If you are between the ages of 16 and 28 and want to work at the highest level of composition in a collaborative cross-cultural context… read on!
A Counterpoint of Tolerance, a special project of the Transatlantic Arts Consortium (TAC), will bring together 10 talented young composer/performers from all over the world and one international leader in composition. Together they will create a new work exploring the potential of music to enhance how we understand human conditions in the new era of Globalization.
This is the opportunity of a lifetime!
If you are selected to take part, you will:
• Collaborate with composer/performers from all over the world, share creative spirit, and perform an original, collective work in an ensemble with your colleagues, possibly augmented by renowned supporting musicians and artists!
• Travel to the United States to study and compose during the summers of 2008 and 2009 in the beautiful San Jacinto mountains of Southern California
• Spend the year in between in creative composition collaborating with talented young composer/performers from across the globe.
• Receive compatible software and computer hardware in order to communicate via the internet.
• Produce and perform an extraordinary, collaborative and cross-cultural composition reflecting the diversity of cultures in our world and the role of the arts in promoting better understanding and world peace
How to Apply
Please provide the following information and materials in English to the address below before April 15th, 2008
1. the attached application form
2. a musical resume (education and production)
3. a reference from your chief musical instructor
_ (with attached reference form)
4. a CD or DVD on which you perform
5. examples of original compositions represented
_ in appropriate media
6. demonstrated proficiency in English
The materials can be sent as email attachments
Or mailed to-Jana Morlan, TAC Producer, Idyllwild Arts, P.O. Box 38, Idyllwild, CA 92549
More information on A Counterpoint of Tolerance
A Counterpoint of Tolerance is directed by lead composer David Rosenboom. David is a composer, performer, conductor, interdisciplinary artist, author and educator. He has explored ideas in his work about the spontaneous evolution of forms, languages for improvisation, new techniques in scoring for ensembles, cross-cultural collaborations, performance art, computer music systems, interactive multi-media, compositional algorithms, and extended musical interface with the human nervous system since the 1960's. His work is widely distributed and presented around the world and he is known as a pioneer in American experimental music. David is Dean of the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts, where he also holds the Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music, and is a conductor with the New Century Players.
More information about David can be found at his website:
http://music.calarts.edu/~david/.
You can also see and hear him speak about being a
composer/performer and about CalArts in video clips at:
http://music.calarts.edu/media/arthouse/html/index.html.
This project will take place over the course of two years. It begins with the chosen composer/performers meeting with David on the campus of Idyllwild Arts for a retreat from July 20th to August 2nd, 2008. Composer/performers will then return to their native countries for a year of creative composing with compatible software and computers in order to collaborate and communicate via the internet. In the summer of 2009 the composer/performers will complete their year’s collaborative effort at a 2-week workshop back in Idyllwild. The workshop will result in an extraordinary, new music composition reflecting the cultural diversity of the composers, the common language of music, and how the arts address the conditions of the world today. The second summer will culminate in a public concert, with all composer/performers taking part in the performance. TAC has plans for additional performances of the composition at international venues.
We are looking for talented young composer/performers, 16 to 28
years of age. Applicants must be composer/performers. Composer/performers will be selected for their musical ability and imagination. Skill in improvisation and evidence of developing an original, creative voice in music are important. We are looking for composer/performers who can achieve a high level of expression, will commit to maintaining serious focus over the course of the project, and will bring with them a creative way to express their own unique culture while collaborating with composer/performers from other diverse cultures. All meetings and communication will be in English, so a proficiency in spoken and written English is a prerequisite.
Application forms can be downloaded Here:
Application Form
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Call for Artists
For more information , please contact Jana Morlan
at jmorlan@idyllwildarts.org or 951-659-2171 x2342.
The Transatlantic Arts Consortium (TAC), is a partnership between the California Institute for the Arts, Dartington and Idyllwild Arts, whose mission is to support the needs and aspirations of the artists of the 21st century. The TAC partners engage in seven different international projects promoting the education of artists, nine programs which commission the creation of new art, and are planning a conference and three projects devoted to the enterprise of living a life in art. For more information on the partners of the Transatlantic Arts Consortium, please visit the following websites: www.calarts.edu, www.idyllwildarts.org and www.dartington.ac.uk.
