Submit your composition! Deadline: December 9, 2011
The Center City Opera seeks to develop new relationships with composers. While many opera companies do this by examining orchestral music, this seems counter-intuitive to us. We are instead asking composers to submit two of their favorite art songs to us. What do art songs tell us? They tell us if you can write for the human voice. They show us that drama, wit, the balance of music and text, or melody are part of your aesthetic. While skill at orchestration is important, what happens between the music, text, and singer is, dare we say, more important.
We will select a group of twelve composers and present two contrasting songs by each composer. We will take at least two composers and invite them to participate in our Creative Development Projects (CDP), a new work development program, possibly leading to production and/or commission on our mainstage. At least one composer selected for the CDP will be chosen by audience vote.
Submit pdfs, preferably with mp3s, of your songs to Andrew Kurtz, General & Artistic Director, Center City Opera Theater by December 9, 2011. Submissions should be via email: artsong@operatheater.org.
Submissions should not exceed eight minutes per composer. While any voice type is acceptable, accompaniments should be for piano.
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