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MISE-EN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024
Deadline: December 15, 2023 (11:59PM ESP)
Application Fee: None
(All composers chosen to participate in the festival will be notified on January 15, 2024.)
We are thrilled to announce the call for scores for our 10th-anniversary MISE-EN MUSIC FESTIVAL in New York City, taking place from June 19th to June 23rd, 2024.
This year, we have general (category 1, 2, 3 & 4) and special (category 5) submissions:
General Submission: For this category, you can submit any music that fits into the following category 1, 2, 3 and 4 based on instrumentations, electronics, and audio-visual components.
Special Submission: The category 5 is for a concert and symposium, which includes workshops, paper readings, panel discussions, and is centered around the specific theme of ‘Against Art Music: Music for People’s Liberation.’
Please read the following descriptions carefully and consider sending us your music and proposals! We look forward to your participation in this milestone event.
Submission Categories
(Note: Categories 1-4 are for general submission.)
1. Work for solo instrument
2. Work for chamber ensemble (2-6 musicians)
3. Work for large ensemble (up to 14 musicians)
4. Work for electronics (live electronics, fixed media, audio-visual work)
(Note: Category 5 is special submission.)
5. Special Concert & Symposium Submission (Please read the following additional information)
Additional Information:
Special Concert & Symposium Submission
Against Art Music: Music for Peoples Liberation
At the 2023 ensemble mise-en summer music festival, we hosted a concurrent symposium, “Ideology and Sound”, concerning the social role of art in the contemporary classical music milieu, and the use of non-profit ensembles such as ours.
This year we are inviting submissions for a special concert and a one-day conference: Against Art Music: Music for People’s Liberation. We are especially interested in music pieces and/ or presentations that address ideological contradictions in modern and contemporary art music and/or musical engagement with peoples’ liberation struggles from a critical perspective.
Various forms are welcomed, we encourage submissions that combine a proposal for the evening concert performance with presentations.
Please submit a 1-2 page summary description of the topic/ research area: political & aesthetic questions: and the envisioned focus and form of your paper, panel, workshop, or concert performance.
1. Proposals for papers or mixed/media presentations
– Paper/presentations (20-minute and 10 minute Q and A
2. Panel/ Discussion proposals
– 90 minute panel with 3 speakers on a common research question (Please submit an abstract/ proposal with description of the panel and 3 individual presentations)
– Deviations from this exact form are possible: please describe ideas in your proposal.
3. Workshop proposal
– 1 hr workshop dealing with musical-aesthetic problems and political struggles today. Please include description of participants, envisioned form, content, and technical requirements
4. Concert Proposal
– We invite proposals from artists/ composers for a concert performance as part of the mise-en summer music festival.
A. Proposal for a single piece on a mixed program
(To be performed by ensemble mise-en or composers/composers can bring their own musicians/collaborators)
B. Evening-length performance/ program proposal
1 hour performance: ensemble mise-en musicians can participate depending on workload. Please include information or detailed description of piece/ pieces, duration, instrumentation, requirements.)