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An Invitation to Young Composers

Composer’s Kitchen 2012

  • Montreal, Canada: Sunday, April 22 to Saturday, April 28, 2012
  • Huddersfield, UK: Tuesday, November 20 to Friday, November 23, 2012

Application procedure — due December 15, 2011

Participants follow the directions below.
Note that we are accepting electronic applications only.

  1. Complete the following application form (in Word or OpenOffice)
  2. Save your completed version of this form with a new name as follows: yourlastname_CK2012form
  3. Prepare a folder, named yourlastname_CK2012app and include the following files:
    1. The application form, completed and renamed;
    2. Two sound examples, mp3 or m4a (no aiff accepted) files clearly labeled;
    3. Two scores in pdf format, files clearly labeled;
    4. Your CV in pdf format.
  4. Send this folder to office@quatuorbozzini.ca via YouSendIt, or other online file transfer service.
  5. As a confirmation, send a separate email to office@quatuorbozzini.ca to let us know that you have sent your application.

Eligibility and Selection

The Composer’s Kitchen 2012 is open to the up-and-coming generation of:

  1. Canadian composers (Canadian citizen or permanent resident), and
  2. United Kingdom composers (born in the UK or foreign nationals who are permanently resident in the UK)

From all eligible applicants a total of six participants (four from Canada, two from the UK) will be chosen. The applications will be judged for the originality, creativity, artistic vision, and craft represented by the compositions submitted. The Bozzini Quartet reserves the right to select participants. Incomplete applications, or those which do not fulfill the eligibility criteria will not be submitted to the jury.

Financial information

Each successful applicant is awarded a full tuition scholarship. In addition, the participants’ travel is supported according to the following chart:

Travel to Montreal Travel to Huddersfield
UK participants Travel and accommodation are paid through special financial support of the British Council Travel and accommodation are paid through special financial support of hcmf//
Quebec participants At the participant’s expense Travel and accommodation are paid through special financial support of the Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec
Non-Quebec Canadian participants The Bozzini Quartet will support the participant’s applications to travel grants through the Canada Council for the Arts, the participant’s home provincial arts council, universities and other sources

For more information, contact us at office@quatuorbozzini.ca

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