Women Composer Competition
Heloisa Fleury, Paris, France
Born in Brazil, Heloisa has lived in Paris since 1980 and
specializes in sacred music composition.
Her piece is entitled There the Soul Dwells and is based on the
text of Catherine of Sienna. The
composition, which is in four parts with organ accompaniment, will be performed
at the AAM conference in Durham on July 3.
Original
announcement:
In honor of women composers from all the
ages, Association of Anglican Musicians is sponsoring a competition for an
anthem to be performed at the AAM convention in Scotland, July, 2007. All
women musicians, including students of sacred music, are eligible and are
encouraged to participate. Two choices of
text are available. You should feel free to adapt the text to
your anthem style, but not lose the essence of or the imagery contained in the
translation given.
The work will be part of the liturgy;
exactly when it will occur during the convention will be decided after the
winning composition is chosen. As it will be sung by a local chorus or a
choir Òof the wholeÓ, it should be of easy or moderate difficulty, with regard to
preparation and performance. The piece can be acapella or accompanied;
accompanied anthems should be suitably performed using a pipe organ.
Anthems should be no longer than 3-4 minutes. The selection committee will
consist of 4 AAM members. The winner will receive a $500 honorarium for
her work, upon selection of the composition.
Manuscripts should be send via email as
.pdf attachments to the following email address: templelm@jmu.edu, by Feb. 1, 2007, and the
winner will be chosen by March 1, 2007.