ISCM Canadian Section Call for Works for ISCM World Music Days 2014, WROCLAW, POLAND, 3 - 12 October, 2014

Application Deadline: 9 May 2012 (5:00 pm - received in the office of the Canadian League of Composers - CLC)

The ISCM Canadian Section will hold a peer assessment jury to select works that will represent the ISCM Canadian Section at the World Music Days 2014 in Wroclaw, Poland. The selected works will form the Canadian Section’s submission to the international jury of the 2014 World Music Days, and will also be included in the 2014 ISCM Canadian Section Promotional CD (not for sale or broadcast)*.

*For all works being submitted to the ISCM Canadian Section for WMD 2014, it will be the responsibility of the composer to secure rights for the inclusion of his/her work in the ISCM Canadian Section promotional recording.

For more detailed information provided by the festival organizers, visit:
http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/en/program#zasady/

Eligibility:

1. Composers with Canadian citizenship are entitled to submit works to the jury of the ISCM Canadian Section, as well as independently. The ISCM Canadian Section will make every attempt to notify the public in a timely fashion of the ISCM Canadian Section jury's selected works for World Music Days 2014, Wroclaw, Poland. Only one work may be submitted per composer through the ISCM Canadian Section.

You may also submit independently to the international jury, with a fee, as per the ISCM 2014 WMD guidelines. Please note that the postmark deadline for composers to submit works for individual submission is 30th June 2012. This year only, you may submit, in some categories, more than once, but only via individual submission (see International Call for Scores below for details, or visit http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/pliki/call_en.pdf). Individual submissions are not submitted to the ISCM Canadian Section.

Note: Composers whose work is selected for the official ISCM Canadian Section submission must be members of the Canadian League of Composers. If you are not a member, you may still submit, but if your work is chosen, we will ask you to join the CLC before we submit your work. The CLC will waive the $60 membership fee for the first year for composers whose works are part of the ISCM Canadian Section official submission.

2. The ISCM Canadian Section will select six works for consideration by the 2014 ISCM World Music Days Selection Jury. These works will come from at least four available categories.

3. Works by a composer whose piece(s) have been performed or programmed at the 2013 ISCM World Music Days are not eligible for submission.

4. Works must be composed in, or after, 2008.

5. Works by a composer whose work was included in the Canadian Section’s official selection for the 2013 ISCM World Music Days are not eligible for submission.

6. All works submitted to the ISCM Canadian Section for the call for works for the 2014 ISCM World Music Days must conform to the detailed instrumentations (or subsets thereof) of the available categories, as set out in the International Call for works on their website http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/en/program#zasady/. To see these detailed instructions for each category, with instrumentations, instructions about in which categories more than one piece may be submitted individually, etc., navigate to Call for scores/projects - regulations on this site, or go directly to http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/pliki/call_en.pdf.

7. Failure to conform to this will, at the discretion of the 2014 World Music Days jury, disqualify the entire submission from the ISCM Canadian Section.

Call for Works: ISCM Categories

Note: All submissions must come from within these categories. No addition of extra instruments to categories is allowed. Works written for subsets of these categories are permitted in some cases (see detailed instructions on website). Submitted works must have been composed in 2008 or later. Works selected by the Selection Jury that have been submitted as part of the ISCM process will be given Official Selection status.

1. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA*
2. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA*
3. OPERA PRODUCTIONS
4. BALLET/MIME
5. ONE ACT OPERA FOR CHILDREN
6. MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS
7. CHOIR
8. MILITARY WIND ORCHESTRA
9. IMPROVISING JAZZ/FREE-JAZZ ENSEMBLE
10. LITURGICAL MUSIC
11. SOLO VOICE*
12. ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC*
13. ORGAN*
14. ROCK BAND
15. HIP-HOP/RAP BAND
16. PIECES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
17. STRING QUARTET
18. PIANO DUO
19. ACCORDION SOLO, DUO OR TRIO
20. MALE VOCAL SEXTET
21. CHAMBER ENSEMBLE* OR SOLO PIECE
22. ENSEMBLE OF SMALL INSTRUMENTS

*Standard instruments, with the possible use of non-standard instruments (additional expenses covered by the submitter).

Note: It is very important to read as well the detailed information provided by the festival organizers, which includes detailed instrumentations, etc. The Canadian Section jury’s decisions will be based on conformity with these details.

Please visit: http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/en/program#zasady/, and then:

• Go to CALL FOR SCORES/PROJECTS;
• Go to the bottom under APPLICATION FORM AND REGULATIONS;
• Download the “Call for Scores/Projects – regulation”

to see detailed instructions for each category, with instrumentations, in which categories more than one piece may be submitted individually, etc.

Submitting Works to the ISCM Canadian Section:

The preferred means of submitting works by Canadian composers for consideration is through the ISCM Canadian Section. Please note, however, that only one work may be submitted. The ISCM Canadian Section will select six works for consideration by the 2014 ISCM World Music Days Selection Jury. These works will come from at least four available categories.

