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Deadline for submissions: May 23, 2008 (postmarked) The ISCM Canadian Section will hold a jury to select works that will represent the ISCM Canadian Section in 2009. The selected works will form the Canadian Section’s submission to the international jury of the World Music Days in Sweden, and will also be included in the 2009 ISCM Canadian Section Promotional CD (not for sale or broadcast)*. The jury will select: 6 works to comprise the national section submission 1 choral work to be submitted for publication in the ISCM Song Book 2009** 1 organ work to be submitted for publication in the ISCM Organ Book 2009** For more detailed information provided by the festival organizers, visit: http://www.listentotheworld.se/ For additional information specific to the ISCM Canadian Section: iscm at clc-lcc.ca *For all works being submitted to the ISCM Canadian Section for WMD 2009, it will be the responsibility of the composer to secure rights for the inclusion of their work in the ISCM Canadian Section promotional recording. **For the ISCM Song Book and Organ Book, the organizers have established publication collaboration with Wessmans Musikförlag and Örjan Klintberg. The Canadian Section will initiate communication between the composer and the publication company. See festival website for more information. The selected choral and organ work will potentially also be included on the ISCM Canadian Section Promotional CD. Festival Theme: LISTEN TO THE WORLD! "The 2009 edition of ISCM World New Music Days will be held in Sweden between September 24 and October 4. The festival will move through three cities, each with a strong contemporary music profile. The first part will be in medieval Visby on Gotland, the meeting place in the Baltic Sea, the second one in Växjö and the Kingdom of Glass and the last one in Sweden’s gateway to the western seas and the Continent, namely Göteborg. The artistic theme for the 2009 festival is Listen to the World! The 2009 festival seeks to establish a new position for art music, one as pioneer not only in music, but also in terms of taking responsibility for our world and its development. In contrast to the fact that its artistic quality and expressive breadth have expanded in all directions, contemporary art music has, generally, failed to make itself a part of the cultural and political discourses. We are convinced that this can change. Art music can assume a more prominent position in societal and cultural development. Thus the Listen to the World! theme is intended as a double-edged challenge. For the listener, the audience, the challenge is to embrace the great diversity of art music around the world. But primarily we hope to inspire the composers and artists to let musical creativity use the burning societal questions as its point of departure; from both global and local or even personal perspectives. We wish, at this festival, to focus on the interplay between the artist and his or her world. We hope that artists will help us demonstrate the capacity of art music to take new, unexpected positions in relation to our times." A general recommendation is that submitted works are within 10 minutes duration. In Visby the artistic idea suggests that pieces are even shorter, in order to present more pieces on each concert. The artistic directors have each articulated an ideal distribution of concerts and ensemble types in advance. Please see the specifications below. CONCERTS AND ENSEMBLES
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $26.3 million in music throughout Canada. The ISCM Canadian Section is administered by an elected Council member of the Canadian League of Composers.
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La Section canadienne de la SIMC (Société internationale pour la musique contemporaine) est heureuse d’annoncer les compositeurs et les œuvres qui représenteront le Canada en 2008. THEME
« in-between – la nouvelle musique comme zone de transit et position intermédiaire » La Section canadienne de la SIMC est heureuse d’être associée aux œuvres ci-dessus, et il nous fera grand plaisir de recevoir les compositeurs sélectionnés à l’édition 2008 des Journées mondiales de la musique. Pour plus de renseignements sur les activités de la SIMC, sur les artistes et leurs œuvres, veuillez visiter les sites Web énumérés ci-après ou contacter les représentants de la Section canadienne de la SIMC. Nous nous efforcerons de promouvoir et de diffuser ces œuvres dans l’espoir qu’elles seront exécutées au Canada et à l’étranger, en plus d’être jouées aux Journées mondiales de la musique et d’être enregistrées sur CD.
Avec mes meilleures salutations,
Paul Steenhuisen
* Veuillez noter que le comité a identifié plusieurs autres compositions de qualité qui, malheureusement, n’ont pas été sélectionnées à cause des limites imposées aux soumissions présentées par chaque pays membre de la SIMC. Les compositeurs dont l’oeuvre n’a pas été retenue par la Section canadienne peuvent néanmoins la soumettre directement au jury international (un tarif s’applique pour les soumissions individuelles). La date de tombée pour les soumissions individuelles est : le 31 juillet 2007 (cachet de poste). Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada qui a investi l’an dernier 26.3 millions $ dans la musique a travers le Canada. La Section canadienne de la SIMC est administrée par un membre élu du Conseil de la Ligue canadienne des compositeurs.
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