[Voxnovus] Call for Scores one minute works for melodica

[New Voice in New Music]

Call for Scores

Fifteen Minutes of Fame featuring David Bohn with Melodica

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for solo melodica. 
Selected works will be premiered March of 2024 on 
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring multi-instrumentalist David Bohn. This 
performance will be presented as a live streaming online concert using 
Streamyard broadcast to multiple streaming platforms such as YouTube and 
Facebook. The selected works will also receive a recording session. For 
this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, we are looking for solo melodica works (no 
electronics) specifically written for David Bohn. Only works one-minute 
in length for melodica will be considered.

About the Melodica:
The melodica has a range from the F three ledger lines below the treble 
staff to the E three ledger lines above. Both one-handed and two-handed 
playing techniques are possible.

A video regarding the Melodica may be viewed at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCIJgU96Ukc

Submission Guidelines:
-Deadline for works is January 15th, 2024.
-Works are for melodica solo only. (no electronics)
-No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.
-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performer.
-All pieces must be premieres.
-Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!
-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
-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 featuring David Bohn" and press the "submit" button to 
start the submission process.
-You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and (optionally) 
50 word program note.
-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 David Bohn on the score.
-Performance notes should be included in the score.

Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming 
platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo. No performance 
royalties will be paid. Selected composers will be asked to sign a 
consent form.


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

More can be found be found at: 
https://www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame

About David Bohn
A native of Wisconsin, David Bohn received degrees in composition from 
the University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the 
University of Illinois. His primary composition teachers were Joel 
Naumann, Yehuda Yannay, and William Brooks. He has taught theory at the 
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin - Parkside 
and the University of Illinois. In his career as an 
multi-instrumentalist, he has given World or American premieres of 
hundreds of keyboard works. He currently resides in West Allis, 
Wisconsin, and is the music coordinator at Peace Methodist Church in 
Brookfield. He is President of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, and 
Vice President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Organ Historical Society. 
Past calls/recording projects include three 15 Minutes of Fame calls, 
The Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project, The 100-Note Toy Piano Project, The 
COVID-19 Project, Twenty Seconds of 2020, 60 in 60 (more or less), 
Fifteen Minutes of Fame/One Minute More for Toy Piano, and Fifteen 
Minutes of Meditation and Contemplation.