CALL FOR SCORES 2020 

Bagatelles for Beethoven

The year 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. His imprint on the history of music is undeniable. Alongside his many achievements in large-scale genres, he firmly pinned the genre of Bagatelles on the world’s musical map. To honor Beethoven’s 250th birth year, we invite composers from around the world to submit Bagatelles for piano solo, piano four hands, violin and piano, and violin-clarinet-cello-piano quartet.

We are thrilled to collaborate with Unheard of // Ensemble and Duo Chromatica in selecting and presenting works scored for their instrumentation.

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It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of our 2020 Call for Scores

Bagatelles for Beethoven!

Congratulations to:

  • Jane O’Leary with Five Bagatelles for solo piano *
  • Michael Coleman with Four Bagatelles for solo piano *
  • Clarence Barlow with No.V: Three Bagatelles for solo piano
  • Jonathan Dawe with Bagatelles for piano
  • Jeffrey Niederhoffer with “Picking Up Where I Left Off” for violin and piano
  • Morgan Reed Greenwood with “Please, do tell” for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano  *

  *To be programmed in the 2020-2021 concert season 
 ^To be programmed in the 2021-2022 concert season

  • An Honorable Mention goes to David Martynuik with “The Wind and the Rain…” for violin and piano (selected movements to be programmed in the 2020-2021 concert season)

Thank you to all of the applicants for their submissions. We feel fortunate to have learned about so many outstanding composers! We thank Unheard of// Ensemble and Duo Chromatica for their collaboration and look forward to hearing the selected works in our programs next season! 

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FINALISTS

Thank you to all the applicants who submitted their works to our 2020 Call for Scores – Bagatelles for Beethoven!

The adjudicating panel was impressed with the quality of the submissions and we feel fortunate to have learned about so many outstanding composers!

We are pleased to announce the compositions that have advanced into the final round:

PIANO SOLO

Clarence Barlow: No.V: Three Bagatelles

Michael Coleman: Four Bagatelles

Jonathan Dawe: Bagatelles for Piano

Jane O’Leary: Five Bagatelles

Bernard Hughes: Bagatelles for Piano

PIANO FOUR HANDS

No finalists were chosen

VIOLIN AND PIANO DUO

David Martynuik: “The wind and the rain…” – Five Bagatelles for Violin and Piano

Jeffrey Niederhoffer: Picking Up Where I Left Off

CLARINET-VIOLIN-CELLO-PIANO QUARTET

Morgan Reed Greenwood: Please, do tell – Six bagatelles for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

David Lancaster: Hell’s Bells Bagatelles

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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

              • The submission must be a set of minimum 3 bagatelles, scored for one of the instrumentation categories listed in the table below
              • The duration of the submission must not exceed 15 minutes
              • *Alternate titles will be accepted so long as the pieces bear relation to the spirit of the genre or understanding of the word “Bagatelle” itself.

          Instrumentation Cathegory
          		 Number of Winners Performance Date and Featured Ensemble
          Piano Solo Up to two winners KMA Collective | September 26, 2020
          Piano duo (piano four hands) Up to two winners KMA Collective | December 12, 2020
          Violin and Piano Duo One winner or up to 15 minutes of music Duo Chromatica | October 24, 2020
          Violin – Clarinet – Cello – Piano Quartet One winner or up to 15 minutes of music Unheard-of // Ensemble | November 14, 2020

TIMELINE

  • Application Deadline: 11:59pm on June 1, 2020
  • Round 1: Finalists announced on June 15, 2020
  • Final Results Announced on  June 22, 2020