November 18^th & 19^th, 2011

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center
10910 SW 17th Street.

Miami, FL 33165

Submissions must arrive by October 7, 2011

The 4^th biennial FEASt Festival is seeking works for fixed media, live-electronics, and performer with fixed media. Works with a video component will also be considered provided that the video component is clearly documented and can be projected with our equipment.

Pieces for up to eight channels will be considered.  Preference will be given to works under 10 minutes in duration.  Selected composers are responsible for providing performers and are expected to attend the concert.

Submissions selected for the concerts will also be considered for inclusion on the upcoming 2011 FEASt Festival CD.

FEASt is also accepting installations. If you would like to submit an installation, please include a thorough explanation (including images and sound files) and complete the same process required for other works.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Please submit works for consideration by email as an mp3 file with the following information provided:

* Name of composer
* Name of School Affiliation + Year in School (e.g., Freshman, Grad Student)
* Contact information (email & phone #)
* Name of piece
* Instrumentation
* Number of audio channels
* Technical requirements
* Duration of piece
* Program notes

To submit work electronically, please e-mail an mp3 or a link to the file with the above information in the body of the e-mail to feastfest@gmail.com.

For more information or questions, e-mail feastfest@gmail.com or visit http://earscast.wordpress.com

ART342 is now accepting artist-in-residence applications for 14 week and 6 week residencies in 2012.

ART342 offers 14-week and 6-week residencies to emerging and established artists, writers and composers. Studios, a kiln and basic equipment are available for most visual artists, including ceramicists. Quiet spaces exist for creative or scholarly writers. The composer’s studio is outfitted with a Steinway B, computers and software for writing and recording.

Awards for accepted applicants include 24-hour access to free studios, living space and a modest stipend. Residents are responsible for personal expenses and travel to and from the site.
Situated in a semi-rural area, ART342 is just 6 miles north of Historic Old Town in Fort Collins. Up to 7 studios and 5 living spaces are maintained as private places for creative work. Pets, children, visitors and partners are strongly discouraged.
On-line application: https://art342.slideroom.com/

Deadline for all Spring 2012 residencies: October 1, 2011
Deadline for all Summer and Fall 2012 residencies: February 1, 2012

$30 application fee

For more information regarding application and residency details, visit: www.art342.org

The Goethe-Institut of Boston and the Consulate General of France Cultural Services, in partnership with Northeastern University and Harvard University, are pleased to announce the Sound In SPACE Competition, a call for electroacoustic works to be realized via Harvard University’s 32-speaker Hydra diffusion system during The Art of Interpretation Festival. Celebrating 60 Years of Electroacoustic Music Tradition in France and Germany, The Art of Interpretation Festival will take place from November 17–19, 2011, at the Fenway Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

All finalists will take part in interpretation workshops and coachings led by Prof. Hans Tutschku (Harvard University), Daniel Teruggi (GRM, France) and Ludger Brümmer (ZKM, Germany). Focus will be on the musical use of a multi-loudspeaker diffusion system and the relationship between composed spaces and their rendering in a given concert environment.

The works of the six finalists will each be published on a Festival CD recorded live at festival concerts.

For more information and competition details, please visit

www.goethe.de/Boston-SoundinSPACE

NO ENTRY FEE this year! Deadline Sept. 15th 2011.

This second annual festival will showcase international works of film and video with fascinating soundtracks, idiosyncratic sound design, eclectic scoring and innovative approaches to the sound-image relationship.

Please note that, while we are very happy to screen experimental works, we are also looking for video works with strong sound design in narrative, documentary, and animation styles as well. We review features and shorts (no minimum or maximum run time). We are also open to older works that are still deserving of a wider audience (e.g. your work doesn’t have to have been produced in the last two years).

Because CINESONIKA is now international, we require TWO DVDs, one each in PAL and NTSC.

All Videos should be formatted as follows:

• Please LABEL each DVD clearly with: Your Name, Title, Run Time, PAL or NTSC, Country of Origin, Year Produced, your email address

• No MENUS on your DVD please! Your DVD should feature ONLY the work you are submitting, and it should be set to AUTO-PLAY on INSERT.

• You may submit multiple works- each should be on their own pair of DVDs, however (PAL & NTSC). This aids in screening (you should help us because we are helping you by NOT requiring HDCAM for smooth playback in a festival).

