Lren W. Pntén, Funder & Artistic Directr 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 206.782.2899 inf@pus7.rg www.pus7.rg Opus 7 Vcal Ensembleannunces16 th Annual Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards Prgram The gal f this unique chral cmpsitin awards prgram is t fster the cmpsitin and perfrmance f chral wrks by talented yung cmpsers at the high schl, undergraduate, and graduate levels. The prgram is pen t students enrlled thrugh Spring f 2017 in public and private schls. One cmpser frm each f the three categries listed abve will be selected t have a wrk perfrmed n the May 2017 Opus 7 cncert. In additin t the perfrmances, winners will share a ttal cash prize f $1,500.Deadline fr submissin f materials is February 1, 2017. Fr detailed infrmatin abut the Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards Prgram,please visit the Opus 7 website at www.pus7.rg r call 206-782-2899. Fr immediate release Fr mre infrmatin call Nvember 11, 2016 (206)-782-2899 WHO OPUS 7 Vcal Ensemble Lren Pntén, Directr Winner, American Prize in Chral Perfrmance, 2013 WHAT WHEN 2016 2017 Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards Prgram Fr students enrlled in public r private schls thrughut the Nrthwest Regin, including Alaska, Idah, Mntana, Oregn, Washingtn, and Wyming, in the fllwing categries: Categry A: High Schl Categry B: Cllege/University: Undergraduate Categry C: Cllege/University: Graduate Schedule February 1, 2017: Deadline fr receipt f scres and recrdings February 28, 2017: Annuncement f award winners Week f May 8-13, 2017: Rehearsals f student wrks in Seattle May 13, 2017: Perfrmance f student wrks and presentatin f awards at Opus 7 s cncert entitled 25 th Anniversary Celebratin Cncert. DETAILS Cash Awards ($1500 ttal) $300 - High-schl student award $500 - Undergraduate student award $700 - Graduate student award What t submit One r mre chral wrks (Three legible cpies fr each wrk submitted in paper r PDF frmat) Bigraphical statement r resume (must include cntact infrmatin including mailing address, phne number, and Email address if available) Cmplete list f cmpsitins [Page 1 f 5]
Lren W. Pntén, Funder & Artistic Directr 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 206.782.2899 inf@pus7.rg www.pus7.rg WHERE Recrdings, if available - CDs, cassette tapes, & mp3s are all acceptable MP3 recrdings are preferred. Optinal: Self-addressed, stamped envelpe fr return f materials See Submissin Optins under Guidelines and Rules n page 3 belw fr details abut acceptable frmats Guidelines fr wrks submitted Duratin must be between three t five minutes Musical style shuld be in keeping with classical r serius chral art and traditin, and may als incrprate elements f jazz as well. Texts may be either secular r sacred in nature Perfrming frces are restricted t the fllwing: a cappella chir (up t SSAATTBB vices), chir with pian. Send submissins t: Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 [Page 2 f 5]
Lren W. Pntén, Funder & Artistic Directr 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 206.782.2899 inf@pus7.rg www.pus7.rg OPUS 7 Vcal Ensemble annunces 2016-2017 Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards Seattle-based Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble annunces the 2016 2017 Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards. The awards are pen t students wh are enrlled in High Schls, Clleges, and Universities during the 2016-2017 schl year thrughut the Nrthwest Regin, including Alaska, Idah, Mntana, Oregn, Washingtn, and Wyming. The gal f this unique prgram is t fster the cmpsitin and public perfrmance f chral wrks by talented yung cmpsers. Students may submit wrks in ne f the fllwing three categries. Categry A: Students enrlled in a public r private high schl thrughut the Nrthwest Regin Categry B: Undergraduate students enrlled in a public r private university, cllege, r cmmunity cllege thrughut the Nrthwest Regin Categry C: Graduate students enrlled in a public r private university r cllege thrughut the Nrthwest Regin (Graduate students wh have cmpleted their curse wrk and wh are in the thesis r dissertatin stage may als submit scres.) One cmpser frm each f the three categries listed abve will be presented with a cash award and will have their wrk perfrmed n the Opus 7 cncert n May 13, 2017. (NOTE: Opus 7 reserves the right t withhld awards in any r all f the three categries if suitable entries are nt received.) Presentatin f the awards and perfrmances f the winning wrks will take place n Opus 7 May cncert series, entitled 25 th Anniversary Celebratin Cncert. Winners are strngly encuraged t be present at the May 13, 2017 cncert. Submissins will be reviewed by a panel cmprised f Lren Pntén, Artistic Directr f Opus 7 and Jhn Muehleisen, Opus 7 Cmpser-in-Residence. Guidelines and Rules Wrks must be n shrter than 3 minutes and n lnger than 5 minutes in length. Wrks submitted shuld be in keeping with classical r serius chral art-music style and traditin, but may als incrprate elements f jazz. Wrks in pp r shw-chir style are nt eligible. Cmpsers may submit ne r mre existing wrks and/r may cmpse a new cmpsitin. Existing wrks that have nt yet received a public perfrmance are als eligible fr submissin. Cmpsers may submit wrks fr either f the fllwing cmbinatins: a cappella chir (up t SSAATTBB) r chir with pian (up t SSAATTBB). Guidelines fr Submissin (Please see Submissin Optins belw fr specific instructins) Legible and perfrmance-ready cpies f scres fr each wrk submitted A brief bigraphical statement r resume including cmpser s name, mailing address, Email address, and phne number. A cmplete list f cmpsitins t date A recrding f each wrk submitted (if available) [Page 3 f 5]
