[Voxnovus] Call For Scores - Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for clarinet or hichiriki.

[Robert Voisey]

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring clarinetist Thomas Piercy, clarinetist
and hichiriki player

Deadline: July 16th, 2021

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for clarinet or
hichiriki. Selected works will be premiered on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with
clarinetist Tom Piercy September 18th 2021 9:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) online with
Virtual Concert Halls.

Only works one-minute in length for either for clarinet or hichiriki will
be considered.

Works for the hichiriki are strongly encouraged. Composers can visit Thomas
Piercy’s website Hichiriki page which has playing samples and instructions
for composing for Hichiriki.

http://www.thomaspiercy.com/hichiriki-3173131717.html

Composers are also encouraged to participate in Thomas Piercy’s workshop
for the Hichiriki:

https://www.newmusicengine.org/categories/Looking-for-composers-to-workshop-their-pieces-for-hichiriki-withThomas-Piercy/index.html

Guidelines:

-Works are for either for clarinet or hichiriki solo.

-No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.

-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performers.

-All pieces must be premieres.

-Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!

-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/Fifteen-Minutes-of-FamefeaturingclarinetistThomas-Piercy-clarinetist-and-hichiriki-player/index.html

-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work
online.

-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named
"Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with for Thomas Piercy" and press the "submit"
button to start the submission process.

-You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and 50 word program
notes.

-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file (You are also encouraged
to upload an audio realization of the work)

-Must include the dedication to Thomas Piercy on the score.

-Performance notes should be included in the score.

-Deadline for submission is July 16th, 2021

Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website.

More can be found be found at:

www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame



Thomas Piercy

Thomas Piercy is a critically acclaimed musician with orchestral, concerto,
solo and chamber music appearances throughout the Americas, Europe and
Asia. His performances have been described by critics as "passionate,"
"pulling out all the stops," "the best Piazzolla in NYC," and by the New
York Times as "brilliant," "playing with refinement and flair" and "evoking
a panache in the contemporary works." He studied at the Juilliard School
and Mannes College of Music. He studied clarinet extensively with the
English clarinetist Gervase De Peyer; additional studies were with Kalmen
Opperman and Leon Russianoff. Hichiriki studies were with Hitomi Nakamura
in Tokyo. A versatile artist defying categorization - the clarinetist on
the Emmy Award-winning Juno Baby CD and DVDs; performing Mozart with
mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade; playing Broadway songs with Raoul Julia;
working with the composer Leonard Bernstein; appearing in a KRS-ONE rap
music video; performing concert improvisations with jazz pianist Donal Fox;
premiering new works; recording with members of Maroon 5 - as an
instrumentalist, he has performed and recorded for Broadway and
Off-Broadway, commercial recordings, television, radio, videos, and movie
soundtracks. Mr. Piercy has performed at many acclaimed concerts halls
including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Dame Myra
Hess Memorial Concert Series (Chicago, Illinois), Centre Pompidou (Paris,
France), Wigmore Hall (London, England), Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome,
Italy) and Tokyo Opera City Hall (Tokyo, Japan). He has performed and
premiered over 200 compositions written for him, including works from
emerging composers to composers that have won such prominent awards as the
Takemitsu Prize, the Geneva Composition Prize, the Grammy Award, the Latin
Grammy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.  He has had arrangements and
transcriptions published by Boosey & Hawkes, and contributed to clarinet
study books and clarinet compositions published by Carl Fischer, Inc., and
Baron Publishing. Recordings available on such labels as the Albany,
Capstone, Changing Tones, DGA, NJSF and Tonada labels.

More information at

www.ThomasPiercy.com

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different
composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame
gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to
hear what is being created in today's music scene. The
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75
musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers in New York
City. The project has presented works across the United States and 10 other
countries.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is a Vox Novus project.

More about the project can be found on the website:

www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame
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