Cincinnati Youth Choir Composition Competition What: The Cincinnati Youth Choir Composition Competition is an annual contest promoting outstanding repertoire for treble choirs from chil
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The Cincinnati Youth Choir Composition Competition is an annual contest promoting outstanding repertoire for treble choirs from children’s through youth ensembles CYC serves as Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and regularly performs with the regions most celebrated professional and amateur ensembles Submissions will be
reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of CCM faculty and CYC artistic staff The winning entry will be contacted and announced in Spring 2019
The Award:
The cash prize for the winning composition will be $1,000.00 The Cincinnati Youth Choir, under the direction of conductor and artistic director Robyn Lana, will premiere the work in March 2019 with the winning composer's possible attendance at the premiere Publication possible and may be discussed The panel reserves the right to void selection if no winning selection is submitted
Guidelines:
1 Suggested length: 3 to 6 minutes
2 Voicing: treble voices, unison to multiple parts
3 Difficulty level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
4 Accompaniment instrumentation: a capella or piano accompaniment, opt 30 sec solo
voice, opt solo or duet obligato instruments (ie: violin, cello, flute, recorder, clarinet)
5 Lyrics and arrangements must be available for use and not protected by copyright laws or
permission must be secured and demonstrated by the composer
6 Composer will retain the copyright
7 CYC may retain winning manuscript for future performance
8 Composition must be composed/arranged within the past three years and never
performed
9 The composer must be an emerging composer
10 The composer must presently reside in North America
11 $25 application fee per composition
Completed submission must include:
1 One rehearsal ready copy which will include all necessary markings and composer sited
2 5 unsigned, clearly legible copies with no identifying marks to insure anonymity during
the selection process
3 Complete biography of the composer
4 $25 registration fee payable to Cincinnati Youth Choir
5 One completed application form (page 2 of this document) or by writing to:
Robyn Lana, Artistic Director Cincinnati Youth Choir UC- College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0236
6 Contest deadline is December 31, 2018 All materials must arrive on or before the
posted deadline
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Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Composition Contest Application Form Personal Information
Name Address City _ State _ Zip _ Phone _ Alternate Phone _ Date of Birth _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ Email _
Current Occupation Education and Experience
Please list degrees and years of completion or scheduled completion
Honors/Awards
List compositions that have been performed and ensemble that presented the premiere
Composition Description
Title _ Voicing Approximate length _ Difficulty level Accompaniment instrumentation _
The submitted composition has not been performed If selected*, I agree to allow the Cincinnati Youth Choir to keep the manuscript copy in their library for future use I have researched any copyright infringements and believe the
composition meets copyright laws
*Compositions not selected will not be returned but will not be performed without permission from the composer