- Deadline for submissions: April 15, 2016
Purpose:
To encourage, promote and reward the highest level of percussion education and musical excellence among high school and collegiate non-Western percussion-based performing ensembles from around the world.
Competition Categories:
High school and college/university non-Western percussion-based performing ensembles.
Award:
One high school or college/university ensemble will be invited to perform at PASIC 2016 (November 9–12, 2016) in Indianapolis, Indiana. The winning ensemble will be featured in a Showcase Concert (50 minute maximum program length).
The selected ensemble is expected to assume all financial commitments (room, board and travel), organizational responsibilities, and to furnish their own performance equipment. PAS will provide one piano (if needed), music stands, chairs and one announcement microphone.
Eligibility:
Non-Western percussion-based ensembles are encouraged to apply under the following guidelines:
• All ensembles that apply must be affiliated with a high school, college/university.
• Students must be enrolled in the school of the ensemble in which they are performing.
• Students may not participate in a percussion ensemble from more than one school.
• All ensemble members who are either percussion majors (collegiate) or members of the percussion section of their high school music programs must be current PAS subscribers at the VIP Pass Level or higher.
• The director of the ensemble must be a current PAS subscriber at the VIP Pass Level or higher and may perform as a member of the ensemble.
• Professional guest artists are not allowed to participate as performers on the submitted application recordings.
• Mixed ensembles (e.g., ensembles that comprise performers other than percussionists, such as dancers, vocalists or wind players), as well as ensembles that perform more than one type or genre of non-Western music are encouraged to apply; however, in these cases a majority of the ensemble members must be percussionists.
• Ensembles selected to perform at PASIC 2016 may apply again in 2019.
• Ensembles whose repertoire consists primarily of published works for concert percussion ensemble that are intended to reflect specific non-western musical traditions (aka, Mantle Hood’s Implosion, Christopher Rouse’s Ogoun Badagris, Robert J. Damm’s Hoo Daiko, etc.) would best be served by applying for the International Percussion Ensemble Competition rather than the World Music Percussion Ensemble Competition. Examples of genres/ensembles for whom this competition exists includes, but are not limited to: West African drum ensembles, Indonesian gamelans, folkloric Afro-Cuban ensembles, Trinidadian steelbands, etc.
High school and collegiate/university based ensembles who participate in this competition are encouraged to also submit separate applications for other PASIC appearances, which will be evaluated independently of this competition. Community and professional ensembles are encouraged to submit applications for PASIC clinics and performances, but will not be considered for the purposes of this competition.
Procedures:
1. Submit recordings with an anonymous identifier. The recording must be created from a single live concert OR composed of a compilation of selections from multiple concerts recorded in front of live audiences in “one take” (editing between selections for the sake of time constraints is permitted).” The judges wish to observe your ensemble in a true concert setting, aka not an idealized “studio” environment. The recording may be made from one or more camera angles, should not exceed more than 30 minutes in length, and should demonstrate a variety of styles and genres relevant to the ensemble. Only recordings made since January 2015 are eligible for the competition. All compositions and/or movements must be performed in their entirety. Include official programs from concerts of the performances from which the recording was taken for verification of above requirements. Recordings will become property of PAS.
2. Submissions will be numbered at the PAS offices to ensure anonymity.
3. Recordings will be evaluated by a panel of judges. The panel will be directed to give preference to the musical aspects of the performance over the extensive use of props, costumes, and choreography. While performance may include culturally appropriate dances, judges will be advised to focus upon the dancers’ interaction within the overall musical esthetic of the ensemble. Judges will be directed to lower the score of any ensemble that predominantly features the skills of a performing director over the skills of the student members of the ensemble. To view past winning application videos, please search YouTube using the following search terms: “PASIC World Percussion Competition Winning Application.”
4. Ensembles will be notified of the results in June, 2016.
Note: If your ensemble is selected to perform, all performing ensemble members MUST be active VIP or All Access members, and enrolled in your school, through the event dates of PASIC16.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY 317.974.4488
Application Fee: $75
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