Celebrating Twenty Years Worldwide—March 18–20, 2010
Featuring: Deborah Kavasch – composer, soprano, and specialist in extended vocal techniques
Rosephanye Powell – choral composer, researcher, interpreter of African American spirituals
Hasu Patel – world-class artist performing the classical sitar music of India
Call for Lectures, recitals, and scores
In celebration of IUP’s twentieth anniversary of the International Festival of Women Composers (founded in 1990), we invite proposals for sessions and concerts highlighting:
- the historical and contemporary vocal and chamber music of women composers
- piano repertoire by women – solo, piano duets, two pianos – four-hand
- women’s contributions to world musical cultures
- women’s engagement in American musical genres, including jazz, popular, spiritual, folk, and gospel
- women composer and choreographer collaborations
Proposal Format
- Please submit the Application Form electronically to: Festival directors, Dr. Sarah Mantel (sjmantel@iup.edu) and Dr. Susan Wheatley (wheatley@iup.edu).
- Scores and repertoire recordings only should be sent via mail to: Festival of Women Composers, Department of Music, 103 Cogswell Hall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705-1071.
- All accepted presenters/composers are required to attend and fully register* for the conference ($75).
Deadline—Proposals must be received by Friday, October 2, 2009
Score Submissions: Women composers, please send your compositions for voice, chorus, and chamber ensembles to be performed by faculty and student performers (as available). Electro-acoustic/multimedia pieces are also encouraged. Please send proposal form electronically, but scores should be sent in hard copy form only along with a CD recording.
Lecture and Lecture/Recital Submissions: Performers, composers, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, theorists, and educators are invited to submit proposals electronically. Session lengths: Lectures, 30 minutes; lecture/recitals, 40 minuntes; collaborative concerts (three or more performers), 60 minuntes. First-time FWC performers are also asked to send a CD repertoire recording.
