The one-minute pieces are to be written specifically for this project, which will be performed by keyboardist David Bohn.
Submission Deadline December 31, 2021
All works must be 60 seconds or less.
Works must be composed for toy piano solo (maximum range of 3 octaves F-F).
Works must be realistically one minute or less in length.
No works over a minute will be reviewed.
You will need to register with Music Avatar (www.musicavatar.org) for free to submit your work online.
After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named “Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame with for David Bohn for Toy Piano” and press the “submit” button to start the submission process.
Composers will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and 50 word program notes.
Composers will be able to upload a score as a PDF file (You are also encouraged to upload an audio realization of the work)
Performance notes should be included in the score.
Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo. No performance royalties will be paid. Selected composers will be asked to sign a consent form.
Works should be composed specifically for this project and its performer.
All pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed.
Multiple submission are discouraged.
Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website.
More can be found be found at:
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today’s music scene. The Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75 musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers in New York City. The project has presented works across the United States and 10 other countries.
David Bohn
A native of Wisconsin, David Bohn received degrees in composition from the University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Illinois. His primary composition teachers were Joel Naumann, Yehuda Yannay, and William Brooks. He has taught theory at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin – Parkside and the University of Illinois. In his career as an organist, he has given World or American premieres of over fifty organ works. He currently resides in West Allis, Wisconsin, and is the organist and choir director St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Milwaukee. He is President of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, and Vice President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Organ Historical Society. Past calls/recording projects include two 15 Minutes of Fame calls, The Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project, The 100-Note Toy Piano Project, The COVID-19 Project, Twenty Seconds of 2020, and most recently 60 in 60 (more or less).
Deadline 31 December 2021
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