Vancouver Pro Musica Presents
Sarah Kwok – Solo Viola
Featured Artist for Sonic Boom 2024
Call for Scores
Overview
Vancouver Pro Musica is pleased to invite all BC composers to submit new works for our Featured Artist for Sonic Boom 2024: Sarah Kwok (solo viola). Selected works will be presented as part of the 2024 Sonic Boom Festival March 15 to 17, 2024.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, December 8, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Sarah Kwok, in collaboration with Rita Ueda, our Sonic Boom 2024 Composer-in-Residence, will present a fall workshop and will read and provide feedback on the selected works to their composers during a reading session several weeks before the final concert (see Important Dates below). Both the workshop and the reading session are open to the public. Composers will receive an archive recording of the premiere performance of their piece following the Sonic Boom Festival concert.
About Sarah Kwok
Application Guidelines
We welcome submissions from BC composers of all styles and genres. To submit a score for this Call, complete the online form at the bottom of this page. Payment may be made through Paypal, or by cheque mailed separately. Only submission forms completed through this website will be considered.
Requirements
Submissions must be scored for solo viola. Your submission must include a score for a piece no more than 10 minutes in length (pieces 6-8 mins preferred).
Although notated scores are preferred, graphic scores are possible.
Pieces may include live electronics as an accompaniment to the soloist. Any electronic component must be reasonably simple to set up and use, and the complexity of the electronics may be a factor in the selection process. We can provide one or two microphones for the performance, as well as two loudspeakers in a stereo configuration. Composers must supply their own computer and audio interface (with at least two mic inputs and two outputs) for the performance. Composers are also expected to operate the live electronics patch for their work. If pieces with electronics are selected, their composers are required to attend the reading session and rehearsals. Composers may need to source and transport their own live electronics equipment for rehearsal purposes, as the microphones and loudspeakers for the performance may not be available on the rehearsal dates.
All submissions must also meet the following requirements:
- Submitting composers must be residents of BC.
- Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm on Friday, December 8, 2023
- Accompanied by cash or cheque sent by mail. The fee for submission is $18. Fees help support the presentation of new works.
- Works must have been composed within the past three years.
- Works must not have been previously performed at a Vancouver Pro Musica concert.
- All submitting composers are strongly encouraged to have attended the fall workshop presented by Sarah (see Important Dates below)
- Composers of selected pieces will be expected to attend the reading session of their work, and the soundcheck and concert at which their composition is premiered.
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Checklist
Submissions must include:- The composer’s name, address, and e-mail address.
- Application fee ($18). We recognize the diversity of our submitting composers and the wide range of financial situations that each deals with. If you require accommodation, please contact the VPM administration at [email protected] prior to submitting your score.
- Fee payments can be made via Paypal or cheque by mail. Please make cheques payable to:
- Vancouver Pro Musica Society
PO Box 78077 RPO Grandview
Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1
- Vancouver Pro Musica Society
- Two copies of the score. One copy of the score should be anonymous, for adjudication of submissions. (Please read How to Prepare an Anonymized Score PDF)
Announcement and Presentation of Works Selected
All submitted works will be adjudicated by an anonymous jury. Vancouver Pro Musica will contact all the submitters by Friday, December 22, 2023. This event is intended to be as inclusive as possible. However, the number of submissions, potential production costs, time constraints, and other practical concerns may require that not all submitters will have a work selected. These considerations may not permit the selection or the performance of all submissions.
Composers whose piece is selected for the Featured Artist concert must be ready to provide all required performance materials to the Artist in good time for rehearsals prior to the final concert. Composers whose works are presented will receive an archive recording of their work for non-commercial purposes.
All composers who submit—regardless of whether or not their piece is selected as part of the Sessions—automatically become members in good standing of Vancouver Pro Musica, exempt from membership dues for one year.
Important Dates
- Sunday, October 29, 2023 at the VSO School of Music (843 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C.) in the Arthur H. Willms Salon (2nd Floor). Workshop presented by Sarah Kwok.
- Friday, December 8, 2023 at 11:59pm: Score submission deadline.
- Friday, December 22, 2023: Submitters notified of selection results.
- Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, from 10:00am-12:00 pm. Readings of selected scores. Location: VSO School of Music Willms Salon (2nd Floor) (843 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C.
- Concert date: Saturday, March 17th, 2024, 7:30pm at VSO School of Music – Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour St).
Submission Form
Sonic Boom 2024: Submission Form - Featured Artist Sarah Kwok (solo viola)
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