• No LOOPING DVDs please.

• Include a printed write-up which provides an artist statement about the work, and short bio(s) of the artist(s) involved in producing the work, as well as your contact information.

If your work is accepted, we will ask you for a short video excerpt for online preview to be sent by email link.

Artists accepted into CINESONIKA will have the opportunity to have their work distributed and exhibited internationally (e.g. DVD release). There is also a CINESONIKA issue of the academic journal The Soundtrack, which offers significant international exposure to artists featured in CINESONIKA.

Please mail your DVDs to:

CINESONIKA
SIAT-SFU Surrey Campus
250-13450 102 Ave.
Surrey, BC V3T 0A3
Canada

If you have any questions, contact info@cinesonika.com

Soundcrawl welcomes audio submissions from composers, sound engineers, sound artists & tinkerers from every corner of the world. To date we’ve received some four hundred submissions from five continents, and brought the best of those pieces to the ears of music city. Our experience in producing this event has led us to the following guidelines:

Length: 7 minutes or less. (our audience is mobile, and prone to wander off during long pieces)

Genres: We accept anything in a fixed digital file, and try to cover our bases for the streams of activity as we see them: synthesis, music concrete, soundscapes & poetry. We also present video art, and are interested in interactive pieces/installations.

File Type: only .aif audio files titled LASTNAME_TITLE.aif will be accepted.

Video files should be h.264 mp4 files also titled LASTNAME_TITLE.mp4

DEADLINE: The Call for Works is open until August 1st, 2011. Selected artists (”SoundCrawlers”) will be notified by September 1st, 2011 and are welcome to attend.

RESIDENCY: there is no residency requirement.

FEES: there is a $5 fee per work submitted.

DISTINCTIVES: SoundCrawl presents the technical specifications of each work selected. Please provide information regarding DAW platform, plugin families, make and model of microphones, etc.

RIGHTS/PERMISSIONS: We produce audio compilations of every festival for sale to help offset costs. We also stream selected works online, and are developing additional avenues to make these incredible works available to an even broader audience. We ask for your permission to include your submitted works in these efforts. We remain committed to the livelihood of our artists through media exposure and commissions, but have found that the administrative costs far outweigh the benefits of managing and distributing royalties. (We tracked and paid royalties our first year and no artist was due more than $1 USD) If you are an artist with representation or an existing distribution deal, feel free to opt out, and we will honor your contracts by omitting your work from the compilations.

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY is accepting submissions for the STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival.  The festival will take place in Lexington, Kentucky, USA on September 16 & 17, 2011.

MISSION

The Studio 300 Festival explores creative manifestations of technology through concerts and exhibitions of digital art and music.  This year’s festival will feature concerts in Haggin Auditorium, and multimedia gallery exhibits in the Morlan Gallery and the BYTE Gallery kiosk.  Artists and musicians from Lexington and across country will be participating on campus, along with international participants through the BYTE Gallery.  A late night concert will also take place off campus at Al’s Bar.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Submissions must be received by July 15, 2011. There is no submission fee.

PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES

Composers and Artists whose works are accepted and programmed for performance in concerts or installations are required to attend in person.  Composers and Artists are expected to provide their own performers if needed.  Hotel discount rates will be available, and participants will receive free admission to all events.  A registration fee of $45.00 is required for participation.  Early registration fee (received before August 6th, 2011) is only $25.00, instead of $45.00.

Composers and Artists whose works are accepted for the BYTE Gallery digital kiosk are not required to attend in person, but are certainly welcome.  Participants in the BYTE Gallery are not required to pay a registration fee.

For more information visit the Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival Call for Works.

Internationally acclaimed flutist Nina Assimakopoulos (www.ninaassimakopoulos.info) (the Laurels Project www.ninaassimakopoulos.info/pages/laurels/home) has commissioned, premiered and recorded over 50 new works for flute. She is requesting the submission of scores to be considered for her new commissioning project:

Title: The Flutist’s Field Guide to Birds, Insects and Flowers of the World

Composers are to use as a programmatic point of entry a type of bird, insect, or flower of the world and include a written description for program notes. Poetry, direct citations from field guides, personal descriptions are examples of sources that may be used.

