Carnegie Hall will commission eight young composers to write new works for one to two singer(s) and small ensemble. The workshop will include 12 singers‹four selected through an application process and eight from the inaugural class of the graduate program in vocal arts at The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Participants must be available during both workshop periods. The November sessions will focus on readings of excerpts of the new pieces. The April sessions will focus on performance preparation. Most sessions will take place at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. The world premiere performances of the new works will take place at Carnegie Hall¹s Weill Recital Hall on April 14 and 15, 2007.
Osvaldo Golijov was born and raised in Argentina, surrounded by classical music, Jewish litiurgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla. After studying in Israel, he moved to the US to study with George Crumb. While a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, he studied with Oliver Knussen and first developed his relationship with the Kronos Quartet, with whom he has since collaborated on more than 30 works.
The composer¹s recent works include a one-act opera, Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears), featuring Dawn Upshaw; Ayre, a set of folksongs also with Ms.
Upshaw; and Tekyah, written for a film marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He is currently working with director Francis Ford Coppola on the score of an upcoming film.
The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Mr. Golijov is an associate professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and is on the faculties of the Boston Conservatory and Tanglewood.
Dawn Upshaw has achieved international celebrity as a singer of
opera and concert repertoire ranging from the sacred works of
Bach to the freshest sounds of today. Her acclaimed
performances on the opera stage comprise the great Mozart roles
as well as modern works by Stravinsky, Poulenc, and Messiaen.
From Salzburg, Glyndebourne, and Paris to The Metropolitan
Opera, where she began her career in 1984 and has sung nearly
300 performances, Ms. Upshaw has also championed numerous new
works created for her, including The Great Gatsby by John
Harbison, the Grawemeyer Awardwinning L¹Amour de Loin by Kaija
Saariaho, John Adams¹s nativity oratorio El Niño, and
Osvaldo Golijov¹s chamber opera Ainadamar and song cycle Ayre,
the latter commisioned by Carnegie Hall for her Perspectives
and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon.
As a recitalist, Dawn Upshaw has premiered more than 40 works
in the past decade. She began her career as a winner of The
Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Development Program and the
Young Concert Artists Auditions. She is the artistic director
of the graduate program in vocal arts at The Bard College
Conservatory of Music.
Applications will be accepted for composers and singers.
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Composers
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Composer applicants must be from 18 to 35 years of age. Eight composers will be selected and will each receive a Carnegie Hall commission. The commission will be for works of 10 to 20 minutes for one to two voices and small ensemble. Exact instrumentation will be supplied upon award of commission.
The commission fee is $3,500 with an additional $1,500 stipend towards score preparation costs. A portion of the work must be ready by November 6, 2006, to be played in a workshop setting. The entire work (score and parts) must be delivered no later than March 1, 2007.
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Singers
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Singer applicants may be of any vocal range and must be from 21 to 33 years of age. Singers should demonstrate a strong and established performance history of music written after 1950. Four singers will be selected.
There is no tuition for the workshop. Travel and shared housing will be arranged and paid for by Carnegie Hall for participants coming from outside New York City.
Please complete the application form and return it with the following:
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A current résumé including teachers, master classes, performing
experiences, education/training, festivals, and awards. Percussionists:
please indicate whether you specialize in any particular area
(pitched percussion, hand percussion, etc.).
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Two letters of recommendation from present or former music teachers or from musicians of
high standing. Letters may be sent separately from the application either by mail or e-mail to
PTW@weillmusicinstitute.org but
must be marked clearly with the workshop name and the
applicant’s name
on the front of the envelope or in the subject line of the e-mail.
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A non-refundable application fee of $30. Payment may be made by check, money order in US dollars, or credit card. Make check or money order payable to The Carnegie Hall Corporation.
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For Composers: Scores of two works written in the last five years. Submitted works need not be vocal. Please submit recordings of the two works, if possible. The recordings may be live or MIDI renditions.
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FOR SINGERS:
An unedited audiocassette or CD on which you have recorded:
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Two 20th- or 21st-century works of your choosing, and
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One work of your choosing written before 1900.
One of the three selections must be sung in English.
Cassettes/CDs should be 1530 minutes long.
Individual movements/songs are acceptable.
CDs are strongly preferred.
Osvaldo Golijov / Dawn Upshaw Workshop Application Form (904 KB PDF)
All materials must be received by Carnegie Hall no later than Monday, July 31, 2006.
Applicants will be informed of their workshop status on or about September 30.
All workshop participants must be available November 6–10,
2006, and April 9–15, 2007, including evenings, and are
expected to attend ALL sessions of the workshop.