Thought I would share this with my fine fellow listers. What's especially interesting is this line, "This year, the live electronics focus is on the creative use of Max/MSP or PureData." A couple of years ago, they would only have mentioned Max/MSP, therefore we can assume that in a couple of years or so they'll leave out the Max/MSP part ;-)
Pall
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: HARVARD LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPETITION 2006 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:35:50 +0100 From: Hans Tutschku listen2@tutschku.com To: forum@listes.ircam.fr
I'm sending you herewith the call for a new competition in case you didn't read it already. Please feel free to copy it to interested composers, students etc.
Best, Hans Tutschku
Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPETITION 2006
The Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition is proud to present its first INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION FOR LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC.
An international jury will evaluate all works that arrive before the deadline (September 15th, 2005) and will select up to six works to be performed during the Fromm Players at Harvard Concerts, March 6 through March 12, 2006. The six finalists will participate in a week-long festival, work with the performers, attend workshops on all six pieces and participate in several pedagogical events along with the composition students at Harvard University and the jury members. The final concert will be on March 12th, at which time the jury will award one grand prize. The competition will cover flight and hotel expenses for the six finalists.
WORKS
We invite submissions of new works (written after January 1, 2004) incorporating two to four live performers and live-electronics by composers born after January 1, 1965. The live performers should be drawn from the following list: soprano (voice), flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano.
Although there is no strict limit to duration, pieces between ten and fifteen minutes are encouraged. The work submitted may have been performed in concert. However, it must not have been released in recorded form and must not have been awarded a prize before September 15, 2005. If a recording exists, it may be sent along with other materials, but recordings are not required.
LIVE ELECTRONICS
This year, the live electronics focus is on the creative use of Max/MSP or PureData. The composition may make use of sixteen output channels and will be diffused during the concert on the Hydra Diffusion System (24 loudspeakers). A complete, functioning patch containing all necessary elements and an explanatory note for its use should be included in the application together with the score.
WORKSHOP
The workshop will be an open platform for the exchange of ideas between composers and performers, emphasizing the practical issues raised by performance of live-electronic music. The six selected compositions will be rehearsed as a part of this workshop. There will also be lectures given by the jury members.
SUBMISSIONS
Applicants are invited to submit one composition. There is no entry fee. Student works are highly encouraged.
Selected works will be announced by November 1, 2005. Composers whose works are selected for the final workshop and concert are required to attend the entire week of March 6 through March 12, 2006. Should a composer be unable to attend, their work will not be presented. Selected composers must send parts by January 3, 2006 and a photo (free of copyright). The decisions of the jury are final.
* Submissions must arrive before September 15, 2005.
* Include THREE COPIES of the score, the materials for the
live-electronic part, and any further documents pertaining to the submitted piece. * Include a completed entry form (available for download at http://huseac.fas.harvard.edu/). * Include a program note and a biography of the composer. * Materials will not be returned and will become the property of the HUSEAC archive. * The competition will not pay for any postage fees or customs duties.
Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPETITION Department of Music Music Building, North Yard Cambridge, MA 02138–2001 USA
For more information email compcomp@fas.harvard.edu.
DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM (PDF) from the website http://huseac.fas.harvard.edu/
Hans Tutschku Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition (HUSEAC) Harvard University Department of Music Cambridge, MA 02138 USA