Postmark Deadline: October 20, 2010 The Third Millennium Ensemble is pleased to announce its 2011 Competition for Composers. The Third Millennium Ensemble offers performances that reflect the energy and diversity of American music and strives to represent a wide cross-section of composers. The competition will offer the following prizes: $350 First Prize; $150 Second Prize; $300 for the Cheryl A. Spector Prize for the best piece by an GLBT composer (see entry form for details). The first and second place winners as well as the winner of the Cheryl A. Spector prize will receive performances by TME in 2011-2012 season and composers will receive archival recordings on request. The winners will be selected by a panel of composers with input from the ensemble. All entries will be considered for performance. Compositions for any combination of flute, clarinet, violin (up to 2 players) viola, cello, piano, percussion (1 player) and soprano or baritone voice will be considered. Once pieces have been passed on to the ensemble for final consideration, parts may be requested.

The Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award is nationally recognized as a significant opportunity for composers. Its purpose is to recognize the best in current American composition and to provide composers with a prominent forum for their work. Judging Anonymity of the entrants is observed throughout the judging process. The judges are the artistic directors of Composers, Inc.: Robert Greenberg Jeffrey Miller — Allen Shearer Frank La Rocca Martin Rokeach.

 

  The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and Northern Arizona University School of Music, in cooperation with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra are pleased to announce the IAWM Congress 2011 to be held September 15-18 in Flagstaff, AZ.

  The theme of our congress is “In Beauty We Walk: Changing Women and the New Musical Landscape.” The four-day congress will be held on the campus of Northern Arizona University and will feature established and upcoming women composers as well as students, musicologists, music theorists and ethnomusicologists, educators, performers and conductors who will contribute their knowledge and expertise in concerts, workshops, papers and panel discussions.

 The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE offers 2- to 8-week residencies year-round for writers, visual artists, and music composers. Housing, studio space, $100/week stipend are provided.

 Approximately 50 residencies are awarded per year.

 Two deadlines each year: postmarked March 1 for the following July through December 15; postmarked September 1 for the following January through June 15.

  There is a $25 application fee.

 Invitation at the 22nd Music Festival of Nations - Rome - (Italy).

  The 22nd Music Festival of Nations is seeking performers for the Summer of 2010, to perform at our Concerti del Tempietto, at the Archelogical Park of Marcellus' Theater, in the summer of 2010.

Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the chamber music profession, is pleased to announce its upcoming Classical Commissioning Program deadline.

 

Chamber Music America (CMA) offers support to U.S.-based classical/contemporary ensembles, presenters and festivals for commissioning American composers to create new chamber works.  The program provides funding for the composer’s fee, the ensemble’s rehearsal honorarium, and copying costs.

 

CMA defines chamber music as music for small ensembles (2-10 musicians) whose members perform one to a part, generally without a conductor. Compositions may represent a diverse musical spectrum, including contemporary art music, world music, and works that include electronics.

 American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN)