ALEA III International Composition Prize

2008 Twenty-Sixth Annual Competition

The ALEA III Prize: $2,500
Deadline: March 15, 2008

http://www.aleaiii.com

Composers of any nationality born after January 1, 1968 may participate. Only one composition per composer is permitted.

No entry fee.

Works of any aesthetic direction from 6 - 15 minutes in duration may be submitted. Works may be for solo voice or instrument or for an ensemble up to fifteen players. Available instruments are: one flute (doubling piccolo or alto), one oboe (doubling English horn), one clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), one bassoon, one horn, one trumpet, one trombone, one tuba, two percussion players, one harp, one keyboard player, one guitar, two violins, one viola, one cello, one bass, tape and one voice.

One of the fifteen performers could play a traditional, folk, or rare instrument (solo or as a part of the ensemble), or could be an unusual specialized vocalist. Check here for more information.

One work per composer. All works must be unpublished and must not have been publicly performed or broadcast in whole or in part or in any other version before the announcement of the Prize in late September, or early October 2008. Works that have won another award are not eligible.

Anonymous entry.

6 - 9 works will be selected for performance in Boston by ALEA III under the direction of Theodore Antoniou in late September, or early October 2008. At the end of the concert one piece will be selected to receive the $2,500.00 ALEA III prize.

Judges include prominent composers, performers, musicologists and conductors residing or working in the Boston area. Among them will be Lukas Foss, Mario Davidovsky, Gunther Schuller, Roman Totenberg, Anthony DiBonaventura, and Yuri Mazurkevich.

For information and application form please check the ALEA III web site: http://www.aleaiii.com
or email to Alex Kalogeras [mailto=kalogeras@earthlink.net] kalogeras@earthlink.net[/mailto]
or call (781) 793-8902

Application form must accompany the score at the time of submission.

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