PARMA Student Composer Competition Announced – Call for Scores
PARMA Recordings, the multi-faceted music company based in New Hampshire, has announced the inaugural PARMA Student Composer Competition, the first in a series of annual competitions for student composers.
The inaugural PARMA Student Composer Competition is open for entries.
In the contest, ten winners will be selected by an award-winning panel of three independent judges, and the winners’ pieces will be published in the digitally-distributed 2012 PARMA Anthology Of Music: Student Edition.
One Grand Prize Winner will be selected to have their piece professionally recorded and produced for release by PARMA. All recording, performer, production, and publicity costs will be completely subsidized, and the master will be released on a collection from PARMA to be distributed through the Naxos classical music label.
There is no fee required for entry into the competition.
Read on for the Guidelines:
• Composer must be enrolled in a composition program or studying privately with a professional composer
• Composer must be under the age of 30
• Piece must be written for up to five acoustic instruments
• Piece must be ten minutes or less in duration
Competition Timeline
March 1, 2012 – Submission period opens
March 31, 2012 – Submission period closes
April 1-30, 2012 – Judging period
May 1, 2012 – Winners announced
To Enter
Entrants must fill out the submission form to submit their information and a PDF of their score, along with an MP3 or MIDI recording. Submission limit is one work per composer
To submit to the competition, fill out the submission form.
To view a list of frequently asked questions, visit the Competition FAQ page.
To learn more about the judges and the judging process, visit the Judging Process Page.
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