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Master class in Composition 2020
Budapest



 
 

We are very pleased to announce the 2020 She Lives Master Class in Composition!

Our Master Class in Composition became a most significant course for emerging composers in the international panorama and had the pleasure to have partecipants from the four corners of the world: Germany, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, China, US, UK, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Russia.

During the years of our activity we were able to put our students in contact with the most prestigious institutions in the world and supporting them in the development of their career as professional composers. Some of our Alumni have established themselves as very promising figures in the compositional panorama winning prestigious competitions and having their piece performed by reknown ensembles and orchestras.

Our musical association had the privilege to work with some of the most important institutions and artists in the international panorama: Solisti della Scala di Milano, Roma Opera House, Accademia Chigiana, Filarmonica Romana, Fondazione Scelsi, Royal Embassy of Norway, Swiss Institute in Rome, Warner Classics and great artists such as Peter Eötvös and Lasse Thoresen.

General Info

Period: 17-23 August 2020
Place: House of Music
Ensemble in Residence: Camerata Pelsonore, string orchestra in collaboration with Impronta Ensemble
Final Concert: 23 August 2020 – House of Music. Budapest

Professors:
Sidney Corbett, Alessio Elia


COURSES

Sidney Corbett / Alessio Elia

Writing for strings: extended techniques, microtonality and scordaturas.


Consultations

The pieces of the students are analyzed and discussed by Corbett and Elia from the point of view of compositional techniques and aesthetics. The conductor and publisher Andreas Luca Beraldo will provide instead a conductorial and editorial approach.


ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Active students are entitled to attend the courses, and invited to discuss their own works with professors during individual meetings. They can also take part to the final concert with a piece written for the ensemble in residence.


PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS

Passive participants are entitled to attend the courses and the discussions of active students about their works, but they cannot discuss their own works with the professors.
Passive participants are invited to attend the rehearsals and the final concert of active students, but they cannot propose their own works.


LANGUAGES

The course is held in English.
Individual meetings can be done in the following languages:
Sidney Corbett: English, German, Spanish
Alessio Elia: English, Italian, German, Hungarian


PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPOSITION COURSE STUDENTS’ PIECES

The course provides the performance of the students pieces during the final concert (23 August 2020 – h. 19:00, House of Music).
Composers who wish to apply as active partecipants are invited to write a piece for the ensemble in residence (with conductor):

String orchestra (6.6.4.4.2.)

6 Violin I

6 Violin II

4 Viola

4 Cello

2 Double-bass

The piece can be written for any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from solo instrument to the whole group and must not be longer than 7 minutes.

Scores and parts, preferably written with a music notation software (Finale, Sibelius, etc.), must be sent as a pdf file no later than 12 June 2020, to the following e-mail address:

info@shelivesmusic.it

The best pieces will be address to major musical instutions for possible concerts and have the possibility to be published by Edition Impronta Mannheim.

This year the composition master class has activated a collaboration with the conducting master class in order to encourage interaction between the composers and the performers in a mutual exchange of views useful to encourage future collaboration between the participants.


APPLICATION

To apply send via e-mail (info@shelivesmusic.it) the following documents:

Active participant

Deadline: 12 June 2020


– Curriculum Vitae

– Receipt of payment of preselection process 100 € (non refundable)

– A piece written for the ensemble in residence (any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from solo instrument to the whole group, and no longer than 7 minutes). Within one week of submission the applicant will be notified about participation either as an active or passive student.

Subsequently and no later than 21 June 2020 it will be necessary to pay the remaining registration fee in accordance with the result of the application process:

If selected as active participant it should be corresponded:

– 480 € (if the piece is written for a solo instrument up to 4 instruments)

– 550 € (if the piece is written for 5 instruments up to the whole orchestra)


If selected as passive participant it should be corresponded the remaining 200 €


SPECIAL APPLICATION

Active Participant connected with Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition

Deadline: 15 May 2020


For the second year She Lives has the pleasure to have established a connection with Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition.

Applicants who will apply within 15 May 2020 has the right to apply to Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition without paying the competition fee for the first work sent (visit also the Impronta Ensemble website).

The list of instrument for the Impronta Ensemble Competition is the same of the She Lives Master Class (string orchestra 6.6.4.4.2.) and the maximum duration of the piece is extended to a maximum of 10 minutes (there is no minimum duration).

Prizes include monetary prizes, publication of the works by Impronta Edition, performances and scholarships for the She Lives Master Class 2020.

PRIZES


I: 1.000 EUR + publication of the piece by Impronta-Edition + performance

II: 500 EUR + publication of the piece by Impronta-Edition + performance

III. Perfomance + publication of the piece by Impronta-Edition

Additional prizes:


2 Scholarships of 200 EUR each to take part to this SHE LIVES Master Class 2020 in Composition in Budapest as active student


Applicant who decide to apply to the Master Class with this formula must clearly declare it in the email. In this case the piece written for the Master Class will be addressed anonymously by our organization to the Jury Board of the Impronta Competition. We kindly ask to the candidates to not write their name on the scores.

The Competition gives to the applicant the possibility to send a maximum of 5 works. Applicant to the She Lives Master Class will not pay the Impronta Ensemble Competition fee for the first piece sent. Additional pieces (up to a maximum of 5 including the piece sent for the Master Class) can be sent by corresponding a fee of 25 € each. The amount for the additional pieces must be sent to She Lives bank account (see it below).

The works sent may have already been performed but not previously published.

Pieces that have won a prize in past editions of the Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition cannot be sent to this edition of the competition.

In order to apply with this formula, send to She Lives e-mail address (info@shelivesmusic.it):

1) Score(s) in PDF format. Submitted pieces must be anonymous, only the title of the piece should appear on the score. Handwritten scores will be also accepted, but they should be perfectly readable.

2) Short biography of the composer

3) Commentary of the submitted works (NOT compulsory)

4) MP3 of performance recording, if any (NOT compulsory)

5) Receipt or screenshot of entry fee payment for additional pieces (if any)

6) Registration form filled in and signed (download it here)

7) Receipt of payment of preselection process for the She Lives Master Class, 100 € (non refundable)

Winning composers must provide the parts within 1 July 2020 .

The winning works will be announced latest by 7 June 2020. The decision of the jury is final. The results will be announced on our website and across our social media platforms as well as in private emails.

As soon as the pieces are received the jury will declare if the student is taken as active or passive participant. In relation with the result the remaining part of the fee should be corresponded no later than 31 May 2020 (200 € if passive participant, 480 € or 550€ – depending on the number of the instruments employed – if active – see above).

Those who do not use the SPECIAL APPLICATION option but who participate in the composition competition without receiving any prize are entitled to a 10% discount on the Master Class registration fee as effective students.

Apply directly as Passive participant

Deadline: 16 August 2020

- a copy of identity card or passport
- receipt of payment of the registration fee (300 €)



FEES
Active Students
: 580 € (from one instrument up to 4 instruments) // 650 € (from 5 instruments up to the whole orchestra)
Listeners
: 300 €

The fees should be sent to the following Bank Account

Associazione SHE LIVES

IBAN: IT70D0306909606100000131702

CODICE BIC: BCITITMM

Banca Prossima – Filiale di Milano, Piazza Paolo Ferrari 10, 20121 Milano

SHE LIVES Address: Piazza della Libertà 20, 00192 – Roma (Italy).


Deadline for enrollment and delivery of the pieces and parts

12 June 2020 (active partecipant)

15 May 2020 (active partecipant via Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition SPECIAL APPLICATION)

16 August 2020 (passive partecipant)


FOR INFO
: info@shelivesmusic.it




 
 
 
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