['TACTUS] YOUNG COMPOSERS' FORUM 2017 - APPLY NOW!

['tactus] Young Composers' Forum 2017 - Apply now!

The seventh edition of [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum will take place in Brussels and Mons, Belgium from September 25^th to 29^th, 2017, under the presence of maestri Ann McKay, Jean-Paul Dessy, Kimmo Hakola, Claude Ledoux, and others to be confirmed.

The first session, held in Brussels, Belgium from September 25^th to 27^th and with the collaboration of the Brussels Philharmonic, will feature writing for orchestra.  Candidates are asked to submit a piece or part of a piece (movement) for symphony orchestra approximately 10 minutes in duration. 

Orchestral accompaniment cannot exceed the following instrumentation:

Woodwinds in groups of 3: 3 flutes [including piccolo] - 3 oboes [including English horn] - 3 clarinets [including bass clarinet or soprano clarinet] - 3 bassoons [including contrabassoon]

Brass: 4 horns - 3 trumpets - 3 trombones – 1 tuba

Percussion: 3 players [1 timpanist and 2 percussionists]

Harp: 1 player

Strings: 14 – 12 – 9 – 8 – 6

Piano

The second session, held in Mons, Belgium from September 27^th to 29^th, 2017 and with the collaboration of the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, will feature writing for chamber ensemble.   Candidates are asked to submit a piece for chamber ensemble approximately 10 minutes in duration.  Applicants are encouraged to submit a work with particular emphasis on either the piano and / or marimba part/s.

Instrumentation for the chamber ensemble work should not exceed the following (9 musicians):

1 flute (including piccolo, alto flute and bass flute) - 1 clarinet (including bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet) – 1 trombone – 1 guitar (including electric guitar) – percussion* – 1 piano – 1 violin – 1 viola – 1 cello. 

* Accepted percussion instruments:

• 1 * timpani 20 inches

• 1 * timpani 26 inches

• 1 * timpani 29 inches

• 1 * timpani 32 inches

• 1 * concert bass drum

• 1 * tubulars bells

• 1 * concert tam tam

• 1 * gong tuned . C .

• 1 * gong tuned . B .

• 1 * marimba

• 1 * vibraphone

• 3 * conga

• 3 * bongo paired 7 inches . and 8 inches 5/8

• 1 * complete drum set with 2 snares

• 1 * glockenspiel

• 1 * octave of crotales C6 – C7

• 1 * xylophone

• 2 * bar chimes

• 5 * cow bell

• a set of suspended cymbals

Composers 35 years and younger are invited to apply for one or both sessions submitting work/s as indicated in the application requirements. Candidates interested in both sessions need to submit two works (one for each session). 

Launched in 2003, this biannual event offers the opportunity for young composers to increase their understanding of what is involved in writing for a symphony orchestra and chamber ensemble.  A maximum of six composers, to be selected on the basis of an online submission, will be given the privilege of workshopping a work or part of a work (a movement) of about 10 minutes in length with the Brussels Philharmonic and the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles.

The working sessions will be followed by discussions in the presence of internationally renowned composers.  Lectures will also be given on various aspects of composing as well as other topics related to composers’ careers, etc.

At the end of the sessions an international reading panel will select one or more works that may be programmed by a professional orchestras.  In the past these have included the Orchestre National de Lille, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic.

The forum will end with a closing concert given by the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles in Mons, Belgium on September 29^th, 2017.

Applications can be submitted exclusively online via the Ulysses platform: http://ulysses-network.eu/web/competitions/.  

The deadline for submission is June 1^st, 2017.

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