MUSICA NOVA – Propositions for the year 2009

1.The competition MUSICA NOVA was for the first time realized in 1969.

2.Composers, irregardless of their age and nationality are invited to submit their works of electro-acoustic music created after 1st January 2006.

3.Category A is open to compositions of autonomous art electro-acoustic music (tape music), or only one independent movement.

4.Category B is open to compositions of autonomous art electro-acoustic music, or only one independent movement, for acoustic instrument/voice/ensemble plus electronic media. Send one of realized complete version of the composition, sent only electro-acoustic without the instrumental or voice part will be excluded.

5.Each composer may submit only one entry to each category in duration of no longer than 20 minutes, and the work may not have been awarded a prize in another competition, nor been submitted to previous MUSICA NOVA competitions.

6.Competition entries in both categories must be submitted with the name of the composer specified.

7.Members of the jury cannot take part in the competition.

8.The jury of the competition shall be appointed by the leadership of the Society for Electro-acoustic Music and composed of leading composers of electro-acoustic compositions, musicologists, critics, and recording engineers specializing in the electro-acoustic music field.

9.Entries must be sent to the following address postmarked:

MUSICA NOVA 2009, HIS, Besedni 3, 118 00 PRAHA 1, Czech Republic no later than 20 October 2009.

Director of the competition: Lenka Dohnalova, Ph.D – tel. +420 603 584 218, tel&fax +420 222 540 809, lenka.dohnalova@divadlo.cz