Violin and Soprano Call on hold

 

The performer has put the violin and soprano call on hold, likely for a few months. Once the call has been restarted, results will be announced. Thanks to the submitting composers for their patience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Podcast Music results

 

Out of 23 submissions, Washington Composers Forum has chosen Salt by composer Jean Ahn to be featured in upcoming podcasts of new music.

 

Octavio Vazquez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born in Korea, Jean Ahn began to study piano and composition at a very early age. She finished her B.A. and M.M. at Seoul National University under professor Baek Byoung Dong. In fall 2008, Jean finished her PhD at UC Berkeley where her teachers included Edmund Campion, Cindy Cox, David Wessel, Jorge Liederman and Richard Felciano. Her creative output includes works ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, as well as choral, dance and electroacoustic music. Recent awards for her compositions include 1st prize from the Renée Fisher Award and Competition, the Korean National Music Composers Award, 1st prize from the Sejong Korean Music Competition, UC Berkeley’s the De Lorenzo Prize and the Pan Music Festival Award. Jean’s music was featured at Aspen Music Festival (Susan and Ford Schumann Composition Fellow), June in Buffalo, the Oregon Bach Festival, Music 07, SCI conferences, IAWM Beijing Congress, the Spark Festival, the Fresno New Music Festival, University of Central Missouri New Music Festival, New York City Electronic Music Festival, IAWM Festivals, among others. Her work has been performed by Ensemble Sur Plus, pianist Lisa Moore (Bang on a can), pianist Shannon Wettstein (Zeitgeist), Berkeley Contemporary Players and others. more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Calls for Scores

 

Solstice Quintet call results

Allen Strange Award results

Podcast call for scores results

Violin and soprano call on hold

 

Solstice Quintet Call for Scores Results

 

Carl SchimmelOut of 57 submissions, the Solstice Quintet has chosen the score Towns of Wood and Wind by Carl Schimmel.

 

Winner of Columbia University's Joseph Bearns Prize, composer Carl Schimmel has received honors and awards from many organizations, including the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Copland House, the Seoul International Composition Competition, the National Federation of Music Clubs, the New York Youth Symphony First Music Awards, the American Composers Forum, American Music Center, NACWPI, SCI, and ASCAP. His works have been performed in Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, Merkin Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, Severance Hall in Cleveland, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, and at other venues throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. more

 

Allen Strange Award results

Washington Composers Forum accounces the winner of the first Allen Strange Award. The $500 award is designed for a composer involved with electro-acoustic music.

 

Christopher BaileyChristopher Bailey's proposal for a new work for piano and live electronics was chosen out of twenty-one submissions.

 

Christopher Bailey received a DMA at Columbia University, recently taught at Bates College, and was an artist in residence at Harvestworks. more

 

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.

 

Simple Measures call for scores

Simple Measures has chosen Sparrows Jump Nine Sandpipers by Andrew Sigler for performance.

 

Andrew SiglerComposer Andrew Sigler has scored film, video games, animation, and commercials, and composed and directed live music for theater, dance, orchestra, and chamber groups. He has also clocked many hours as a studio guitarist and vocalist. more

 

Performances are all in the Seattle area:

Friday, April 16, 7:30pm at Bitter Lake Community Center

Saturday, April 17, 4pm at Nordic Heritage Museum Sunday, April 18, 7pm at Kenyon Hall (formerly Hokum Hall)

Monday, April 19, 7:30pm Location TBD

 

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