The Longfellow Chorus Solo Tenor Song Submission Page
DEADLINE: December 14, 2009
View the Winners of the 2008-09 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition.
SOLO SONG TENOR SETTING COMPETITION RULESSolo Song Tenor settings of poems, prose or translated texts by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow must be accompanied by piano. The Longfellow Chorus, of Portland, Maine, is a 50-member non-profit chorus, with the mission of inspiring new vocal and choral settings of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882.
All settings must reflect an understanding of the life and work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and help convey the meaning of the chosen text. Entries may represent any compositional style. Successful entries will show insight and imagination and be accessible to the average listener. Additionally, but not exclusively, entries that incorporate culturally and ethnically diverse musical styles and traditions are encouraged. Winning settings will be premiered at the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 203rd Birthday Choral Concert, February 27 and February 28, 2010, at The First Parish in Portland, UUA, Portland, Maine, Longfellow's boyhood church, and First Congregational Church of South Portland, Maine.
Solo Song Tenor settings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, prose or translation exclusively) must be no longer than 6 minutes.
VOCAL SPECIFICATIONS
All settings must reflect an understanding of the life and work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and help convey the meaning of the chosen text. Entries may represent any compositional style. Successful entries will show insight and imagination and be accessible to the average listener. Additionally, but not exclusively, entries that incorporate culturally and ethnically diverse musical styles and traditions are encouraged. Winning settings will be premiered at the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 203rd Birthday Choral Concert, February 27 and February 28, 2010, at The First Parish in Portland, UUA, Portland, Maine, Longfellow's boyhood church, and First Congregational Church of South Portland, Maine.
Solo Song Tenor settings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, prose or translation exclusively) must be no longer than 6 minutes.
VOCAL SPECIFICATIONS
The featured competition soloist will be tenor Mark Sprinkle. Mark not only has a lighter, professional-quality, high tenor voice, he is a Registered Maine Sea Kayaking Guide and an American Canoeing Association Open Water Sea Kayaking Instructor. A former fellow of the Britten-Pears Institute, Aldeburgh, UK, he specializes in the music of Benjamin Britten and period Early Music performance. The outer limits of Mark's range are tenor low C to high B-natural. Winning settings will fit Mark's voice, specifically, in tone quality and register.
Listen to Mark Sprinkle sing
Endymion, for solo tenor and piano, by Klaus Miehling, one of the winning compositions from the 2008-09 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition.
Listen to Mark Sprinkle, as Evangelist, sing And wept bitterly, from an Early Music performance of Bach's St. John Passion.
PRIZES
First Prize: $300, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
Second Prize: $50, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
Third Prize(s): $20, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
DEADLINE:
December 14, 2009
ENTRY FEE: -- $15
SUBMISSION FORMAT INFORMATION
There are two ways to submit score: regular mail, or email.
Submitting by Email
Submitting by Regular Mail
The composer's name must not appear on the score.
Do not send sound files
Send two copies of the score.
Please include a cover letter with composer's name, address, contact information and title of the setting.
2009-10 Longfellow International Composers Competition submissions limited to one choral setting (less than 6 minutes), one solo song (tenor, less than six minutes) and one choral-orchestral cantata proposal (previously composed orchestral score and score work sample of proposed Longfellow cantata) per composer.
MAIL TO:
The Longfellow Chorus, Inc.
C/O Charles Kaufmann
P. O. Box 5133
Portland, Maine
04101
Checks payable to "The Longfellow Chorus, Inc."
Questions? Contact Longfellow Chorus director Charles Kaufmann
Mission Statement of The Longfellow Chorus, Inc.:
"The Corporation shall organize and maintain a chorus to perform and record vocal and choral settings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry, written from 1840 to the present, shall inspire and commission new vocal and choral settings of Longfellow's poetry, and shall perform choral music of the Romantic and immediate post-Romantic eras, ca. 1825-1920."
All materials on this Web-site are protected by copyright of Charles Kaufmann, The Lygonia Press, The Longfellow Chorus, Inc., The Longfellow National Historic Site, Bowdoin College, Houghton Library, Harvard College, The First Parish in Portland, UUA, and/or the Maine Historical Society.
Contact The Longfellow Chorus:
e-mail: The Longfellow Chorus
The Longfellow Chorus
c/o Charles Kaufmann
P. O. Box 5133
Portland, Maine 04101
Back to The Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition Main Page
Listen to Mark Sprinkle sing
Endymion, for solo tenor and piano, by Klaus Miehling, one of the winning compositions from the 2008-09 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition.Listen to Mark Sprinkle, as Evangelist, sing
And wept bitterly, from an Early Music performance of Bach's St. John Passion.PRIZES
First Prize: $300, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
Second Prize: $50, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
Third Prize(s): $20, plus premiere performance February 27 and 28, 2010, and archival audio recording.
DEADLINE:
December 14, 2009
ENTRY FEE: -- $15
SUBMISSION FORMAT INFORMATION
There are two ways to submit score: regular mail, or email.
Submitting by Email
Submitting by Regular Mail
The composer's name must not appear on the score.
Do not send sound files
Send two copies of the score.
Please include a cover letter with composer's name, address, contact information and title of the setting.
2009-10 Longfellow International Composers Competition submissions limited to one choral setting (less than 6 minutes), one solo song (tenor, less than six minutes) and one choral-orchestral cantata proposal (previously composed orchestral score and score work sample of proposed Longfellow cantata) per composer.
MAIL TO:
The Longfellow Chorus, Inc.
C/O Charles Kaufmann
P. O. Box 5133
Portland, Maine
04101
Checks payable to "The Longfellow Chorus, Inc."
Questions? Contact Longfellow Chorus director Charles Kaufmann
Mission Statement of The Longfellow Chorus, Inc.:
"The Corporation shall organize and maintain a chorus to perform and record vocal and choral settings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry, written from 1840 to the present, shall inspire and commission new vocal and choral settings of Longfellow's poetry, and shall perform choral music of the Romantic and immediate post-Romantic eras, ca. 1825-1920."
All materials on this Web-site are protected by copyright of Charles Kaufmann, The Lygonia Press, The Longfellow Chorus, Inc., The Longfellow National Historic Site, Bowdoin College, Houghton Library, Harvard College, The First Parish in Portland, UUA, and/or the Maine Historical Society.
Contact The Longfellow Chorus:
e-mail: The Longfellow Chorus
The Longfellow Chorus
c/o Charles Kaufmann
P. O. Box 5133
Portland, Maine 04101
Back to The Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition Main Page