Sponsored by Yale College New Music:
For 20120-21, a review will be held to select the pieces for the next YSO Reading Session, the date of which is TBA.
Submission #1 Guidelines: DUE NO LATER than Thursday, Oct. 15th, 12:59 pm
Yale College composers are invited to submit three to five minutes of an original orchestral work for consideration, either a Finale or Sibelius file, to Prof. Kathryn Alexander by email. If chosen, they must also submit two scores of their orchestral work, printed back-to-back on 11×17 paper and neatly bound, to the Business Office of the Department of Music. Works may be submitted at any time before the Oct. 15th deadline.
Instrumentation:
3.3.3.3, 4.2.3.1, harp, piano, percussion, timpani, strings
Maximum of three percussion players. Choose from the following instruments:
- Mallets: chimes, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone
- Metals: finger cymbals, crash cymbals, suspended cymbal (16” and 18”), large tam-tam, triangle (5”, 7” and 10”)
- Skins: drum kit (5-piece), snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, timpani
- Woods: castanets, claves, guiro, temple blocks
- Other: bird call, flexatone, ratchet, slapstick, sleigh bells, vibraslap
Repertoire Examples:
Works by Yale College composers that have been either read or programmed by the YSO:
hatchling – Emil Ernstrom; read by the YSO
Unraveling – Max Vinetz; premiered Nov. 11th, 2017 with the YSO
Reviewers:
Professors Kathryn Alexander and Konrad Kaczmarek will review the submissions.
Submission #2: DUE NO LATER than Thursday, Nov. 5th, 12:59 pm
The selected composers must submit the final, revised score to Prof. Kathryn Alexander.
Meeting with Maestro Boughton:
If chosen for the readings you must be available to meet with Maestro Boughton in December 2020.
Forfeiture:
A composer’s piece will not be read if he/she fails to meet the Submission #2 deadline on time with the appropriate professional-quality materials.