CALL FOR SCORES
2006 CABRILLO COMPOSERS WORKSHOP
DEADLINE MARCH 15
If you are a composer 30-years-old or younger, you are invited to submit an orchestral score for consideration for the 2006 Cabrillo Composers Workshop, July 31 through August 4.

Led by Maestro Marin Alsop, the Cabrillo Conductors'/Composers' Workshop brings together leading faculty, the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and early career conductors and composers for a professional training program which focuses on the creation and performance of new music. The five-day program is held in downtown Santa Cruz, California, and involves 3 selected composers, 7 participating conductors, and up to 13 auditing conductors.

Now in its sixth season, this workshop is presented in collaboration with the international Conductors Guild. Maestro Alsop and guest serve as faculty for the Conductors Workshop sessions, and Kevin Puts and Michael Daugherty join them as faculty for the Composers Workshop. All student conductors and composers participate for the full five days of the program, which takes place in the context of the Cabrillo Orchestra's rehearsal and performance schedule.

Selected composers will have their work conducted by participating conductors, under the direction of Marin Alsop, and performed by members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Four dedicated rehearsals will take place, culminating with an "In the Works" concert where each piece will receive two performances. Composers will receive recordings from each rehearsal and the final concert. Composing faculty Kevin Puts and Michael Daugherty will offer guidance and seminars throughout, other Festival composers-in-residence will participate, and direct feedback will be offered from the players and conductors.

Further details about the program and the submission process are outlined below.

You are invited to submit a score as soon as possible, but to arrive no later than March 15, to Kevin Puts. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the program in greater detail, please feel free to contact Ellen Primack, Executive Director of the Cabrillo Festival at 831.426.6966 or via email at ellen@cabrillomusic.org.


CABRILLO CONDUCTORS/COMPOSERS TRAINING WORKSHOPS
July 31 through August 4, 2006 in Santa Cruz, California
Presented by Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music & The Conductors Guild

FACULTY:
Composer Kevin Puts, Composer Michael Daugherty, and Conductors Marin Alsop and guest; with additional participation by Festival composers-in-residence.

PARTICIPANTS:
3 participating composers, 7 participating conductors, 13 auditing conductors

COMPOSERS WORKSHOP REHEARSALS/PERFORMANCES:
4 rehearsals
1 concert: features 2 performances of each 7-minute work (or movement or portion of a work) by three participating composers, August 4. Performed by members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra conducted by participating conductors.
Each composer will receive recordings of their work from each rehearsal and the final performance.

2006 INSTRUMENTATION FOR COMPOSERS WORKSHOP:
5 violin I - 4 violin II - 3 violas - 3 cellos - 2 basses
2 flutes (1 dbl pic & 1 dbl alto) - 2 oboes (1 dbl eng horn) -
2 clarinet (1 dbl e-flat & 1 dbl bass) - 2 bassoons (1 dbl contra)
2 horns - 2 trumpets - 2 trombones - 1 tuba
1 tympani – up to 4 percussion - harp - keyboard

PARTICIPATION FEE: $200 tuition fee paid to Conductors Guild
HOUSING: Discounted hotel accommodations are available, and information will be relayed to selected composers.
$1250 Fellowships are offered to each composer to offset out-of-pocket expenses.

INVITED COMPOSERS are requested to send:
1. a short curriculum vitae

2. one score which you believe might fit the project, along with a recording OR a score representative of your work (w/ recording) should you intend to compose a new piece for the program. (Selected composers will be required to submit final scores and parts to arrive no later than June 12, 2006.)
Please submit materials as soon as possible - or to arrive no later than MARCH 15 - to:
Kevin Puts
875 West End Avenue, #11D
New York, NY 10025.
NOTE: If you wish to have your materials returned, please indicate so by including a self-addressed, stamped envelope to accommodate their mailing.

3. email your intent to apply to ellen@cabrillomusic.org; or contact the CABRILLO FESTIVAL OFFICES at 831.426.6966

THANK YOU.