Victoria Composers’ Collective Call for Scores for Oak Bay New Music Festival. Media release.
Founded in 2015, the collective has staged concerts, toured the province and been a major contributor to the Oak Bay New Music Festival. Below please find their internal and external calls for scores for the Oak Bay New Music Festival (June 2/3 in Victoria BC).
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Dear Composers,
The Victoria Composers Collective and Oak Bay Music are re-posting a call for scores for the Fourth Annual Oak Bay New Music Festival taking place June 2nd and 3rd, 2018 in Victoria. This call is designated for composers who are currently members or associate members of the Victoria Composers Collective who are (mostly) based in Victoria. (see below for the “external” call).
Application Deadline: April 11, 2018 (electronic submissions only)
Concert: June 2nd or 3rd at 1701 Elgin Rd, Victoria, BC
Cost to apply/participate: free of charge
The Listening Artist; Reinvigorating the Art of Reception.
What is the role of listening in civil dialogue, and in our lives as musicians? How is listening manifesting itself in our world? What choices are we exercising in the ways that we listen; in who and what we listen to, and in what we listen for? How might adopting new approaches to listening be transformative?
Composers are invited to submit pieces that reflect an engagement with themes around listening.
The concert will feature only keyboard instruments. This choice comes from a speculation of how they have been overused yet under appreciated in their capabilities.
New or existing works are welcome. Pieces should be a maximum of 8 minutes in duration, and be scored for up to three (1, 2, or 3) of the players instrument capabilities.
- A) Piano*
- B) Piano, toy piano, melodica*
- C) Piano, toy piano, typewriter, melodica*
- D) Piano, 120-button stradella bass accordion**
*Only one piano is available. Preparations are possible, but we suggest keeping them to a minimum due to time constraints.
**Performer has limited ability on the accordion, and therefore instrument is not suitable for solo works, but may be used in simple ensemble settings for colour etc.
Pieces will be selected based on clarity of idea and follow-through, technical ability, and thematic confluence. If your piece is not selected for this concert, your piece may be considered by the Victoria Composers Collective for a future concert.
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Rehearsals will be held in April and May. Attendance at rehearsals and concert is not required, however, if you wish to attend and you currently live abroad, we encourage you to apply for travel grants. We will be happy to provide a letter of invitation to support your grant applications.
Submission requirements:
1.One score (parts can be given after jury process)
2.Composer Bio, 250 words
3.Program note for the piece
4.Would this be a premiere? (y/n)
5.Do you plan to attend? (y/n)
Email to email to: victoriacomposerscollective@gmail.com
This re-posting of the call is due to an unfortunate technical glitch. We have not been able to recover any of the scores that were submitted to the forwarding address that we set up for the original call for scores. We encourage those who applied previously to resubmit their piece. Please specify on your application if you have submitted to the previous call for scores.
EXTERNAL CALL
The Victoria Composers Collective and Oak Bay Music are re-posting a call for scores for the Fourth Annual Oak Bay New Music Festival taking place June 2nd and 3rd, 2018 in Victoria. This call is designated for all composers based outside of Victoria, Canada.
Application Deadline: April 11, 2018 (electronic submissions only)
Concert: June 2nd or 3rd at 1701 Elgin Rd, Victoria, BC
Cost to apply/participate: free of charge
The Listening Artist; Reinvigorating the Art of Reception.
What is the role of listening in civil dialogue, and in our lives as musicians? How is listening manifesting itself in our world? What choices are we exercising in the ways that we listen; in who and what we listen to, and in what we listen for? How might adopting new approaches to listening be transformative?
Composers are invited to submit pieces that reflect an engagement with themes around listening.
New or existing works are welcome. Pieces should be a maximum of 8 minutes in duration, and be scored for up to three (1, 2, or 3) of the following performer’s instrumentation.
- Violin
- Soprano
- Clarinet (in A or Bb)
- Cello (previous applications for Upright Bass no longer available)
- Flute (piccolo, soprano, alto, bass)
*Vocal capabilites: range can extend down to G3 and vocalist is comfortable with extended vocal techniques, click here for an example.
Pieces will be selected based on clarity of idea and follow-through, technical ability, and thematic confluence. If your piece is not selected for this concert, your piece may be considered by the Victoria Composers Collective for a future concert.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Rehearsals will be held in April and May. Attendance at rehearsals and concert is not required. However, if you wish to attend and you live abroad, we encourage you to apply for travel grants. We will be happy to provide a letter of invitation to support your grant applications. We may also be able to secure a billet for you in Victoria.
Submission requirements:
- One score (parts can be given after jury process)
- Composer Bio, 250 words
- Program note for the piece, and text for voice if used
- Would this be a premiere? (y/n)
- Do you plan to attend? (y/n)
email to: victoriacomposerscollective@gmail.com
This re-posting of the call is due to an unfortunate technical glitch. We have not been able to recover any of the scores that were submitted to the forwarding address that we set up for the original call for scores. We encourage those who applied previously to resubmit their piece. Please specify on your application if you have submitted to the previous call for scores.
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