Rocky Mountain Composers
Music Composition
Competition
2021
Submission Deadline: February 1st, 2021
Prizes: $100 for an overall winner and $50 for age-group winners
Entrants must be aged 6-18 on the submission deadline date.
Age groups will be determined based on distribution of the compositions and the judges may choose not to award prize money in a certain category.
Submission Details
Accepted Compositions:
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Length: 10 minutes or less
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Composed between January 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021
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Multiple submissions accepted
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All styles are acceptable provided the composition is fully notated, including metronome marking.
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Lead sheets and chord charts will not be accepted.
Score/Recording Format:
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Scores may be hand written, scanned and submitted as a PDF, or, a PDF created by music writing software (preferred).*
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A video recording of the piece in mp4 format. Performers at the composer's discretion.
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All participants including 12 finalists will be notified by Feb. 21st
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The online video concert of the winners will be shown March 8th
When you submit your written score, you will be sent a link to send your video file.
* noteflight.com provides free cloud-based music notation via web browser, and musescore.org offers free downloads of its full- featured software.
Performance
An online concert featuring the 12 finalist's compositions
will be shown March 8, 2021.
Winners will be announced on March 8th after the concert.
Prize money will be mailed out after the concert.
