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 MUSICASACRA 2010

6th InternationalComposers Competition

under honorary patronage of

PontificalInstitute of Sacred Music, Rome, Vatican

London – Cambridge – Rome– Gdańsk – Vilnius – Warsaw – Częstochowa

www.competition.waw.pl

ORGANIZERS

Musica Sacra Institute in Warsaw (Poland)

Gaude Mater International Festival of Sacred Music in Częstochowa(Poland)

 

CO-ORGANIZERS

Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, United Kingdom

JaunaMuzika Vilnius Municipal Choir, Vilnius,Lithuania

PolishChamber Choir, Gdańsk, Poland

 

COMPETITIONREQUIREMENTS

 

1. The competition is open to composers of any nationality.

2. Age limit: up to 35 years old (on 31 Dec 2010).

3. More than one score per composer is permitted (maximum threecompositions).

4. Submitted compositions must be unpublished, should not have beenpreviously performed in public, and should also not have been awarded a prizeat any other competition.

5. Applicants should submit a composition for unaccompanied mixedchoir (up to a maximum of 16 voices) to a latin text.

6. Duration of the composition: 3-10 minutes.

7. The organisers reserve the rights for the first performance of theprize-winning  compositions.

 

PRIZES

The followingprizes are awarded:

1st Prize:€2.500, first performance and radio broadcast

during The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  Sacred Music2010 in Częstochowa (Poland) and 3 other performances: in Cambridge -  by Trinity College Choir Cambridge directedby Stephen Layton, in Vilnius - by the Jauna Muzika Vilnius Municipal Choir directedby Vaclovas Augustinas, and in Gdansk (Poland) by the Polish Chamber Choirdirected by Jan Łukaszewski.

 

2nd Prize: €1.500, firstperformance and radio broadcast

during The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  Sacred Music2010 in Częstochowa (Poland) and 3 other performances: in Cambridge -  by Trinity College Choir Cambridge directedby Stephen Layton, in Vilnius - by the Jauna Muzika Vilnius Municipal Choir directedby Vaclovas Augustinas, and in Gdansk (Poland) by the Polish Chamber Choirdirected by Jan Łukaszewski.

 

3rd Prize: €1.000, first performance and radiobroadcast

during The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  SacredMusic 2010 in Częstochowa (Poland) and 3 other performances: in Cambridge-  by Trinity College Choir Cambridgedirected by Stephen Layton, in Vilnius - by the Jauna Muzika Vilnius MunicipalChoir directed by Vaclovas Augustinas, and in Gdansk (Poland) by the PolishChamber Choir directed by Jan Łukaszewski.

In case ofex-aequo, the prize will be split in two parts.

The Jury reservesthe right not to award a prize.

The decision of the Jury is final.

 

ENTRIES

1. The score should be submitted anonymously and marked with a letteremblem. Applicants must submit three anonymous copies of each score, each ofthem marked with the same emblem.

2. A sealed envelope marked with the same letter emblem should also beattached containing the following information:

a) composer’s full name,

b) date and place of birth,

c) nationality,

d) address, telephone, fax and e-mail address,

e) title of the composition.

3. The sealed envelope marked with the letter emblem must also enclosethe following signed and dated declaration:

“I declare that this composition submitted to the Musica Sacra 2010competition has hitherto neither been published, nor performed before a publicaudience, nor awarded a prize in any other competition.”

4. The entries may be sent to either of the following addresses:

 

Musica Sacra 2010 Composers Competition
Music Office

Trinity College
Cambridge
CB2 1TQ
United Kingdom

 

or to:

 

Musica Sacra 2010 ComposersCompetition”

OPK Gaude Mater

ul. Dabrowskiego 1

42-200 Czestochowa, Poland

phone: +48 (501) 33-99-02

e-mail: competition@musicasacra.com.pl

 

 

The deadline for submission of scores is January 31, 2010. The postmark is decisive.

Results will be announced by the end of February 2010.

 

ENTRY FEE

40 € for each compositionsubmitted

The fee 40 € can bepaid by credit/debit card online via PayPal at www.competition.waw.pl

A copy of thepayment receipt must be enclosed with the submitted score.

Cheques cannot beaccepted.

The entry fee isnot refundable.

 

 

FINAL DECISIONS

1. By participating in the Competition you accept the terms andconditions above

2. Compositions not meeting the requirements stated in the above termsand conditions will not be admitted to the Competition.

3. Contentious cases will be resolved based on the Polish version of theterms and conditions of the Competition.

4. The submitted scores will become the property of the organiser andwill not be returned.

 

Jury members 2010:

Vaclovas Augustinas – Lithuania

Marian Borkowski – Poland

Stephen Layton – Great Britain

JanŁukaszewski – Poland

SilvanoPresciuttini – Italy

Ivar Munk - Denmark

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