CALL FOR SCORES

Score Submission Deadline: Friday, November 4, 2011, 5pm
Score Readings: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
10:00am–1:00pm
Orpheum Theatre

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Jean Coulthard Readings

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and VSO Assistant Conductor Pierre Simard are pleased to present the Jean Coulthard Readings during the 2011/12 Season. Named in honour of one of BC's most beloved composers, the Jean Coulthard Readings give emerging B.C. composers an invaluable opportunity to have their work read by a professional orchestra. Approximately six orchestral works will be selected, depending on duration and level of difficulty. Participating composers will receive a part preparation seminar and follow-up masterclass with the Vancouver Symphony's Composer-in-Residence.

ELIGIBILITY

Composers must be enrolled in a music program in a post-secondary institution (university, college or conservatory) in British Columbia, or be B.C.-based composers in the early stages of their professional careers (approximately five years), and/or who have no professional experience in orchestra composition.

Works must be scored for a maximum instrumentation of:

Woodwinds:	2 flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubles English horn) 2 clarinets (2nd doubles Eb clarinet OR Bb bass clarinet, not both) 2 bassoons (2nd doubles contrabassoon)
Brass:	4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass), tuba
Percussion:	Timpani (1 player–does not double) + 2 players
Harp:	(1 player)
Keyboard:	piano, celeste, clavinova (1 player)
Strings:	violin I, violin II, viola, cello, double bass

Preference will be given to works 6 minutes and under.

Works with soloists or electronics will not be considered.

Selected works from previous readings may not be resubmitted. Composers are welcome to resubmit works that were not previously selected. Submitted scores must not have received a performance by a professional orchestra.

APPLICATION

Your application should include:

1. Short biography (100 words maximum) including complete contact information, and (for students) the post-secondary institution you are currently attending.
2. Full orchestral score (recordings welcomed; no midi recordings) with timing of the work indicated.

Applications should be submitted no later than
5:00pm on Friday, November 4, 2011, to:
Artistic Operations and Education Assistant
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
601 Smithe Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5G1
education@vancouversymphony.ca

The jury's decision is final.
Successful applicants will be notified the week of November 21, 2011.
Successful applicants will be required to prepare their own performance parts according to specific library guidelines presented in the part preparation seminar. A complete set of performance materials consists of two scores, multiple copies of strings (8 violin I, 7 violin II, 5 viola, 5 cello, 4 double bass), single copies of all other parts.
Performance parts must be received by February 8, 2012.

Composers must attend: the part preparation seminar (within reasonable travel distance), the entire reading session AND the full masterclass.

Part Preparation Seminar: Tuesday November 29, 2011, 9:30am–10:30am
Masterclass with the Composer-in-Residence: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00am–12:00pm

JEAN COULTHARD READINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC–DOORS OPEN AT 9:30am

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