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  1. Call for Scores

    Vox Novus in collaboration with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus church is producing the Composer's Voice concert series the last Sunday of each month (except May and December)

    The Cadillac Moon Ensemble will be featured on the October concert.

    The Cadillac Moon Ensemble is looking for scores for its 2008-09 season. they are primarily looking for scores for their exact instrumentation of flute, violin, cello, and percussion, with or without an electronic or pre-recorded part; however, they will accept scores for any subset of the before mentioned instrumentation.

    Deadline: 1 June 2008

    Please send scores/inquiries to: E-mail: scores@CadillacMoonEnsemble.com

    Internet: cadillacmoonensemble.com/projects/projects3.html

  2. NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE
    Call for Scores for 2008-09 season
    All composers are eligible for consideration

    A) Solo and chamber works up to 18 performers will be considered

    B) Vocalists, percussion and/or electronics are acceptable

    C) One work will be selected for recording on the North/South label

    D) $25 non-refundable fee per composition submitted required

    Submissions must be postmarked by June 1, 2008

    Complete submission guidelines at

    www.northsouthmusic.org

    NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, INC.
    P.O. Box 698 - Cathedral Station
    New York, NY 10025 - 0698 USA

  3. Call for Works for the 60x60 project in 2008

    Continuing to promote contemporary composer and their works, Vox Novus is inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to included in its sixth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert. The 60x60 concert season will begin with a debut in New York City and continue throughout the world in venues to be announced. Please submit recording(s) of work and submission form post marked before March 31st, 2008 to:

    60x60
    c/o Robert Voisey
    Radio City Station
    P.O. Box 1607
    New York, New York
    10101 USA

    More information can be found at:
    www.voxnovus.com/60x60/
    www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm

  4. 56th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards 2008

    Applicants must be citizens of the Western Hemisphere, under 28 years of age as of the postmark deadline, and currently studying music.

    Postmark deadline, February 15, 2008

    $20,000 IN PRIZES

    Application materials are available at www.bmifoundation.org

  5. The University of Illinois School of Music presents
    The 2008 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

    Eligibility: Any composer, regardless of age or nationality.

    Awards: First Prize cash award of $1000 and second prize cash award of $500 plus performances by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble in the fall of 2008 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Additional awards and performances may be given at the discretion of the judges.

    Judges: A panel of judges consisting of University of Illinois music composition faculty members will select the winning compositions. The winning composers are expected to attend the award concert/reception and will be responsible for their transportation costs (the competition will provide a stipend for lodging).
    The winning composers will assume full responsibility for providing adequate performance materials upon request.

    Guidelines:
    1. Medium: Full scores of any style or aesthetic direction for one to fifteen performers (including vocalists) may be submitted. Works for tape, electronics and/or mixed media with or without instruments/voices are eligible.
    2. Duration: 20 minutes maximum
    3. Limit: One entry per composer
    4. Entry fee: A non-refundable entry fee of fifteen U.S. dollars ($15.00) in the form of a check must be included with each submission. All checks must be payable to the University of Illinois, and must be an international money order or drawn on a U.S. bank.
    5. Anonymous Submission: The composer's name must not appear on the score itself or on any item (tape, CD, etc.) submitted in supplement to the application.

    A sealed envelope must accompany the score and contain the composer's name, address, telephone number/e-mail (if applicable) and a brief biographical sketch. If a recording of the work is available, it should accompany the score and be identified only by the title of the composition.

    6. Return of Materials: Scores will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope of the proper size is enclosed.

    Send submissions to:
    2008 Martirano Composition Award
    Attn: Zack Browning, Director, Martirano Award
    2136 Music Building
    University of Illinois
    1114 West Nevada
    Urbana, IL 61801 USA
    zbrownin@uiuc.edu
    www-camil.music.uiuc.edu

    All submissions must be postmarked by February 29, 2008.

  6. 60x60

    We are moving the call for works for 2008 forward to March 31st, 2008. The call is already available on the website.
    www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Calls.htm
    The project is looking to make a big splash for 2008. The more compositions we receive the more mixes we can produce. And the more the merrier!

