ORIANA presents Canadian Choral Composition Competition for Young Composers

In celebration of our 40th Anniversary Season, ORIANA Women’s Choir presents
CANADIAN CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS

The competition provides three $1,000 prizes for compositions in the following categories:

• one $1,000 prize for a new setting of the text Silent Night
• one $1,000 prize for a new setting of the text Laudate Dominum
• one $1,000 prize for a setting of the poem Rubies, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The winning compositions will be performed by ORIANA Women’s Choir on

• Saturday, November 26, 2011: Silent Night
• Saturday, March 3, 2012: Laudate Dominum
• Saturday, May 5, 2012: Rubies

Entry deadline: August 1, 2011
Entry fee: $25 per composition
Duration of composition: not exceeding 4 minutes
Type of composition: for SA/SSA/SSAA voices, a cappella or with piano accompaniment
Email: william.brown4@sympatico.ca for competition guideline/forms/ information.