MUSICASACRA 2010
6th InternationalComposers
Competition
under honorary patronage of
PontificalInstitute
of Sacred Music, Rome,
Vatican
www.competition.waw.pl
Musica Sacra Institute in Warsaw (Poland)
Gaude Mater International Festival of Sacred Music in
Częstochowa(Poland)
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 Submitted compositions must be unpublished, should not have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