    Contact:
    Robert Voisey
    RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com
    Artistic Director of the 60x60 project
    Vice-President of Programs, Living Music Foundation
    Founder of Vox Novus
    http://www.VoxNovus.com


    Here we go again, another season of 60x60 for the year 2007! The last 3 months have been exciting; the project went to Germany for the first time with two debuts including our first theme mix not based on region. Munich_Concert_Program

    We premiered the UK Mix for the first time, where the project collaborated with poets. 60x60 also collaborated with poets at the release of the 2004-2005 CD at KGB Bar.
    /2007-08-01_60_x_60

    The CD is available at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, and CDemusic.

    iTunes:
    Album?playListId

    CDBaby:
    cdbaby

    Amazon:
    amazon.com

    CDemusic:
    cdemusic.org

    And last but not least, we collaborated with 60 choreographers this summer collaborating with dance. A taste of Thomas Körtvélyessy's dance performance of Maurilio Cacciatore's 60 second work can be found here:
    youtube.com

    There is a lot to look forward to as well. First we are having two concert mixes the International Mix and the Midwest Minutes Mix. The composers have just been listed at:
    voxnovus.com/60x60

    We have already scheduled 10 concerts in New York, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Michigan.
    /60x60/Events

    We are planning two collaborations this year: one with the VJ and videographer Zlatko Cosic,
    eyeproduction.com and the other is a dance collaboration with the choreographer Jeramy Zimmerman.

    And this does not include the second double album we intend to produce for 2006 and 2007 participants.


  7. 25th Anniversary CBMR
    2008 National Conference on
    Black Music Research
    Columbia College
    February 14-17, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
    Palmer House Hotel

    Internet: /www.colum.edu/CBMR
    E-mail: contact@CBMR.colum.edu

  8. 60x60 CD release party

    The CD release party was a huge success. We have another staged and in the works… stay tuned. Meanwhile, if you didn’t get a chance to purchase a CD at the party you can now purchase the double album with 120 songs 60 from 2004 and 60 from 2005 at iTunes and CDBaby. Links to the album are below!

    FOR THIS ALBUM:

    60x60: 2004-2005

    THE Apple iTunes LINK WILL BE:
    phobos.apple.com/WebObjects

    THE "BUY THE CD" link on CD Baby is:
    cdbaby.com/cd/60x60"

  9. 60x60 Summer just got HOT!

    There is a lot going on.

    A quick overview of what is going on this summer: Concerts:
    International 60x60 (2006) in Bremen, Germany June 7th
    Pacific Rim Mix 60x60 (2006) - private venue in California June 9th
    International 60x60 (2006) in London on June 10th (I will be there!)
    MUNICH MIX on Oppression and Totalitarianism June 15th (I will be there!)
    United Kingdom Mix (2006) in Leeds, England - July 17th
    International 60x60 (2006) on Long Island, New York - July 30th (I will be there!)
    New York Minutes (2006) on Long Island, New York - August 3rd
    Austria Mix 60x60 in Austria - August 3rd (I will be there!) Multimedia
    Dance collaboration with Jeramy Zimmerman and a troupe of dancers - August 26th -
    and yes . (I will be there!)
    Radio 60x60 Radio Request Extravaganza - on WKCR - June 26th (If you are in NYC and interested in joining a panel that day to discuss 60x60 on the radio, please contact me) On going calls
    The selection process won't start until after I return from Munich. The project specifically still needs more works to bolster a Pacific Rim Mix, Midwest Mix, and possible an east coast mix. All composers are encourage to submit.
    CALLING FOR 60 SECOND WORKS FROM AUSTRIA (the project needs a minimum of 60 works for its Austria Mix to take place in Austria. Please pass the word to anyone from or in Austria. or related to Austria for a Special 60x60 slam for a festival there.)
    We are also looking for dancers for the 60x60 collaboration in August.
    Double CD 60x60 (2004-2005) is being released this summer. stay tuned for the date!

    HOT ENOUGH?!
    There is more. the final release date for the CD, CD release parties, more concerts, more multimedia performances, and more radio play. all for another email since I don't want to fry my computer.
    _______________________________________________
    60x60 (VoxNovus) mailing list
    VoxNovus@voxnovus.com
    http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/voxnovus

  10. ANNOUNCING THE ONLINE
    HI-TECH TASK FORCE

    NMC is in the process of developing many services for the new-music community aside from the magazine. The website, especially, is building on such ideas as our yellow pages, calendars, advertising specials and all sorts of useful features.

