The 2010 Recital Music Composition Competition for Double Bass is open to composers of any age or nationality. The theme of the competition is the discovery of Jupiter's four largest moons in January 1610 by Galileo Galilei, now called the Galilean or 'Medician' satellites, in honour of their Florentine heritage.
There are five categories and submitted works written in any style or idiom are acceptable. Composers may submit more than one entry, but each must be accompanied by the relevant entry fee.
Works should be unpublished but may have been performed previously.
Works written for 4-stringed basses, with the lowest note of E, and in any standard tuning are preferred. Recordings may also be submitted with each entry.
CATEGORY 1A work for one or more double basses, or double bass and piano
Duration: 3-6 minutes
Theme: Io is the most active volcanic body in the solar system and is continually being resurfaced by its volcanic activity. The surface is very colourful, mottled with red, yellow, white and orange black markings. It is relatively hot, lacking in meteoric craters and its eruptive material is probably liquid sulphur.
Prize: £100 - donated by Fuller Music
CATEGORY 2A work for one or more double basses, or double bass and piano
Duration: 3-6 minutes
Theme: Europa is the sixth largest moon in the solar system and is completely wrapped in ice. It is fascinating because of its possible subsurface ocean of water. In 1979 the Voyager spacecraft sent pictures to earth showing pale yellow icy plains with red and brown mottled regions. All the evidence hints at a unique geological history.
Prize: £100 - donated by AR Distribution
CATEGORY 3A work for one or more double basses, or double bass and piano
Duration: 3-6 minutes
Theme: Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is likely to be composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. Larger than Mercury or Pluto, Ganymede is three-quarters the size of Mars.
Prize: £100 - donated by Recital Music
CATEGORY 4A work for one or more double basses, or double bass and piano
Duration: 3-6 minutes
Theme: Callisto is the third largest satellite in the solar system - almost the size of Mercury. It is the outermost of the Galilean satellites and is the most heavily cratered of the four moons. With a surface of about 4 billion years old, Callisto has the oldest landscape in the solar system.
Prize: £100 - donated by Martin Penning
CATEGORY 5 - OPEN A work for one or more double basses, or double bass and any other instrument(s). Chamber works are acceptable but the double bass must play a prominent role in the ensemble.
Duration: Any duration
Theme: None
Prize: £100 - donated by Recital Music
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 1) Send 2 copies of the score with the title and a pseudonymn written on the music. Individual parts may also be sent but this is optional.
2) Place your name, contact details, pseudonymn and title of the piece in a sealed envelope and send with the entry. A programme note and composer biography would also be welcome.
3) Please write your email address on the music if you would like confirmation that the entry has arrived.
4) Music will not be returned but copies will be retained in Recital Music's extensive double bass archive.
5) ENTRY FEE: £5.00 per entry
6) Composers may submit more than one entry but each must be accompanied by the relevant entry fee
7) A written adjudication is available costing £5.00 per work and the fee must be included with the entry. This is optional.
Bank details can be supplied if you would prefer to make payment by BACS or bank transfer.
All cheques should be payable to RECITAL MUSIC
Please send entries and relevant fee to:
RECITAL MUSIC
Vale Cottage
The Hamlet
Templecombe
Somerset BA8 0HJ
Great Britain
Email:
doublebass@tiscali.co.ukDEADLINE: 1 June 2010Entries may be accepted after this date at the administrator's discretion.
Winners will be announced after 15 July 2010PRIZES The winning entry, and selected works, may be published by Recital Music, subject to contract and agreement, and may be performed at Bass-Fest 2010 or future bass events.
The copyright of each work in the competition remains with the composer.
The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into after the competition winners have been announced.
JUDGESDavid Heyes studied double bass at the Royal College of Music and subsequently in Prague with Frantisek Posta. He has given recitals and masterclasses in 11 countries over the past 6 years and was Chairman of the Jury for the 2008 Brno International Double Bass Competition. David is a recipient of a prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his pioneering work as a soloist, teacher, publisher and commissioner of new works for double bass. He founded Recital Music in 1986 and more than 360 works have been written for him over the past 20 years.
Mark Goddard went to school in Oxford, before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he received nine awards for Composition, including the coveted Eric Coates Prize, the Leverhulme Scholarship for Composers, a grant to travel abroad given by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Capital Radio Prize. Since then his music has been widely performed, recorded, published and broadcast, both at home and abroad. In 1989, Mark founded Spartan Press Music Publishers Limited, which present a wide range of music composed by almost 100 British composers.
Tony Osborne is Britain's leading and most prolific composer writing for the instrument today and he has made a unique and invaluable contribution to the double bass repertoire. In a successful 35 year career, Tony has created a repertoire of music for bassists of every age and ability and his lively, rhythmic and jazz-inspired works have been performed throughout the world. In 2001 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for his work as a composer and educationalist, and he is in constant demand to write music for leading players worldwide.
www.tony-osborne.comSPONSORS
Fuller Music carry what is probably the largest stock of string music in the UK (if not Europe). It is always Fuller's intention to fulfill orders on a straight-from-the-shelf, same-day, first-class post basis. Our huge stock (currently about 30,000 books of string music, housed on over a mile of shelving) includes multiple copies of the most popular string titles worldwide. Telephone Fuller Music on 01540-664940 (8.00am- 5.30pm Monday to Friday) or visit the website at any time.
www.fullermusic.co.ukAR Distribution
www.ardistribution.co.ukMartin Penning studied at the Newark School of Violin Making. Graduating in 1999 he immediately began work with Tony Padday of Wells Violins, making cellos, violins and violas. Following a love for the double bass in 2004 he was awarded a Qest Scholarship to work with the bass maker Ben Puglisi in Melbourne, where they completed a swell-back bass. Martin now runs his own business in Frome, Somerset making violins, violas, cellos and basses. A keen student himself, he recognises the value of commissioning new works for double bass and is pleased to be part of the 2010 Recital Music Composition Competition for Double Bass.
www.mpenning-luthier.co.ukRecital Music was founded in 1986 and publishes more than 280 works for double bass. It has one of the largest catalogues of double bass music in the world encompassing music from 1 to 16 double basses and composers from the 16th to the 21st century. In recent years Recital Music has diversified producing a growing catalogue of music for string orchestra, chamber and vocal ensembles. A policy of supporting contemporary composers, alongside publishing music from the rich double bass heritage, has created a unique catalogue of music which is performed worldwide by bassists of all ages and abilities.
www.recitalmusic.netThe BIBF/Recital Music Composition Competitions were launched in 1999 and have attracted more than 450 entries from 25 countries. Over 200 works have been performed at Bass-Fest and other workshops during the last ten years, and many successful works have been published by Recital Music.
Recital Music's policy of supporting living composers continues to create a unique repertoire for the double bass and helps to persuade composers to write for the instrument.
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