Complete info is at: http://www.hartwick.edu/about-us/centers-and-institutes/summer-music-festival

The Composers Workshop is intended for undergraduate and high school composers, and will include lessons/rehearsals/performance of works and a recording by Festival faculty and/or student ensembles.

College students may apply to be teaching assistants in music theory, electronic music and technology and they may also apply to be counselors at the Festival. Need-based scholarships are available, and there is an additional “early bird” discount for students registering before December 15.

Deadline: December 6!

• A limited number of full tuition fellowships are available
• Graduate composition degrees include optional specializations in computer music media and interdisciplinary studies
• Teaching assistantships in composition, instrumentation, and electroacoustic music
• Research opportunities in the Center for Experimental Music & Intermedia (CEMI) and the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA),

The University of North Texas College of Music is accepting applications for graduate degree programs and graduate fellowships/assistantships in composition and computer music. Teaching opportunities include composition lessons, courses in composition and computer music, and technical assistantships in the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Scholarships and fellowships are also available, including the competitive Toulouse Graduate School Master’s and Doctoral Fellowships, which provide a monthly stipend as well as covering tuition and fees (see http://www.tsgs.unt.edu/mdf.htm for details).

The Division of Composition Studies offers MA and PhD degrees with a concentration in composition, including a specialization in interdisciplinary studies at the master’s level and a specialization in computer music media at the master’s and doctoral level. UNT’s composition program is one of the largest and most diverse in the nation, with approximately 70 students. Current composition faculty members include David Bithell, Joseph Klein, Andrew May, Cindy McTee, Elizabeth McNutt, Jon Christopher Nelson, David Stout, Joelle Wallach, and James Worlton. For more information, visit http://www.music.unt.edu/comp.

February 3/4, 2011

Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California

Submission Deadline (postmark) – Friday, December 3, 2010

In its 8th year SoundImageSound features the creative work of artists who bridge sound and visual image in an experience of intermedia. This year’s festival will present concerts of both fixed media works – computer sound and projected video; and performance pieces – live acoustic instruments and/or computer with visual media.

Guest artists include:

Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, composer/performer (Stanford/CCRMA Intermedia Performance Lab)

Celia Eid, animation artist (France)

Amilcar Zani, pianist (Brazil)

Neil Rolnick, composer (RPI – New York)

Kathleen Supové, pianist (New York)

Works may be submitted in one of two categories -

1. Fixed Media: Video with multi-channel audio.

2. Live Performance: Video with live acoustic instruments and/or computer music. Instruments available for performance consideration include violin, clarinet, and bassoon. Composers wishing to submit pieces for other instruments or live laptop performance must supply their own performers.

For complete submission information go to: http://go.pacific.edu/music/2011/SoundImageSound

Photo phono is an artistic collective project based on two components : a photograph and a sound sequence. Phono-photographies thus propose multiple modes of comparison of sounds and still image.. The interactivity is here minimal, aiming simply to the realization of this statement : “clicking on the photography makes ear the phonography”

More information.

The Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble at Montana State University is pleased to announce the Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble Commission Award. Laptop ensembles have a very short history, with little to no pre-existing literature published. This lack of available literature poses a unique challenge to the vitality of the medium. The goal of this commission award is to recognize talents and to encourage new works for laptop ensembles.

Receipt Deadline: December 1st, 2010

More Information

The Other Minds Composer Fellowship presents composers with the opportunity for a unique residency in conjunction with the 16th Other Minds Festival of New Music, dubbed by the LA Times “the premier new music festival west of the Rockies.”

Works by OM Fellows will be performed by the resident Other Minds Ensemble, in a concert in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. In addition, Fellows will participate in a series of residency events from Sunday, February 27 through Saturday, March 5, 2011, including lecture-presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and seminars.

For more information, visit the Other Minds website.

Assistant Professor, tenure track. Outstanding teacher with assignments in recording techniques, music technology, and related studies. This position requires a teaching load of 9 credit hours per semester for the first 3 years. Position is contingent on final funding approval for FY 2011.

Duties:

• Teach undergraduate courses in recording and use of technology in the contexts of music, research, and culture.
• Serve as Pedagogical Director of the recording studio facility.
• Curriculum development in recording and music technology.
• Leadership in the oversight and development of the recording studio facility.
• Other teaching or supervisory responsibilities according to the candidate’s expertise and needs of the department.
• Scholarship and service expectation commensurate with a tenure-track position.
• The Recording Studio of the Towson University Department of Music, a key component of contemporary musical practice, is a professional audio recording and production facility designed and built to support the creative work of the students and faculty of the department and college.

More information on the Towson University website.

The Miami Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) at Florida International University (FIU) is pleased to announce a call for scores for possible performance at the New Music Miami ISCM Festival Series being held in the Spring of 2011 and as part of the NODUS Ensemble’s Spring 2011 concerts. The call is open to all composers without restrictions.

Works that employ the following instrumentations will be considered:

• NODUS Ensemble (up to 5 performers in any combination one on a part: flute (picc/alto), clarinet (Bb/bass), trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, classical guitar, soprano and/or tenor, may incorporate electronics and/or video)
• Electro-Acoustic Works (including the NODUS Ensemble)
• Fixed Media Works and/or Live-Electronics
• Installations
• Chamber/String orchestra (FIU Symphony Orchestra)

Due to programming considerations works over 15 minutes will not be considered.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

***Postmarked Deadline: October 15***

To submit works, please first fill out the online submission form available at the New Music Miami web site: http://www.newmusicmiami.org/.

Up to 2 works may be submitted with a processing fee of $20 US for the first work and $10 US for the second (foreign currency will not be accepted).

Please make checks payable to the FIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC (do not send cash). Note that submissions with missing checks or checks NOT made out to the FIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC will be rejected. Credit card payment is acceptable. Please make sure to include a signed statement authorizing the use of the card for the amount specified, the type of card, card number, and expiration date (incomplete authorizations will be rejected).

In addition to the score, a recording of the work (CD or DVD – no MIDI please) is very strongly recommended. Parts must be immediately available if applicable. Please do not send originals of any materials.

Since blind judging is employed, make sure that your name does not appear on the score or recording (please DO include the title of the work on both). Selections announced in December via email. The number of works selected will depend on the submissions.

PLEASE MAIL ALL ITEMS TO:

FIU School of Music

NMM Selection Committee

11200 SW 8 St., Rm 142

Miami, FL 33199

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

Residency dates: January 17 – April 22

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

$30 application fee

Deadline: October 11, 2010

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.

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

The UMBC Department of Music announces its first annual LIVEWIRE Festival
and Symposium (Oct. 28-30, 2010). The theme for 2010 focuses on
developments and trends in contemporary music in the first decade of the
21st century. We are soliciting proposals for paper presentations, lecture
recitals, and demonstrations related to music making in the first decade
of the millennium, including but not limited to uses of technology,
performance practice, specific works or composers, trends in any and all
musical genres, issues of documentation and dissemination, or issues
related to under-represented groups.

Interested participants should send an abstract of 250 words or less,
audio documentation and a proposed program (for lecture recitals), a short
bio, and a list of technical requirements to: Dr. Linda Dusman, FA 510
UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250.

Digital submissions are
encouraged, and should be sent to dusman (at) umbc (dot) edu with a subject of
“livewire”.

Postmark deadline: June 25, 2010