Musica Nova 2006
Passing on the announcement:
Spolecnost pro elektroakustickou hudbu (Society for Electro-acoustic Music of the Czech Republic) announces an International Electro-acoustic Music Composition Competition: Musica Nova 2006.
- The competition MUSICA NOVA was for the first time realized in 1969.
- Composers, irregardless of their age and nationality are invited tosubmit their works of electro-acoustic music created after 1st January 2003 in one of two categories:
- Category A is open to compositions of autonomous art electro-acousticmusic (tape music), or only one independent movement.
- Category B is open to compositions of autonomous art electro-acousticmusic, or only one independent movement, for acousticinstrument/voice/ensemble plus electronic media. (Note: this should be a completely-realized version of the composition; versions without theinstrumental or voice part will be disqualified.)
- Each composer may submit only one entry to each category in duration ofno longer than 20 minutes, and the work may not have been awarded a prize inanother competition, nor been submitted to previous MUSICA NOVA competitions.
- Competition entries in both categories must be submitted with the name ofthe composer specified.
- Members of the jury cannot take part in the competition.
- The jury of the competition shall be appointed by the leadership of the Society for Electro-acoustic Music and composed of leading composers ofelectro-acoustic compositions, musicologists, critics, and recording engineers specializing in the electro-acoustic music field.
