The 13th Annual New Jersey Young Composers Competition Andrew Lesser, Ed.D. Chairman, NJ Young Composers Competition andrew.lesser[at]yahoo.com www.andrewlessermusic.com
The 13th annual New Jersey Young Composers Competition is now accepting submissions for 2022. Information and applications are available on the NJMEA website under the “Festivals” tab. Students from grades 8-12 (including those graduating in 2022) from the state of New Jersey may submit their original compositions in both instrumental and vocal divisions. Finalists will be contacted individually and invited to participate in an interview and critique session which will be held at the NJMEA Conference in Atlantic City in February 2022. Details on the date and time of the finals will be forthcoming. Recordings of past finalist compositions are posted on the NJMEA website under the Young Composers Competition link. Please review the guidelines and rules for participating. All students must be sponsored by an NJMEA/NAfME member to qualify. Competition Guidelines 1. Applicants must be New Jersey residents and must be sponsored by a current NJMEA/NAfME member. 2. Students may submit multiple selections in each category. However, a $20 application fee is required with each selection. Each entry must have a separate completed application form and entry fee in order to be considered for eligibility. 3. All compositions must have a title or opus number, and all names must be omitted from the score, program note, and audio file so that submissions may be judged anonymously. 4. Students must include a brief program note that includes the composition title with composer name omitted, describing the composer’s intention of the work. 5. All scores must be submitted as PDF’s using a standard notation program, such as Sibelius or Finale. No handwritten scores will be considered for entry. 6. All measures must be numbered in the score. 7. Students must submit an audio recording of their composition in MP3 or WAV. format, a PDF (digital copy) of their score and PDF of composition description/program note. Submissions without recordings or PDF score will not be considered for entry. 8. While the applicant will retain ownership of their submission, all submissions will be kept by the NJMEA. No materials will be returned to students. NJMEA reserves the right to use student submissions for publicity and/or display. Finalist compositions will be posted on the NJMEA website. 9. Submissions must be no longer than 7 minutes in length and within the difficulty range of a high school level ensemble (Grades 2-4) TEMPO 56
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