Call for Scores - 2012 PARMA Student Composer Competition

Summary

PARMA Recordings is pleased to announce the inaugural PARMA Student Composer Competition, the first in a series of annual competitions for student composers. Ten winners will be selected by an award-winning panel of three independent judges, and the winners' pieces will be published in the digitally-distributed 2012 PARMA Anthology Of Music: Student Edition. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected to have their piece professionally recorded and produced for release by PARMA. All recording, performer, production, and publicity costs will be completely subsidized, and the master will be released on a collection from PARMA to be distributed through industry leader Naxos.

There is no fee required for entry into the competition.

Guidelines

• Composer must be enrolled in a composition program or studying privately with a professional composer
• Composer must be under the age of 30
• Piece must be written for up to five acoustic instruments
• Piece must be ten minutes or less in duration

Competition Timeline

March 1, 2012 - Submission period opens

March 31, 2012 - Submission period closes

April 1-30, 2012 - Judging period

May 1, 2012 - Winners announced

To Enter

Fill out the submission form to submit your information and a PDF of your score, along with an MP3 or MIDI recording. Submission limit is one work per composer.