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The Student Composer Project encourages young people to compose music for chorus. This annual event has been a great success since its inception in 1990. This season's Student Composer Project will take place on Monday, May 2, 2011.
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THE 21st ANNUAL BCAS STUDENT COMPOSER PROJECT 2010-11 Season An Invitation to Young Composers In December, 1990, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society began a STUDENT COMPOSER PROJECT, wherein one or more new compositions by student composers are presented each season. Performers have included the Full Chorus and Chamber Chorus of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Maryland Camerata from UMBC, the Baltimore School for the Arts Chorus, the Towson State University Chamber Singers, and Dayseye from the Bryn Mawr School. This season, BCAS will present the work of selected student composers in a master class with a noted local composer and members of the BCAS Full Chorus, conducted by Music Director Tom Hall and Associate Conductor Leo Wanenchak. 2010-11 Guidelines for Submission of Compositions Composers must be Maryland residents and have been enrolled in high school or college as of December 31, 2010. Composers whose works have not been chosen previously will be given preference. More than one composer’s work will be featured in this event. The piece must be no longer than five minutes long. The work may be scored for Chorus and Piano or Unaccompanied Chorus (mixed chorus, women’s chorus, or men’s chorus). All compositions must be newly composed works. Arrangements of pre-existing compositions (i.e. carols, etc.) will not be considered. The text may be sacred or secular, in any language. The composer must secure copyright and permission to use published texts. Deadlines for Submission of Compositions: April 8, 2011 Submit manuscript to: Baltimore Choral Arts 1316 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217 It will be the responsibility of the composers whose works are chosen to have piano/vocal scores typeset and copyrighted. BCAS can assist composers in this process. Hand-written manuscripts will not be used. Master Class Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm at Grace United Methodist Church The new works will be performed by Tom Hall, Leo Wanenchak and members of the BCAS Full Chorus. Biographies of the composers and texts of the works will appear in the program. Composers will get feedback and suggestions from the participating Master Teacher, and the singers. A recording of the performance will be given to each composer. |
For questions and further information, please email Leo Wanenchak at leow@peabody.jhu.edu
Master Classes with visiting artists are a frequent dimension of our educational outreach programs. Past master classes have featured the King Singers, Chanticleer, Alice Parker, and other acclaimed artists.
Tom Hall is often invited to present workshops and master classes with teachers and students in area schools. For more information about Mr. Hall's availability, please contact Choral Arts at info@baltimorechoralarts.org.
Upcoming
Free Family Concert and Sing-Along
Saturday, 23 October 2010
2:00 PM • Central Pratt Library
Music Director Tom Hall leads Baltimore Choral Arts in a free, interactive performance designed for the whole family, including an audience sing-along to great American choral classics. This free concert is part of "Free Fall Baltimore" and will take place in the Main Lobby of the Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street. Seating is first-come, first served.
The choristers were attentive to matters of blend and tonal nuance and sang with considerable expressiveness.
