Asian Composers League: Opportunities

ACL Special Event - Tokyo, October 2010 - Calls for scores

The Japan Federation of Composers (JFC) has confirmed that they will host an ACL Special Festival in Tokyo from 1st to 6th October 2010.

The festival will last for 6 days with 2 orchestral concerts, a choral concert and some chamber music concerts. There will be no General Assembly nor Country

Report Sessions. Therefore it will be an ACL special festival only, not a normal ACL Conference and Festival.

Below are the Calls for Scores. Note that these may only be submitted by official member countries of ACL.

CALLS FOR SCORES

1) Children's Concert

During the 2010 Festival in Tokyo, the Tokyo University of the Arts (or Geidai) will have a concert for children. And they are also researching the topic of Children Songs in Asian Countries. The JFC would like ACL national sections to send them music scores of traditional or modern children songs which are popular among children, and music textbook for elementary schools (8-year-old to 10-year-old).

2) Orchestral works with voice

JFC is considering to have the festival’s opening concert (on 1st Oct 2010) featuring orchestral works with vocal. Therefore, they call for scores from ACL sections. The duration of these pieces can be within 3 to 15 minutes. For example, it can be an opera aria or a song with orchestra, etc. If the composer/ACL section can send a singer to the festival to perform the piece, JFC will cover 2 nights of accommodation for the singer.

3) Orchestral works less than 15 minutes (Standard orchestra: 3333/4331/T+3/Hp/14-12-10-8-6). The concert will be given by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at Bunkyo Civic Main hall on 3rd October 2010. A selected composer must have some experience in conducting professional orchestra as the composer will be asked to conduct his/her own piece in this concert.

4) Piano pieces for children (solo or 4 hands; within 3 minutes). The pieces must be easy enough for elementary school children to perform. Playing

inside the piano is prohibited. The organizer prefers a composer to perform the piece by himself/herself. In case of a 4-hand piece, the composer shall

perform the 2nd part. The concert will be held at Bunkyo Civic Small Hall on 3rd October 2010.

5) Chamber music for string quartet and Japanese instruments, with 8 maximum performers and 15 minutes maximum duration. The concert will be held on

5th October at So-gaku-do Hall in Ueno, Tokyo.

6) Works for Japanese instrument(s) - from solo to big ensemble, with 15 minutes of maximum duration. Arrangement of pieces originally written for

Chinese & other folk instruments are acceptable. The concert will be held on 6th October at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space.

7) Works of 3 to 8 minutes for female chorus, with or without piano accompaniment. The conductor will be Fujio Furuhashi. The concert will be

held on 4th October 2010 at Hokutopia Sakura Hall.

8) Works of 3 to 8 minutes for a cappella mixed chorus (3S/3A/3T/3B) or a cappella vocal ensemble of minimum 3 singers. The conductor will be Ryuta

Nishikawa. The concert will be held on 4th October 2010 at Hokutopia Sakura Hall.

Please send them the materials as soon as possible or by the end of May 2010. The address of JFC is #119, 3-5-1 Kokuryo-cho, Chofu-shi, 182-0022

Tokyo, Japan (fax: +81 424-843212; email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

ACL Festival Korea 2009

Details about the 2009 ACL Conference and Festival — the "2009 Asian Contemporary Music Festival in Tongyeong & Seoul" — are now posted on the ACL Korea website at the following address:

http://aclkorea.org/2009/index.htm

From the brochure:

ACMD–TIMF 2009 / Call for Scores

In the year 2009, ACMF will be put together with TIMF, having its event held in Tongyeong and Seoul, Korea, from March 26 until April 2. The ACMF-TIMF 2009 widely welcomes newly composed music that gathers music and people, crossing over generations and continents through new trends and media with open-minded communication.

Theme: TONG

ACMF-TIMF 2009 brings an attention to whole new works of music, that can bind people's mind with music and culture, through widely open philosophy beyond ages, fashion, and regional barriers. Music should be something that can break down the wall between one's and another's and that build broad airways to enable free waves of communication to fly over the borders. Music should be what jumps over the limits of time and place, with the help of media and new vocabulary. ACMF-TIMF 2009 will revive the spirits of Tongyeong and Seoul in Korea.

New Generation 2008 Concert: Call for Scores

First held in 1987, the New Generation Concert aims at encouraging music creativity among young composers in Hong Kong by providing a platform for performance and exchange of musical ideas. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the New Generation 2008 Concert is inviting both local and international submissions. Selected compositions will be performed at RTHK Studio One on June 12, 2008 and broadcast later.

