Guidelines

- Works submitted must make use of any of the following instrumentation in any combination. Works using other instruments will not be considered.

1 Male Voice (Tenor)

1 Flute (doubling Alto Flute and/or Piccolo)

2 Oboes (one doubling English Horn)

1 Clarinet (doubling B flat, A, E flat, and/or Bass Cl.)

1 Piano (or Harpsichord)

2 Violins

2 Violas

2 Cellos

1 Double Bass

1 Guitar

- The works must be for 1-7 players. Works for more than 7 players will not be eligible. There is no time limit for works. However, works 10-20 minutes in length, or shorter, are preferred.

- Each composer must submit a legible score of professional quality; illegible scores will not be considered. Each score must be labeled with a pseudonym. No marks identifying the composer must appear anywhere on the score.

- The submitted work must not have been professionally recorded for commercial CD release.

- Composers are strongly encouraged to submit tapes or CDs of their works. However, works without tapes are eligible. MIDI realizations are acceptable. Composers wishing to have their scores and tapes returned must enclose a self-addressed envelope with the correct US postage.

- Each score must be accompanied by an envelope labeled with the composer’s pseudonym. Inside the envelope there must be the composer’s name, address, telephone number, and/or e-mail address and the title of the work.

- Entry fee must be in a separate envelope labeled with the composer’s pseudonym. The entry fee is $15 per entry if paid by check. All checks must be made out to Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, must be in US dollars and must be drawn on a United States bank. Entry fees not made out to the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, not made in US dollars and drawn on a US bank will not be accepted. Composers may submit as many works as they like, each one accompanied by an entry fee.

- Composers applying from abroad for whom the above payment procedures are impossible may instead submit an entry fee of $16 per entry (to cover processing costs) online using Google Checkout at the Left Coast website (www.LeftCoastEnsemble.org).

- Composers wishing to be notified of the jury’s decision can check the LCCE website, or have a letter mailed to them with the return of their materials only if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.

- Musicians, board members, and composers already affiliated with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Chamber Music Partnership may not enter the competition; likewise, their spouses, domestic partners and relatives may not enter the competition.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ENTRIES: FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012

DO NOT SEND MATERIALS BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, OR ANY MAIL SERVICE THAT REQUIRES A SIGNATURE. Applicants outside the US are encouraged to send materials as soon as possible. Applications that arrive after judging has begun will not be considered. Winners will be announced by July 15, 2012.

Please mail your entries to:

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest
196 Ripley Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Re: 2012 Composition Contest

For further information or questions, contact the Chamber Music Partnership by e-mail at Comp.Contest@LeftCoastEnsemble.org. Good luck!

The Chamber Music Partnership, Inc, formed in 1995 as a 501(c)(3) organization, supports the ensemble and its mission.