    One great need, we have discovered, is technical knowledge. There is so much demand from composers and performers now for the skills and expertise of web designers and related technicians that we have seen a place for our making a contribution to the effort to secure such services. It is to organize a cadre of such specialists for referral when assignments come along. The members of this cadre, or consortium, if you like, will be selected for paying tasks, typically new web designs. NMC is not charging for this service. You, and you alone, will negotiate with the client.

    If you are interested in placing your name on our Task Force, or know someone who is, send us a very brief resume with current rates to the e-mail address below. Ideally, an applicant should be a free lancer with scheduling flexibility. Anyone with a full-time job is not ruled out, so long as such commitment to an assignment can be met. There is no other commitment required, just your interest and availability.

    Contact: "Barry Cohen"
    nmcpublisher@yahoo.com

  11. This summer, Remarkable Theater Brigade begins the Sunday Concert Series, Composer's Voice. Jan Hus Church, Remarkable Theater Brigade & Vox Novus are collaborating on this concert series and will offer it free of charge to all music lovers looking for fun and unique concerts with free coffee and a chance to meet the composers and performers afterwards. These concerts will be just under an hour and will be the last Sunday of each month at 12:30.

    If you are a composer who is interested in having chamber works presented in this concert series here in New York City, please contact me for details.

    Robert Voisey
    RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com
    Artistic Director of the 60x60 project
    Vice-President of Programs, Living Music Foundation
    Founder of Vox Novus
    www.VoxNovus.com

  12. As a composer, have you heard your music on the radio lately?

    This March, the American Music Center launched Counterstream Radio, a new web-based station which features music of many styles and pedigrees created by U.S. composers. Drawn from AMC's substantial collection of recordings, Counterstream's broadcast library currently features more than 4,000 pieces...including yours!

    Please encourage your friends and fans to listen for your music on Counterstream Radio. It will help us promote the station and shine light on composers like you.

    Counterstream's current listeners are loving it:

    I am so pleased with the content! I listen to more new stuff in one day than I usually hear in a year. Now I just have to be careful not to listen to too much that I won't get any composing done! --Daniel Tapio Heila, composer/flutist

    This is a tremendous and entertaining resource for a presenter. It sharpens my knowledge of American music and inspires me. When you launched the site, I told my staff that if they would like an idea of what my programming will be like, listen to Counterstream Radio. --Greg Evans, Director of the Concert Division, Kaufman Center

    If you or your record label would like to submit future recordings to Counterstream Radio, please mail them to:

    Counterstream Radio
    30 W. 26th St., Suite 1001
    New York, NY 10010

    We have also launched a MySpace page for the station. Drop by for a visit and become our friend.

  13. Received Thursday, March 29, 2007, 10:46 AM

    To whom it may concern.

    Dear Sir/Madam:

    I am Valeriy Antonyuk, 27 years old, a professional composer with a master's degree. I reside in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    I am looking for a creative job relating to music composition for cinema, theatre, television and computer games.

    I am able to compose music in the form of scores to be performed by a symphony orchestra, and I compose music in my studio with the help of music software.

    I have mastered perfectly orchestral, chamber and choral writing and can fulfill all the instructions and requirments of my potential superviser with professional understanding and accuracy.

    I would like to collaborate with someone with a demand for my abilities. I will consider any offer with payment for my efforts.

    These are a sample of my demo-tracks:

    Fanfare.mp3 (mp3, 880KB)
    Jingle.mp3 (mp3, 1,29MB)
    Dron.mp3 (mp3, 1,5MB)
    Comedy.mp3 (mp3, 1,32MB)
    Comedy-2.mp3 (mp3, 977KB)
    Thriller.mp3 (mp3, 1,84MB)
    Fanfare-2.mp3 (mp3, 313KB)
      Children.mp3 (mp3, 530KB)
    Drama.mp3 (mp3, 1,00MB)
    Allegro.mp3 (mp3, 1,45MB)
    Action.mp3 (mp3, 890KB)
    Morning.mp3 (mp3, 552KB)
    Presto.mp3 (mp3, 471KB)
    Andante.mp3 (mp3, 1,22MB)

    Here you can find my photo:

    strana.de/Valeriy.JPG

    Yours faithfully,
    Valeriy ANTONYUK
    antonyuk@voliacable.com


  14. The New York Foundation of the Arts' Jobs in the Arts is a national online listing of classifieds for creative professionals. Galleries, museums, theaters, universities, and arts organizations alike have all turned to NYFA to fill important positions.

