The Martyn Bennett Prize for traditional music composition
How to enter - visit the website HERE. From the competition website:-
Timetable
Mon 7 July 2014 Competition Open
Mon 1 September 2014 Closing Date
Tue 16 September 2014 Shortlist Announced
Thu 9 - Tue 14 October 2014 Shortlisted composition rehearsals
Tue 14 October 2014 Finalists’ Concert/Award of the Martyn Bennett Prize for Traditional Music Composition
Martyn Bennett was a student at the RSAMD, and his mother, Margaret Bennett, is on our teaching staff for the Scottish Music course. We're delighted to share details of this prize with you.
All entries must be received by 5pm, Mon 12 August 2013
From the website:-
"The Queen’s Hall and the Traditional Music Forum are inviting submissions for a compositional prize for new work that takes its inspiration from Scottish traditional music. Applications are open to all composers and musicians aged 16+ based in Scotland whose work and practice evidences the influence of Scottish traditional music.
The submitted piece should be between five and ten minutes long and not previously performed in public in either informal or formal settings. The work should have its roots in Scottish traditional music and look outward to a connected world. The competition is only open to instrumental music; songs with lyrics will not be considered, but the use of vocal elements (eg chanting) is allowed."
Posthumous Hall of Fame tribute
Read the Scotsman story here.
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