The International Orange Chorale of San Francisco (IOCSF) announces a call for scores for our Fall 2023 concert season. The series will be titled “Freshly Squeezed: Holiday Edition” in keeping with our tradition of Freshly Squeezed concerts that showcase newly composed choral music. For this series, we’re looking to find 8-10 pieces that reimagine and riff on recognizable holiday-season melodies, carols, hymns etc.
Interested composers should submit works via the webform at https://www.iocsf.org/call-for-scores/ which also has more details on submission procedure and guidelines. In summary:
— We want 3-6 minute pieces, ideally a cappella and previously unperformed, that reimagine recognizable holiday songs, themes, and/or melodies, with emphasis on the “reimagine” part. We’re not looking for new arrangements of familiar carols or the like: we want works that take a holiday “standard” as source material and make a genuinely, thoroughly new piece of music out of it.
— This is a call for scores and not a composition competition, and there is no prize money as such. IOC concerts are recorded and a copy will be made available to you.
— The submission deadline is July 15, 2023, and composers will be notified of the results of our evaluation by August 15, 2023.
IOCSF is a 30-40 voice auditioned volunteer SATB ensemble devoted to performing modern repertoire, with particular attention to contemporary music including newly commissioned works by promising composers. We look forward to reviewing your submissions!
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