Pieces selected will be performed at the National Flute Association Convention and on tour in the US and abroad and may be included in a premiere CD recording.

Submission details:
1. Up to three pieces or musical “guides” may be submitted.

2. The maximum duration of each submitted work is 3 minutes.

3. Submissions may be for C, alto, bass flute, or piccolo solo.

4. If desired, submitted works may include fixed media (preferred) or interactive electronics and may also include percussive instruments.

5. The use of any and all extended techniques is possible but more traditional approaches will also be considered.

6. Submitted works must not have been professionally recorded nor received a public performance.

7. Composers are strongly encouraged to submit some form of an audio realization with their score(s). Submissions without audio will be the last to be considered.

8. Submission deadline is February 15, 2012.

9. Please submit all materials electronically (pdf/mp3 format only) to Nina Assimakopoulos:
nassimaflute (at) gmail (dot) com

Please contact the same email address with any questions regarding submission requirements.

ART342 is now accepting artist-in-residence applications for Fall 2011

Residency dates: September 12 – December 16

On-line application: https://art342.slideroom.com/

Deadline: June 13, 2011

ART342 offers 14-week residencies to emerging and established artists, writers and composers. Studios, a kiln and basic equipment are available for most visual artists, including ceramicists. Quiet spaces exist for creative or scholarly writers. The composer’s studio is outfitted with a Steinway B, computers and software for writing and recording.

Awards for accepted applicants include 24-hour access to free studios, living space and a modest stipend. Residents are responsible for personal expenses and travel to and from the site. Situated in a semi-rural area, ART342 is just 6 miles north of Historic Old Town in Fort Collins. Up to 7 studios and 5 living spaces are maintained as private places for creative work. Pets, children, visitors and partners are strongly discouraged.

$30 application fee

For more information regarding application and residency details, visit: www.art342.org

Duties

Teach composition lessons and related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and contribute to the activities of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) and the initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA). Courses will include computer music and intermedia, and may also include other areas of the candidate’s specialization. Participate fully in academic and professional activities.

Qualifications

An active, accomplished composer with experience teaching at the college level. Earned doctorate in composition at the time of appointment or equivalent experience required. Experience with experimental music and intermedia highly preferred.

Rank, Salary

One-year, full time Visiting Assistant Professor; salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

Starting Date

August 28, 2011

Materials

All applicants must apply online at facultyjobs.unt.edu. Upload cover letter, curriculum vitae, up to four representative scores (in pdf format as “Other Document”), statements of research interests and teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references. Audio and video recordings may not be uploaded to this website, but should be sent to Dr. Joseph Klein at the address below. Electronic submission of recording materials strongly encouraged, either on CD-/DVD-ROM, or uploaded to personal/professional website.

Application All applicants must apply online at facultyjobs.unt.edu

Mail recordings to:
Composition Search
c/o Dr. Joseph Klein, search committee chair
UNT College of Music
1155 Union Circle #311367
Denton, TX 76203-5017
Email: joseph (dot) klein (at) unt (dot) edu

Deadline

The search will remain open until closed.

Information

E-mail: joseph (dot) klein (at) unt (dot) edu
Phone: (940)565-4926
Fax: (940)565-2002

EMPAC – the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY – offers two unique one-week workshops this summer, each suited for advanced undergrads, graduate students, and professionals:

Composing for Large Scale Multi-Channel Loudspeaker Environments offers the opportunity to work in a very large 24-channel speaker set-up plus two “smaller” rigs (16 and 8 channels) while studying with Hans Tutschku (Harvard), one of the foremost composers for such configurations. This is a workshop with an emphasis on hands-on work, as well as discussion of participants’ pieces, aesthetics, and technology. June 5 – 10, 2011

Physical Modeling for Digital Audio Workstation Plug-ins is your chance to get an introduction on using computers to generate physical models of analog audio circuits with plug-in guru David Amels (Bomb Factory) as instructor. Participants will work together to reverse engineer and model the Shure Level-Loc (limiter/compressor unit) with a Shure SM57 microphone attached – and then integrate it as functional VST plug-in. The best way to learn with an expert in the field! July 18 – 23, 2011

Download PDF: http://empac.rpi.edu/workshops/2011/EMPAC_Workshops_Announcement.pdf

For more information: http://empac.rpi.edu/workshops/