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The 2013 NewMusic@ECU Festival Composition Competition Winner is...
Nicholas S. Omiccioli (b. 1982) is currently a preparing future faculty fellow at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and production coordinator of newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Austria, Lithuania, Thailand, New Zealand, and CHina by the Jasper String Quartet, Curious Chambers, Ensemble Platypus, le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, l'Orchestra de a francophonie, Society for New Music, Brave New Works, DuoSolo, Contemporaneous, and the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, to name a few. Nick has been commissioned by the Wellesley Composers Conference, Shouse Institute at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Music Teachers National Association, National Arts Centre in Canada, and Animus Ensemble. He has received many awards and honors including two nominations for scholarships by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His primary composition teachers include James Mobberley, Chen Yi, Brian Bevelander, Paul Rudy, and Zhou Long. He has also had additional study with Joao Pedro Oliveira and Stephen Hartke. Nick holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Heidelberg University.
flourishes (2012) for chamber orchestra was composed for the Summer Music Institute at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The title comes from the active woodwind parts--especially the flute--that are featured prominently throughout the piece in virtuosic and rhapsodic-ike figures. The entire work was composed using a single vertical sonority based on major/minor thirds and minor seconds.
Guidelines for the
2014 NewMusic@ECU Festival
Orchestral Composition Competition
This composition competition is open to all composers, regardless of age, nationality or institutional affiliation.
For consideration, the following materials must be received by December 1, 2013:
Scores (a maximum of two works; two copies of each submission) professional quality score(s), meeting guidelines noted below:
- Name of composer (anonymous entry NOT necessary)
- Maximum instrumentation:
2 flutes (piccolo double)
2 oboe (English Horn double)
2 clarinet (e-flat, bass double)
2 bassoon
2 horn
2 trumpet
3 trombone (including bass)
1 tuba
Timpani
2 percussion
piano
Strings
- Works with electronics/computer will be considered
- work with Harp will not be considered
- Works including soloists will not be considered
- Maximum duration of twelve (12) minutes
- Difficulty level suitable for advanced university orchestra
Information sheet with:
- Composer’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address
- One paragraph bio, one paragraph program note
- Title of submitted composition(s), list of instrumentation, duration of composition, date of completion, and performance history (if applicable)
If available, a recording of the submitted work(s) may be included. Recordings are helpful, but are not necessary.
For EACH ENTRY, an application fee of $10 US in the form of a check payable to East Carolina University, with NewMusic@ECU noted in the memo. [Cash (US $) is also acceptable.]
Self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish your materials to be returned.
Members of The East Carolina University Orchestra, Jorge Richter, Director, will prepare and perform the single winning work at the 2013 NewMusic@ECU Festival, on the East Carolina University campus in Greenville, NC.
Parts for the winning work must be received by January 15, 2014.
The composer of the winning work must be available to attend the festival. Every attempt will be made by the festival staff to provide accommodations for visitors, and to subsidize costs of travel. The composer of the winning work may also be asked to conduct a seminar, introducing their work to students and other festival attendants.
The composer of the selected score will be notified by December 20, 2013.
Parts for the winning work must be received by January 15, 2014.
Address all submissions to:
Mark Taggart, Composition Competition Director
NewMusic@ECU Festival
366 Fletcher Music Center
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
E-mail: taggartm@ecu.edu
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