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The Minnesota Orchestra and the American Composers Forum
Application Deadline: 3/9/2009

Seeks applications from U.S. resident composers at early stages of their professional careers for their 9h Annual Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute and Future Classics! Concert, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, November 15-22, 2009. Professional development and major orchestra performance opportunity. Composers' travel and hotel will be provided.

Sponsored by Minnesota Orchestra and the American Composers Forum, in cooperation with the American Music Center.

Details
ORCHESTRA HALL, MINNEAPOLIS
November 15-22, 2009

The ninth annual Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute offers a unique week-long intensive immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra.

Under the guidance of composer Aaron Jay Kernis, up to nine composers will have orchestral works rehearsed and performed by the Minnesota Orchestra and will participate in a series of seminars on musical, career, business and professional development issues.

Composers receive consultations with Kernis and Music Director Osmo Vänskä before and after the rehearsals. They also meet with Orchestra members and attend small-group sessions with leading music industry professionals. Composers' travel and hotel will be provided.

The Institute nurtures the participating composers' musical acumen and broadens their career management skills, assisting in their growth as artists and community leaders.

All works selected for the Institute will be performed in a public concert, conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8 pm.

Click here to see our 2009 poster.

Who may Apply:
U.S. resident emerging composers

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 9, 2009 (postmark)

SUBMIT:

  • 1. One bound and legible score of one orchestral work written within the last five years. Label the cover with your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number.
  • 2. Recording if available (CD or cassette).
  • 3. Bio/resume, including current address, telephone, e-mail, fax.
  • 4. One letter of recommendation from a composition teacher or music professional (via mail or e-mail to addresses given below).
  • 5. A program note and information detailing the complete performance or reading history (if any) of the submitted work, including all dates and names of performing ensembles.
  • 6. A complete performance history (if any) of any other orchestral works you have written, with names of works and performing ensembles and dates performed.
  • 7. A check for return postage (made out to ACF) if you want your materials returned.
ELIGIBILITY
  • Applicants must be U.S. resident composers at early stages of their professional careers.
  • Composers who have participated in previous Institutes may not reapply.
  • NEW: Previous applicants: Only composers awarded Alternate or Runner-Up status in past years may resubmit works previously entered, or they may choose to reapply with a new work. Composers awarded Honorable Mention may not submit previously entered works, but may choose to reapply with a new work.
  • Only one work per composer will be considered.
  • Submitted works may not have received a performance or a reading by a major orchestra (over $3.6M annual budget). Preference will be given to unperformed works.
  • Works may be up to 15 minutes in length (sections of longer works will be considered).
  • Not eligible are concertos, choral works and works for strings, winds or brass only. Works with electronic elements will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • Instrumentation must not exceed:
    4 fl (1 doubling picc), 4 ob (1 doubling Eng hn), 4 cl (1 doubling bass cl), 4 bsn (1 doubling contra bsn), 4 hrn, 4 trpt, 3 trbn, 1 tba, 1 timp, 3 perc, harp, pf/cel (no organ), strings.
SELECTION
  • Composer participants and alternates will be selected by a panel of prominent composers and announced in early summer 2009. Performance materials for chosen works will be due no later than August 1, 2009.
  • In cooperation with the University of Minnesota, one composer participant may be chosen from the University of Minnesota School of Music.
SEND SCORE AND MATERIALS POSTMARKED BY MARCH 9, 2009:
American Composers Forum
332 Minnesota Street #E145
St. Paul, MN 55101

Further information: Craig Carnahan (651) 251-2833 or ccarnahan@composersforum.org

"Participating in this Institute was the single most important thing I have ever done as a composer, not only for the performance but also for the long love affair with the orchestra this week has inspired." - Missy Mazzoli, 2006-07 participant

"This program is the only one of its kind in America. It fulfills a profoundly felt need in the new music community, namely the need to equip emerging composers with the tools necessary to function successfully in the world of the professional orchestra." - Andrew Norman, 2004-05 participant
For more information about this opportunity contact:
Craig Carnahan

(p) 651.251.2833
(f) 651.291.7978

332 Minnesota St., E-145
St. Paul, MN 55101
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