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When:
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Tuesday, Aug. 3 through Saturday, Aug. 7,
2010 |
| Where: |
“Grand Cube Osaka”-
Osaka International Convention Center,
Osaka City, Japan |
| Symposium Theme: |
Echoes for Peace |
| Registration Fee: |
US$850 per person,
meals (lunch and dinner), excursion, sightseeing
etc. included |
Quota:
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Japan 1000, Overseas 500 |
Number of
Massed Ringing Music: |
7 (1 music per guild in addition to
1 Composition Contest Winning music) |
| Hotels: |
Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka which is adjacent
to
the Convention Center, and other hotels near
by.
List of convenient hotels will be provided
with detailed information. |
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Travel:
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40 min. from Kansai International Airport
by car.
Airport Limousine also available. |
Event Program:
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Program will include Massed Ringing rehearsals,
Final Concert, Solo Concerts, Workshop classes,
excursion, socializing event, etc. |
| *Registration Information will be available
in Summer 2009. |
| Symposium Leaflet is Here. |
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The 14th International Handbell Symposium
Composition Contest |
1. Entry music should be an original composition
or arrangement suitable for massed ringing
by handbells. Transcriptions (*) will not
be allowed. For an arrangement work, entrants
must clear the
copyright of the original music before entry.
2. Content of the music should reflect the
theme of the 14th International Handbell
Symposium, "Echoes for Peace."
3. Duration of the music should be approximately
less than 3 minutes.
4. Entry music should be for 3 to 5 (6) octaves
of handbells. Use of instruments other than
handbells is not preferred. Use of handchimes
is acceptable.
5. Up to two entries per entrant will be
accepted. Entry music should be unpublished
work that was not / has not been made public,
entered in other competitions, nor is in
the process of publication from any publisher.
6. Entry music should be written using notation
for Handbells. "Title of the music"
and "Handbell Used chart" should
be provided at the top of the first page.
Entrants may also provide his/her comment
about the music / performance note.
7. All the submitted documents including
the entry music will not be returned to the
entrant.
8. The Handbell Ringers of Japan will reserve
the rights of the first public performance
and publication of the winning music.
9. The winning music will be performed at
the 14th International Handbell Symposium
in 2010. The Jury for the contest will select
a single entry to be published and performed
as the winning music unless otherwise decided
by "the Committee of Music" of
the International Handbell Symposium. If
there is not an appropriate entry, no award
will be offered.
10. Prize of one hundred thousand yen (100,000yen)
will be offered to the winning composer or
arranger.
11. "The Committee of Music" of
the 14th International Handbell Symposium
will serve as the jury of the contest.
12. All the entries should be received by
the office of the Handbell Ringers of Japan
at the following address by 30 June, 2009.
Entrants should provide contact information
in print on a separate sheet (not on the
music), as the winner will be notified of
the result by postal mail.
13. All the entries should be submitted to
the following address:
"The 14th IHS Composition Contest"
The Handbell Ringers of Japan
Suite 214, Arusu Otowa II,
22-18 Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo Japan 112-0013
Phone: 03-5395-1760 FAX: 03-5395-1739
(*) Transcription : transpose / transcribe
/ transfer the original (existing) music
into the setting of
handbells without substantial changes.
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CONTACT:
The Handbell Ringers of Japan
Attn.: Mrs. Sun-Joo Shin
Arusu Otowa U-214, 1-22-18, Otowa Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo, 112-0013, JAPAN
TEL:+81-3-5395-1760
FAX:+81-3-5395-1739 |
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