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 1^st January 1997.

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.

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 2000, HIS, Besedni 3, 118 00 PRAHA, Czech Republic� no later than 10 October 2000.

a. Entries into category A and B, recorded on a sophisticated technical level and in stereo, must be submitted in the medium of CD or DAT cassette, and indexed by their I.D. number and/or absolute time.

b. Entries into categories A and B shall be accompanied by a score (if necessary), technical and artistic description, name of studio where work was produced, their durata, graphs, etc., to be judged by the jury.

c. Entries into categories A and B shall be accompanied by a brief artist statement, short biography, nationality, gender, address, telephone number, fax, and e-mail (attached form).

10. The entry fee for each composition is 20 American dollars (or equivalent). The fee can be remitted on your written request in special case (f. e. your social situation).
Way of payment: We prefer using of IMO (International Money Order), but you can pay by checks too or directly to our bank account. Please, add the copy of IMO, check or order to your sent letter and composition. Address of the Society for EAM: �Spolecnost pro elektroakustickou hudbu - MUSICA NOVA - HIS, Besedn� 3, 118 00 PRAHA, Czech Republic� must be fill in your checks.
Number of our bank account: 69392399/0800
Address of our bank: C.S.a.s., Sofijske nam. 3404, 143 00 PRAHA - Czech Republic
Swift code (number): CSPOCZPP

11. The audio recordings entered in the competition shall not be returned to the composers and shall remain in the Society for Electro-acoustic Music archives.

12. By entering his/her work in the competition, the composer consents to public performances of his/her work in concerts and/or radio broadcasting. The composer retains the copyright.
 
13. Prizes shall be awarded for the winning entries after the jury has announced its verdict, which cannot be appealed. The jury can decide to either combine, divide or not award some of the prizes.

14. Prizes in Categories A and B include: First Prize: 15,000 Kc, Honorable Mentions and Special Prizes for Czech composers, for woman-compositions, and for young composers (until 30 years) by 8,000 Kc.

15. All entrants shall be notified of the verdict by the jury on the awarding of prizes and honorable mentions by 15 November 2000.

16. Prizes will be presented during the award concert in December 2000 in Prague.

17. The awarded compositions will be performed in concerts in 2001 organized by the Society for Electro-acoustic Music and broadcast by radio. The outcome of the competition will be publish in the network of International Music Council too.

INFORMATION:
Society for Electro-acoustic Music of the Czech Republic
Secretary: Lenka Dohnalova,Ph.D - tel. +420-603-584218, fax +420-2-6279198, [email protected] http://www.cibulka.cz/musnova/compet.htm ; http://www.cibulka.cz/SEAH/Seah-a.htm

 
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International Electro-acoustic Music Composition Competition

MUSICA NOVA 2000
 

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