Call for Scores, Kronos Quartet

[Kathleen Cullen]

KRONOS: UNDER 30 PROJECT
CALL FOR SCORES

San Francisco, California
 
The Kronos Quartet will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2003. To 
acknowledge this benchmark, Kronos, in collaboration with the Hopkins 
Center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and the American 
Music Center, is announcing the creation of the Kronos: Under 30 
Project, a commissioning and composer-in-residence program for composers 
under 30 years of age. The program will support the creation of new work 
by young artists, and will help Kronos cultivate stronger connections 
with young composers in order to develop lasting artistic relationships 
with the next creative generation.
The Hopkins Center will be the presenting partner of the Kronos: Under 
30 Project during its inaugural year and will receive the composer 
submissions. Kronos will review the composer submissions and will select 
the composer to whom the group feels most artistically committed. The 
Hopkins Center and Kronos will then commission a new work for string 
quartet from the selected composer. The commissioned composer will join 
Kronos in a weeklong residency in San Francisco, California, to prepare 
the work and a half-week residency at the Hopkins Center, which will 
culminate with the world premiere of the work.
To download the following guidelines as a PDF, 
http://www.kronosquartet.org/under30/under30.htm
 
Guidelines and eligibility:
* Composer's birth date must be on or after August 16, 1972.
* Composer can be of any nationality.
* Composer must be able to agree, if selected, to compose a string 
quartet for Kronos and provide score and parts to Kronos no later than 
March 1, 2003.
 
Commission -- The selected composer will receive:
* A commission for a new work for string quartet in the amount of 
$5,000. (Commission fee includes score, parts, any other necessary 
performance materials and copying costs.) The length of the new piece 
will be determined by mutual agreement with the selected composer, but 
will be in the range of 10-20 minutes.
* Travel and accommodations for one week of rehearsals with Kronos to 
prepare the new work from March 10-14, 2003, in San Francisco, 
California.
* Travel and accommodations for a half-week residency with Kronos at the 
Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College from April 3-5, 2003. The residency 
will include open rehearsals, other residency activities and the world 
premiere of the new work in concert on April 5, 2003.
 
Submit the following materials together in one package:
1. A completed, signed application form (click here to download as PDF).
2. One score of any piece representative of composer's work, regardless 
of instrumentation. (No preference will be given to composers who submit 
string quartets.) The score must be clearly labeled with composer's name 
and title of the work on the cover. Do not send originals, as materials 
will not be returned.
3. One recording representative of composer's work on CD or 
audiocassette. The recording may include more than one work, but should 
be no longer than 30 minutes. (No preference will be given to composers 
who submit recordings of string quartets.) The submitted recording may 
include the work which has been submitted in score form, but that is not 
required. Composer should label the recording with the names and timings 
of works and the names and instruments of the performers. MIDI or 
synthesizer realizations are acceptable.
4. One sample program note. The program note must be written by the 
composer. The note may be for the work that has been submitted in score 
form, but that is not required.
5. Resume or bio, including educational background, teachers, awards, 
professional affiliations and a complete list of works.
Please note that materials will not be returned. If the selected 
composer has submitted a string quartet as part of his/her application, 
Kronos reserves the option to select that piece as the commissioned 
work, provided that the piece has never been performed.
 
Deadline and Notification:
* Complete submissions must be received at the Hopkins Center by AUGUST 
15, 2002.
* Incomplete, illegible, and/or late submissions will not be considered.
* Selected composer will be notified by the end of September 2002. 
Selected composer will be announced on the Kronos Quartet website, 
http://www.kronosquartet.org, no later than October 1, 2002.
 
Send materials to:
Hopkins Center
Attn: Kronos Under 30
6041 Lower Level Wilson Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
USA
Telephone: (603) 646-3453
Please note that this phone number is ONLY for express mail services 
that require a phone number. The Hopkins Center cannot return calls 
requesting confirmation of receipt. The only way to confirm receipt of 
your package is to send it through a service that provides a tracking 
number or other confirmation.
For questions or more information, or to request a copy of these 
materials by mail, contact the Kronos Quartet via e-mail only at 
under30 at kronosquartet.org.
 
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