Composer Recital Series

The 30-concert Composer Recital Series (CRS) provides opportunities for student composers to present their work publicly. In addition to performances organized by the composers themselves, each semester the department programs works through the Composers' Orchestra, the Ensembles-in-Residence (EIR), and the New Music Chamber Ensembles (NMCE).

• Concerts are recorded by the Audio-Visual (AV) Department. Recordings are available from the Composition Department office the week following the concert.

• In order to be programmed a Performance Information Sheet is required.

• Recitals are scheduled by the Composition Department but, except for the Composers' Orchestra concert and the EIR concerts, rehearsal time is not. Composers and performers should book rehearsal times for their own performances directly with Tuaha Khan, Concert Services Manager.

• Attendance at each concert in the Composer Recital Series is a requirement of the Applied Lesson.

Performance Calendar 
Fall 2012

Spring 2012

Composers' Orchestra Concerts

Each semester the conservatory orchestra, as part of the CRS, performs a concert of student composer works following four days of open rehearsals. 

Fall Concert Submissions

WHEN: Tuesday, October 9, by 1:00 p.m. 
WHERE: Room 221
WHAT: a bound score with an instrumentation page and a title page; set of bound parts for all instruments except strings; single-sided unbound set of string masters
INSTRUMENTATION:  no soloists, additions, or substitutions: 2.2.2.2 (standard doublings), 4.2.3.1, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, strings (10.8.6.6.3)
DURATION: 5–12 minutes

Spring Concert Submissions

WHEN: Thursday, January 24, by 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Room 221
WHAT: a bound score with an instrumentation page and a title page; set of bound parts for all instruments except strings; single-sided unbound set of string masters
INSTRUMENTATION:  no soloists, additions, or substitutions: 2.2.2.2 (standard doublings), 4.2.3.1, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, strings (10.8.6.6.3)
DURATION: 5–12 minutes

Ensemble-in-Residence 

The Ludovico Ensemble is in residence at the Conservatoryfor 2012-2013. In addition to their own three concert New Music Ensembles-in-Residence season, The Ludovico Ensemble will give a public performance of student compositions as part of the Composer Recital Series. 

The Ludovico Ensemble

Submissions
WHEN: Monday, December 3, by 1:00 p.m. 
WHERE: Room 221
WHAT: a bound score, set of parts, and program note (between 100 and 400 words) + pdf files of score and parts emailed to jmurphree@bostonconservatory.edu 
INSTRUMENTATION: flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling english horn), piano, vibraphone and/or small percussion set-up (must be pre-approved)
DURATION: 5–8 minutes

New Music Chamber Ensembles 

Chamber Music is a required course for instrumental majors in which chamber ensembles, set up at the beginning of each semester, are assigned works and coached leading to a concert performance. For 2011/12 two ensembles each semester will perform only contemporary music including works by student composers. Each ensemble will perform four student pieces each semester. The fall semester ensembles are Brass Quintet anda String Quartet. The spring semester presents works for a duo of clarinet and marimba; a trio of flute, violin, and cello; and a quintet for all five instruments.

• New Music Chamber Ensembles