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Concert Band Composition Competition Announced
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23 August 2007
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The
municipal cultural institute, "Joaquin Chapaprieta" has organised the fifth
annual SYMPHONY COMPOSITION CONTEST - CITY OF TORREVIEJA
which will take place under the following rules, for further information contact
Pedro
Gesadem.
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All
those composers who wish to participate may do so.
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The
compositions should be original and unedited and not be a copy or a modification
of an existing composition nor have been previously published through any media.
The composition should have a duration of more than fifteen minutes and less
than twenty minutes.
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The
content of the work, as well as its form, shall be of free choice and
arranged for the instruments detailed in the attached annex. It should be noted
that the jury will expect the use of ALL of the instruments listed in the annex
except those which are indicated as optional. Failure to comply with this rule
could result in the disqualification of the entry.
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Works
should be submitted in quintipulate on paper size A3, and accompanied by the
individual material (partichelas) of the corresponding part for each
of the instruments as detailed in the annex. Together with the work
submitted, which should not bear either the name nor known pseudonym of the
composer but merely a chosen title, should be enclosed a separate, sealed
envelope which is clearly marked on the outside with the chosen title of the
work. Within this envelope should be enclosed details of the composer: name,
surnames, address, copy of national identity document or passport, telephone
number and electronic mail address if applicable.
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All
entries must be received by 31st October 2007 and the jury’s
decision will be announced before the end of the year 2007.
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Entries
should be sent, within the specified time, to: ‘Instituto Municipal de
Cultural – Joaquin Chapaprieta Torregrosa’, Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja,
Plaza de la Constitución Nº5, 03181, TORREVIEJA, (Alicante) Spain.
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PRIZES:
A single prize of fifteen thousand euros (15,000€) will be offered to the
winner.
The prize will be subject to taxes according to law. This will apply both to
Spanish nationals as well as non Spanish competitors regardless of their place
of residence.
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The
jury which will decide the winning entry will be composed of five members, all
recognised within the world of music and nominated by the Ayuntamiento de
Torrevieja (Town Council).
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The
prize-winning composition will receive its ‘premier’ during a special
concert by the ‘Union Musical Torrevejense’ sometime during the first
quarter of 2008. Regardless that the rights of ownership of the entry will
remain with the author, he / she, in accordance with the rules of this
competition, will be obliged to ensure that, in any future publication of the
composition, the winning entry will be publicised with the following annex:
“Prizewinner of the V Annual Symphony Composition Contest Ciudad de
Torrevieja 2007.”
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All
other works submitted and not deemed to be the winner will be kept by the
Ayuntamiento of Torrevieja for a period of three months from the date of
the jury’s decision, after which the composers may solicit the return of their
entries.
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The
competition shall be declared void if the jury should decide that the standard
required has not been reached.
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The
submission of any entry to this competition shall be considered as a full
acceptance by the competitor of these rules. Any decision by the jury, with
regards to the winning entry or any other matter relating to this competition,
shall be considered as final.
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Pedro
Gesadem
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