The 2007 Robert Helps Composition Competition
Receipt Deadline: September 1st, 2006
Instrumentation for 2007 Competition:
1 or 2 pianos plus 2 to 4 percussionists (No prepared pianos)
Prize: $10,000 will be awarded to the composer of the winning composition
Performance: The winning composition will be premiered in Tampa on February 14, 2007, and performed again in New York City (Merkin Recital Hall) later that month (dates subject to change). The winner of the Robert
Helps Prize must be present at both performances.
Originality: The work must be an original unpublished composition with no prior public performances. Arrangements of compositions that have received a public performance will not be accepted. Any public performance before
February 14th, 2007, whether it is by students, faculty, amateurs, professionals (paid or unpaid), and whether it was in a private, public, or academic venue, disqualifies the composition from the competition. A public performance also includes formally attended public reading sessions, broadcast, or any recording that has been commercially released.
Deadline: Scores and application materials must be received on or before September 1st, 2006. Results will be announced on November 1st, 2006. The winner of the Robert Helps Prize shall provide parts on or before November 15th, 2006.
Length: The work should be a maximum of 20 minutes in duration Age restriction: Only applicants who will not have reached the age of 36th by February 14th, 2007, will be considered.
How to apply:
All materials must be anonymous and marked only with a pseudonym of the composers choice. Materials that have not had all identifiable markings removed will not be accepted. The composer=B9s pseudonym and the title of the
composition must be marked on each score and recording.
Submit :
1) Three copies of full score
2) Three recordings, if available, are strongly encouraged
(send either MIDI or rehearsal recordings, but in the
format of audio CD only=8Bno cassettes, mp3s or data discs)
3) A copy of birth certificate or passport indicating that the
applicant shall not have reached the age of 36 by February
14th, 2007
4) Application fee of $25 US, and
5) The application form (available at http://helpsprize.arts.usf.edu/)
Mail materials to this address:
Robert Helps Prize
Attn.: Scott Kluksdahl
School of Music, FAH 110
College of Visual and Performing Arts
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL 33620-7350
One of the three submitted copies will be retained and placed in the Robert
Helps Archives of the University of South Florida Library Special Collections. An appropriately stamped return package or envelope will ensure the return of both remaining scores upon conclusion of the adjudication.
For more info, contact: Dr. Michael Sidney Timpson at 813 974 7140 Or go to the Helps Competition website: http:// helpsprize.arts.usf.edu/
The Robert Helps Composition Competition and Festival are designed to encourage the development and enhance the career opportunities of emerging young composers, honoring the oeuvre and aesthetic of the late Robert Helps,
while providing an annual archival commemoration in celebration of the pianism and pedagogy of Helps, the master teacher, as well as offering the University of South Florida as a significant and valuable resource for composers and lovers of the music of our time.
