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The Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition No. 2
2004-03-23
A successive competition for young composers originated by PWM Edition as a publishing firm responsible for the promotion of Polish compositional output.
THE RULES OF THE COMPETITION
1. Entrants for the 2004 competition are required to submit an original composition for solo classical guitar.
2. Composers of Polish nationality, no older than thirty years of age on 31 October 2003, may enter the competition.
3. Each participant in the competition may submit only one original composition.
4. The duration of the work must not exceed seven minutes.
5. The composition submitted must not have been published previously in any form, nor have received an award in any other composition competition.
6. Participants must submit their work in the form of computer print-outs from a music software programme. The works will not be returned.
7. Sending a recording of the work submitted is permitted, but exclusively with a computer print-out mentioned in No. 6.
8. The competition dates are as follows:
- announcement of the competition: February 2004;
- closing date for submission of works – by 31 May 2004;
- announcement of the results – June 2004;
- awarding of the prizes – October 2004.
9. Works that do not meet the requirements of the rules will not be accepted.
10. The following jury members will evaluate the works:
- Alina Gruszka, guitarrist, vice-rector of the Academy of Music in Katowice;
- Marek Stachowski, composer, rector of the Academy of Music in Cracow;
- Andrzej Kosowski, Editor-in-chief of PWM Edition.
11. The jury will grant a first place in the competition and one distinction.
12. The prizes for first place and the distinction will include publication of both works as well as material prizes of the value of 1000 PLN and 500 respectively.
13. The additional award for the winner of 1st prize will be placement of the awarded work as a compulsory composition in the second stage of the Guitar Competition as part of the 11th „Silesian Guitar Autumn” International Festival in 2006.
14. PWM Edition commits itself to launch an appropriate promotional campaign for the published works in order to initiate performances.
15. The jury reserves for itself the right not to award one of the prizes.
16. The competition is secret.
17. The works submitted should be marked with a code (emblem), and an envelope with the name, address and the date of birth of the participant should be included.
18. The subject of the competition in 2005 will be a composition for solo alto saxophone.
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