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THE AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS' WORKSHOPS
and the
DARWIN COMPOSITION COMPETITION
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July 8 - July 12, 2002
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia
Daily sessions will involve:
- Registrants who wish to participate in the daily sessions of the Australian Composers Workshops.
- Registrants whose works have been selected following stage one of the Darwin Composition Competition.
- To further develop the understanding of the techniques involved in composing effectively for the guitar.
- To encourage an international exchange of knowledge in relation to composition, in particular for the guitar.
- To enable interaction between distinguished composers, performers and developing composers in a workshop environment.
- To create a high level of creative activity for developing composers.
- To participate in the creation of a new work
- To be involved in mounting an event/concert during the Australian Composers' Workshops to showcase selected works prepared and composed during the week.
Each day participants will be involved in:
- Composers' Workshops leading to a concert of short pieces which have been composed and prepared during the week.
- Rehearsals of works selected following stage one of the Darwin Composition Competition.
- Lectures by visiting composers.
- Lecture/Demonstrations by performers.
- Concerts in the Shell Darwin International Guitar Festival
Accommodation is available for Australian Composers' Workshop participants at North Flinders International House (On campus accommodation).
Contact:
Email: accommodation@ntu.edu.au
Telephone: 61 8 89466591
Fax: 61 8 89466686
Postal Address: North Flinders International House,
Northern Territory University,
Northern Territory 0909,
Australia.
DARWIN COMPOSITION COMPETITION
The Darwin Composition Competition has been initiated to stimulate compositional interest in the guitar and to create an environment where composers can develop skills in composing for the guitar in a chamber music setting.
The Darwin Composition Competition will provide an opportunity for emerging composers to have their works presented at a series of workshops where they will be rehearsed by leading professional performers participating in the Darwin International Guitar Festival. All successful entrants will also have the opportunity to work under the mentorship of a leading Australian composer during the Australian Composers Workshops.
All composers submitting a work for consideration in the Darwin Composition Competition must also be registrants in the Australian Composers Workshops.
The competition will be run in four stages:
Stage One
Selection of up to eight works to progress to stage two of the competition.
Stage Two
Intensive rehearsal of works selected following stage one. This process will occur as part of the Australian Composers' Workshops.
The composer of each selected work reaching this stage will be allocated a mentor composer who will assist in the rehearsal process
Stage Three
Selection of works for presentation at a concert during the Darwin International Guitar Festival running concurrently with the Australian Composers' Workshops.
Stage Four
Selection of a composer to be commissioned to write a piece for the 2004 Darwin International Guitar Festival.
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OBJECTIVES
- To encourage developing composers to write for the guitar through:
- To provide the platform for composers to gain a greater understanding of rehearsal techniques and idiomatic writing for the guitar through interaction with professional instrumentalists.
| - chamber works which involve the guitar. - commissioning new chamber works involving guitar. - having their works performed at an internationally significant event by professional performers. - receiving critical advice from a group of leading Australian and International composers who have an established reputation for composing for the guitar. |
Duration - Up to 7 minutes.
Instrumentation
Composition must feature the guitar in any of the following combinations
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- Guitar duo (i.e. two standard classical guitars)
- Guitar trio (i.e. three standard classical guitars)
- Guitar quartet (i.e. four standard classical guitars)
- A combination of solo guitar, guitar duo, guitar
trio and any combination of the following instruments - flute, oboe,
clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello and double bass.
Technical Performance Standard:
Suitable for up to and including grade 8 AMEB level in all instruments.
Selection Criteria
- Idiomatic nature of guitar part
- Significance of guitar part
- Control in ensemble writing
- Quality and clarity of notation
- Originality in concept
Selection
Works must be submitted to the Guitar Festival Director by Friday May
20. The panel of judges will include the Director of the Festival,
the Artistic director of the Workshops and an additional composer. The
compositions will be forwarded to the interstate judges who will make
their selection by June 3. Applicants will be notified if they are successful
soon after June 7.
Parts must be forwarded to the Guitar Festival Director
no later than June 17.
Composers whose works are not selected following stage one of the Australian
Composition Competition will still have the opportunity to participate
actively in the Australian Composers Workshops. These workshops will provide
opportunities for composition, for meeting student and professional composers
from around Australia, for a performance of workshop compositions and
for meeting the galaxy of international and Australian Guitarists and
composers who will be present at the Guitar Festival.
Registration forms are available for download in either
microsoft word or adobe acrobat format. Click on the icons to download
below.
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Please send completed entry forms to:
Adrian Walter
The Director
Darwin International Guitar Festival
Northern Territory University
School of Music
Casuarina 0810
AUSTRALIA
Ph. 08 - 89 466419
Fax. 08 - 89 466540
International:
Ph. 61 - 8 - 89 466419
Fax. 61 - 8 - 89 466540
Email adrian.walter@ntu.edu.au
Festival Web Site: www.darwinguitar.com
Questions regarding the Australian Composers' Workshops may be forward to:
Adrian Walter
The Director
Darwin International Guitar Festival
or
David Harris
Artistic Director Australian Composers' Workshops
Elder School of Music
University of Adelaide
North Terrace
Adelaide 5000
Ph. 08 - 8303 5427
Fax 08 - 8303 4414
International:
Ph. 61 - 8 - 8303 5427
Fax 61 - 8 - 8303 5427
Email: david.c.harris@adelaide.edu.au
for more information contact: Adrian Walter
