Cincinnati Youth Choir Composition Competition What: The Cincinnati Youth Choir Composition Competition is an annual contest promoting outstanding repertoire for treble choirs from children’s through youth ensembles CYC serves as Ensemble-inResidence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and regularly performs with the regions most celebrated professional and amateur ensembles Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of CCM faculty and CYC artistic staff The winning entry will be contacted and announced in Spring 2019 The Award: The cash prize for the winning composition will be $1,000.00 The Cincinnati Youth Choir, under the direction of conductor and artistic director Robyn Lana, will premiere the work in March 2019 with the winning composer's possible attendance at the premiere Publication possible and may be discussed The panel reserves the right to void selection if no winning selection is submitted Guidelines: Suggested length: to minutes Voicing: treble voices, unison to multiple parts Difficulty level: beginner, intermediate or advanced Accompaniment instrumentation: a capella or piano accompaniment, opt 30 sec solo voice, opt solo or duet obligato instruments (ie: violin, cello, flute, recorder, clarinet) Lyrics and arrangements must be available for use and not protected by copyright laws or permission must be secured and demonstrated by the composer Composer will retain the copyright CYC may retain winning manuscript for future performance Composition must be composed/arranged within the past three years and never performed The composer must be an emerging composer 10 The composer must presently reside in North America 11 $25 application fee per composition Completed submission must include: One rehearsal ready copy which will include all necessary markings and composer sited unsigned, clearly legible copies with no identifying marks to insure anonymity during the selection process Complete biography of the composer $25 registration fee payable to Cincinnati Youth Choir One completed application form (page of this document) or by writing to: Robyn Lana, Artistic Director Cincinnati Youth Choir UC- College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0236 Contest deadline is December 31, 2018 All materials must arrive on or before the posted deadline Cincinnati Youth Choir Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Composition Contest Application Form Personal Information Name Address City _ State _ Zip _ Phone _ Date of Birth _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ Alternate Phone _ Email _ Current Occupation Education and Experience Please list degrees and years of completion or scheduled completion Honors/Awards List compositions that have been performed and ensemble that presented the premiere Composition Description Title _ Voicing Approximate length _ Difficulty level Accompaniment instrumentation _ The submitted composition has not been performed If selected*, I agree to allow the Cincinnati Youth Choir to keep the manuscript copy in their library for future use I have researched any copyright infringements and believe the composition meets copyright laws Signature Date *Compositions not selected will not be returned but will not be performed without permission from the composer