Lren W. Pntén, Funder & Artistic Directr 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 206.782.2899 inf@pus7.rg www.pus7.rg Submissin Optins NOTE: The Review panel respectfully requests that all materials be sent using either Optin One r Optin Tw belw, rather than using a cmbinatin f the tw ptins. OPTION ONE: Send submissin materials t Opus 7 via mail, FedEx, UPS, etc. Send 3 cpies each f the fllwing: Scre(s) Bigraphical statement r resume List f cmpsitins CD r cassette recrdings OPTION TWO (preferred): Send submissin materials t Opus 7 as email attachments Instead f hard-cpy paper dcuments, a PDF r Wrd dcument f each f the fllwing may be submitted as email attachments Scre Bigraphical statement r resume List f cmpsitins In place f CDs r cassette tapes, mp3 recrdings may be submitted as email attachments MP3 recrdings are preferred. If yu chse this ptin, please email attachments t inf@pus7.rg, ensuring that the ttal size f the attachments per email des nt exceed the allwable size, which is usually 10mb r s. (NOTE: Yu might need t send multiple emails if the attachments exceed the allwable size.) If yur files are t large t send via email, please chse Optin One instead. Materials shuld be received at the fllwing address r at inf@pus7.rg by n later than February 1, 2017. Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 Optinal: If yu chse Optin One and if yu want yur submissin materials returned, yu must include a self-addressed envelpe that will accmmdate all materials t be returned. Please ensure that sufficient pstage is included n envelpe. (If n envelpe is included, wrks will nt be returned. Opus 7 is nt respnsible fr cnditin f materials upn return.) Cmpsers wh d nt receive an award this year may re-enter their submissin(s) and/r submit new material during a future award cycle. Cmpsers wh have received awards in the past may enter anther scre when they are eligible fr the next submissin categry level (e.g., if smene was a winner in the H.S. categry, they can resubmit when they are an undergraduate, r an undergraduate winner may submit a new scre when they are a graduate student). All Review Panel decisins are final. [Page 4 f 5]
Lren W. Pntén, Funder & Artistic Directr 19429 77th Pl NE, Kenmre, WA 98028 206.782.2899 inf@pus7.rg www.pus7.rg Opus 7 reserves the right t withhld awards in any r all f the three categries if suitable entries are nt received Cash awards ttal $1,500, divided as fllws: Categry A: $300, Categry B: $500, and Categry C: $700. Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble will pay fr the cst f cpying scres chsen fr public perfrmance. The timeline fr the prgram is as fllws. February 1, 2017: Deadline fr receipt f scres and recrdings February 28, 2017: Annuncement f Award recipients (Thse cmpsers nt receiving awards will be ntified by mail after the annuncement f the winners has been psted.) Week f May 8-13, 2017: Rehearsals f student wrks in Seattle, WA May 13, 2017: Perfrmance f student wrks and presentatin f awards. Since its inceptin, Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble has established a reputatin fr cntinually featuring a diverse range f new and rarely perfrmed wrks, alng with time-hnred classics f chral literature. Frmed in 1992 as a prfessinal chral grup by funding directr Lren Pntén, Opus 7 specializes in 19th- thrugh 21st-century a cappella chral music. As a resident ensemble f St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washingtn since 1994, Opus 7 is firmly dedicated t perfrming the wrks f lcal and reginal cmpsers, regularly cmmissining new chral cmpsitins. In additin, since 2000 Opus 7 has fstered new talent in the field f chral music thrugh their unique Student Chral Cmpsitin Awards Prgram. Over the years, Opus 7 has increasingly grwn in stature thrugh its internatinally acclaimed CDs and in the past several years has been recgnized as ne f the natin's finest and mst innvative chral ensembles. Opus 7's cntributin t the expansin f the internatinal chral repertire and its tireless dedicatin t the cmmissining and perfrmance f new wrks has been recgnized natinally by ASCAP (American Sciety f Cmpsers, Authrs and Publishers) and Chrus America. In June f 2006, Opus 7 received the prestigius Award fr Adventurus Prgramming fr the third cnsecutive time, having als wn in 2002 and 2004. Opus 7 is hnred t be the first in the histry f this award t have wn three cnsecutive awards. Seattle s Opus 7 Vcal Ensemble has been named the winner f the 2013 American Prize in Chral Perfrmance in the Cmmunity Chrus Divisin. Amngst ther distinctins, Opus 7 has been privileged t hst esteemed American chral cnductr Dale Warland in 2001 as guest cnductr fr the pening cncert f its 10th-Anniversary Seasn and again in May f 2005 fr their "Cathedral Classics" cncert. They have als hsted New Zealand's finest chral cnductr Karen Grylls, Philharmnia Nrthwest's Rupen Shakarian, and Seattle chral legend Dr. Rbert Scandrett. They have been a guest-perfrming ensemble fr the American Chral Directrs Assciatin and were featured at the American Guild f Organists Natinal Cnference in Seattle in 2000, perfrming with American chral legend Alice Parker. The grup has als garnered lcal and natinal acclaim fr its fur CD releases: O Rising Dawn, Frm Captivity t the Hly City, and Let us Sing Sweet Sngs, a wrld-premiere recrding f music by Nrthwest cmpser Bern Herblsheimer and their furth CD, As Water Ascends t a Clud, music by Pacific Nrthwest Cmpsers. Fr mre infrmatin, please call (206) 782-2899 r visit the Opus 7 website at www.pus7.rg [Page 5 f 5]