Application procedure — due February 11, 2014
June 9-17, 2014 (Montréal) & November 24-29, 2014 (Huddersfield, UK)
The Bozzini Quartet (Montréal) announces the tenth edition of the Composer’s Kitchen in its expanded format in collaboration with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) and the British Council.
This unique event revolving around the string quartet is a combination workshop, laboratory, playground, and master class. Over the course of a week, the Bozzini Quartet and two experienced composers will observe the work of four up-and-coming composers. Their compositions will be read, played, assessed, analyzed, worked on, played again, and performed in the closing concert.
The Composer’s Kitchen hosts an exchange with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, providing the opportunity for two UK composers to attend the Canadian edition, and two Canadian composers to attend the UK edition of the Composer’s Kitchen. All four participants attend both phases:
Participants follow the directions below. Note that we are accepting electronic applications only.
The Composer’s Kitchen 2014 is open to the up-and-coming generation of:
From all eligible applicants a total of four participants (two from Canada, two from the UK) will be chosen. The applications will be judged for the originality, creativity, artistic vision, and craft represented by the compositions submitted. The Bozzini Quartet reserves the right to select participants. Incomplete applications, or those which do not fulfill the eligibility criteria will not be submitted to the jury.
For more information, contact us at office@quatuorbozzini.ca
Application procedure — deadline February 24th, 2014
At the School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver
Acclaimed Montréal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini will give an intensive workshop on composing for strings from May 29th — June 6, 2014, in Vancouver BC. Hosted by the School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU, the workshop is intended for students who are in undergraduate composition programs, or who have recently graduated. Besides the quartet, composers Owen Underhill (SFU) and Christopher Butterfield (UVIC) will act as mentors.
The goals of the workshop are to improve technical skills for contemporary writing for strings and string quartet, and to provide a supportive environment for visionary compositional ideas. Those accepted to the workshop will be given composition exercises as a starting point for the week’s work, which they will be expected to prepare in advance. Finished works for string quartet are not required by the start of the course.
A public presentation will be held at the end of the week to present work done during the workshop.
Nine composers will be accepted; cost is CAN $650. Participants will be expected to arrange their own travel and accommodation. The program will take place in Simon Fraser University’s new cultural facility, the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, in downtown Vancouver.
Applicants should submit scores and live recordings (if available) of two recent compositions in any genre; a short outline for a creatively ambitious new work for string quartet; and a resumé, to: office@quatuorbozzini.ca (see details below). Deadline for applications to be received is Monday, February 24th, 2014. Participants will be announced by mid-March.
Applicants please follow the directions below.
Note that we are accepting electronic applications only.
For more information, contact us at office@quatuorbozzini.ca