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MUSICA SACRA® 2009

V International Composers Competition

 

REGULATIONS

 

THE COMPETITION

1. The 4. International Composers’ Competition  “Musica Sacra 2009” is organised by the “Musica Sacra” Association and The “Gaude Mater” International Festival of  Sacred Music  in Częstochowa (Poland).

 

2. The competition is open to composers of any nationality. Age limit: 35 (the entire  2009).

COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS

1. More than one score per composer is permitted (three compositions maximum).

2. Submitted compositions must be unpublished, should  not have been previously performed in public and also not have been awarded a prize at any other competition.

3. Applicants should submit a composition for mixed choir a cappella  (up to a maximum of 16 voices) to the latin text.

4. Duration of the composition: 4-10 minutes.

5. The organisers reserve their rights for the first performance of awarded compositions.

 

PRIZES

The following prizes are provided:

 

1st Prize: €2.500, performance and recording during

The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  Sacred Music 2009 in Częstochowa (Poland)

 

2nd Prize: €1.500, performance and recording during

The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  Sacred Music 2009 in Częstochowa (Poland)

 

3rd Prize: €1.000, performance and recording during

The “Gaude Mater”  International Festival of  Sacred Music 2009 in Częstochowa (Poland). 

 

Prizes may not be awarded if the Jury decide so.

The decisions of the Jury are final.

ENTRIES

1. The score should be submitted anonymously and marked with an letter emblem. Applicants must submit three anonymous copies of each score, but mark each of them with the same emblem.

2. Sealed envelope marked with the same letter emblem should be attached together with the following data:

a) composer’s full name,

b) date and place of birth,

c) nationality,

d) address, telephone, fax and e-mail address,

e) title of the composition.

3. The sealed envelope marked with the letter emblem must also enclose the following signed and dated declaration:

“I declare that this composition submitted to the Musica Sacra 2009 competition has hitherto neither been published, nor performed before a public audience, nor awarded a prize in any other competition.”

4. The entries should be sent to the following address:

Musica Sacra 2009 Composers Competition”

OPK Gaude Mater

ul. Dabrowskiego 1

42-200 Czestochowa

Poland

 

phone: +48 (501) 33-99-02

e-mail: competition@musicasacra.com.pl

 

The deadline for submission of scores is January 1st, 2009. The postmark is decisive.

Results will be announced by the end of February 2009.

ENTRY FEE

35 € for each composition submitted

 

The fee 35 € should be transferred by bank (bank charges are the responsibility of a sender) to the following account:

 

Stowarzyszenie MUSICA SACRA

Bank PKO SA VI O/Warszawa

swift: PKOPPLPW

account number: 81 1240 1082 1111 0000 0381 4743

The payment receipt must be enclosed with the submitted score.

 Cheques and credit cards will not be accepted.

 The entry fee is not refundable.

 FINAL DECISIONS

1. Participation in the Competition is synonymous with acceptance of the Regulations.

2. Compositions not meeting the requirements stated in the above Regulations will not be admitted to the Competition.

 3. Contentious cases will be resolved based on the Polish version of the Regulations of the Competition.

 4. The submitted scores will be come the property of the organiser and will not be returned.

 

LAUREATES
of  
Composers Competition

MUSICA SACRA® 2008
4. International Composers Competition

The jury of the IV International Composers Competition, Musica Sacra 2008, met in Gdansk from February 29th until 1 Marsth, co - organizer  was Polish Chamber Choir “Schola Cantorum Gedanensus”. In total, 48 compositions were submitted from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Iran,  Italy, Korea, Norway,  Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, USA. 1 entrie met not the requirements stated in the Regulations.

The Jury comprised:

Marian Borkowski (Poland) - the President of the Jury

Stephen Layton (Great Britain)

Jan Łukaszewski (Poland)

            Volker Wangenheim ( Niemcy)

Paul Wingfield (Great Britain)


The following awards were made:

Grand Prix:

            NOT AWARDED

1st Prize: IZABELA ADAMSKA for Parce Domine
2000, performance and recording during Gaude Mater  - International Festival of Sacred Music 2008 in Czestochowa (Poland)

2nd Prize: DARIUSZ PRZYBYLSKI for ... et desiderabunt mori...
1500, performance and recording during Gaude Mater  - International Festival of Sacred Music 2008 in Czestochowa (Poland)

3rd Prize: RAFAŁ JANIAK for Et in templo omnis lognetur gloriam
1000, performance and recording during Gaude Mater  - International Festival of Sacred Music 2008 in Czestochowa (Poland)

 

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Last years:

1996

Maciej Żółtowski, II nagroda

Maciej Zieliński, II nagroda

1997

Miłosz Bembinow, I nagroda

Wojciech Widłak, II nagroda

Marcel Chyrzyński, III nagroda

Aleksander Kościów, wyróżnienie

Wojciech Widłak, wyróżnienie

1998

I nagrody nie przyznano

 Bartosz Kowalski, II nagroda

Marcel Chyrzyński, III nagroda

Anna Maria Dudzińska, III nagroda

Małgorzata Grabska, wyróżnienie

Bartosz Kowalski, wyróżnienie

1999

Weronika Ratusińska, I nagroda

Michał Moc, II nagroda

Dariusz Łapiński, III nagroda

Piotr Wróbel, dwa wyróżnienia

2000

Agnieszka Szydłowska, I nagroda

Bartosz Kowalski, I nagroda

Mi-Jin Lee, II nagroda

Joanna Garbacz, III nagroda

Dariusz Łapiński, wyróżnienie

Leszek M. Gorecki, wyróżnienie

2001

Bartosz Kowalski, I nagroda

Joanna Garbacz, II nagroda

Mi-Jin Lee, III nagroda

Aldona Nawrocka, wyróżnienie

Judyta Wrona, wyróżnienie

2002

Aldona Nawrocka, I nagroda

Klaudia Pasternak, II nagroda

2003

I nagrody nie przyznano

Seweryn Ścibior II nagroda

Sławomir Opaliński III nagroda

Jerzy Wołosiuk III nagroda

Łucja Szablewska wyróżnienie

Ewelina Wdziekońska wyróżnienie

2004

Łukasz Farcinkiewicz- I nagroda   

Patryk Różycki - II nagroda

Wojciech Blecharz - III nagroda

Miłosz Aleksandrowicz - wyróżnienie

Katarzyna Głowicka - wyróżnienie

2005

Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz - I nagroda 

Nicholas Paul Vines -
II nagroda 

Ulrich Alexander Kreppein - III nagroda

Olga Hans -
- IV nagroda

Ulrich Alexander Kreppein -
wyróżnienie

2006

I nagroda nie przyznano

Hideyuki Nishimura - II nagroda

Agata Krawczyk - III nagroda 
ex aequo – Jakub Kowalewski

Piotr Tabakiernik IV nagroda 

2007

Michał Łukasz Niżyński -  I nagroda

Stephan Nicolay  -  II nagroda

Cristian Gentilini -  III nagroda

Kamil Kosecki  IV nagroda

Kamil Kosecki - Nagroda Specjalna dla najmłodszego laureata

 

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