29th Annual New Music Festival International Calls for Works
Call for Papers *UPDATED 04/08*
The MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music invites proposals for a special session on "The Music of John Harbison." The paper session will take place during the New Music Festival to be held October 23-25, 2008. Special guests at the festival include composer John Harbison and the ensembles Flexible Music and Ensemble Sirius. We are interested in papers that address general topics related to Harbison's music as well as presentations on individual compositions (in particular, but not limited to, the Gatsby Etudes for piano; Twilight Music for horn, violin, and piano; and the Mirabai Songs for voice and piano). The papers will be scheduled in thirty-minute time slots (twenty for the paper and ten for discussion) on the afternoon of Friday, October 24. Two to three papers will be chosen for the session and each participant will receive a small travel honorarium.
The festival will consist of approximately six concerts of contemporary music and will feature works by composers including Luciano Berio (American Premiere of Récit (Chemins VII) for alto saxophone and orchestra), John Harbison (several works), Karlheinz Stockhausen (a performance of Kontakte), and others. Also featured will be 15 to 20 emerging and established composers who will be present at the festival for performances of their music.
Application Procedures
Please email abstracts of 500 words or less in PDF or MS Word format to Mikel Kuehn, director MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music (mkuehn@bgsu.edu). Abstracts should not identify the author and should clearly outline the objective of the paper, its relationship to the session topic and should cite specific composers/works that will be addressed. The deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2008.
Send Abstracts to:
Mikel Kuehn, director
MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
College of Musical Arts
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0290
These activities are sponsored in part by the College of Musical Arts’ MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University.
For more information, please contact the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary
Music at:
(419) 372-2685
(419) 372-2938 (fax)
Mikel Kuehn, director: mkuehn@bgsu.edu
Kurt Doles, coordinator of operations: kdoles@bgsu.edu
Call for Works
The MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts announces a call for works for inclusion on the internationally acclaimed New Music Festival to be held on October 23-25 2008. Submitted works will be also be considered for year-round performance by distinguished faculty, guest performers and student ensembles.
Application Procedures
Artists and composers are invited to submit one work
(maximum length 18 minutes) for one of the following groups:
a.) works for mixed chamber ensemble of no more than ten
players, drawn from the following instrumentation: violin, viola,
cello, piano, percussion (no more than two players), flute
(piccolo), oboe (English horn), clarinet (bass clarinet),
bassoon, saxophone (all), trumpet, French horn, trombone
(bass trombone)
b.) works for band/wind ensemble
c.) works for percussion ensemble (not to exceed
eight players)
d.) works for solo piano
Please include a recording, if one is available, program
notes and a 200-word bio.
Entries must be postmarked by February 13, 2008,
for consideration for the 29th Annual New Music Festival.
Works received after this deadline may be considered for
future festivals. Please include an entry
form (provided
here as a PDF) with your entry. Emailed PDF copies of
scores are acceptable, as long as they are accompanied by
the requisite entry form. Email submissions should be sent
to Kurt Doles (kdoles@bgsu.edu).
If you would like your materials returned to you, please
include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Entries without
return postage will automatically be placed in the archives
of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music. All music
in this unique collection is catalogued and stored at the
BGSU library.
Send works to:
Mikel Kuehn, director
MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
College of Musical Arts
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0290
In addition to acoustic works, multimedia works for the above groups including tape, video or interactive electronics will also be considered. NTSC video format is preferred.
Composers whose works are selected for performance must supply
parts and scores at their own expense. Attendance at the
festival is strongly encouraged, and a small travel honorarium
is offered to each guest composer.
While care will be taken in the handling of materials, BGSU is not responsible for any loss or damage.
These activities are sponsored in part by the College of Musical
Arts’ MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling
Green State University.
For more information, please contact the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at:
(419) 372-2685
(419) 372-2938 (fax)
Mikel Kuehn, director: mkuehn@bgsu.edu
Kurt Doles, coordinator of operations: kdoles@bgsu.edu
While care will be taken in the handling of materials, BGSU is not responsible for any loss or damage.