Official Entry Post
Update August 20, 2010: The contest has closed. See the results here.
Let’s kick off this contest! Rules for The Feed a Starving Young Canadian Composer Award may be read here. Failure to follow all the guidelines will result in a disqualification, so please read everything very carefully before submitting your piece. If you have any questions or comments, please post them in the Rules section.
Theme/style: this is up to you, so just compose the best music that you possibly can
Orchestration: write for as many instruments as you’d like
Duration of piece: maximum of 5 minutes in length
Judges: a panel of 2-3 musicians (I will be one of them)
Deadline: Friday, August 20, 2010 at 10 pm EST
Winner declaration: to be announced (judges may or may not have the time to provide their own critiques)
Prize: amount to be determined
To enter, simply make a post here in the following format (please note that in doing so, the information you provide will be made public):
Your real name:
Age (but not your DOB):
Short autobiography:
Title of your piece:
Brief description of piece:
Link to mp3/wav/video/etc:
Link to the score:
Good luck! All visitors to this blog are welcome to listen to the entries and provide their feedback in this post.
Oooh, I await entries with interest! :D
I am a 17 year old piano player, singer, arranger, drummer, composer/songwriter.
My interests of composition are dispersed in many genres, including: jazz, fusion, indie rock, folk, funk, soul, hip-hop, and electronica.
the track that I am submitting for the competition is called “far”.
here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evuFzAxqQn8
it’s a song about loss.
@Victor X.
Thanks Victor for your interest in this competition! However, I cannot accept your submission until you follow the format exactly as I’ve demonstrated. In particular, you must provide the score to your piece. Don’t worry, you have plenty of time left before the deadline to resubmit your entry.
@Alphonse Nguyen
Hey, Alphose. I was wondering what you meant by “score”. Thanks
Score is basically the sheet music :P
@Anthony H
Hey Anthony. Yeah, the score is just the sheet music, the written parts for all of the instruments. You can either provide a score using a program like Finale, or do it old-school by scanning a handwritten version.
Eh, I completely forgot about this contest…
…Seeing as it seems there’s only one entry (which isn’t even legit in terms of format), could ya extend the deadline to something like end of September? I’m sure many more people would then be interested.
*totally not saying that cause haven’t started on composition yet ^^;*
Sorry, but I can’t extend the deadline. I need a set date in order to keep this contest as professional as possible, plus the judges will be too busy in September to look at the entries. Also, once school starts many people won’t have time for the contest.
Oh well. How many entries do ya have anyways…?
Name: Tobias D.
Age: 15
Short Bio: Umm… Student?
Title of piece: Meeneemahleesahm
Description of Piece: Just something I came up with in a day. Iunno. Nothing interesting about it.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/aHlRT2pNR3N3TGhFQlE9PQ
https://www.yousendit.com/download/aHlRT2pNR3NTSUN4dnc9PQ
Your real name: camille lagroux
Age: 14
Short autobiography: i just started to compose for fun
Title of your piece: sneaking around
Brief description of piece: the title says it all lol
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRAnunDfvc