AGO Choral Composition award available. (Competitions).The American Guild of Organists The American Guild of Organists, or AGO, is a national organization of academic, church, and concert organists in the USA, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1896 as both an educational and service organization. (AGO) and E. C. Schirmer Publishing announce the 9th Biennial Competition for the 2004 AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition. The winner receives a $2,000 cash prize from ECS See eComStation. Publishing, a performance at the 2004 National Convention in Los Angeles and publication of his or her winning composition by ECS Publishing. The competition is open to composers of all ages. The composition must be a work for SATB SATB Siouxsie and the Banshees (band) SATB Smokey and the Bandit (movie) SATB Sports at the Beach SATB Soprano Alto Tenor Bass/Baritone SATB Semi Annual Training Brief SATB Simulated Airdrop Training Bundle choir and organ, with oboe oboe (ō`bō, ō`boi) [Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboy (ō`boi, hō`–), woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. or trumpet, where the organ plays a significant and independent role. The anthem should display the composer's ability to write distinctive choral parts, and the text shall be all or part of a single psalm. The composition should be between three and a half and five minutes in length. For additional information and an entry form, contact 2004 AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition, American Guild of Organists, 475 Riverside Dr., Ste. 1260, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10115; (212) 870-2310; fax: (212) 870-2163; info@agohq.org; www.agohq.org. Applicants must submit one unpublished work along with their entry form. All compositions and entry forms must be postmarked by December 31, 2002. |
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