Application Deadline: August 1, 2009 (received at the TCWC office) Postmarked by July 25, 2009.

 

Seeks original, unperformed compositions from emerging female composers for SSAA choir and piano accompaniment or a cappella that speak to the theme of Illuminations: The Return of Light to our Lives. The winning submission receives a cash prize of $1500, premieres in Minneapolis, MN on December 6, 2009, an archival recording and may be featured on a TCWC CD. 

 

The Twin Cities Women’s Choir is pleased to announce an emerging female choral composition contest in continuation of our mission to affirm the voices of women. Emerging female composers are eligible and encouraged to submit their works for consideration. “Emerging” is defined as someone who is not known as a choral composer on the national level. The composition should be suitable for our annual Illuminations Concerts. These concerts are held each December and reflect upon the return of light to our lives—literally and metaphorically. To find out more information about the Twin Cities Women’s Choir, visit www.twincitieswomenschoir.org

 

 

Postmark deadline: July 25, 2009

 

Prize: $1500; live premiere with 2 performances of the work on December 6, 2009, in Minneapolis, MN; archival recording; and may be featured on a TCWC CD.

 

 

 

 

-          Applicants must be an emerging (someone who is not known on the national level) female composer

 

-          All submissions must be an original composition for SSAA choir, a cappella or accompanied. Occasional division of the SSAA parts is acceptable.

 

-          Text may be original, or if using copyrighted text, include written permission to use the text. If the text is in the public domain, include proof of that.

 

-          Text may be sacred or secular. English language preferred. Should be suitable for our annual Illuminations Concerts.

 

-          Performance time of the work should be approximately 3 minutes in length.

 

 

-          All submissions must not have been previously commissioned or performed.

 

-          The entry fee is $25.00, payable by check or money order. Check or money order must be made out to “Twin Cities Women’s Choir” and in U.S. dollars. Multiple entries by the same composer are permitted. However, a separate entry fee of $25 and application packet must accompany each entry.

 

-          Scholarships for the entry fee may be available. To inquire, contact Pat Teiken at patteiken@comcast.net

 

-          Do not send original manuscripts. Please submit 3 clearly legible copies of the score, on 8x11 paper, unbound. Illegible copies will not be considered.

 

-          Scores will be returned if a stamped (with adequate postage), self-addressed enveloped is included with your submission.

 

-          The winning composition will be premiered in Minneapolis, MN in December 2009, at the Twin Cities Women’s Choir Illuminations concerts.

 

-          Scores submitted without a complete application packet will not be considered.

 

-          The U.S. postmark deadline for entry is July 25, 2009.

 

-          The winner will be announced no later than September 1, 2009.

 

-          The TCWC reserves the right to not award a prize.

 

-          The decision of the judges is final.

 

-          Send all scores and application packets to: 

 

Pat Teiken, Executive Director,

Twin Cities Women’s Choir,

1672 Mackubin Street,

St. Paul, MN 55117.