This Call has Ended! For more opportunities, click below !Call for Submissions – TURN UP Online (I - Sam Wells Trumpet) While the new music community has been hit hard by the pandemic, we are fighting back with innovative models to rebuild our community. We want to TURN UP the volume and visibility of all artists in music, art, and technology during this difficult time. The world is changing and TURN UP is equipped to adapt to those changes. We are bringing together a dynamic team of music festival organizers, producers, and artists to deliver an online series of new music events. More than 80% of our revenue goes directly into our artists (the rest covers the cost associated with the events). Let us know if you would like to be in our virtual spotlight as a participant or guest artist. If you would like to contribute to our mission, we welcome donations. Please help us rebuild and champion new music. We will rise together by lifting others. |
Sam Wells
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Overview:
TURN Up in collaboration with Vox Novus and Virtual Concert Halls are calling for works for trumpet with or without electronics. Works will be selected for a special online performance of the TURN Up Online in November 14, 2020. Submissions can range from fully notated works with live, interactive electronics or fixed media to text scores to improvisations with software or over fixed media. Works with video are also encouraged. We are looking for engaging proposals that incorporate live performance with electronics (audio and/or visual) in a unique way.
Compositions for unaccompanied trumpet without electronics will also be considered.
Works can be written for Bb Trumpet, C Trumpet, D or Eb Trumpet, A or Bb Piccolo Trumpet, Bb Cornet, and Bb Flugelhorn.
Some examples of Sam Wells performance include:
Four Winds (https://vimeo.com/432606908) for improvising trumpet and audiovisual electronics
minong (https://vimeo.com/sllewmas/minong)
Strange Pilgrims: Light is Like Water for trumpet and electronics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaiofckZhE)
Technical Specifications:
-1 channel input for mic'd trumpet
-Maximum 3 channels output (stereo audio and click track if needed)
-There are foot pedals to use as controllers if needed
Composers selected for the TURN Up festival will have their work performed by Sam Wells on an online live streamed event hosted by Virtual Concert Halls. Composers will be asked to participate online to introduce themselves and their works and participate in a panel discussion with guest composer Paula Matthusen.
In addition to the above, a second selection of composers will be considered to participate in a masterclass with trumpeter Sam Wells and composer Paula Matthusen. Composers who participate will have 20 minutes to discuss their submitted work with the artist and the composer: review compositional techniques, performance strategies, and technical issues. An additional fee of $50 will be required for participation in the masterclass. (Scholarships may be provided to those in need of financial assistance.)
Guidelines:
Work written for trumpet and electronics (with or without video.)
Work needs to be 3-10 minutes in length.
There is a submission fee of $8
Deadline for work is October 1, 2020
Work must be submitted to https://www.newmusicengine.org/
TURN Up in collaboration with Vox Novus and Virtual Concert Halls are calling for works for trumpet with or without electronics. Works will be selected for a special online performance of the TURN Up Online in November 14, 2020. Submissions can range from fully notated works with live, interactive electronics or fixed media to text scores to improvisations with software or over fixed media. Works with video are also encouraged. We are looking for engaging proposals that incorporate live performance with electronics (audio and/or visual) in a unique way.
Compositions for unaccompanied trumpet without electronics will also be considered.
Works can be written for Bb Trumpet, C Trumpet, D or Eb Trumpet, A or Bb Piccolo Trumpet, Bb Cornet, and Bb Flugelhorn.
Some examples of Sam Wells performance include:
Four Winds (https://vimeo.com/432606908) for improvising trumpet and audiovisual electronics
minong (https://vimeo.com/sllewmas/minong)
Strange Pilgrims: Light is Like Water for trumpet and electronics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaiofckZhE)
Technical Specifications:
-1 channel input for mic'd trumpet
-Maximum 3 channels output (stereo audio and click track if needed)
-There are foot pedals to use as controllers if needed
Composers selected for the TURN Up festival will have their work performed by Sam Wells on an online live streamed event hosted by Virtual Concert Halls. Composers will be asked to participate online to introduce themselves and their works and participate in a panel discussion with guest composer Paula Matthusen.
In addition to the above, a second selection of composers will be considered to participate in a masterclass with trumpeter Sam Wells and composer Paula Matthusen. Composers who participate will have 20 minutes to discuss their submitted work with the artist and the composer: review compositional techniques, performance strategies, and technical issues. An additional fee of $50 will be required for participation in the masterclass. (Scholarships may be provided to those in need of financial assistance.)
Guidelines:
Work written for trumpet and electronics (with or without video.)
Work needs to be 3-10 minutes in length.
There is a submission fee of $8
Deadline for work is October 1, 2020
Work must be submitted to https://www.newmusicengine.org/
Composers will be asked to register to New Music Engine and provide the following:
-Biography
-Program Notes
-Score as a PDF file
-Technical Specifications of work. (optional PDF upload)
-Audio Realization of the work uploaded as stereo audio MP3
-Optional upload for performance audio
-Optional link for video
-$8 submission fee (Merchant Transaction ID from your PayPal receipt to Vox Novus)
Sam Wells is a Los Angeles-based trumpeter, composer, and improvisor who creates evocative and narrative multimedia performances. Sam has performed throughout North America and Europe, as well as in China. He is a recipient of a 2016 Jerome Fund for New Music award. He has performed electroacoustic works for trumpet and presented his own music at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar, Electronic Music Midwest, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, NYCEMF, N_SEME, and SEAMUS festivals.
Sam is a member of Arcus Collective, Kludge, and SPLICE Ensemble. Sam has performed with Contemporaneous, Metropolis Ensemble, TILT Brass, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, and the Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra. Sam has recorded on the SEAMUS and Ravello Recordings labels. Sam is on faculty at SPLICE Institute, Molloy College, and the California Institute of the Arts.
More can be found at SamWellsMusic.com
TURN UP Multimedia Festival
We want to TURN UP the volume and visibility of artists from underrepresented groups in music, art, and technology. We promote Equality, Culture-Connecting, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration. We encourage partnership between different fields, cultures, and genders. To accomplish these goals, TURN UP includes multiple lectures, presentations, and master classes from leading artists from different fields, different circumstances, and different geographic areas, and culminates with three multimedia concerts that includes the works of select artists.
More can be found at TURNUPFestival.org
Virtual Concert Halls
We help you bring together and stream your event's participants, performers, presenters and others in any kind of performance production or show while following social distancing. We created over 40 programs with nearly 300 participants, professional musicians from around the globe. Grammy and Emmy Award winners, leading faculty members from many world class conservatories, International concert artists of all genres, instruments, and voice.
More can be found at VirtualConcertHalls.com
Vox Novus is a new music production and promotion company; its mission is to empower the new music community and connect their work to audience across the globe. Founded in 2000, Vox Novus has instigated more than 500 music and multimedia performances in over 30 countries, as well as TV, radio, and the world wide web. Through Vox Novus projects the organization has presented thousands of composers, musicians, and artists of other artistic disciplines.
More can be found at VoxNovus.com