Required Materials:

as hard copies (via post):

a) Copy of the score, or in the case of compositions/projects without a written score – audio/video documentation.
b) Information indicating to which category the submitted score/project belongs.
c) Wherever possible, an audio or video recording of the work. Audio files should be submitted on audio CD, if possible.
d) First name, Surname, and gender of the composer.
e) A short biography of the composer in English.
f) Program notes of the submitted work in English (max 200 words).
g) Technical rider with the specification of all equipment that is necessary to perform the work.
h) Proof of nationality of the composer (copy of passport).
i) Contact information of the composer (address, email, telephone number, website).
j) Current photograph of the composer.
k) Duration of the work.
l) Year of the composition and information if the composition was premiered or performed in Poland.
m) Signed declaration of authorship, including a declaration that your work and the submitted recording of your work do not infringe upon the copyright of any other person or company in any way, and that the Canadian Section ISCM has permission to use the submitted recording on a not-for-sale demo CD if it so chooses.

as electronic copies:

1) Information indicating to which category the submitted score/project belongs.
2) First name, Surname, and gender of the composer.
3) A short biography of the composer in English.
4) Program notes of the submitted work in English (max 200 words).
5) Technical rider with the specification of all equipment that is necessary to perform the work.
6) Proof of nationality of the composer (copy of passport).
7) Contact information of the composer (address, email, telephone number, website).
8) Duration of the work.
9) Year of the composition and information if the composition was premiered or performed in Poland.

Note: Your application will only be considered complete when hard copies (via post) and electronic copies (via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) are received.

Deadline for composers to submit works to the ISCM Canadian Section:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 (5:00 pm - received in the office of the Canadian League of Composers - CLC).

Works and support material must be sent to:
ISCM Canadian Section
c/o The Canadian League of Composers
20 St. Joseph St.
Toronto, ON M4Y 1J9

Information:
For additional information specific to the ISCM Canadian Section:
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http://www.worldmusicdays2014.pl/en/program#zasady/
www.iscm.org
www.composition.org

ISCM Canadian Section contact:
Jim Hiscott: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
20 St. Joseph St.
Toronto, ON M4Y 1J9
[416] 964-1364
Toll-free 1 [877] 964-1364

Jim Hiscott, President, ISCM Canadian Section
Brian Current, Vice-President, ISCM Canadian Section

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The ISCM Canadian Section is administered by elected Council members of the Canadian League of Composers.

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ISCM Canadian Section Announcement of Selected Works for the World Music Days 2013 in Košice, Bratislava and Vienna

The ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) Canadian Section is pleased to announce the composers and works selected to represent Canada at the World Music Days in Košice, Bratislava and Vienna in 2013.

A committee consisting of Robert Lemay, Rose Bolton and non-voting chair Jim Hiscott met recently in Toronto and selected six works as Canada’s official submission to the international jury of the 2013 World Music Days. These works will be featured on the annual ISCM Canadian Section CD, which will be handed out to presenters and interpreters from countries around the world.

World Music Days 2013 in Košice, Bratislava and Vienna ISCM Canadian Section Selected Works (no order of preference*)

Derek Charke
Disturbances of Circadian Rhythm (flute and electronics) 

Brian Harman
Supposed Spaces (orchestra)

Alice Ho 
Aeon (solo piano) 

Anna Höstman 
Pine Trees & Blue Sky (flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello) 

Anna Pidgorna
Light-play through curtain holes (solo accordion) 

Patrick Saint-Denis 
Trombe (flute and electronics)

The ISCM Canadian Section is pleased to be associated with the above works, and we look forward to hosting our selected composers at the World Music Days Festival 2013 in Košice, Bratislava and Vienna. 

For more information on ISCM activities, and on the artists and their works, please review the websites listed below and/or contact the ISCM Canadian Section representatives. 

At least one of the six works included in our national submission will be performed during the festival (the international jury can, however, select more than one of these works); we will endeavour to promote and disseminate all of these works with the hope that they will receive performances in Canada and abroad, in addition to the eventual World Music Days performance and annual ISCM Canadian Section CD printing.

Sincerely, 
Jim Hiscott 

Jim Hiscott, President, ISCM Canadian Section 
Brian Current, Vice-President, ISCM Canadian Section 

*please note that the committee identified several other high-quality works that unfortunately were not selected due to the limitations imposed on each ISCM country’s submission. 

IMPORTANT Composers whose works were not selected by the Canadian Section, and composers who would still like to apply on a private basis are welcome to submit directly to the international jury (fee applies for individual submissions). Deadline for individual submissions: December 31, 2011 

**For more detailed information provided by the festival organizers, visit:
ISCM WMD 2013 call for works: http://www.iscmwnmd2013.org/

Information: 

For additional information specific to the ISCM Canadian Section:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For information on the ISCM and the World Music Days 2012 visit:

http://www.iscmwnmd2013.org

www.iscm.org

www.composition.org

ISCM Canadian Section contact: 
Jim Hiscott : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
20 St. Joseph St. Toronto, ON M4Y 1J9

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The ISCM Canadian Section is administered by an elected Council member of the Canadian League of Composers.