TheC7Prize: “Conductors, Choirs and Composers Collaborating on a Choral Composition Competition” is a competition with one to three top monetary prizes, and ‘performance prizes’ in the form of performances of two-dozen or more works as one of its chief aims.
COMPOSERS: TheC7Prize is open to citizens of, and all full-time students in, Canada and the USA.
Website: http://www.thec7prize.com/home.html
CONDUCTORS: TheC7Prize invites conductors everywhere to join in the Marketplace Showcase adjudication aspect of the competition. Once signed up, conductors are asked to peruse ‘Recommended Works’ with a possible view to performing one or more of them.
See: http://www.thec7prize.com/adjudicators.html
PRIZES: There is a top monetary prize for as-yet-unperformed works. As well, there is the likely possibility of performance by choirs around the world. (see ‘Conductors’ above).
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Due the innovative nature of TheC7Prize competition, this allows for
- no composer age limit
- sacred or secular works
- original and arranged works
- piano-accompanied or a cappella works
- any language
- performed as well as not-yet-performed works
- works from 2’30” to 5 minutes
- composer-published (though not ‘traditionally’ published) works
- works composed within five years of the entry deadline
- a wide variety of styles & genres which, while embracing mainly classical and art music traditions, also include world music, jazz–influenced, gospel…
- display of ALL Recommended Works at 2014 ACCC and 2015 ACDA conferences.
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