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<DIV><FONT size=4>Sic 'em James!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=jamesnorthfolke@gmail.com
href="mailto:jamesnorthfolke@gmail.com">James Northfolke</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ms_shanahan@yahoo.com
href="mailto:ms_shanahan@yahoo.com">Shanahan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">Ravens Fort</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 02, 2009 6:29
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra]
Music Competition</DIV>
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<DIV>Yup! James. <BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Nov 2, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Shanahan <<A
href="mailto:ms_shanahan@yahoo.com">ms_shanahan@yahoo.com</A>>
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<DIV>Anyone interested?</DIV>
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<DIV>Shanahan<BR></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jeffrey Clark <<A
href="mailto:jmclark85@gmail.com">jmclark85@gmail.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
<<A
href="mailto:ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org">ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, November 2, 2009 3:15:22
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Ansteorra]
Music Competition<BR></FONT><BR>Greetings to the good gentles of
Ansteorra!<BR><BR><BR>I am hosting a music competition in a format inspired
by a wonderful laurel<BR>who's name--most unfortunately--escapes me.
Hopefully--if there is enough<BR>interest--I will keep running this
competition indefinitely every so often<BR>(every 3-5 months).<BR><BR>The
particulars of the competition are as follows:<BR><BR>1. Entires must be
composed with an effort towards emulating a period style<BR><BR>2. There are
no restrictions on instrumentation, and entries may either
be<BR>instrumental or vocal (or a combination thereof), and may contain as
many as<BR>8 parts<BR><BR>3. Entries may be submitted by email or through
snailmail. There is no<BR>requirement that they be put in period notation
(though I do read most forms<BR>of period notation)<BR><BR>4. Entires can be
handwritten, or may be produced digitally; if produced<BR>digitally they
must be submitted in a non-proprietary format (.pdf .png .bmp<BR>.gif and
midi files are all acceptable). The only exception to this rule is<BR>.sib
files. I love you all, but I can't judge something I can't open on
my<BR>computer!<BR><BR>5. Documentation is not required; however, giving me
something that<BR>documents your sources, inspiration, and creative process
will help me<BR>provide better feedback<BR><BR>6. I will accept multiple
entries from a particular person; however only one<BR>must be designated as
an actual "competitive" entry. All others will receive<BR>my attention and I
will provide feedback on them.<BR><BR>7. The deadline for entries is
December 31st<BR><BR>8. Judging will be announced on the Ansteorra list
sometime in January<BR>(depending on exactly how many entries I receive),
this competition is not<BR>tied to any event, and will be entirely conducted
online.<BR><BR><BR>Now, for the good part:<BR><BR>1. After the deadline I
will review all entires; I am a musicologist and am<BR>formally trained in
historical performance practice. I promise that *I will<BR>give detailed
feedback on all entires*, and will do all I can to make my<BR>feedback as
practical and useful as I can.<BR><BR>2. I will pick what I consider to be
the three best entires (judged on a<BR>holstic concept of period sound, the
composer's adventurousness withing the<BR>period aesthetic, and the general
musicality of the work) as the "finalists"<BR>of the competition. I will
record these three entires (I am a<BR>professional--conservatory
trained--recorder player, and have also been<BR>trained as a countertenor),
put them on a CD and send a copy of the CD to<BR>the finalists. I will also
engrave the music in Sibelius and send copies of<BR>the music along with the
CD (multipart works are not a problem, I have all<BR>the equipment I need to
record the parts track by track and then combine<BR>them).<BR><BR>3. With
permission, I would like to make the recordings of the music<BR>available
publicly (via youtube or some other means); nothing will be<BR>announced,
commented on, or displayed without the composer's permission<BR><BR>4. If I
am able to keep the competition running through several iterations,<BR>I
would like to compile a book of submitted compositions and publish
it<BR>within the society.<BR><BR><BR>My main goal for this competition is to
further music within the kingdom and<BR>provide aspiring musicians with a
level of feedback and an arena in which to<BR>experiment and to express
their art in a way that is generally unavailable<BR>in regular A&S
competitions.<BR><BR>I would like to encourage those who have never tired
creating a period<BR>composition, or who have never tried composing before
to submit something.<BR>Composers of every skill and style are welcome, I
will not turn down any<BR>serious entry; and anything I sent to me will
receive feedback.<BR><BR><BR>Along with this competition, I will attempt to
teach classes weekly (or as<BR>close to weekly) in Steppes and Elfsea on
period composition, period<BR>musicianship, along with a random smattering
of general trivia about period<BR>music in general. I will announce the
classes once times and dates for them<BR>are set. As things get going, I may
choose to start theming the competitions<BR>a little.<BR><BR><BR>I look
forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!<BR><BR>In
service,<BR>Alessandro
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