CALL FOR ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MINIATURES – MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL 2011 – “SOUND WALK”www.misomusic.com
Miso Music Portugal and the Música Viva Festival 2011 convokes composers to send electroacoustic miniatures to be diffused at the “Sound Walk” installation during the Música Viva Festival 2011 (from the 9th to the 17th of September 2011) at the Belem Arts Centre in Lisbon.
The “Sound Walk” is an outdoor stereo installation along the 100 meter walkway that leads to the main entrance of the Belem Arts Centre concert halls. Composed by several loudspeakers placed on each side of this walkway, the “Sound Walk” will be running daily from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M.
RULES
1) There are no restrictions according to age or nationality.
2) The aim of the call is the creation of sound miniatures using the language of Electro-acoustic music. The minimum duration is of two minutes, and the maximum of five minutes.
3) Only one piece by composer may be presented.
4) All applications should be sent via internet only in 1 single Zip File by UPLOAD on the Miso Music’s FTP at the following web address:
http://www.misomusic.com/competitions/soundwalk.html
The Zip File containing the candidate’s application should contain 3 files inside a single folder:
– 1 Text file (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf) with a short biography and contacts, as well as information about the piece (methods used, concept, etc.)
– 1 Audio file .AIFF or .WAV format 16bit 44,1kHz with the piece
– 1 Audio file .AIFF or .WAV format 16bit 44,1kHz with the recording of the composer’s name and title of the piece spoken aloud (this is to be used as an announcement and will be played before each piece on the “Sound Walk” installation.)
Important: The name of the Zip File and the folder should be identical to the name of the work submitted (please see diagram bellow)
(All incomplete applications or those not meeting these requirements won’t be taken into consideration)
5) The deadline for submissions is 12 P.M. GMT time, 31st of May, 2011. (Please note that due to bandwith limitations on the Miso Music server it is possible that around deadline hours an overload may occur, making impossible to access the FTP. Please upload your application before the deadline. Applications sent after deadline time won’t be considered valid.)
6) No applications sent by post will be accepted.
7) A maximum of 25 miniatures from all those entered will be selected by the artistic direction of the festival and diffused at the “Sound Walk”.
8) Participation in this call implies the acceptance of its rules.
12th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2011
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In order to encourage the creation of electro-acoustic music, Miso Music Portugal, the Portuguese section of the ISCM (International Society of Contemporary Music) and the Portuguese Federation of the CIME (Confedération Internationale de Musique Electroacoustique), is organising, as part of the MÚSICA VIVA FESTIVAL 2011, the 12th Música Viva Electro-acoustic Composition Competition 2011
RULES
1 – The works submitted shall be recorded electro-acoustic pieces, composed in studio, projected by loudspeakers in concert with the intervention of no live sound sources. They may include a maximum of eight channels and should have a duration between five and fifteen minutes. The competition is open to composers of any nationality, each of whom may submit only one work, which must not have been commercially published or awarded a prize in any national or international competition. Any previous Musica Viva prize winner composer will not be allowed to submit a work on the two years following the year of the prize award.
2 – All entries should be sent via internet only in 1 single Zip File by UPLOAD on the Miso Music’s FTP at the following address:
http://www.misomusic.com/competitions/electroacoustic.html
The Zip File containing the candidate’s application should contain 3 files inside a single folder:
– 1 Text file (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf) with a short biography, contact information, as well as information about the piece (methods used, concept, etc.)
– Proof of nationality and age (a scanned image of passport or other document containing these elements)
– 1 Audio file .AIFF or .WAV format 16bit 44,1kHz containing the stereo version of the piece *
* additionally, in the case of works with more than two channels (multichannel pieces) the audio files corresponding to each of the channels in AIFF or WAV format should be recorded on CD-R or DVD-data and submitted by post to: 12th Música Viva Electroacoustic Composition Competition 2011 – Miso Music Portugal – Rua do Douro 92, Rebelva – 2775-318 Parede Portugal.
(All incomplete applications or those not meeting these requirements won’t be taken into consideration)
The name of the Zip File and the folder should be identical to the name of the work submitted (please see diagram bellow)
3 – The deadline for submissions sent via internet is 12 P.M. GMT time, 30th of June, 2011. The CD-R or DVD-data, in the case of the multichannel pieces, must reach Miso Music Portugal before the 15th of July (Please note that due to bandwith limitations on the Miso Music server it is possible that around deadline hours an overload may occur making impossible to access the FTP. Please upload your application before the deadline. Applications after deadline time won’t be considered valid.)
4 – Prizes: the jury may select up to 3 works which will be performed at the Miso Music Portugal Concert Series or at the Musica Viva Festival with the Loudspeaker Orchestra, and which will later be released on CD by Miso Records, provided the composers of the works selected agree with the terms offered by the record company.
5 – The jury will announce their decision during the Música Viva Festival 2011.
6 – The jury may decide that none of the works submitted merit selection. The judges decision shall be final.
7 – Submission of an entry to the competition implies the acceptance of all these rules.
8 – Any questions which may arise as to the interpretation of these regulations shall be clarified by Miso Music Portugal.
(All applications not meeting these requirements won’t be taken into consideration)
Apologize any duplication
MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL
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Member of the International Association of Music Information Centres. (IAMIC)
Portuguese Federation of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music. (ICEM)
Associate Member of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music (ECPNM)
International Computer Music Association (ICMA)
Member of the International Netwrok for Contemporay Performing Arts (IETM)
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