<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><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>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Anyone interested?</div>
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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 <<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 Zorzi<br>_______________________________________________<br>Ansteorra mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org"><a href="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org">Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org</a></a><br>In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:<br><a href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org">http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org</a><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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