The theme this year is CELEBRATION.
The award has 3 divisions:
- Open to Australian citizens or residents of any age
- Prize money of $4,000
- Awarded to a choral work of 8 to 10 minutes’ duration
- Scored for SATB choir with or without accompaniment
- Open to Australian citizens or residents of any age
- Prize money of $2,000
- Awarded to a choral work of 2 to 4 minutes’ duration
- Scored for SATB choir with or without accompaniment
- Must be able to function as an anthem in a Catholic liturgical context
- Open to any student enrolled in a program at ACU in 2015, including international students
- Prize money of $1,000
- Awarded to a choral work of 2 to 4 minutes’ duration
- Scored for SATB choir with or without accompaniment
Works submitted must be idiomatic choral compositions that can be sung by a part-singing university-level choir of approximately 20 voices. The text set should be in English or Latin and be free of copyright restrictions.
Deadline and Submission
Scores should be de-identified and marked with a code word. The code word should be included the application form which will include the composer’s name and contact details. Applicants for the student division should include their ACU student number on the application form. Applicants should include two bound copies of their works, and all pieces should be typeset (using Finale or Sibelius or equivalent).
The competition opens on Monday 13 April 2015.
The deadline for submission is 5pm EST, Friday 10 July 2015.
The winning entries in each division will be announced on Wednesday 26 August 2015.
For queries about the competition, please contact Dr Timothy McKenry,
The Isabel Menton Choral Award
c/o School of Arts Reception
Australian Catholic University
Level 4, The Mary Glowrey Building
115 Victoria Parade Fitzroy Victoria 3065
- Compositions must be unpublished, must not have won any other competition, and must not be under consideration by any publisher or for any other prize for the duration of the competition. Compositions must also have never been previously performed.
- ACU will hold the right to convene the first performance of the winning work in each division, and will hold exclusive performance and recording rights for one year after the date the prizes are awarded. Copyright will remain with the author.
- Entrants must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia. Any international student currently studying at an Australian university may also apply.
- ACU staff members (except the panel of judges) and ACU students are eligible to enter.
- Entrants’ names must not appear on any page of the work, but only on the entry form.
- Multiple entries are permitted. Separate entry forms are required for each entry.
- Scores should be on A4, double sided and bound. Pages should be numbered and the title of the work should appear on each page.
- Entries will not be returned.
- The opening date for entries is Monday 13 April 2015 and the closing date for entries is Friday 10 July 2015. Entries must be postmarked on or before the closing date and be complete with entry form and two copies of the score.
- Entries will only be accepted via post, and will not be accepted by email or fax.
- ACU reserves the right to not award a prize in any or all divisions or to split the prize money between multiple winners in any division.
- ACU reserves the right to require modifications/revisions to winning scores in each division in advance of any performance of the works.
- The winning compositions in each division, as well as shortlisted and commended works will be announced on 26 August 2015. Results will be published on the ACU website and may be published in external publications including newspapers, magazines etc. Shortlisted entrants will be notified by email.
- The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence about the result will be entered into.
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