Announcing 2020/21 consortium commission opportunity: Human Rights Suite for adaptable ensemble
Composer Alex Eddington is seeking school ensembles, music teachers and other individuals to co-commission a suite of new pieces for adaptable ensemble and optional percussion.
Each short movement (ca. 30-45 seconds) will be based on an Article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations.
Composer Alex Eddington is seeking school ensembles, music teachers and other individuals to co-commission a suite of new pieces for adaptable ensemble and optional percussion.
Each short movement (ca. 30-45 seconds) will be based on an Article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations.
NEW: Sign up anytime to be a part of the consortium (rolling deadline).
Scores will become available to all consortium participants as soon as they are available, beginning in October 2020.
Six Pieces added to ACNMP Syllabus
I was pleased to have 6 of my pieces included in the latest edition of the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects syllabus. Student musicians choose pieces from this all-Canadian, 20th- and 21st-century syllabus repertoire to compete in Contemporary Showcase.
ACNMP
Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
I was pleased to have 6 of my pieces included in the latest edition of the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects syllabus. Student musicians choose pieces from this all-Canadian, 20th- and 21st-century syllabus repertoire to compete in Contemporary Showcase.
ACNMP is launching each new syllabus composer with an interview on their webpage.
Scores for the six pieces are all available through the Canadian Music Centre or from the composer.
So Joab blew a trumpet (solo speaking trumpet)
Scintillator (solo soprano, text by email spam)
Three Conjoined Trifles (bassoon and piano)
Watershed (two violins, one beginner and one advanced)
Humoresque (viola and piano)
Dusty Miller March (brass quintet)