[NewMusic] Fwd: Sounding Out: A Recording Award for California Composers

Wed Sep 26 09:57:40 PDT 2007

In case anybody is interested...
NEXMAP co-produced the first evening of the SF Electronic Music
Festival, so I think they'd be open-minded to composers on this list.

Matt

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From: NEXMAP <info at nexmap.org>
Date: Sep 26, 2007 9:37 AM
Subject: Sounding Out: A Recording Award for California Composers
To: mattdavignon at gmail.com

Sounding Out: A Recording Award for California Composers
Deadline: November 15, 2007, 5 pm
Download Application at www.nexmap.org

Northern California boasts a wide range of musical traditions ranging
from psychedelia, garage-punk, hip-hop, bluegrass, reggae, classical,
and more.  How do these distinct aesthetic trajectories and
California's ethnic diversity inform contemporary experimental
electro-acoustic music?  Embracing the notion of hybridity, Sounding
Out California is a NEXMAP initiative that fosters the production of
contemporary music.

Through its Call for Recorded Original Compositions, "Sounding Out 07"
invites three selected composers living and operating in California to
master an existing pre-recorded acoustic, electronic, or
electro-acoustic work ranging in duration from 5-20 minutes using the
facilities at Asphodel, Ltd's state of the art post-production
facilities located in San Francisco.   "Sounding Out" seeks
submissions of cutting-edge innovative works by composers of all ages
and styles.  All works will be judged on the basis of merit.

Submissions will be juried by Linda Bouchard (Director, NEXMAP), Naut
Humon (Co-Founder, Asphodel, Ltd., & Recombinant Media Labs (RML),
French composer Francis Dhomont, Guillermo Galindo (Curator, San
Francisco Electronic Music Festival).

The newly mastered piece will be released as part of a NEXMAP
compilation. The compilation will be released in Fall 2008 at an event
held at RML (San Francisco).

Award Recipients receive the following:
- One seminar for all composers as a group that will briefly explain
the art and techniques of mastering and review the technology
available to them at Asphodel.
- Two 3-hour private sessions with a professional technician/sound
engineer at Asphodel, Ltd
- A compilation CD including the works by the three selected
composers, to be produced by NEXMAP, released and distributed
internationally.

Submissions must be received by 5 pm, November 15, 2007 at the
following location:

NEXMAP: New Experimental Music, Art, Performance
3145 Geary Blvd #705,
San Francisco, CA  94118

Submissions must include the following:

- A Curriculum Vitae
- An artist's statement no longer than 1 page
- One or two audio samples no more than 20 minutes long each,
preferably shorter. No scores required.
- If you would like us to return your material, please enclose a
self-addressed, pre-stamped envelope.
- The signed and completed Application Form available at www.nexmap.org

This program is supported in part by a Community Partnership Grant
through the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composer's
Forum.

About:

NEXMAP, a non-profit corporation based in San Francisco, California,
is dedicated to the production and appreciation of contemporary and
experimental performing arts. NEXMAP serves as a vehicle and forum of
exchange for local and international performers and creative artists
in different mediums, including contemporary music, electronics, music
theatre, dance, visual arts and multi-media, through the presentation
of concerts, festivals, special events and performances and related
educational, youth development and community outreach programs.

Directed by Linda Bouchard, programs include:

BINARY CITIES - live performances, installations, and symposia by
artists from the San Francisco Bay Area and abroad.

INSIDE OUT (I/O) - an outreach program that offers free admission to
non-traditional art audiences and a post-event dialogue about the
work.

DOUBLE TAKE - dialogue & artists' presentations of works-in-progress
or newly-completed work

THE INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENTIAL ENGINEERING - a mobile forum for
educational arts in the realms of Surround Cinema, Immersive
Installation and Cross Media exhibition or performance. Directed by
Naut Humon.

ASPHODEL, LTD. is a ten year-old independent record label located in
San Francisco. Asphodel studios represents a culmination of years of
artistic research and technological development. Centrally located,
the facility contains an elegant composite of modern and vintage
equipment. The Mix A is a spacious acoustically-exacting environment,
featuring a 72-channel Neve console, PMC and

Dynaudio surround monitoring, Protools HD and 24-channel Analog
recording, and a definitive selection of outboard processors.
Instruments available for use include: a 1908 Model A Steinway, a
Hammond B3 organ, and an array of analog modular synthesizers and
digital sound modules. Asphodel offers a complete mastering and video
post/DVD authoring suite as well as a variety of unique tracking
spaces. http://asphodelstudios.com/

Questions? Contact us:
415.871.9992 | info at nexmap.org | www.nexmap.org
 for more information contact Artistic Director Linda Bouchard

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