    Organizations that regularly rely on NYFA include...Brooklyn Academy of Music, California State University, Carl Fischer Music, Creative Capital, Dance Theater Workshop, DIA Art Foundation, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Poets & Writers, Pratt Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, University of Missouri, New England Foundation for the Arts, New York University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of America Art, and many others.

    How can NYFA's Jobs in the Arts make a difference to your organization? Jobs in the Arts receives more the 40,000 visits each month from art professionals and working artists from around the country. What attracts them is an impressive collection of arts-and culture-related employment opportunities; approximately 100 new listings are posted each week. Job seekers can use our search engine to find jobs by geographic area, job type or date posted.

    Listings for full-time, part-time, freelance/consultant jobs and internships can be posted from $25/week with no character limit, and discounts start after 2 weeks.

    To find your new creative professionals, go to NYFA's Jobs in the Arts.

    Sincerely,
    Erica E. Evans
    Information & Research Intern
    eevans@nyfa.org www.nyfa.org


  15. Call for Works for the 60x60 project for 2008
    with deadline May 21, 2008

    Vox Novus is inviting composers to submit works 60 seconds or less in length to included in its fifth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be performed continuously in a one-hour concert, in conjunction with multimedia elements and an analog clock marking the passage of time. During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely at the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and the beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works may be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds. Works selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with silence either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that the total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds. The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any work created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media, which does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at concert halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not limited to acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer (Sampling, MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)

    Acoustic compositions should be submitted with the understanding that it is their recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used to determine its selection. Scores of works are strongly discouraged and will not be used in the selection process.

    Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. 60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable. The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage. Works submitted must not have been previously performed or broadcasted. Compact Discs that include the audio submission must be labeled with the composer's name and the title of the work. The submission form must be sent at the same time with the submitted work. Submission form must contain the composer's name, address, email, phone number, composition title, composition length, and track position on the compact disc. Biographies and program notes may be included on a separate sheet, but must be typed and each may be no longer than 100 words in length.

    Multiple works may be submitted. Each work must be noted on the submission form(s) and clearly indicated on the CD. Do Not send originals! No works will be returned, and may be performed in subsequent performances after the debut concert. All submissions must be postmarked by May 21, 2008. Selected works will be announced on September 17, 2007. Submission of the work(s) on compact disc must be accompanied by the submission form and sent to:
    60x60
    c/o Robert Voisey
    Radio City Station P.O. Box 1607
    New York, NY 10101 USA

    Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by May 21, 2008

    Submissions must include:
    Submission Form (including bio and program notes) and
    a labeled CD containing the submission in audio format.
    Submission forms can be downloaded at www.VoxNovus.com/ or by written request to Vox Novus

    Works selected for the 2007 60x60 project will be announced on September 17, 2007. Composer will be notified of the results by email or they can visit http://www.VoxNovus.com

    Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to
    Support@VoxNovus.com or
    60x60
    Robert Voisey,
    Radio City Station,
    P.O. Box 1607
    New York, New York, 10101 USA

    _______________________________________________
    VoxNovus mailing list
    VoxNovus@voxnovus.com
    http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman



  16. SOMA Theatre is based in Seattle, Washington.
    Click to email: Stan Hoffman

  17. Living Music Journal plans to devote an issue to the topic of modern-era composers who moonlighted in some other creative field, and to 20th-century/plus thinkers and artists of note who were also pretty darn good composers. Articles for this issue should be twetween 1500 and 3000 words in length and should investigate how the subject's various creative strands intersect. LM is especially interested in articles on the creative lives of Paul Bowles and Arnold Schoenberg. Deadline will be announced.
          Send manuscripts and queries via e-mail to: Phillip Ratliff, Editor, Living Music Journal, phillip_ratliff@hotmail.com


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  19. Pax Media, Inc. - Victoria, Canada, is looking to make a Music Video for musicians who have a grant that want a video. Contact them for grant info of up to $20,000.
    Contact: Linda ecos@ecos.ca Internet: paxmedia.ca Phone: 250-642-6745

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