UPDATE: Period for submissions has ended. If you are an acknowledged candidate and have questions, please email Janet@thirdangle.org.
Presenting the 2012 Third Angle/Russell New Ideas In Music Competition. We are seeking new, fresh pieces that consider the ensemble in innovative ways and will be effective works for performance.
The choice of geographic categories is reflective of Third Angle’s desire to support the work of regional composers, to present music and composers of national stature, and to build bridges via music to other countries around the world.
Third Angle’s repertoire is stylistically varied to the extreme. We’ve performed everything from Piazzolla tango operas to Spin Off by Wuorinen, from Elliott Carter’s Triple Duo to Child by David Lang. Our criteria for programming is simply the capacity of the music to connect to the audience, to challenge and entertain. As such, it will also form the criteria for this competition. All are welcome…to paraphrase Justice Stewart, “We’ll know it when we see/hear it”.
PRIZES
$1,500 prize to one winner from each category (regional/national/international)
Live performance – Winning compositions will be performed on Third Angle’s April 26 & 27, 2012 concerts. Program may also feature compositions from the runners up in each category.
Studio recording – The first prize winners will also have their works recorded by Third Angle Ensemble, available to the general public for download on the Third Angle website
JUDGING PANEL
 Chen Yi – Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
 Zygmunt Krauze – Composer, pianist, member of the repertory committee for the Warsaw Autumn festival. Internationally lauded composer, professor of composition at the Academy of Music in Warsaw |
 Bryan Johanson – Department chair, Portland State University School of Music, award winning composer, co-founder of Gagliano Recordings, founder of Portland Guitar Festival. |
 Eve Beglarian – New York based composer; chamber, choral, and orchestral music has been commissioned by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the American Composers Orchestra, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the California EAR Unit. |
 Ron Blessinger – Third Angle Artistic Director, violinist with Oregon Symphony, executive producer and performer on numerous Third Angle recordings for Gagliano Records, Koch Classics, Naxos, and New World Records. |
COMPETITION DETAILS
We’re looking for new work that is either composed for this competition or has not been performed previously.
- Duration – works shall not exceed 15 minutes in length
- One winner from each geographically defined category:
- Regional – Oregon, Washington, Idaho
- National – The remaining US states and territories (excluding OR/WA/ID)
- International – Everywhere else
- Residence – The country in which you have legal citizenship.
- Age limits – None
- Instrumentation – Compositions may feature any combination (or all) of the following: Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion, Flute, Electric guitar (You will need to specify percussion instruments and guitar effects)
- Soundtracks – all non-acoustic sounds can be submitted as a soundtrack, formatted as mp3.
- Submission – all electronic, scores will need to be in pdf format, soundtracks (if necessary) need to be uploaded in mp3 format
- Judging criteria – All scores will be judged anonymously during the first round review. Please remove any identifying information on the score pdf before submitting. Final round review will be non-anonymous and judges will be asked to recuse themselves if biases exist.
- Entry fee – $25 entry fee (limit of two entries per composer, must be entered in same category)
Finalists will be required to submit curriculum vitae. Winners will be asked to submit a short video of themselves introducing their piece, to be shown at the concerts in April.
DEADLINE
Electronic Submission Deadline UPDATE – January 31, 2012 (11:59 pst)
Winners will be announced mid-February, 2012
Live Performance of winner’s work – Third Angle’s April 26 & 27, 2012 concerts
