[Voxnovus] A unique production opportunity for composers looking to record their string quartet

[New Voice in New Music]

Hello,

I want to announce this unique recording opportunity.


We are looking for composers who are interested in funding a recording of
their own string quartet.  Earlier this year we did two performances of
this endeavor with the Lehner String Quartet see at the following links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_-Ufzf2rQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WoQdzySJ0



Besides the above being a live online performance we also were able to get
some of the works performed here:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/video/digital-stage/classical-music/2021/nso-at-home-sunday-Lehner-Quartet/



Our goal is to give composers and opportunity to get their string quartets
reviewed and performed by talented professional musicians for a reasonable
cost.  (This is a production project NOT a competition.  Only composers
with the $1100 production fee should apply.) In an effort to maximize the
impact of this opportunity, Vox Novus and Virtual Concert Halls have
contracted THREE string quartets to review all of the submission for
recording and performance: Argus Quartet, Lehner Quartet, and RUSQUARTET.
Each submission will be reviewed by all 3 quartets for possible inclusion.



You can learn more about the quartets and the details to submit at the
following:

http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/featuring/contemporaryquartets/



You can submit your work for consideration at NewMusicEngine at the
following:

https://www.newmusicengine.org/categories/Contemporary-Quartets-Project-/index.html



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Robert Voisey at
support at voxnovus.com



Thank you!



-Robert Voisey



P.S. For your convenience I’ll put the details below



Contemporary Quartets

Vox Novus in collaboration with Virtual Concert Halls is presenting the
works of living composers and their string quartets. Composers will be
featured here once committed to the performance.



This unique broadcast is presented LIVE online to 5 streaming platforms:
Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, and Periscope. All performances will be
archived on their related platforms.

Contemporary Quartets Project

Creating a new way to produce contemporary String Quartets

Vox Novus in collaboration with Virtual Concert Halls is looking for
composers who are interested in supporting a performance and LIVE online
video recording of their string quartets. Selected composers will have
their string quartet presented on a special Composer’s Voice online concert
hosted by Virtual Concert Halls and broadcasted LIVE online to at least 3
streaming platforms: Youtube, Facebook, and Vimeo. All performances will be
archived on their related platforms.



The submitted scores will be reviewed by 3 string quartets: the Argus
Quartet, the Lehner Quartet, and RUSQUARTET. Each work selected will be
performed by one of the three string quartets.

RUSQUARTET will have their online performance on Friday November 5th, 2021
– 12:00 PM Noon (UTC-4)
Lehner Quartet will have their online performance on Saturday November
13th, 2021 – 2:00 PM (UTC-5)
Argus Quartet will have their online performance on Saturday February date
TBD – 2:00 PM (UTC-5)



Composers will be featured online during the concert to present themselves
and describe their work to the audience. A host will introduce the
musicians and the composers.



In order to present this online publication of their works, composers will
be asked to sign and agree to a consent form for online publication and
promotion. Agreements will be non-exclusive for all parties.



The deadline to submit scores is October 1st, 2021.



Composers need to submit their string quartets online to New Music Engine
at the following link: www.newmusicengine.org



There is a $30 submission fee to be paid to Vox Novus at the following link:
www.VoxNovus.com/composersvoice/featuring/contemporaryquartets/



This is a production project. Selected composers will have to contribute a
$1100 production fee to cover musician fees and broadcasting costs.
Composers will receive 2 online rehearsals (30 minutes each) and
performance of your string quartet broadcasted live online to YouTube,
Facebook, and Vimeo by Virtual Concert Halls. You will have a video and
audio copy your work with non-exclusive rights to do with what you wish.
All artists and producers are expected to be credited in publications.



Guidelines:

Works need to be a maximum of 15 minutes in length.

Scores need to be submitted as a PDF file including all parts.

An Audio Realization sound file of the work as MP3 is required.

Works need to be submitted by October 1st, 2021.

150 word biography.

150 word program notes.

Selected composers are required to participate for the online performance
with an interview and presentation of their piece.

Selected composers will also be asked to sign a consent form for public
online performance.

Composers selected for digital publication will be required to sign a
publication agreement.

Composers selected will be asked to contribute $1,100 towards production
costs.

Work written for string quartet (Violin 1, Violin 2. Viola, and Cello)

Work needs to be less than 15 minutes in length.

There is a submission fee of $30

Deadline for work is October 1st, 2021

Work must be submitted to newmusicengine.org Composers will be asked to
register to New Music Engine and provide the following:

biography

Program Notes

Score as a PDF file

All 4 instrument parts as PDF file

Audio Realization of the work uploaded as MP3 file

$30 submission fee (Merchant Transaction ID from your PayPal receipt to Vox
Novus)

Contemporary Quartets Project is a joint venture from Vox Novus and Virtual
Concert Halls. Questions can be addressed to Robert Voisey to the following
email: support at VoxNovus.com



Argus Quartet

The Argus Quartet is dedicated to encouraging the joys of human connection,
community, and discovery by bringing a wide-ranging repertoire to life
through bold and meaningful programming and a vibrant commitment to
collaboration and education, winning recognition as a “vivacious foursome …
[that] plays canonical standards with authority and verve and approaches
modern music with care and assurance” (The New Yorker). Praised for playing
with “supreme melodic control and total authority” and “decided dramatic
impact” (Calgary Herald), the Quartet has quickly emerged as one of today’s
most dynamic and versatile ensembles, winning First Prize at both the 2017
M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition and the 2017 Concert Artists Guild Victor
Elmaleh Competition.

Argus Quartet performs Dorothy Rudd Moore's "Modes for String Quartet."
https://youtu.be/Vh3WIOTWXtE?t=1716



Lehner String Quartet

The Lehner String Quartet is composed of four talented musicians who are
members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (Washington National
Opera): Violinists Natasha Bogachek and Zino Bogachek, violist Philippe
Chao, and cellist Igor Zubkovsky. Each are accomplished performers in their
own right, they have a history of performing together to bring music to
audiences around the world. Virtual Concert Halls and Vox Novus are proud
to feature these string players to present new music by living composers.

Lehner String Quartet performing works from last Contemporary Quartets
Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_-Ufzf2rQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WoQdzySJ0



RUSQUARTET

RUSQUARTET was founded in 2001 at the Academic College of Music of the
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the tutelage of Galina Soboleva,
great cellist of the Prokofiev String Quartet. Members of the RUSQUARTET
are DMA graduates from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory where they
have been students of the Professor Dmitry Shebalin (Borodin String
Quartet).

The musicians are actively promoting contemporary composers and rarely
performed compositions. The quartet’s programs include Andrei Eshpai’s
«Concordia discordance», two string quartets by Mikhail Marutaev, a string
quintet for two violins, two violas, and a cello by Alexander Lokshin, as
well as compositions by Georges Onslow, Lex van Delden (the Netherlands),
Kelly-Marie Murphy (Canada), Steve Martland (Great Britain), and Jonathan
Dove (Great Britain), Olli Mustonen (Finland).

Link to media of RUSQUARTET performances:
http://www.rusquartet.com/en/media/
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