Rules for Entries:
To be eligible to compete, the entrant must be a student in a school in any of the six New England states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont – at the time of the submission. There are no age requirements or limitations.
Students must electronically submit a short biography/resume, and a pdf score and recording of a single work, written for any combination of instruments and/or voices, up to fifteen minutes in length, in computer files which can be emailed to us at rap@alum.mit.edu or made easily accessible via a file-sharing mechanism. If GoogleDrive is used for file sharing, use the email address bpiankian@gmail.com. If longer pieces than fifteen minutes are submitted, only the first fifteen minutes will be evaluated. Recordings may be either live performances or computer-generated. If they are playable on a Windows personal computer, they are acceptable.
Submission Information:
The deadline for submission will be March 30, 2023. Receipt of the submission will be acknowledged by email if an email address is provided. Submissions will be evaluated by the Commissioning Committee of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, with final determination of the winner to be made by the Artistic Director. Announcement of the winner will be made by July 1, 2023. The winner of the competition will be awarded a $1,000 commission to write a new four to eight minute work for full concert band, with instrumentation and approximate grade level to be specified by the MetWinds.
Premiere, Award, and Publication Details:
The work is expected to be premiered by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony during their Sept. 2025– May 2026 performance season, hopefully with the composer in attendance. Transportation, meals, and lodging will be provided for the composer. The winning composer will provide a PDF score, three hard copy scores, and a complete set of PDF parts to the MetWinds. $300 of the commissioning fee will be due the composer at the time of the award being made and the remaining $700 will be paid upon delivery of the score and parts to the MetWinds. The composer will grant the MetWinds the right to premiere the work but will retain ownership of the work.
Email entries to Bobby Piankian, rap@alum.mit.edu
The MetWinds web site is: is www.metwinds.org
Deadline 30 March 2023
Website metwinds.org
