Birthday Party

Celebrate the Music Library's 35th Birthday with us on Tues., Aug. 25 (first day of Fall 2009 classes).  Stop by for cake and candy beginning at 11 am.

Composition Contest

The Music Library is pleased to announce graduate composition student Rafael Valle's piece titled "Fate" the winner of our 35^th anniversary composition contest.  Scored for a twenty-piece chamber orchestra, the piece incorporates thematic ideas from the 1974 hit song "Kung Fu Fighting."  The music library was in its first year of operation when this song made its meteoric rise to the top of hit charts all over the world.  The piece was premiered on Saturday, February 27, at 3 pm in the Fletcher Recital Hall as part of the 2010 NewMusic@ECU Festival.  Listen online to a recording of the premiere. 

Composition Contest Official Rules:

1. Open to all ECU students.
2. Each entry must:
3. • incorporate a theme from any piece of popular music that made the hit charts, or any classical piece that was premiered in, the music library's birth year of 1974;
   • be an instrumental piece for between four and twenty players in any combination;
   • not exceed five minutes in length;
   • include the name, street and email addresses, and phone number of the composer.
4. Three copies of an entry must be submitted to Dr. Edward Jacobs (Fletcher Music Center, room 302) by 5 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2009. In addition, a MIDI rendering may be submitted, but is not required.
5. There will be no auditions.
6. Entries will be judged by School of Music composition faculty members.
7. The winning composition will be:
8. • announced on or before January 8, 2010;
   • premiered during the 2010 NewMusic@ECU Festival under the direction of Dr. Scott Carter;
   • cataloged and added to the music library's special collection, and a bound copy presented to the composer at the premiere.