A part of True Concord’s 2020-21 season, HER: Celebrating the Impact of Women on the World, January’s “The Trailblazers” concert commemorates the centenary of women’s suffrage in the U.S. The winning piece will be given its world premiere in this three-performance project.
Eligibility:
American Composers ages 18-40 (as of February 1, 2021)
Deadline:
February 1, 2020 (deadline extended)
Prize: $1,500, performance by True Concord in three spring 2021 concerts in Tucson (unless rescheduling necessary due to pandemic), $500 travel stipend to attend the concerts.
Details:
Submit a pdf and midi realization of a 5-6 minute setting of one of four selected poems by prominent women whose writings are consequential to the Suffrage Movement, found at www.trueconcord.org. Please send all materials to composercompetition@trueconcord.org.
The setting should be for choir (SATB, up to double divisi), with piano and/or a single obbligato orchestral instrument.
Women composers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline 21 February 2021
Website trueconcord.org
