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Canadian League of Composers Newsflash

 10 Septembre, 2007

1) GRANT WRITING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL COMPOSER

Workshop to be held in Toronto on September 15th

The end of summer has drawn near, leaving us memories of dock sitting, patio dining and campfire singing. Now we can look forward to September's joys: good baseball and education! This is a reminder that the CLC will be hosting a professional development workshop, Grant Writing for the Professional Composer, on Saturday September 15th in conjunction with the X-Avant Festival at the Music Gallery in Toronto. Michael Jones, one of Canada's pre-eminent arts administrators, will lead the workshop. The workshop is open to both emerging and established composers.

Details of the event:

Grant Writing for the Professional Composer
Presented by the Canadian League of Composers and
The Music Gallery

Saturday September 15th
10 am – 2:30 pm

To be held at:
Music Gallery
197 John Street
Toronto ,On M5T 1X6

$30 CLC members
$30 Music Gallery members
$30 X-Avant Festival pass holders
$90 non-members ($60 can be applied to CLC membership)

Space is limited to the first 30 participants so be sure to enroll early.

Instructor:
Michael Jones
Arts Program Director at The Metcalf Foundation

All enquiries and to enroll please contact:
Sean Corcoran,
Project Manager
The Canadian League of Composers
sean@clc-lcc.ca
(877) 964-1364

2) Le Concours Mozart de La Sinfonia de Lanaudière

Suite à l'important succès de la première édition du 'Concours Mozart' alors que plus de 60 musiciens étaient au rendez-vous, l'orchestre La Sinfonia de Lanaudière et son chef Monsieur Stéphane Laforest relance la deuxième édition qui aura lieu les 17 et 18 novembre 2007 dans la salle E de la Place des Arts de Montréal. En plus des deux catégories jeunes musiciens, cette édition 2007 sera marquée par l'ajout de la nouvelle catégorie 'Jeune compositeur' qui se retrouve rarement dans les concours québécois.

CONCOURS MOZART DE LA SINFONIA DE LANAUDIÈRE ÉDITION 2007

- Catégorie 3 : Jeune compositeur de 35 ans et moins

- Prix : une bourse de 700$ et La Sinfonia de Lanaudière interprètera la

pièce lors du Gala Mozart le 20 janvier 2008.

Prix gracieuseté de ‘Centre de Musique Canadienne/Canadian Music Centre’ et ‘Théâtre Hector-Charland’

Pour plus d'information consultez le site internet www.sinfonia-lanaudiere.org/concoursmozart.html

3) Interplay Composer's Workshop

Designed for professional and/or student composers to workshop their in-progress (or recently completed) choral works and ideas with Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Those who do not have current pieces to workshop may still attend as observers. There are no charges for composers or observers. Application deadline is February 1, 2008. The workshops will be held in Vancouver on April 9, 2008.
 
The proposed deadline may be subject to minor changes. Please refer to our website: http://www.vancouverchamberchoir.com/outreach.htm for updates and application forms.

4) Vancouver Bach Choir: 

National New Works for Large Choirs Competition

The Vancouver Bach Choir intends to add to the Canadian repertoire of works for large symphonic choirs by sponsoring a national competition, New Works for Large Choirs. Six works will be chosen for the final round of the competition which will take place at the end of May 2008. The three winners will be chosen at this event and the top two winning pieces will receive a second performance at a VBC concert of a later date.

Criteria

–  the piece should be between 5 and 12 minutes in length
–  the text must be in the public domain
–  scoring for SATB or double choir (SATB:SATB)
–  four copies of the score must be presented in printed format (Sibelius, Finale, etc.)
    which will become the property of the Vancouver Bach Choir
–  the piece should be a capella (with piano reduction) or accompanied by piano
–  the piece should not have been previously performed
–  the last date for submissions is December 31st, 2007

Preliminary adjudication will be made by the Vancouver Bach Choir’s Music Director, Bruce Pullan. Three judges, prominent in the choral community will choose the winners at the final concert.

Composer Information

Composers must include a biography and information about citizenship. Only Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible.

Please visit vancouverbachchoir.com/interplay.htm. For more information contact:
Gillian Wilder   604-921-8012   bachchoir@telus.net

The Canadian League of Composers acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund), and the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $26.3 million in music throughout Canada.

     

           

         

The Canadian League of Composers/La Ligue canadienne des compositeurs
Chalmers House -- 20 St. Joseph St./20, rue St. Joseph , Toronto , ON M4Y 1J9
www.clc-lcc.ca   ~  [416] 964-1364  ~  Fax: [416] 961-7198  ~  info@clc-lcc.ca

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