Tera de Marez Oyens Award 2024
Are you a composer and a recent graduate of one of the Dutch conservatories? Submit your work to the Open Call of the Tera de Marez Oyens Award 2024!
The €2,000 award, organised and provided by The Tera de Marez Oyens Foundation, enables one selected composer to write a new short composition for a professional contemporary music ensemble to be performed during the next Gaudeamus Festival.
Criteria
The Tera de Marez Oyens Foundation is looking for a work (a graduation project or other composition project realized during or shortly after the conservatory studies) that distinguishes itself by quality of composition and score, originality, and feasibility and engages the audience in a story, in its commitment, or atmosphere. There are no restrictions as to musical genre; pieces with electronics or performance elements may also compete for the award.
Who can compete?
All students who completed a BA or MA program at one of the Dutch conservatories in the academic year 2021/22, 2022/23, or 2023/24 and are residents of the Netherlands can compete for the award.
Nomination process
A jury of composers, musicians and professionals from the wider artistic field, presided by David de Marez Oyens, will nominate three or four pieces, which will be performed during the Gaudeamus Festival 2024. After this concert, the award ceremony will take place. The selected composers will be informed of their nomination no later than July 19th.
The Tera de Marez Oyens Award is an incentive award, reaching a relatively large audience due to its collaboration with the Gaudeaumus Festival. When offering your composition, keep in mind that as a composer you are asked to take care of the performance of the piece in question, including the organization of performers (maximum 3). The piece should not exceed 10 minutes, and will take place on a small (chamber music) stage.
How to participate?
Send an email letter with your motivation and contact details, and add:
1: the score (in PDF);
2: (if available) a sound recording, preferably as a web link and otherwise as an MP3;
3: a reflection or explanatory comments on the piece (max 1 A4);
4: a Curriculum Vitae (max 1 A4).
The total package should not exceed 20 MB.
When and where?
Works and additional documentation materials can be sent to prijs[at]terademarezoyens[dot]nl.
Deadline: 23 juni 2024
More information:
Questions: David de Marez Oyens - demarezoyensdavid[at]gmail[dot]com
About the foundation and the award: www.terademarezoyens.nl/en