PROJECT : ENCORE™ Submission
About PROJECT : ENCORE™
PROJECT : ENCORE™ is a new searchable database of choral works that have received a première, but no significant additional performance. The works listed are content-and-keyword-searchable, and the listings contain links to composer and publisher web sites, sound files and sample pages of the score.
Through Project Encore, Schola Cantorum on Hudson seeks to provide a pathway between composers and conductors/ensembles to facilitate integration of new compositions into choral programming. Project Encore is advertised through national and international forums for choral music.
The emergence of Project Encore springs from SCH's mission of artistic leadership through premiering new works. Our history of programming consistently demonstrates a strong commitment to working with composers. Each première performance has fueled the desire to go further to increase awareness and acceptance of newer material by encouraging its use beyond the always-exciting cachet associated with the première performance. As part of this initiative, "encore performances" of works, already-premiered but as-yet-little-performed, is a thread now woven through every Schola Cantorum on Hudson season.
Submissions are currently accepted here. Each composer is welcome to submit one work for possible inclusion each quarter. Quarterly submission deadlines are on the 15th of each January, April, July and October.
Instructions For Composers
- Composers of any age are eligible. Compositions may be submitted posthumously by someone with notorized legal authority to do so.
- Entry is limited to one composition per composer per quarter year.
- The composer is responsible for obtaining permission to use any copyrighted material (text, recording, etc.)
- The submitted manuscript/score must be of professional quality and legibility, in PDF format.
- The submitted composition will be coded for identification, and the composer’s name will be hidden by the staff of PROJECT : ENCORE™.
- Each composition will be reviewed by a committee of three distinguished choral conductors. If, in the opinions of the committee members, a composition does not meet the required standards, the work will not be listed in the PROJECT : ENCORE™ database. Anonymity of the entrants will be maintained throughout the process.
- Composers of successful submissions will be notified no later than 1 week prior to each quarterly database update.
- One electronic copy of each entry will be retained by PROJECT : ENCORE™ for archival purposes.
- Composers must agree to the PROJECT : ENCORE™ Terms of Use prior to any submission.
Instructions for Submission
Please complete the following steps to fulfill the submission requirements. All items are required unless otherwise specified.
1. Read the PROJECT : ENCORE™ Terms of Use. Your submission indicates acceptance of these terms.
2. Complete the Submission Form (opens in new window)
3. Once you have completed the submission form, email the following files to projectencore@scholaonhudson.org (put your name and title of the work in the Subject Field of the email) (separate emails may be necessary for each file):
- the complete score in PDF format (file size should not exceed 7MB)
- a partial score in PDF format for inclusion in the searchable database (file size should not exceed 2MB)
- a complete (or nearly complete) sound recording (Audio settings: AAC, 128 kpbs @ 44.1 KHz — No MP3s, please) of a performance or a MIDI-generated file of the work (file size cannot exceed 25 MB)
- a sample recording of up to 2 minutes duration for posting on the database if your work is accepted (settings: AAC, 128 kpbs @ 44.1 KHz) (file size cannot exceed 6 MB)
4. Complete the premiering conductor's permission form (opens in new window, required if the live recording of a performance is submitted)
