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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jeffrey Clark <jmclark85@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org><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 Zorzi<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org">Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR>In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:<BR>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org<BR></DIV></DIV><!-- cg2.c201.mail.mud.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Fri Oct 30 21:53:13 PDT 2009 --></div><br>
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