VOICES FOUND Choral Anthem Contest call for Scores

 

 The Women’s Sacred Music Project (WSMP) announces an international contest for choral anthem settings of texts and/or tunes by women in VOICES FOUND, a hymnal supplement published by Church Publishing, Inc.  A total of $6000 in prizes (three envisioned) may be awarded; winning compositions will be performed November 14, 2009, at a Voices Found symposium at the Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, PA, the centerpiece of the Abbey’s Founder’s Day celebration. They will also be sung at Princeton University Chapel at a symposium of the Royal School of Church Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University Chapel. Date TBA. Winners will be offered a high profile publication opportunity.

 

1.     Scores must be choral works, ideally of three to five minutes, not to exceed 6 minutes, accessible by a parish choir of treble (not to exceed four parts) or mixed voices (not to exceed six parts).

2.      Scores may be set for a cappella choir, or use keyboard accompaniment and/or one or two optional instruments.

3.      In the spirit of the collection, submissions must be choral settings of the texts and/or tunes by women in VOICES FOUND.   More information is at www.voicesfound.org with link to the publisher’s website to order.   

4.     The composer must obtain permission to use any material under copyright. Permission may be requested at copyrights@cpg.org or Copyrights and Permissions, Church Publishing, Incorporated, 445 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 100161-800-223-6602 x 360, Fax: 212-779-3392.

RULES OF SUBMISSION

 

            1. SCORES must be set in a commonly used note-setting program such as Finale or Sibelius and submitted as a PDF (preferred) or TIFF file to wsmp_anthem@yahoo.com.

           

            2. The APPLICATION FORM must be printed from www.voicesfound.org. Please submit this form by postal mail, with a $50 fee, made payable to the Women’s Sacred Music Project, to this address:

           

                          The Women’s Sacred Music Project,

                          1819 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 303, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

 

             Financial assistance may be available for engraving and for the application fee based on need. To apply write to voicesfound@comcast.net

 

            3. COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS due by December 31, 2008. Winners determined by October 1, 2009. Awards made November 14, 2009

           

PRIZES AND ADJUDICATION

 Prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the judges. Judges will be highly respected music directors or composers, and will represent a broad spectrum of cultural, ethnic and liturgical tradition.