Contemporary Music Ensemble
in residence at Boston
University
Theodore Antoniou, music
director
The ALEA III International Composition Prize
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of new music by young professional composers of all nationalities under 40 years old. Unperformed and unpublished works of all styles and esthetic directions are eligible and may be scored for any combination of single orchestral instruments, guitar, voice and/or electronics utilizing from 1-15 musicians. Compositions range between 6 and 15 minutes in duration and are submitted by March 15 of each year. During the preliminary
stage of
the competition, The Prize was
established in 1979
by Charles Politis, During the past 30
seasons more
than 5,500 scores have been submitted and approximately 183 have been
performed. For the 2008 competition, 210 scores were submitted from 45 countries, ranging from USA, Italy, England, Russia and Germany to Ecuador, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Armenia, South Africa, Chile, Malaysia and Iceland. |
For more information regarding
the
Competition guidelines,
please send an e-mail to: kalogeras@earthlink.net
2009
Alea
III International Composition Competition Guidelines
and
Application
Form