And the winners of the 2011 Brass Initiative Composition Search are...
Adam Jones J. Clay Gonzalez Alex Siever Roger May Andrew Hoole Peter Knight Chris Bassett Dave Wolfson Isamu Tachihara Roger Zare Rich Byrd Tyler Capp
Stayed tuned for next year's competition which will be very similar to the below.
We are looking for programmatic diversity and need new compositions in the following styles: Jazz Programmatic Hip hop Country/bluegrass Romantic Impressionist Pop Rock Latin
The style is really your choice. The biggest criteria we will listen for in thesesubmissions are melodic and commercial appeal. It can be intense, joyful, angry, mysterious…whatever you like. Please keep in mind that one of our primary goals islistener entertainment. Thereare some additional criteria:
1. Work must be a stand alone piece approximately 2-7 minutes in length or a multiple movementwork approximately 5-10 minutes long.
2. Scored for horn, trombone, bass trombone, and twotrumpets keyed in Bb or C. Eb and piccolo trumpet may also be employed as wellas flugel horns. DO NOT SCORE ANY QUINTETS USING TUBA!! 2a.Works written for ensembles larger than quintet will also be considered. Tuba may be used here if also scoring for bass trombone 2b.Works written for ensembles smaller than quintet will not be considered. 2c.Theaddition of a rhythm section, (drums, bass, piano, guitar, or any part of that groupwould be a welcome addition.)
3. Works must be submitted no later than April 15th, 2011.
4. All worksmust be submitted digitally. Please do not mail hard copies unless requested.Please submit all works to submissions@brassinitiative.com
5. Submissions mustinclude, in PDF form, a score, individual parts, and a midi or audio recording of the work.
6. In theemail of the submission include the following: A) Composer Name: B) Email Address: C) Phone Number: D) Mailing Address: E) Composition Name: F) Number of Movements: G) Composition Length: H) Copyright Information: I) Instrumentation: J) A short description that can beused as a program note:
7.Works must not be previously published or you, the composer, must be the solecopyright holder of the work.
8.The work cannot be previously released as a commercial recording.
Prize? Yes indeed. Works selected for the project will berecorded in summer 2011and released as an albumin the winterof 2011/12. The composers of selected works will divide 50% of download sales once annuallyfor three years after the release of thealbum. For this reason, please keep in mind the commercialappeal of the work. As an additionalincentive, composers of selected works will have the option of having theirpiece(s) published and sold as part of the Brass Initiative Editions with agenerous royalty rate for sheet music sales included.
