The jury who will evaluate the pieces is formed by: M°Annachiara Gedda (president of the jury and composer), M°Chiara Pavan (the president of the Association, flutist and composer), M°Vedran Mehinovic (pianist and composer), M°Silvio Ceirano (percussionist and percussion teacher), M°Edoardo Dadone (guitarist and composer).
Every participant is requested to compose one or more pieces of maximum 5 minutes lenght each (compositions that would last longer will be automatically ruled out of the competition) for one or more groups or instruments among the listed ones.
It is possible to submit more compositions paying the fee for each one. Nobody can submit more than three compositions.
ART. 1 CATEGORIES
The Competition has three categories:
CAT. A: young composers born from 1st January 1996
CAT. B: no age limits
CAT. C: pupils of Musical High Schools
Art. 2 AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS AND GROUPS
The participants of both categories can compose exclusively for:
Piccolo solo
Flute solo
Flute in G solo
Two flutes or two piccolos
Piccolo and flute duo
Piccolo or flute and flute in G duo
Piccolo or flute or flute in G and horn in F duo
Piccolo or flute or flute in G and snare drum duo
Piccolo or flute or flute in G and piano duo
Piccolo or flute or flute in G and snare drum trio
Piccolo or flute, flute in G and horn in F trio
Snare drum solo
Snare drum and guitar
Snare drum and horn in F
Guitar solo
Piano solo
Piccolo or flute in G, flute, horn in F and snare drum quartet
Piccolo or flute, flute in G, horn in F and piano quartet
Art. 3 APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION
Sending the application form exclusively via email orchestraexnovonovara@gmail.com is required to participate. Applications will be accepted from Monday 25th October 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022. Application form is available at https://orchestraexnovo.com/associazione/documents/aforismi3/aforismi3_e…
PRESENTATION OF THE PIECES
Only PDF pieces sent before the deadline will be accepted. Manuscripts will not be considered, every piece should be written with a music writing program. The pieces should not present ANY sign of recognition at all. Every composition should be ANONYMUS, but sent together with the other requested documents. Those e-mail will be catalogued by the secretary, which has not any relationship with the evaluating jury. The compositions then will be sent to the jury with an alpha-numeric code.
A confirm e-mail that shows the confirmation receipt of the documents will be sent to every participant: that e-mail will not signify the suitability of the participant. The results will be shown within 31st January 2022 and the videos of the winning compositions will be published as an online première on the YouTube Channel of the Association. The date will be communicated.
In the SINGLE mail to the secretary there will have to be:
– The FILLED OUT APPLICATION FORM
– A .jpeg PHOTO OF THE COMPOSER
– The .PDF IDENTITY CARD
-PAYMENT RECEIPT (a single payment is possible if more compositions are presented)
– PRESENTATION of the work from both a compositional and a philosophical, .docx format. The presentation will be the prove to the coherence between the thought of the work and its actual construction and will be examined by the jury. It will be read in the video opening in case of suitability (maximum lenght 2000 characters)
– SCORE of the piece (.PDF)
– SINGLE PARTS of the piece if more instruments are present
ART. 4 SELF-CERTIFICATION of originality
The participant should fill-in and sign a self-certification proving the piece’s originality. The piece must have the following charachteristics:
– It must not have been performed in public, at concerts nor shared via any social media;
– It must not be covered by copyright nor author’s right;
– It must not have received any prizes nor recommendations in other competitions.
ART. 5 Payment
For A and B categories each participant should attach the payment receipt of €40,00 if he/she is already a member of the Association for the year 2021, €50,00 if not. For the C category every participant should attach the payment receipt of €25,00. Each payment should be done by bank transfer registered to:
ASSOCIAZIONE DI PROMOZIONE CULTURALE EX NOVO
IT78 G030 6944 5001 0000 0013 182
Presso Intesa San Paolo, filiale di GATTINARA, PIAZZA ITALIA N.10
Causale: Contributo Iscrizione Concorso Aforismi 2021
The application fee is necessary to cover part of the costs of the video making and the performances of the pieces. We remind you that the Cultural Association “Ex_Novo” is a non-profit organization. If the composer presents two pieces the fee is doubled and in the case of three compositions it is tripled.
