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AUSSCHREIBUNG - MATA Festival 2011 Call For Submissions

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2011 MATA Festival: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
[conventional musical scores, electro-acoustic compositions, digital media works such as installations and multimedia collaborations]
Postmark Deadline: February 16th, 2010
MATA (Music at the Anthology) is currently accepting submissions from  
young composers for possible commissions and performances on the 2010  
MATA Festival in New York City. Materials for submission must include:
•    Recording (CD) of one or two recent works
-    We prefer you send two works, however no more than  two may be  submitted. Both should be on one CD
-    If you submit an orchestral work, please also send a chamber or solo work
-    MIDI recordings will not be accepted
•    Scores to accompany the above recordings (unless scores are not pertinent to your work)
•    Biography or resumé
•    A list of works
•    Contact information
•    SASE to accommodate return of ALL submission materials (required)
NOTE: We do not accept submission via email.

Applicants must not have reached their 40th birthday by February 16th,  
2010.
  Three or four commissions will be offered for the 2010  
festival, and commissioning fees will range from $2500 to $6000  
depending on the parameters of the work.  Composers are expected to  
attend the premiere of their piece.  If a composer is not selected for  
a commission, his or her submitted work will be considered for  
inclusion on the festival. MATA will consider works of any  
instrumentation and duration; please send whatever you consider to be  
your best work.  (If you submit an orchestral work, please also send a  
chamber or solo piece.)  In addition to traditional instrumental and  
vocal combinations, MATA also accepts works that include digital  
media, speaker-based sound pieces, electro-acoustic compositions, and  
audio/visual presentations. If your performer interface (i.e. sheet  
music) falls outside conventional notation systems, please include  
examples and clearly explain its parameters. If your music has been  
programmed on a MATA Festival, or you have received a Festival  
commission, you must wait three years before re-applying. Only one  
commission will be awarded to any one composer in his or her lifetime.  
If your work has been performed on the MATA Interval series you are  
still eligable to apply. To submit or for more information, contact:

MATA
293 Warren Street, #2
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: (212) 563-5124
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ABOUT MATA
MATA is a non-profit organization that has, for the past thirteen  
years, been dedicated to commissioning and presenting works by young  
composers from around the world. MATA's directors are motivated by a  
desire to create community among young musicians, especially those  
whose work defies definition and doesn't fit into existing  
institutions. By providing young composers with a professional  
performance of their work, access to first-rate performers and  
valuable connections to colleagues, MATA nurtures their entry into  
American musical life.
Founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa,  
MATA presents pieces by young composers on a week-long festival, held  
each spring in New York City. This festival always features several  
works that MATA has commissioned specifically for the festival,  
performed by professional musicians from around the world. In 2007  
MATA initiated Interval, a bi-monthly concert series dedicated to  
young composers presented in conjunction with Brooklyn venue Issue  
Project Room. Each concert on the Interval series is curated by  
participants in our Curatorial Associate Program, a paid internship  
designed to teach young artists the basics of concert production and  
arts administration. To date, MATA has commissioned over 50 works, and  
has presented over 250 performances of pieces by young composers.  
Performers on past MATA festivals have included the Boston Modern  
Orchestra Project, Gamelan Son of Lion, The Knights Chamber Orchestra,  
So Percussion, Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne, Either/Or, NOW Ensemble,  
Newspeak, VOX Vocal Ensemble, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and many more.

Composers who have been commissioned or presented by MATA early in  
their careers include Pulitzer-prize winner Jennifer Higdon, Derek  
Bermel, Yotam Haber, Annie Gosfield, Julia Wolfe, and Randall Woolf.

MATA holds an annual open call for scores, from which a panel of  
established composers selects composers who will participate in that  
year's festival. For most of these composers, the performance of their  
work on the MATA Festival represents one of their first commissions,  
and their first significant exposure to New York audiences. MATA  
prides itself on giving young composers an outlet for their work,  
thereby helping them aquire the skills necessary to begin their  
musical career.

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