The International Composition Competition “Music and Nature” - 1st edition
The City of Sassello (northwestern Italy) announces the first edition of
the International Composition Competition “Music and Nature”.
RULES
ART. 1
The International Composition Competition “Music and Nature” is open to
composers of any nationality and any age. Compositions must be unpublished
and never performed before nor awarded in any other composition
competitions.
ART. 2
The theme of the competition is the relationship between music and nature.
Participants can send score for trio B clarinet, cello and piano (or duo or
solo instrument). The absence of the voice is the challenge that the
artists should grasp in an effort to decline the subject provided by the
announce of the competition with only instrumental means. They can,
however, refer to a text in a purely descriptive and generic way. It is not
allowed in anyway electronic processing. The compositions must have a
duration of 3 to 10 minutes. There is no limit on the number of works a
composer may submit. However, each piece must be accompanied by a separate
submission form and fee
ART. 3 For each entry Composers must pay a non-refundable application fee
of € 30,00 to the following bank account number
IT 78 J 06175 49490 000004000690
The reason of the payment must be clearly identified as International
Composition Competition «Music and Nature», Sassello 2016.
ART. 4 Composers must submit 3 (three) copies of the composition, each of
them marked with a motto on the first page and without the name of the
composer. Scores will not be returned. The motto will be shown on a sealed
envelope in which are contained:
curriculum vitae and photo of the composer;
a statement that the work submitted is unpublished and that it has
never been performed in public concerts and has never been awarded in
any contest;
Receipt of the payment of the entry fee (art. 3).
The envelope will be open only at the end of the work of the jury in
order to know the identity of the winners and inform them of the
evaluation.
The submission must be send to the following address:
COMUNE DI SASSELLO
COMPOSITION COMPETITION
«MUSICA E NATURA»
Vico Concezione 5, Sassello (SV)
ITALY
The composition/s must be postmarked no later than June 10, 2016.
Applications postmarked after this date will not be considered. Score/s
will not be returned.
ART. 5
Prizes:
1° prize:
Premiere of the composition (july 2016 in Sassello)
The composition will be published by Sconfinarte Edizioni Musicali,
Milano
Participation medal
2° prize:
Premiere of the composition (july 2016 in Sassello)
Participation medal
ART. 6 The jury’s decision is final. The jury reserve the right not award
any of the prizes if they consider that no submitted works meet the
required standard.
ART. 7 The winning composer/s will be notified via email in June, 2016.
Winner composer/s will send the part of their work/s as soon as possible.
ART. 8 Participation in this competition implies the automatic and
unconditional acceptance of the contestants of all the rules set out in
this announcement.
(See attached file: ESTERNO COMPOSIZIONE SASSELLO 2016.pdf)(See attached
file: INTERNO CONCORSO COMPOSIZIONE SASSELLO 2016.pdf)