News Updates – Page 22

2013 Festival Score Calls Announced

Score calls have been announced! Read on for more details. We look forward to receiving everyone’s music.

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford, a celebration of the diverse body of women’s music now in its thirteenth year, is sponsoring its third annual composition competition in addition to calls for scores and presentations for the 2013 festival. This year’s festival – Wednesday, March 6, through Sunday, March 10 – will feature guest ensemble The Dahlia Flute Duo and guest composer Hilary Tann.

International Composition Competition
Anonymous composition competition for works featuring flute duo open to all emerging and mid-career women composers
October 15, 2012 receipt deadline

Local Composer Score Call
Instrumental score call open to all women composers living in or near Connecticut
November 15, 2012 receipt deadline

WCForum Call for Presentations & Lecture-Recitals
Call for papers and presentations on topics pertaining to women composers and music by women composers
November 15, 2012 receipt deadline

Be sure to read more about submission requirements and send us your music. We look forward to reading through all the amazing music as the months go by.

2013 Guest Composer – Hilary Tann

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford is pleased to announce Hilary Tann as their guest composer for its 2013 festival. A celebration of the diversity of women’s music, the festival is scheduled March 6-10 at institutions across the Greater Hartford area, featuring the Welsh-born composer in multiple programs. The festival will include performances of Dr. Tann’s music, in addition to an international selection of historical and living women composers.

Hilary Tann lives in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York where she is the John Howard Payne Professor of Music at Union College, Schenectady. She holds degrees in composition from the University of Wales at Cardiff and from Princeton University. From 1982 to 1995 she held a number of Executive Committee positions with the International League of Women Composers and she was Composer-in-Residence at the 2011 Eastman School of Music Women in Music Festival. Praised for its lyricism and formal balance, her music is influenced by her love of Wales and a strong identification with the natural world. A deep interest in the traditional music of Japan has led to private study of the shakuhachi and guest visits to Japan, Korea, and China. Her compositions have been widely performed and recorded by ensembles such as the European Women’s Orchestra, Tenebrae, Lontano, Meininger Trio, Thai Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBCNOW, and KBS Philharmonic in Seoul, Korea. As composer-in-residence, she is speaking at The Hartt School’s Institute for Contemporary American Music, Central Connecticut State University’s Music Forum, the Musical Club of Hartford and other regional institutions. Information on her music and recordings can be found at www.hilarytann.com.

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford has, for the last twelve years, provided an educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women’s music. Recognized as a champion of women’s music by institutions such as Meet the Composer, the International Alliance for Women in Music, and the Women’s Education and Leadership Fund, the festival’s goals include informing audiences through performances of music that has been and still is being written by women in an effort to broaden people’s understanding of musical literature and women’s contributions to this field.

Website Hiccups & Updates

Despite a few stubbed toes and unintended Facebook posts, the festival website is finally updated with new information on our upcoming 2013 festival. Be sure to check out all our new information on guest artists, composers, score calls, and concert activities. New pages and posts are forthcoming. We look forward to seeing you March 6-10, 2013!

2013 Festival

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford continues its annual tradition of celebrating the diversity of women’s music with five engaging concerts, March 2-9, 2013. Featuring Welsh-born composer, Hilary Tann, as this year’s composer-in-residence, the festival includes performances of historical and living women composers held across the Greater Hartford area.

Saturday, March 2

American Women in Music – 5:00PM
Berkman Recital Hall, The Hartt School
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Wednesday, March 6

ICAM Composer’s Seminar – 5:00PM
The Hartt School, Room 410/12
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Read more about the ICAM Presentation…

Local Composers Concert – 7:30PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Thursday – March 7

CCSU Music Forum – 3:00PM
Founders Hall
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050

Friday, March 8

Flute Works Concert – 7:30PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Saturday, March 9

WCForum – 8:30AM-6:00PM
Wilde Auditorium
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Preparations for 2013

2012 is nearly half over, and unless the Mayans really had it right next year’s festival is right around the corner. Mark your calendars (if they go that far) for the first week of March and stay tuned for updates on guest artists, score calls, and concerts.