PRIZE: The winning piece will be premiered at the Music Unites the World Festival March 17th, 2022 (location TBD) in Los Angeles, CA. The winning piece will be sung by approximately 40-50 treble & alto singers (grades 4-6), accompanied on piano.
The winner will be invited to attend the premiere where the winning composer will receive a $1,000 cash prize. In addition, the composer will meet and work with the choir and director. Music industry professionals, educators, celebrity film composers, and other leaders will be in attendance. Past festival celebrity coaches include Academy Award and GRAMMY Award-Winning Producer Randy Spendlove; Emmy-Award Winning Producer Rickey Minor, Composers Blake Neely (Flash, Arrow), Christophe Beck (Frozen), Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton), Joseph Kraemer (Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Meg, Shrek), Producer Sebastian Krys (Shakira, Luis Fonsi, Juanes), Singer-Songwriter Judith Hill (The Voice, Prince), NOMAD (Babyface), Consultant CeCe Sammy (American Idol), and Solo Vocalist Lisbeth Scott (Shrek, Chronicles of Narnia).
PROCESS:
Application materials are accepted via the online application only found at etmla.org
Songwriters/composers are asked to submit a score (full score and vocal-only score) and recording (optional) of an unpublished work for young treble voices (SA) on the theme of music uniting the world.
FEE: $5 (USD) submission fee. All fees are payable online and are non-refundable.
Deadline 15 October 2021
Website etmla.org
