Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:56:36 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.iowacomposers.org/images/logo.gif http://www.iowacomposers.org/ jon@gamutstudio.com http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=110 Deadline: December 28, 2011 (Receipt) The winner will be commissioned to write a piece of chamber music for cello and piano. The work should be written for late intermediate to early advanced performers and should be approximately 6-8 minutes in length. The prize will include a $1500 commissioning fee. ($750 from Music Teachers National Association, MTNA and $750 from Iowa Music Teachers Association, IMTA) Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:56:36 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=109 Postmark Deadline: September 6, 2011 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:46:49 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=108 Postmark Deadline: June 1, 2011 Mon, 30 May 2011 21:56:44 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=107 Postmark Deadline: June 1, 2011 Mon, 30 May 2011 21:54:34 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106 Postmark Deadline: March 11, 2011 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:02:20 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=105 Sponsored by the Morningside College Music Department Postmark Deadline: Monday, February 21, 2011 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:20:35 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=104 On October 15-17 Iowa State University Department of Music and Theatre and the Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) will host a Fall Festival of New Music featuring chamber, electroacoustic, wind ensemble, and choral music by composer members of the ICF from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas. The festival will include three concerts on Friday and Saturday featuring works by ICF members, and an Iowa State Singers concert on Sunday afternoon which will include a work by an ICF member. The composers of each ICF work will be in attendance and will introduce their piece to the audience. In addition, there will be a concert Friday evening featuring guest composer Elainie Lillios (Bowling Green State University of Ohio) sponsored by the C. Buell Lipa Festival for Contemporary Music at Iowa State University. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:52:29 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=103 9:30 am (West Music) ‘Getting Press Coverage’, Diana Nollen, Cedar Rapids Gazette 11:00 am (West Music) Concert 1 - works by Ashley Kendrick (IA), Meg Spesia (IL), Jennifer Edmondson (IA), Danielle Orihuela (IL), Michael Kimber (IA), Elaine Erickson (IA), James Romig (IL) 2:30 pm (West Music) ‘P.S. The Guitar Only Has Six Strings’, John Dowdall, Red Cedar Chamber Music 4:00 pm (West Music) Concert 2 - works by Bonnie Johansen-Werner (IL), Bryan Tank (IA), Warren Gooch (MO), Tariel Iberi (IA), Matthew Dotson (IA), William Campbell (IA) 8:00 pm (Lovely Lane) Concert 3 - works by Alan Schmitz (IA), Raymond Songayllo (IA), John Mattingly (IA), Maurice Monhardt (IA), Ralph Kendrick (IA), Melody Dawning Devos (IA), John Griffin (MI), Jerry Owen (IA) Sat, 01 May 2010 16:11:57 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=102 On May 22, 2010, the Iowa Composers Forum will host A Cedar Rapids Festival of New Music featuring chamber and choral music of 21 living composers from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Michigan performed by members of Orchestra Iowa. The festival will include free concerts at 11 am and 4 pm at West Music in Marion, and an 8 pm concert at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. Tickets for the Lovely Lane concert are $8 and may be purchased at the door. Sat, 01 May 2010 16:10:45 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=101 Postmark Deadline: May 1, 2010 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:59:45 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=100 Postmark Deadline: May 1, 2010 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:49:00 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=99 Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2010 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:03:31 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98 Postmark Deadline: January 16, 2010 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:57:41 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=97 The ICF’s annual fall festival will be held from October 8-10 at Clarke College in Dubuque, IA. This year’s festival marks a team effort between the ICF and Society of Composers (SCI). Together, these two organizations will present over eighty works on eleven separate concerts. Nineteen ICF composers will receive twenty-four performances at the three-day event. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:23:08 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=94 On Saturday May 16th, the Iowa Composers Forum will host a one-day Nuts & Bolts Festival at the Carl and Mary Koehler History Center in Cedar Rapids, IA. The festival will focus on the core business skills a composer needs in today’s competitive environment – including marketing, networking, commissioning, recording, and fund-raising. The festival will also include an evening concert of chamber music by eight ICF members at the Methwick Retirement Community Center. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:36:48 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=93 The Iowa Composers Forum’s Fall Festival will be held from October 8-10, 2009 at Clarke College in Dubuque. The festival will be a joint festival between the ICF and SCI (Society of Composers). Featured ensembles will include the Maia String Quartet, the University of Iowa Center for New Music, the Clark Collegiate Singers, the Clarke Cantabile Singers, and the Edgewood College Women’s Chorus. Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:25:42 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=92 Postmark Deadline: April 15, 2009 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:38:18 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=91 Call for Entries Postmark Deadline: April 1, 2009 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:30:18 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=90 Orchestra Iowa/Cedar Rapids Symphony will be including several orchestral works by ICF members during its 2009-10 Season. The composers and pieces include Michael Gilbertson’s Vigil, Jerry Owen’s Tango, Jeffrey Prater’s Promise, Linda Robbins Coleman’s Lunatics and Lovers--A Symphonic Overture, Jeremy Beck’s Majestic River, Jonathan Chenette’s Rural Symphony, and Eric McIntyre’s Drive By. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:01:21 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=89 Postmark Deadline: January 31, 2009 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:52:10 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=88 Postmark Deadline: February 15, 2008 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:43:15 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=87 Postmark Deadline: January 24, 2008 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:05:38 -0600 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=86 The 2008 ICF Festival, Music in the Shape of a Pear will be held on the campus of Luther College in Decorah, IA on Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12, 2008. The festival will feature four concerts of works by ICF members, two presentations, and a round table discussion titled "Music and Place: the Creative Identity of Iowa Composers." Full information can be found at the festival website. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:57:44 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=85 Postmark Deadline: November 1, 2008 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:48:42 -0500 http://www.iowacomposers.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=84 The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony’s May 10th concert will feature five works by living Iowa composers. The concert, titled Home Cookin’, begins at 2 pm in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and includes Jeremy Beck’s Sinfonietta; Jon Chenette’s Oh Millersville!; Michael Gilbertson’s Polovitsia; Brooke Joyce’s october skies; and Jerry Owen’s Glee. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:51:29 -0500