Allen Strange Award

 

Washington Composers Forum is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the Allen Strange Award. The $500 award is designed for a composer involved with electronic music. The award must be used to help cover costs involved in the production or performance of a work involving electro-acoustic music. Composers may submit proposals for projects that will have a performance before June 30, 2010. In addition, efforts will be made to secure a performance of the winning work at events associated with the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF). more

 

Each submission should include a description of the work's scope, and establish the need for assistance in the work's production. Works that have already been composed but have production costs associated with a performance are eligible.

 

ALLEN STRANGE

Allen Strange (1943-2008) composed for live electronic instrumental ensembles, for live and taped electronics with voices and acoustic instruments, and for the theatre. He was one of the leading authorities on analogue electronic music; his Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls (1972) is now a classic text. He also wrote Programming and Meta-Programming the Electro-Organism (1974). With his wife, violinist Pat Strange, he wrote The Contemporary Violin (2001), an important resource for composers and performers. more

 

ELIGIBILITY The call is open to the general public.

 

SUBMISSION Composers may submit multiple proposals for projects involving electro-acoustic music. The music may be of any duration. Previously performed works are welcome, but the performance history of the work must be included. Members of the WCF Board of Directors will adjudicate the call, and may choose not to perform any of the submissions. Submission packets must be received by August 24, 2009 and contain the following: 1) Description of project proposal, including artists involved. The proposal should state the need for financial assistance. Recordings of representative work are encouraged. 2) Contact information envelope containing name, address, phone number, and email address. To have materials returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

 

If the submission is expedited, please do not require a signature for delivery. Otherwise, the submission may be held up.

 

For more information contact WCF.

 

Send submissions to: Allen Strange Award Submissions

Washington Composers Forum

6114 12th Avenue NE

Seattle WA 98115-6704 USA

 

 

Current Calls for Scores

 

Allen Strange Award - due August 24, 2009

 

Call for brass ensemble results

 

(from r. to l.) Rich Campbell, Karen P. Thomas, and Brian Fennelly

 

Out of 16 submissions, three works were chosen; Clarion Dances by Karen P. Thomas, Empirical Rag by Brian Fennelly, and Come on In by Rich Campbell. The works will be be performed at an upcoming concert TBA.

 

 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judson Scott and Brian Chin

 

Brian Chin is the Principal Trumpet of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and performs frequently with many local orchestras including the Seattle Symphony and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Chin studied music in the New York and New Jersey areas under the tutelage of Peter Bond and James Pandolfi of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has a Masters Degree in Orchestral Trumpet from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he graduated with Highest Honors in addition to a earning a double Bachelors Degree in Performance and in Education. Former faculty positions include professor of trumpet at The Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, NJ and The Pingry School, NJ. In addition to being an active orchestral trumpet player, Mr. Chin was recently conductor-in-residence with the Rutgers Alumni Wind Symphony, was a founding member of the New Jersey Chamber Brass, and is a sought-after teacher and clinician in the Puget Sound Area.

 

At home in a wide variety of styles, Judson Scott’s experience ranges from playing lead in West Side Story to performing Bach’s Magnificat on the natural trumpet. He is the principal trumpet of Northwest Sinfonietta and has performed with ensembles such as the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera and the 5th Ave. Theatre. Dr. Scott holds degrees from Baldwin-Wallace College, New England Conservatory and the University of Washington; he is currently on the faculty of the University of Puget Sound.