ART. 6 EVALUATION
The Competition has only one round.
All the pieces will be subjected to the jury formed by the President of the Cultural Association “Ex_Novo” M°Chiara Pavan, by the composer M°Annachiara Gedda, president of the jury., by the pianist and composer Vedran Mehinovic, by the percussionist and teacher Silvio Ceirano and by the guitarist and composer Edoardo Dadone. Each curriculum can be read in the attachments.
The suitability or not for the performance will be decided by following these parameters:
The given material must be complete (scores, parts and a legenda if necessary in .PDF format, no manuscripts);
Evidence of the formal structure and the compositive material, organization of compositive processes and forms;
Recognition and relation of the project between the score and the description; originality of the material and the project;
Knowledge of the musical code, tecniques, theorical aspects and their connections with the chosen group, respect for the 5 minutes lenght;
Originality and feasibility of the piece related to the correct use of the instruments;
Artistic evaluation in general
The scores are based on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 5 points (highest), from insufficient to excellent. They will resume the opinion of the jury for each area and they will form an average score between the three opinions, if necessary rounded up to the nearest number.
The suitability for the performance will be obtained with a minimum score of 24/30.
Each piece will be marked with an alpha-numeric code to guarantee the anonymity until the awarding.
Each composer will receiv an e-mail with the final results. Due to privacy rights, the e-mail will report only one’s own score. Only the suitable ones will be performed and recorded.
Art. 7 PRIZES
CAT. A and B
PARTICIPATION DIPLOMA, SCORES’ TAB OF THE PIECES AND PERFORMANCE OF EACH WINNING PIECE WITH A SCORE HIGHER THAN 25/30.
The suitable scores will be notified and delivered to the musicians who will perform them (if the Covid-19 rules will allow live concerts the pieces will be performed in a concert hall, if not another option will be found). The Cultural Association “Ex_Novo” was born with the purpose of spreading the interest in music through the active involvement of young musicians as a primary aim, so they will be the chosen ones to perform the suitable compositions.
The Association was born with the aim of spreading music and culture throughout young people above all. For that reason young musicians will be the performers of the winning pieces. (The curriculum of each musician is attached).
Due to the current legislation that bans live performances with audience it will be made an audio-video recording. The videos will be uploaded on Cultural Association “Ex_Novo”’s YouTube Channel and shared on Instagram and Facebook.
To give you an example, here you can find the videos of the competition’s first edition:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16S0hqMBMsmcLMUuktIvyFiKZQiixms9
The composer will be allowed to share the video recording via the Association’s YouTube Channel. The composer must agree both to the material’s spreading and to his/hers photography sharing via social media.
We remind to the participants the importance of sending all the material once, because a dialogue with the musicians will not be possible before the recording. For this reason the score must contain every information necessary to the most possibly accurate performance.
The recording of the pieces is only dedicated to the suitable scores; all the other participants will receive a PDF participation certificate and a global opinion of the work.
THE ABSOLUTE WINNER OF THE B CATEGORY WILL BECOME JURY MEMBER FOR THE 2022 EDITION.
For C category, to enhance the talent of the youngest, the prizes are:
Firs prize, score higher than 28/30: performance of the piece and scholarship of €100
Second prize, score higher than 26/30: performance of the piece and scholarship of €50
Third prize, score higher than 24/30: performance of the piece
Everyone will receive a participation certificate and the jury’s written comments and scores.
Art. 8 ACCEPTANCE
The participation to the Competition implies the unconditioned acceptance of the whole Regulation.
Controversies are not admitted.
Associazione Ex_Novo
Novara, October 2021
Secretary contacts
Associazione di Promozione Culturale Ex_Novo
orchestraexnovonovara@gmail.com
Deadline 15 January 2022
Website orchestraexnovo.com
