TMC is proud that its Choral Composition Competition brings new works from emerging composers to choral music in Canada. The winners of the competition receive the Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition in the amount of $1,000, and the winning work is premiered by the TMC at one of their concerts.
Debbie Fleming is a TMC alumna who sang in the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for 40 years and who retired in June 2015. The TMC is grateful for Debbie’s commitment to the enrichment of the TMC’s education program and to the growth of choral music in Canada.
TMC is accepting submissions from emerging composers who are Canadian, or who work, live or study in Canada. The submission deadline is December 3, 2021.
Works to be submitted must be:
-Not more than 5 minutes in length
-Original, rather than an arrangement of a pre-existing work or melody
-Scored for SATB or SSAATTBB a cappella or with piano accompaniment
-Composed using a text that is 1) original (written by the composer), 2) in the public domain, or 3) under copyright, but with written permission of the copyright holder. We encourage composers to choose text by a poet from an under-represented community
-A cappella works should be written in open score and include a piano reduction
-The composition must not have been commissioned, published, performed or recorded at the time of entry, and must remain so until premiered by TMC.
-TMC Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée will chair a jury of music experts who will review the applications. The decision of the jury is final.
Deadline to submit works is December 3, 2021
For submission details and to submit please visit: https://www.tmchoir.org/choral-composition-competition/