Music Category
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MUSIC COMPOSITION
CONTESTS:
- Classical Music
- Popular Music
- Electronic Music
REGISTRATION:
A $10.00 Entry Fee is required of all participants. Payment of the fee allows students
to submit multiple entries to multiple contests, subject to the limitations of the
individual contests. Students entering multiple contests need only pay the fee once.
This fee is due by Tuesday, March 14th at 5:00pm. Visit our ticket website to pay your entry fee under the event labeled "Celebration of the Humanities 2022-2023 Entry." If you have any questions, please call the School of Arts at 209-575-6081.
You must pay the $10 Entry Fee if you wish to enter the Celebration of the Humanities Contest.
To enter, please fill out the Entry Form.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS:
If you are submitting more than one entry, you will need to fill out an entry form
for each contest you wish to enter.
All works must be original. Arrangements of other composers’ work will not be accepted.
Scores or Jazz Charts must be clearly legible and complete. Compositions should be
between two (2) and ten (10) minutes in duration. Composers can enter different contests.
However, a single composition cannot be entered in more than one contest. Five (5)
entries maximum per contest for each composer. Entries from a minimum of three (3)
contestants are required for a contest.
Submit one electronic copy of a musical manuscript for each composition in PDF format.
A recording of the composition is optional but highly encouraged.
You should ensure that the composition title and pen name as the title of the title.
The recording should be submitted in MP3 format. If you use a music notation program such as Muse Score, Sibelius or Finale to notate
your composition, a synthesized recording from the score is acceptable and encouraged, but a recording alone without the manuscript will not be acceptable.
The Classical Music category should have a full score for the musical composition.
In the Popular Music category, a lead sheet (melody and chords) is acceptable if a
recording of the piece is included.
Electronic Music compositions that cannot be notated by traditional means will be
acceptable, provided some form of graphic or descriptive score accompanies the recording.
A popular song with lyrics, accompanied by all electronic instruments, should be entered
in the Popular Music category.
To insure anonymity of your entries, use only a pen-name, not your real name on all submitted works, recordings and include it on the entry form. Title of the composition, pen name
only, and instrumentation should be on the manuscripts. Do not put your real name
on the manuscripts or recordings. Works that are not copyrighted will be accepted,
however, composers are advised to copyright their works through the Library of Congress.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
CLASSICAL MUSIC SOLO PERFORMANCE
REGISTRATION:
A $10.00 Entry Fee is required of all participants. Payment of the fee allows students
to submit multiple entries to multiple contests, subject to the limitations of the
individual contests. Students entering multiple contests need only pay the fee once.
This fee is due by Tuesday, March 14th at 5:00pm. Visit our ticket website to pay your entry fee under the event labeled "Celebration of the Humanities 2022-2023 Entry." If you have any questions, please call the School of Arts at 209-575-6081.
You must pay the $10 Entry Fee if you wish to enter the Celebration of the Humanities Contest.
To enter, please fill out the Entry Form.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS:
If you are submitting more than one entry, you will need to fill out an entry form for
each contest you wish to enter.
All pieces must be from the standard repertoire of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic,
and Twentieth Century periods.
All pieces should be original works, not arrangements.
Compositions can be up to eight (8) minutes in duration.
Performances will be for solo voice or solo instrument and accompanist if needed.
On the entry form, submit the title of composition, composer, opus number, instrumentation,
and duration in minutes and seconds. The name of the soloist and accompanist should
also be included. Performers are responsible to secure an accompanist for their performance.
All entrants and accompanists must be available for the live-juried audition from
2:00pm-4:00pm on Friday, March 17, 2023 in the MJC Recital Hall, Music Room 108 on
East Campus. No other times will be available! Entrants who are unable to attend the audition will be disqualified.
Judging will be on a juried live performance basis with up to three judges in attendance.
No tapes, CD’s, or Audio Files of the performance need to be submitted as all judging
is by live performance. One published copy of the manuscript will need to be submitted
to the judges at the time of the jury. You will not be submitting your score in the online submission form; bring it with
you to the jury. THE JUDGES WILL NOT ACCEPT COPIED OR XEROXED MUSIC unless it is out of print.
First-place winners need to be prepared to have their work performed for the New Music
Concert on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:00pm in the MJC Performing and Media Arts Center,
Main Auditorium, East Campus. Compositions may need edited for time content to be
performed in the awards ceremony.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
POP MUSIC SOLO PERFORMANCE
REGISTRATION:
A $10.00 Entry Fee is required of all participants. Payment of the fee allows students
to submit multiple entries to multiple contests, subject to the limitations of the
individual contests. Students entering multiple contests need only pay the fee once.
This fee is due by Tuesday, March 14th at 5:00pm. Visit our ticket website to pay your entry fee under the event labeled "Celebration of the Humanities 2022-2023 Entry." If you have any questions, please call the School of Arts at 209-575-6081.
You must pay the $10 Entry Fee if you wish to enter the Celebration of the Humanities Contest.
To enter, please fill out the Entry Form.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS:
If you are submitting more than one entry, you will need to fill out an entry form for each contest you wish to enter.
All works must be from the popular repertoire of the last one hundred years.
Original arrangements of established works are encouraged.
Original compositions are accepted. However, they will be judged on performance and
interpretation rather than compositional values.
Original popular music compositions are best entered in the Popular Music Composition
category for consideration of compositional values.
The performance can be up to eight (8) minutes in duration. Performances will be for
one or two performers. Both performers must enter the contest to be considered. Bands
and drum sets are discouraged due to logistical problems during judging. Solo voice
or instrument entries may have an accompanist if needed.
On the entry form, submit the title of composition, composer, opus number, instrumentation,
and duration in minutes and seconds. The name of the soloist and accompanist should
also be included. Performers are responsible to secure an accompanist for their performance.
All entrants and accompanists must be available for the live-juried audition from
2:00pm-4:00pm on Friday, March 17, 2023 in the MJC Recital Hall, Music Room 108 on
East Campus. No other times will be available! Entrants who are unable to attend the audition will be disqualified.
Judging will be on a juried live performance basis with up to three judges in attendance.
No tapes, CD’s, or Audio Files of the performance need to be submitted as all judging
is by live performance. One published copy of the manuscript will need to be submitted
to the judges at the time of the jury. You will not be submitting your score in the online submission form; bring it with
you to the jury. THE JUDGES WILL NOT ACCEPT COPIED OR XEROXED MUSIC unless it is out of print.
First-place winners need to be prepared to have their work performed for the New Music
Concert on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:00pm in the MJC Performing and Media Arts Center,
Main Auditorium, East Campus. Compositions may need edited for time content to be
performed in the awards ceremony.
Vist the Celebration of the Humanities Home Page to see Contest Rules
For further information, contact
David Dow 209.575.6078 or dowd@mjc.edu