically for EMM; the festival
instigated the first 60x60 Midwest Mix and has presented 60x60 at its
festival for 8 years. 



Opportunities 

 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
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Fifteen Minutes of Fame 

CALLS FOR WORKS


Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Jacqueline Martelle (flute)


Deadline January 1, 2013

 
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n_Jr_photo_credit.jpg> 

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute solo flute works composed for
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Jacqueline Martelle to be performed at the Mother's
Day, May 12, 2013 Composer's Voice concert in New York City. The one-minute
FLUTE works are to be written specifically for this project, which will be
performed by Jacqueline Martelle. As a mother of three adult sons, Martelle
suggests that the compositions may incorporate any aspect of the theme of
Mother's Day, including childhood, motherhood, sons, daughters, parents,
etc. The compositions should be for solo flute. 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/#13-01-02> Click here for
more details 

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Liana Valente 
(voice & piano)


Deadline January 1, 2013

  <http://www.voxnovus.com/member/pic/Liana_Valente.jpg> 

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces for soprano Dr. Liana Valente
with piano composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame to be performed Tuesday,
March 12, 2013 at the Tuesday Music Club (an affiliate member of the
National Federation of Music Clubs) in Lakeland, Florida. The one-minute
pieces are to be written specifically for this project. The concept of these
compositions revolves around Dr. Valente singing and playing the pieces; Dr.
Valente has a powerful and expressive soubrette/coloratura voice with a rich
and full middle range; she possesses moderate piano skills, able to
accompany her voice studio members when singing German Lieder, French
melodie, American art songs and operatic repertoire such as Mozart's "Deh
vieni," and "Porgi amor" and Massenet's "Va! laisse couler mes larmes." The
call is for scores that incorporate humor, poignancy, satire, and/or other
surprises into the compositions. 

 <http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/calls/#13-01-01> Click here for
more details 
 Composer's Voice
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Composer's Voice 

CALL FOR WORKS


Vox Novus is calling for five-minute pieces composed for West Point Woodwind
Quintet, to be performed at the May 11, 2013 Composer's Voice Presents
concert at the Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military
Park in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The five-minute quintet pieces are to be
written specifically for this project, which will be performed by the West
Point Woodwind Quintet. All works must be five-minutes or less. 

The theme of this call is the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Inspiration
for the pieces can be drawn from Civil War, art, literature, political
commentary, historical events, or anything else that can be associated with
the Civil War. We would like to encourage composers to be as creative as
possible while working within this framework. We are seeking original music
and are avoiding variations and arrangements on previously composed music.
Please take into consideration the need to maintain the sacred atmosphere of
Gettysburg. Pieces should be for: flute in C or alto flute; oboe or English
horn; Bb clarinet or A clarinet or bass clarinet; horn in F and bassoon.
Submissions must be for full quintet: no solos, duets, trios, or quartet
pieces will be considered. 

Extended techniques for all instruments are welcome. "New Directions for
Clarinet" by Phillip Rehfeldt is a good, standard reference choice for
extended clarinet usage. There are also many online resources for extended
technique advice and notation. If there is any question about the composer's
intent involving extended techniques, the performers can get in touch with
the composer. 

Submission guidelines: 
-Submission Deadline: March 11, 2012 
-Works written for wind quintet. 
-No solos, duets, trios, or quartets 
-Works must be submitted as a PDF file with a picture of the composer,
50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece. 
-Do not submit sound files 
-Works must be realistically five-minutes or less in length. No works over
five minute will be reviewed. 
-Works need to be submitted via email to: composersvoicesubmit at gmail.com
-The subject line should read - WPWQ- Gettysburg-Composer Name - Composition
Title 
-The 50-word biography and 50 word program notes must be pasted as text in
the body of the email. Please do not send these as attachments. 
-The composer's picture must be attached as a jpg file. 
-The score must be attached as a pdf. (performance notes should be included
with the score.) 
-Include the dedication to West Point Woodwind Quintet on the score 
-Works should be composed specifically for this project and its performers.
All pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed. 

No works over a minute will be reviewed. Multiple submission are
discouraged. Send your best work! The results will be announced on or about
April 11, 2012 on the Vox Novus website, and the selected composers will be
notified by email. 
For more information, visit: 
 <http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/>
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/ 


	
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