New Voices Project
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| New Voices: Call for Applications International Opera Theater The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia is pleased to announce its next New Voices project with International Opera Theater! New Voices offers emerging composers the opportunity to have new works rehearsed, performed, and recorded by professional performing ensembles. For the next New Voices program, ACF Philadelphia will collaborate with International Opera Theater to give seven member composers an opportunity to gain practical experience in writing an opera, resulting in a new opera production to be premiered in November 2010 at Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia. Seven local composers will be selected to write short opera vignettes (approx. 15 minutes) for four vocalists (lyric soprano, mezzo, lyric tenor, baritone) and six instrumentalists (flute doubling piccolo; clarinet doubling bass clarinet; violin doubling viola; cello; piano; one percussionist) based on seven novellas from The Decameron, a collection of 100 novellas written in the 14th century by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The application deadline is March 15th 2010 (postmark deadline). Applicants will be notified of the decision in late April 2010. Texts will be assigned after the panel selects the winning composers. Participating composers will have approximately five months to complete their works before rehearsals begin in October 2010. Composers must agree to participate in two rehearsals (minimum) and attend the performances. IOT is currently working on an international aspect of the program, in which four arias from four composers will be used in a singing competition and recorded in Italy by a 50 piece orchestra: Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta di Legnago. Composers will need to submit their aria selections by June 28th 2010 in order for their music to be included in the Italian competition. Questions? Contact James Falconi, Program Manager by phone 267-639-2518 or email. New Voices is made possible with support from the William Penn Foundation
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