by choirsontario
Choirs Ontario is now accepting entries for the 2024 Ruth Watson Henderson Choral Composition Competition.
Prize: $2,000 and a premiere performance with one of Ontario’s celebrated choirs.
Entry Deadline: February 15, 2024
Composition Guidelines for the 2024 Competition (SSA Composition)
- The composition must be an original SSA work (composed for performance by a community treble choir), 4-6 minutes in length, a capella or piano accompaniment.
*A capella submissions MUST include a piano reduction - Texts may be sacred or secular and can be in languages other than English/French. The text must be either original, known to be in public domain or be accompanied by a letter of permission from the copyright owner.
- All submissions must not have been previously commissioned, published or performed. Arrangements of previously composed works are not acceptable. The composer shall retain the copyright of the work.
- Previous competition finalists re-applying must submit a different piece.
- Multiple entries by a single composer will not be accepted.