Emerging Composers Competition - Yale Glee Club
Saturday, April 1, 2023
New Haven, United States
ELIGIBILITY:
There are no restrictions on age or nationality. A CV is used to determine whether the composer could be characterized as “emerging.”
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTED COMPOSITIONS:
-Mixed choir (SATB, divisi possible)
-Unaccompanied, with keyboard accompaniment, or with instrumental accompaniment of not more than three individual instruments
-Three to five minutes duration
-Preference will be given to unpublished works that have not received premieres outside of informal academic settings
-Rights to text must be cleared and evidence of copyright holder’s permission must be shown
-Secular or sacred text
-Level of difficulty suitable for a college choir or community choir
PRIZES:
-$1500 plus travel expenses to New Haven for attendance at premiere performance by the Yale Glee Club during its 2023-24 concert season
-Possible future publication in Yale Glee Club New Classics Choral Series
-The winner will be announced in May, 2023. All entrants will be notified by e-mail. The winner will also be announced on the Yale Glee Club web site (www.yalegleeclub.org) at this time.