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Call for Scores
Chamber Electronica: Movie Night! New Music with Video
The Playground Ensemble, Denver’s premier new music ensemble, is seeking chamber works with accompanying video, including interactive video, for performance on our 2019- 2020 season. Scheduled performance date is 10/27/19, 7:30pm at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Additional performances pending.
To submit, please create a folder in Google Drive labelled ‘MovieNight-your last name’ and share it with playground
@playgroundensemble.org by 11:59PM MDT 9/1/19.
Composers may submit up to two works that meet the following specifications:
• Duration: 3-12 minutes
• Instrumentation: any combination of the following: 1 flute/piccolo/alto flute, 1 violin, 1 cello, percussion, 1 soprano or mezzo-soprano voice, 1 piano, electronics.
• Works MUST HAVE an accompanying video component as that is the point of the concert.
In the Google Drive folder, please include
• A text file (Microsoft Word, Google Doc, or similar) with
o A statement that you are submitting one or more scores for consideration for the Playground Ensemble’s Movie Night concert.
o Your name as you would like it to appear in the program
o Your phone number & email address
o A paragraph or two of biographical information suitable for a printed program (include your year of birth).
o A paragraph or two of notes about each piece suitable for a printed program (include the year each piece was composed).
• Your score(s) and any necessary instructions.
• The video component that accompanies your piece (.mov, .mp4 preferred. Interactive video will also be considered)
• Any audio files that are needed as part of the piece (.wav or .aiff preferred. Interactive audio will also be considered)
• Recordings of previous performances if you think it would be useful.
Notification of selected works/ composers by 9/15/19.
All Playground Ensemble decisions are final. We reserve the right to not select any submitted work.