| Composer Recital Series Composers' Orchestra Concert Ensembles-in-Residence New Music Chamber Ensemble ________________________________________________________________________________ The Composer Recital Series (CRS) provides an opportunity for student composers to present their work publicly. Many of these concerts are organized by students themselves with volunteer performers, however the department provides performers for concerts through the Composers' Orchestra, the New Music Chamber Ensemble (NMCE), and the Ensembles-in-Residence. In order to be programmed, each work must also be accompanied by a Performance Permission Sheet signed by the student's teacher. >Performance Permission Sheet Scores and parts should be submitted in a usable format. See >Score and Part Preparation Guidelines for details. Concert Services provides ushers and stage crew for all CRS concerts. Each concert is recorded by the Audio-Visual Department. Recordings are available from the Composition Department office within a week of each concert. Set-up information – a full list of instruments and seating requirements for the performers as well as any unusual audio-visual requirements, is required two weeks before the performance. Completed Performance Set-Up Forms should be given to John Murphree, Assistant to the Chair, who collates all information and provides the entire concert set-up directly to Concert Services. >Performance Set-Up Form Program information, including work title, performer names and instruments, program note (between 100 and 400 words) and text, if applicable, should be submitted by email to John Murphree at jmurphree@bostonconservatory.edu no later than two weeks before the recital date. Program notes must be proofread and checked for grammatical errors, misspellings, and omissions. >CRS open submission checklist Recitals are scheduled by the Composition Department but—except for the Composers' Orchestra concert and the Ensembles-in-Residence concerts—rehearsal time is not. Composers and performers should meet with Tuaha Khan, Concert Services Manager, to book rehearsal times for their own performances. Composers' Orchestra Concert Each semester the conservatory orchestra, as part of the CRS, performs a concert of student composer works following four days of open rehearsals. Fall Concert Submissions WHEN: Tuesday, October 5, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: bound score and set of parts; your score must include an instrumentation and title page; for string parts provide single-sided unbound masters only INSTRUMENTATION: 2.2.2.2 (standard doublings), 4.2.3.1, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, strings (10.8.6.6.3) DURATION: 5–12 minutes >Fall Composers' Orchestra Concert submission checklist Spring Concert Submissions WHEN: Monday, January 24, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: bound score and set of parts; your score must include an instrumentation and title page; for string parts provide single-sided unbound masters only INSTRUMENTATION: 2.2.2.2 (standard doublings), 4.2.3.1, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, strings (10.8.6.6.3) DURATION: 5–12 minutes >Spring Composers' Orchestra Concert submission checklist ________________________________________________________________________________ Ensembles-in-Residence Two new music ensembles are in residence at the conservatory this year: Ludovico Ensemble and Juventas. In addition to their own New Music Ensembles-in-Residence season, each group gives a public performance of student compositions as part of the Composer Recital Series. Juventas Submissions WHEN: Thursday, September 16, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: a bound score, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) + pdf files of score and parts emailed to jmurphree@bostonconservatory.edu INSTRUMENTATION: flute (doubling piccolo/alto flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, and piano (submissions must be for all 6 instruments) DURATION: any >Juventas submission checklist Ludovico Ensemble Submissions WHEN: Friday, December 10, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: a bound score, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) INSTRUMENTATION: this concert will present six works: • two for soprano, flute (doubling piccolo/alto/bass flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin, and vibraphone • two for clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin, vibraphone, and piano • two for flute (doubling piccolo/alto/bass flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), and piano DURATION: 8—10 minutes >Ludovico Ensemble submission checklist ______________________________________________________________________ back to top New Music Chamber Ensemble Chamber Music is a required course for instrumental majors in which individual, on-going chamber ensembles are created at the beginning of each semester, assigned repertory, and coached. For 2010/11 one of these ensembles will perform only contemporary music including works by student composers. Each semester is divided into three sessions. For the first session of the semester the ensemble will be split into two smaller groups to perform standard contemporary repertoire. For both the second and third sessions of each semester the ensemble will be split into two different groupings of instruments to perform two works per session by student composers. The full instrumentation of the New Music Chamber Ensemble (NMCE) for 2010/11 from which the smaller groups will be drawn, is flute (no doubling), clarinet (no doubling), piano, violin, viola, and two cellos. Fall Semester Session 2 Submissions WHEN: Monday, September 27, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: two bound scores, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) INSTRUMENTATION: assigned DURATION: 8–15 minutes Session 3 Submissions WHEN: Monday, October 25, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: two bound scores, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) INSTRUMENTATION: assigned DURATION: 8–15 minutes Spring Semester Session 5 Submissions WHEN: Monday, February 14, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: two bound scores, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) INSTRUMENTATION: assigned DURATION: 8–15 minutes Session 2 Submissions WHEN: Monday, March 21, by 5:00 pm WHERE: Room 221 WHAT: two bound scores, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) INSTRUMENTATION: assigned DURATION: 8–15 minutes ______________________________________________________________________ back to top |