Sibelius Student Composer Awards

For Secondary & Tertiary Students in Australia

Major Prizes - cash plus software & hardware from Sibelius, M-Audio & Digidesign Winning works will be performed by Ensemble Offspring at the Awards Concert - Sydney Conservatorium of Music 28th July 2007

A national competition open to all secondary and tertiary students

Sibelius invites secondary and tertiary students to submit an original composition for a rare opportunity to compete nationally with other student composers across Australia. Finalists and winners will receive incredible prize packages comprising cash, software from Sibelius and state-of-the-art recording hardware & software from M-Audio & Digidesign. The winner of each category will have their composition performed in concert by Ensemble Offspring www.ensembleoffspring.org.au, one of Australias most innovative and progressive music ensembles. The winners will also be invited to observe the awards concert rehearsal - to have their piece workshopped and prepared for performance. And all entrants, whether successful or not, will receive feedback on their entries from our expert panel.
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The Judges
Competition entries will be adjudicated by a diverse panel comprising some of Australias most respected musicians
Katy Abbott: Widely performed and awarded Melbournebased composer www.katyabbott.com Anne Boyd: Honoured Australian composer and educator

Claire Edwardes: Internationally renowned percussionist and performer www.claireedwardes.com John Foreman: Musician (pianist), musical director and television personality www.johnforeman.com.au Paul Grabowsky: Australian jazz pianist and composer for theatre and lm www.paulgrabowsky.com Damien Ricketson: Composer and artistic director of Ensemble Offspring www.curiousnoise.com

Ensemble Offspring

The Challenge
Compose an original piece of music in any style scored for 1 ute, 1 clarinet, 1 violin, 1 cello, and 1 percussion. Duration of piece must be 3 to 5 minutes for secondary and 5 to 10 minutes for tertiary entrants. Experts will judge entries on musical merit irrespective of genre or style. Entries will be evaluated by an elite group of Australian composers and arrangers representing contemporary, classical, jazz and popular music. Competition entries will be judged in two categories: secondary students (under 19 and enrolled at high school in 2007) and tertiary students (undergraduates 25 and under enrolled at university in 2007). Winners will be notied prior to Saturday July 28th 2007, the date of the Awards Concert at the Sydney Conservatorium.

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How to Enter
Entries must be submitted in Sibelius le format (.sib) and can be uploaded to our web site, www.sibelius.com.au emailed or saved to CD and posted. Competition opens for entries March 12, 2007. Deadline for entries is June 30, 2007. You can enter in the following ways: Enter on-line by lling in the web form and then either Upload your entry via our web form (up to 1MB) E-mail it to us (up to 5MB) Save your entry to CD-ROM, complete the PDF entry form, and post them to us at the address on the PDF.

Terms & Conditions

Secondary student entrants must be under 19 years of age and enrolled at high school in 2007 Tertiary student entrants must be undergraduates 25 years of age or under and enrolled at university in 2007 Entries must be submitted only in .sib le format. Do not send printed scores if posting entries by post Entries must be an original piece of music in any style scored for 1 ute, 1 clarinet and/or bass clarinet in a single part, 1 violin, 1 cello, and 1 percussion. Note on percussion: The following instruments will be available: marimba (5 octave), vibraphone, crotales (2 octaves), glockenspiel and un-tuned percussion instruments (eg tom toms, bongos, bass drum etc). Percussion should be kept to a minimum and easily playable by 1 performer. Bigger and more unusual instruments such as tubular bells, large pitched gongs or timpani are NOT to be included. Any entries found to contain non-original material will be disqualied Duration of entry must be 3 to 5 minutes for secondary entrants and 5 to 10 minutes for tertiary entrants Entries will be judged on musical and compositional merit irrespective of genre or style Entries must be received no later than midnight June 30, 2007 Only one entry per student may be submitted Entry is only available to residents of Australia Judging will take place in July 2007 and winners will be announced prior to the concert at the Sydney Conservatorium on 28th July 2007 The judges decision is nal Prizes on offer may be substituted for product/ experience of equivalent value at the discretion of the competition organiser (Sibelius Software Australia Pty. Ltd.) No cash or other alternative will be offered in lieu of any prizes offered Details subject to change without notice No entries will be returned E&OE

Major Prizes & Opportunities

Winners will attend the awards concert & rehearsals with Ensemble Offspring.

Secondary Student Grand Prize

$1000 cash Sibelius software all available software titles and sound libraries M-Audio Project Mix I/O control surface & audio interface M-Audio Axiom 49 USB MIDI controller keyboard M-Audio DX4 self-powered monitors (pair) IE-30 Hi-Denition professional reference earphones (w/dual driver technology) Digidesign Pro Tools M-Powered audio production software (Digidesign & M-Audio) 2 x M-Audio Nova condenser microphones $500 cash Sibelius software all available software titles and sound libraries M-Audio Axiom 49 USB MIDI controller keyboard M-Audio DX4 self-powered monitors (pair) $2000 cash Sibelius software all available software titles and sound libraries Digidesign 002 (Rack) Firewire Pro Tools LE System M-Audio Keystation 88es Master MIDI controller keyboard M-Audio Studiophile Bx5a active reference monitors (pair) & BX10s active subwoofer IE-30 Hi-Denition professional reference earphones (w/dual driver technology) Digidesign Pro Tools LE Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 x M-Audio Luna Condenser Microphone $750 cash Sibelius software all available software titles and sound libraries M-Audio Axiom 49 USB MIDI controller keyboard M-Audio DX4 self-powered monitors (pair)

Secondary Student Runner-Up

Tertiary Student Grand Prize

Tertiary Student Runner-Up

All entrants
receive feedback from judges feature on Sibelius website and Sibelius World newsletter have the chance to have scores published on SibeliusMusic.com
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