Youth Inspiring Youth Composition Competition

As part of its Youth Inspiring Youth project, WomenSing is pleased to announce its third choral youth composition competition, now with an international component. The two participating composers will each create a new work based on the same River of Words poem, “Reflections”.

Eligibility

Young composers, ages 18 to 25, who are residents of California or Australia, are eligible to submit samples of their works for consideration. One California resident and one Australia resident will be selected as the two winners.

Project Description

WomenSing (www.womensing.org) and River of Words, both Bay Area non-profit arts organizations, are creating the opportunity for young composers to create new choral music, mentored by teaching artist and composer Libby Larsen and international advising composer Sandra Milliken. The two winners will be commissioned to write treble choral works to be premiered by WomenSing in early June of 2012, based on the highly inspired children’s poetry from the River of Words project. Each commissioned composer will receive a commissioning fee of US $1,000 and a recording of the work.

Founded in 1995 by former US Poet Laureate and 2008 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Robert Hass, along with writer Pamela Michael, River of Words (www.riverofwords.org) has energetically enlisted youth from around the world to compete annually in both art and poetry on the subject of the environment.

Details

To enter

Submit five clearly legible copies of the work. A sealed envelope labeled with the title of the work must accompany each submission. The envelope shall contain the composer’s name, country of origin, address, phone, email, title of the work, and a brief bio. Please send submissions to:
 

            WomenSing Youth Inspiring Youth Composition Contest
            P.O. Box 2014
            Orinda, CA 94563
            USA

Scores and applications must be postmarked by May 13, 2011. Scores will be returned if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is included with your submission.

For further questions please contact Rachel Eidbo, Youth Inspiring Youth Project Manager at yiy@womensing.org.