ELIGIBILITY:
This competition is open to COMPOSERS
of college age or over. This is regardless of any music fraternity
affiliation.
MUSIC REQUIREMENTS:
The composition should be for French
Horn and Piano. The length of time should be from seven
to fifteen minutes. Manuscripts
should be LEGIBLY written in ink or processed, signed with nom de plume,
and free from any marks that would identify the composer to the judges.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
To be eligible, the composition shall not have been published or publicly performed (except for feedback) prior
to the time that judging is completed in the summer of 2011. To be eligible for the award, the winner of the competition must wait to publish her/his work until after the premiére performance in
July 2012. Each entry should be accompanied by an envelope with
the pseudonym written on the outside. The envelope should contain the entrant's name, address, phone number, email address, and entry check. This is only for the use of the Competition Chair and will not be shared with the judges. If more than one composition is entered by the composer, each
entry should be sent separately and should abide by the rules set for a single
entry.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2011. An entry fee
of $25.00 (American money) should accompany each manuscript. Checks should
be made out to "Delta Omicron". This fee is to cover postage, insurance
and handling costs to and from each of the judges and the return of the
compositions to the composers. Please note; once a manuscript is
submitted, there will be no refund of the entry fee if the entrant chooses
to withdraw from the competition.
Due care will be used in protecting all manuscripts received, but each
applicant specifically releases all persons, judges and Delta Omicron from
any and all claims and damages arising out of loss or destruction of
submitted composition, however caused.
THREE copies of each manuscript should be sent in a FLAT package by
first-class mail. Upon receipt of the entry, the composer will receive an
acknowledgment. Music should not be spiral bound.
AWARDS: The awards shall be $1,000.00 and the Premiére
Performance at the 2012 Delta Omicron International Fraternity's Triennial Conference. The
monetary award is underwritten in part by the Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. The composer
is encouraged to attend the Premiére Performance of
her/his composition at the 2012 Triennial Conference. All expenses to the Conference are the
responsibility of the composer.
The decision of the judges will be FINAL. The prize will be withheld, if
in the opinion of the judges, none of the compositions submitted is of a
caliber warranting an award.
MISCELLANEOUS:
All of the above rules shall be
followed, or the composition will be disqualified.
Address ALL Entries and Inquiries to:
MRS. JUDITH EIDSON, Chair, Composition Competition
12297 W. Tennessee Place, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-3325
Email: rbzdx@webtv.net