Selection deadline extended

March 24th, 2013 by Brian Bice No comments »

New Music Forum would like to announce that the deadline for the selection process has been extended until April 2. 2013.  Have received many great entries and it is taking us a little longer to get through the process than usual.  We will be notifying on or around April 2, 2013.

Thank you for your patience.

Brian Bice

Call for Scores: 11th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music

January 28th, 2013 by Brian Bice No comments »

New Music Forum would like to invite composers to submit works for consideration for the 11th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music.  The Festival will take place on June 29, July 20 and August 17, 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Composers may submit up to two (2) pieces for the Festival.

Saturday, June 29, 2013 – Trinity Chapel, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, July 20, 2013 – Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
Saturday, August 17, 2013 – Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

Attendance at the concert in which your piece is being performed is highly encouraged.  However while it is not mandatory, preference will be given to composers who can attend the Festival.

Submission of pieces for the Festival of Contemporary Music is an online process.  The submission packet should include score, recording (if available), short bio, brief program notes and contact information.  The preferred file formats are PDF for the score and documents and MP3 for the recording.  Your contact information should include your address, phone number, email, your attendance at the Festival and preferred performance date.  Please note that selecting a preferred performance date does not guarantee that your piece, if selected, will be programmed on that date.  However, every attempt to accommodate this request will be made.

We request that you use a service such as yousendit.com to send your submissions to the email address below.  Please do not email the score and recordings directly to us.  Links to scores and recordings on your website are an acceptable form of submission.  These links must contain downloadable files and in your email to us you still need to include the information requested above. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Composers must provide performers for their work if selected.   The FCM staff can provide names and contact information of performers; however, it will be the composer’s responsibility to make all necessary arrangements for performance and compensation.  The FCM staff will not be responsible for arranging performers.

Composers selected to participate in the Festival will be required to pay a registration fee of $20. This registration fee helps to offset costs incurred in producing the Festival.  For more details about the three concerts or the online submission process please visit www.newmusicforum.com or send an email to the address below.

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2013, 11:59 p.m.
Selected composers will be notified around March 21, 2013 via email.

Please send submissions or questions to:  fcm.submission@gmail.com

 

Festival of Contemporary Music Artistic Staff:

Brian Bice, John Bilotta and Davide Verotta

En route to FCM 10

August 18th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

Right now I am riding BART heading towards San Francisco for the 3rd concert of the 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music.

So far this has been an amazing concert season. The first two concerts were tremendously successful and tonight’s is shaping up to be just as good! Tonight’s concert will feature three vocal pieces as well as four composer performed works.

It is crazy to think that tonight marks the 17th concert in the Festival’s history. Over this time each year and each concert has gotten better and better.

I am proud of the FCM. When I started it ten years ago I could not imagine it would transform into the event it is today. I want to thank John Bilotta and Davide Verotta for all of their hard work and dedication. The FCM is a success because of them!

“Composer/Voice” concert tonight!

August 18th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »
The 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music concludes this evening with the Composer/Voice program.   This concert will feature vocal music as well as composer performed pieces.  The concert will take place at the Community Music Center at 544 Capp Street in San Francisco.  Tickets are $15 general and $10 students.

 

PROGRAM
Renaissance Songs – John Bilotta
Flying – William Vollinger
Le Style en Figures – Bruno Siberchicot
Longing for Home - Hong-Da Chin
Teufelstanz - Yvonne Freckmann
Annabel Lee – Leslie La Barre
… on top of a frosted hill… – Anthony Green – Troisième Vie

“Chamber Wind Celebration” FCM 10 tonight

July 28th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

Tonight, Saturday, July 28, 2012 the 10th Annual FCM continues with the second concert of the season. This concert titled “Chamber Wind Celebration” will feature a guest performer: The Avenue Winds.

The concert will take place at 8 pm at the Community Music Center located at 544 Capp Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are available at the door and are just $15 adults and $10 students and seniors.

We hope to see you there!

FCM 10 continues this Saturday, July 28th

July 26th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

The Festival of Contemporary Music continues its 10th season this Saturday July 28, 2012 at the Community Music Center in San Francisco.  The second concert is our first Chamber Wind Celebration.  This year we are proud to have as our special guest performers the Avenue Winds.  This concert will feature a wide range of wind music ranging from solo to quintet.  There will even be some piano music sprinkled in as a bonus!

In addition to this being the 10th year of the Festival of Contemporary Music, July 28th marks the 10th concert hosted at the Community Music Center.  We are proud to continue to host the Festival at their venue since 2007.

Please join us this Saturday as New Music Forum continues to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Festival of Contemporary Music.

FCM 10 concert #2 – July 28, 2012

July 11th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

The 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music continues on Saturday, July 23, 2012.  This concert “Chamber Winds Celebration” will feature seven pieces and will begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Community Music Center at 544 Capp Street in San Francisco.  Tickets are $15 general and $10 senior or students.

Program – July 28, 2012
Brian Bice – Flit
John Bilotta – Brain Freeze
Mei-Fang Lin – Mistress of the Labyrinth
James Sproul – Le Long du Chemin
Chin Ting Chan – Fantasy for Clarinet
Davide Verotta – Midday
Mark Zimmer – Legends of a Distant Land

FCM 10 begins Saturday night, June 23rd!

June 22nd, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

The 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music kicks off this Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at the Trinity Chapel located at 2320 Dana St., Berkeley, CA.  The first concert of the tenth season is featured as a part of the Trinity Chamber Concert Series.  Tickets are available at the door for $15 adult/$10 student and senior

June 23rd program:
Ulf Grahn – Nostalgia
Ted Moore – do you?
Helena Michelson – Frozen Reminiscences
Luke Schwartz – Atlas
Greg Steinke – One by One
Davide Verotta – In Flight
Stephen Yip – Echo of Basho’s Voices

FCM 10 Deadline – March 25, 2012

March 18th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

The deadline for the Call for Scores for the 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music is March 25, 2012 @ 11:59 p.m.  The Festival will be a 3 concert event taking place on June 23, 2012 in Berkeley, CA; July 28 and August 18, 2012 in San Francisco, CA.

Click here to view the details of the Call for Scores.

Definiens Concert – March 20, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

March 16th, 2012 by Brian Bice No comments »

Definiens will present a concert of chamber music from the 20th and 21st century on Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm at the Ivy Substation at 9070 Venice Blvd, Cluver City, CA.

Jennifer Higdon – Pale Yellow and Fiery Red for piano trio
Albert Roussel – Duo for bassoon and double bass
Jennifer Stevenson – Distances for oboe and piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise for bass and piano
Ian Munro – UNstasis for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello

The performance of Ian Munro’s work UNstasis will be a world premiere performance.  Munro, a composer based in New York, is the winner of Definiens 2010 composition commission competition in the young composer category and wrote this piece specifically for Definiens.

Members of Definiens include Diana Morgan (flute), Ryan Zwahlen (oboe and English horn), Jennifer Stevenson (clarinets), Michael Kreiner (bassoon), Sakura Tsai (violin), Lars Hoefs (cello), Stephen Pfeifer (double bass) and Jeanette Louise Yaryan (piano).

Definiens will present numerous programs in Culver City over the course of this year, made possible in part by a grant from the Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program. The concert is also supported by Sony Pictures Entertainment and the LA County Arts Commission.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door with cash or credit card.  Please call (310) 897-4111 or visit www.definiens.org for more information.