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Music Composition

 
IAWM Congress 2011, September 15-18, Flagstaff, Arizona USA
  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.
 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program - Deadline April 9, 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.

Choral Composition Commission - American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota and Minnesota Music Educators Association - Deadline May 1, 2010
 American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN)
Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA)

Criteria for 2011 All-State Choir Composition
 
Co-sponsored by the
American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN)
Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA)
 
The composer will write an original choral composition (in a difficulty range of Class I/II from the Minnesota State High School League Music Handbook) that will be debuted by an MMEA All-State Choir meeting the following criteria:
 
1.  Name of All-State Choir:  All-State Women’s Choir (SSA or SSAA voicing)
 
2.  Date of All-State Choir Camp:  August 1-6, 2011
Ablaze Records Mastertapes Series - Deadline May 1, 2010
 Have you ever wanted to have that great recording of your original composition issued on a commercially released CD? Now is your chance with the ABLAZE Records call for Mastertapes. Send a CD of your mastertape (digital recordings only please) to us for your chance to win a place on our Millennial Masters CD. 

If our expert panel of composers and audio engineers chooses your work, you will win a spot on our first Millennial Masters CD. This will entitle you to a partially subsidized commercial release of your work worldwide at the end of 2010.