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Rules Composition Competition for Saxophone Quartet GENERAL PROVISIONS SaxOpen, World Saxophone Congress and Festival, Strasbourg, July 2015, Festival Musia ! Strasbourg and the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, are o!organi"ing a Co#position Co#petition $or Saxophone %uartet 1& 'he (orld pr e#ier e o$ the (inning (or) (ill be p er$or#ed at Festival Musia ! Strasbou rg, bet(een Septe#ber 1* and Otober +, 2015& 2& 'he (inner (ill be announ ed in early pril, 2015 +& 'he o#p etition is open to o#pos ers up to the age o$ -5 re gardle ss o$ nation ality -& 'he o#petition i s $re e to enter 5& .artii pation is not an ony#ou s /the na#e o$ the o#poser #ay appe ar on the sore & 'he (in ning (o r) (ill be the o#pul sory pie e $o r the nal o$ The Strasbourg International Saxophone Quartet Competition organi"ed by the Conservatoire de Strasbourg in July 2015& 'he nal (ill not be open to the publi, ho(ever, the (inning o#poser #ay attend at his3her o(n expense i$ he3she (ishes *& 'h e p ri"e s .ri"es $or 1st plae only 4 +000 6 .re#i ere per$or #ane in 201 5 at Festival Mus ia ! Strasbo urg and reord ing $or arhive by Musia& 'his reording (ill be given to the o#poser to use $or pro#otional purposes 7& 'he 8 ury $o r the o#pe tition #eets at the Cité de la musique et de la danse  on Friday Marh th , 2015 1 9ove#ber 1-, 201-

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Rules

Composition Competition for Saxophone Quartet

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SaxOpen, World Saxophone Congress and Festival, Strasbourg, July 2015, Festival Musia !Strasbourg and the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, are o!organi"ing a Co#position

Co#petition $or Saxophone %uartet

1& 'he (orld pre#iere o$ the (inning (or) (ill be per$or#ed at Festival Musia ! Strasbourg,

bet(een Septe#ber 1* and Otober +, 2015&

2& 'he (inner (ill be announed in early pril, 2015

+& 'he o#petition is open to o#posers up to the age o$ -5 regardless o$ nationality

-& 'he o#petition is $ree to enter

5& .artiipation is not anony#ous /the na#e o$ the o#poser #ay appear on the sore

& 'he (inning (or) (ill be the o#pulsory piee $or the nal o$ The Strasbourg International

Saxophone Quartet Competition organi"ed by the Conservatoire de Strasbourg in July 2015&

'he nal (ill not be open to the publi, ho(ever, the (inning o#poser #ay attend at

his3her o(n expense i$ he3she (ishes

*& 'he pri"es

.ri"es $or 1st plae only

4 +000 6 .re#iere per$or#ane in 2015 at Festival Musia ! Strasbourg and reording

$or arhive by Musia& 'his reording (ill be given to the o#poser to use $or

pro#otional purposes

7& 'he 8ury $or the o#petition #eets at the Cité de la musique et de la danse on Friday Marh

th, 2015

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:& 'he 8ury (ill be o#posed o$;

4 .resident ; .hilippe M9O<=>, composer 

4 'ho#as ?essler, composer 

4 >an Mares", composer 

4 @inent Aavid, performer and composer 

4 .hilippe Beiss, performer and  composer, artistic direction of SaxOpen

:& Me#bers o$ the 8ury #ay not #ar) a andidate in the Co#petition (ho is a pupil or $or#er

pupil o$ theirs

10&'he 8urys deision is nal and is not open to appeal

11&Co#positions (ill be sreened initially by the SaxOpen artisti tea# to #a)e sure entries

#eet all the reDuired onditions&

COMPOSITION CONITIONS

1. Auration; 7 to 12 #inutes /any (or)s o$ less that 7 #inutes or #ore than 12 #inutes (ill

be auto#atially eli#inated

. Orhestration;

4 Musiian 1 ! Soprano Saxophone /Eb

4 Musiian 2 ! lto Saxophone /b

4 Musiian + ! 'enor Saxophone /Eb

4 Musiian - ! Earitone Saxophone /b

!. 'he sore and individual parts learly state "Composed for The Strasbourg Composition

Competition for Saxophone Quartet# 

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$. ll #ar)ings /#ove#ent na#es, harater, et on the sore #ust be in both Frenh and

nglish& lso appliable $or individual parts&

%. 'he use o$ eletronis is not per#itted in the o#position

&. .roieny level; .ro$essional

'. ll onte#porary saxophone tehniDues are allo(ed

COMPETITION ENTR! CONITIONS

1& Co#poser #ust send the $ollo(ing dou#ents be$ore 1 February 2015 to

 8lalloGsaxopen&o# 

4 a ondutor sore o$ the piee in pd$ $or#at /Soprano and 'enor saxophone in Eb and

lto and Earitone saxophone in b

4 Hndividual instru#ent parts

4 detailed and preise glossary o$ sy#bols and ter#s used in the o#position&

4 udio reording or at least one extrat o$ the (or) done (ith o#puter support or

pre$erably saxophone Duartet

4 Eiography, 15 lines, and in both Frenh and nglish

4 photo /+00 dpi, in 8peg $or#at

4 Hdentity dou#ent /passport, identity ard, et&

4 o#pleted entry $or#

2& Candidates #ust not allo( the per$or#ane o$ their sub#itted o#position be$ore the

results are announed by the 8ury in early pril, 2015& <nsuess$ul andidates have

$ull o(nership o$ their (or) and are allo(ed to per$or# their (or) i##ediately a$ter

the deision is announed& 'he (inning andidate #ust not pre#iere the (or) untilFestival Musia ! Strasbourg in Septe#ber3Otober 2015&

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