Submission Details
1.   The Call for Scores of the New Generation 2008 Concert is open to composers of any nationality born on or after June 1, 1978.
2.   Eligible composers can only submit one work in the form of hardcopy score. No other medium of the score, such as PDF file or recording, is accepted.
3.   The duration of each work should be within 4 – 6 minutes. An accurate duration of the work must be stated on the score.
4.   All works must adopt the following instrumentation: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, 1 flute/piccolo, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon and 1 French horn. No other form of instrumentation is accepted.
5.   All submissions must include three copies of the score, application fees (by cheque or payment copy [see items 6 and 7]) and a completed application form. They should reach Dr. Leung Chi-Cheung, Department of Creative Arts and Physical Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Taipo, New Territories, Hong Kong, on or before March 31, 2008 (postmark). Late applications will not be considered.
6.   Application fees
Category A   Waived for all members of the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Limited (HKCG).
Category B   HK$200 for composers holding valid Hong Kong Identity Card who are not members of HKCG.
Category C   20 Euros for composers who do not belong to the above two categories.
7.   Payment of application fees
Category B   Payment should be made by cheque made payable to “Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Limited”.
Category C   Information will be available on the HKCG website www.hkcg.org in March 2008.
Please do not send cash by post.

Selection Arrangement
1.   A jury panel, appointed by the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Limited, will select works on grounds of artistic merit and performance practicality. The decision of the jury panel is final. Results will be announced on April 15, 2008 through the HKCG website www.hkcg.org. Shortlisted composers will be notified by email.
2.   Shortlisted composers must:
➢   provide parts and full scores, a short programme note and a biography (maximum 150 words each) in English (also in Chinese for composers from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan) on or before April 28, 2008,
➢   attend rehearsals organized for the concert (for Hong Kong composers only). Composers from outside Hong Kong are welcome to attend the rehearsals and the concert. They should make travel and accommodation arrangements on their own at their own expense.

Award
The jury panel will select the most outstanding work in the concert and will commission the composer to write a new work to be performed in the next New Generation Concert. An award of HK$7,000 will be granted to the composer.

More Information

More information and entry form can be found here: http://www.hkcg.org/callforscores.php?subjectid=62

Musicarama 2008

Dear ACL National Sections,

I am pleased to inform you that Hong Kong is going to host a mini-festival

of contemporary music in October 2008 called Musicarama 2008. Musicarama is

an annual showcase of new music performed by local and international

ensembles. This year's theme is 'Asian Modern Music' featuring new works by

composers of the Asia Pacific region, performed by the distinguished

Ensemble TIMP from Korea, Chinese folk instrumentalists, a hand bell

ensemble and 2 treble choirs from Hong Kong. We would like to announce the

following call for scores.

Call for Scores (open to all composers of ACL)

Event: Musicarama 2008 (A Showcase of Asia-Pacific Modern Music)

Date: October 2008

Venue: Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall

Organizer: Hong Kong Composers' Guild (ACL-Hong Kong Section, www.hkcg.org)

Score Selection Panel: Hong Kong Composers' Guild Council, Ensemble TIMF,

Hong Kong Hand Bell Academy

Instrumentation:

Category 1 - any pieces written in the last 10 years for at least 4

musicians within the following instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, 2

violins, viola, cello & double bass (Ensemble TIMF from Korea,

http://ensembletimf.com)

Category 2 - any pieces written in the last 10 years for 1 or 2 Chinese

instruments and at least 4 musicians within the instrumentation of Category

Category 3 - any pieces for hand bell ensemble (Hong Kong Hand Bell Academy,

www.hkhandbell.com/index_e.html, no more than 16 musicians)

Category 4 - not-too-difficult pieces for treble choir (a primary-school

choir). The lyrics shall be in English, Chinese, or both

Category 5 - not-too-difficult for treble choir and hand bell ensemble

Submission Deadlines

December 3, 2007 (for Categories 1 & 2)

January 7, 2007 (for Categories 3 to 5)

Destination

All scores shall be accompanied by information on the composers' contacts

(email, address, etc.), programme notes, short biography, optional recording

(if any), and shall be sent to :

Musicarama 2008 Secretariat, c/o RhapsoArts Management Ltd, Room 1103,

11/F., Albion Plaza, 2-6 Granville Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, HONG KONG.

Members who are attending the ISCM-ACL2007 festival next month are welcome

to bring along the scores from your National Sections to Hong Kong in

person. There is no limit of number of the scores one can submit.

Regards,

Joshua Chan