Symphony New Brunswick to host competition for young New Brunswick composers
New Brunswick- Symphony New Brunswick is preparing for what will be a very exciting season. The search for the next SNB principal conductor and music director will bring eight different guest conductors to New Brunswick, and with them will be a line up of renown Canadian artists including cellist Denise Djokic, singer and composer Jeremy Dutcher, and violinist Martin Beaver. Some of the featured conductors include Janna Sailor, Kevin Mallon, Nadège Foofat, Mélanie Léonard, Geneviève Leclerc, and Martin MacDonald.
The 2019-2020 season will also continue to feature the talent of young Canadian Emerging Artists. Last season, winner of the 2017 National Music Festival Naomi Ford was a featured soloist with the orchestra. This season, contralto singer Heather Flemming will be featured Emerging Artist in this April’s concert entitled Spring Fling.
In addition to the Emerging Artists Series, Symphony New Brunswick will be initiating a competition for young New Brunswick composers this year and for upcoming seasons. There will be up to five winners chosen whose pieces will be featured in the upcoming seasons and performed by Symphony New Brunswick. This new initiative intends to be carried out into the orchestra’s future in order to continuously give young composers the opportunity to create new compositions for SNB every season.
Young composers from New Brunswick universities with active music departments including St. Thomas University, Université de Moncton, and Mount Allison are encouraged to apply. Composers are to submit short works for small orchestra, which will be assessed first by the resident professor and then by an outside adjudicator. Young composers from New Brunswick who are currently studying at a university outside of the province or abroad are also encouraged in entering. In this case, works can be submitted directly to the symphony.
For questions concerning the composition competition, please contact the Symphony New Brunswick office at: symphony@nbnet.nb.ca or 506 634 8379
We hope that many young New Brunswick musicians will take advantage of this fine opportunity.
