ANALOG Presents Iron Composer Omaha!

ANALOG arts ensemble’s
IRON COMPOSER OMAHA!

A Robert M. Spire Student Composition Competition
Presented as a part of ARTSaha! 2007,
Omaha’s new music festival

12:00 p.m., September 11, 2007
Strauss Performing Arts Center
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Five student composers (ages 18-26) will be chosen to compete in person.

Prizes
First Place - $500
Second Place - $250
Third Place - $100
Entry Requirements
• Submit one representative score that was composed within the past five years
• Submit a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, and email address
• Deadline for receipt of submissions (not postmark) is August 31, 2007
• There is no entry fee
• Send scores to Ken Bales, Department of Music, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0245

The five composers who are chosen will be notified that they will participate on or before September 7, 2007. Finalists are responsible for their own transportation to Omaha.

Iron Composer Omaha Student Competition Rules and Procedures
• Composers between the ages of 18-26 (on September 11, 2007) who are currently residing in Nebraska are eligible.
• Only those composers who submit a cover sheet and scores that are received by the competition officials on or before August 31, 2007 are eligible.
• Electronic submissions are possible, but scores MUST be in the form of a PDF.
• Composers must be available to participate in the event between 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Strauss Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha on September 11, 2007.
• At 12:00 p.m., composers will be given a specific instrumentation and the “Secret Theme Ingredient”, which could be any kind of musical raw material, such as a chord progression or a found object.
• Composers will have five hours to compose the work and produce a score and parts.
• The facilities of the UNO Department of Music computer lab will be made available. Those computers are loaded with Finale 2006 and are connected to a printer.
• At 5:00 p.m., music must be submitted to ANALOG arts ensemble for rehearsals.
• All works will be performed and judged at the Final Ceremony, which will take place at 7:30 p.m.
• Judging will be done by a 3-person panel. Judging will be based on the following point system:

o Use of the Secret Ingredient: 15 points
o Originality: 15 points
o Technical Command: 10 points
o Overall Presentation: 10 points

• The composer with the highest number of points will be awarded first place, the next highest number of points will be awarded second place, and the next highest number of points will be awarded third place.
• In case of a tie, the contestant who scores highest on the Use of the Secret Ingredient and Originality will be awarded the prize.
• The decision of the judges is final

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN IRON COMPOSER?