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ISCM World New Music Days Call for scores

Dear members of the ISCM,
I'd like to draw your attention to the following deadlines of the Call for Works:

ISCM World Music Days 2012, various cities, Belgium: 1st of August, 2011 – the Call can be found here >>
ISCM World Music Days 2013, Austria and Slovakia: 31st of December 2011 – found here >>
ISCM World Music Days 2014, Wroclaw, Poland: 30th of June, 2012 – the Call can be found here >>

Please check the Submission Procedures, which I copied below. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Arthur van der Drift

Secretary General
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
c/o Music Center the Netherlands (MCN)
Rokin 111
1012 KN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-3446060
E-mail: a.van.der.drift@mcn.nl
Internet: www.iscm.org

From the Statutes of the ISCM:
Article VII from the Rules of Procedure for the ISCM World Music Days

Submission Procedures
1. The Organizer should specify clearly in the “Call for Works” the types of performing forces available in the festival, and structure accordingly its invitation to appropriate performing categories.
2. There can be two types of submissions:
a. Official Submissions: by legitimate Sections, Full Associate Members and Affiliated Associate Members, each consisting of a set maximum number of works submitted free of charge, according to the “Rules of Procedure for Membership Categories.”
b. Individual Submissions: by composers or their authorized representatives, through the payment of a submission fee determined by the Executive Committee.
3. Only one work per composer can be submitted for a given ISCM-WMD Festival, whether through the official or individual submissions.
4. An official submission may not include any work by a composer who has been performed in the previous year’s ISCM-WMD Festival.
5. Preferably all submissions should include works composed within five years of the date of the ISCM-WMD Festival.
6. An official submission by a Section or Full Associate Member only, will enjoy an exclusive right of having at least one submitted work guaranteed to be selected for performance in the ISCM-WMD Festival, if the submission fulfills the following stipulations:
a. The official submission should consist of the maximum number of works allowed, as specified in the “Rules of Procedure for Membership Categories.”
b. Over half of the total number of submitted works must be of different categories, as specified in the “Call for Works.”
7. All submissions must be accompanied by the following materials:
a. Short biography of the composer in English
b. Proof of nationality of the composer (Art.24.6 of the ISCM statutes)
c. Contact information of the composer (address, email, telephone, website)
d. Wherever possible, a recording in audio or video of the work
e. Program notes of the submitted work in English
f. Photograph of thecomposer
g. Duration of the work
h. Year of composition

 

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