Shipley Arts Festival Composers' Competition
The 2010 Shipley Arts Festival Composition Competition is open to composers of any age or nationality and works written in any style or idiom are acceptable. The competition is held as part of the Shipley Arts Festival, one of the leading and innovative festivals in West Sussex, which has a positive and proactive policy of commissioning and programming new and exciting works alongside traditional and well loved music. The landscape of West Sussex has inspired many composers, notably Sir Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax and John Ireland, and the Shipley Arts Festival is pleased to be part of this strong cultural heritage with the new competition and continued policy of supporting living composers.
Shipley Arts Festival Artistic Director: Andrew Bernardi (andrewbernardi@me.com)
Competition Director: David Heyes (doublebass@tiscali.co.uk)
ENTRY PROCEDURE
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Please send one copy of the score and set of
parts (one copy of each part is sufficient).
Please write a pseudonymn on the score. -
Place your name, contact details, title of piece
and pseudonymn in a sealed envelope and
send with the entry. A programme note
and composer biography would also be
welcome. -
Please write your email address on the score
if you would like confirmation that the entry
has arrived. -
Copies will not be returned but will be retained
in the Recital Music archive. -
Bank details can be supplied if you would
prefer to make payment by BACS or
bank transfer. -
Please make all cheques payable to Shipley Arts
Festival
REQUIREMENTS
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A new work for string orchestra which should be
playable and accessible to students, amateurs
and professionals - Duration: 3-10 minutes
- Orchestration: String Orchestra (6.4.3.3.1)
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Eligibility: open to composers of any age or
nationality -
Deadline: 30 May 2010 (Late entries may be
accepted at the Director's discretion) -
Winner: The winner will be announced after
15 June 2010 -
Entry Fee: £10.00 per entry (Composers may
submit more than one entry but each must be
accompanied by the relevant entry fee) -
Judges Decision: The judges decision is final and
no correspondence will be entered into after the
winner has been announced
PRIZES - £250.00 for winning entry
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Professional performance on Sunday 4 July 2010 as part of the final
concert of the 2010 Shipley Arts Festival - Publication by Recital Music, subject to contract and agreement (www.recitalmusic.net)
- Other performances may be arranged
A minimum of 4 short-listed works will be rehearsed as part of an open workshop in September 2010
(date and venue to be confirmed). Several works may be selected for publication by Recital Music.
JUDGES
Jury Chairman James Whitbourne
Andrew Bernardi
David Heyes
Ian Morgan-Williams
David Wordsworth
Please send entries and payment to:
Recital Music (SAF Competition) Vale Cottage,
The Hamlet, Templecombe,
Somerset BA8 0HJ
Great Britain
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