Win $5,000 for Composing a Brass Band March
McComish March Award 2006 Composition Competition
The McComish Fund for Brass Music has been established at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne, to promote the creation of new music for brass instruments, encourage composers’ interest in brass music, and enrich the repertoire of brass music.
The McComish March Award has been established to encourage the composition of music for Brass Bands.
The first McComish March Award will awarded for a composition of ‘The Great Australian March’ – a march/patriotic song.
TWO PRIZE CATEGORIES
* March Prize $5,000 AUD
* Slow March Prize $5,000 AUDCriteria:
This competition is open to all composers, regardless of age, nationality and professional status.
The marches are to be composed specifically for this competition, having been neither published nor previously performed.
The marches are to be 5–8 minutes in length.
The march is to be composed for brass band, suitable for wider community use.
Entries will be adjudicated by a judging panel of musicians with relevant experience. In an initial round, a committee of professional musicians comprising representatives of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass will evaluate the submitted pieces, preparing a shortlist of 6 in each category to be assessed by the panel of judges.
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Written by Ian McKenzie on April 30th, 2006 with
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