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Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest

The annual Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest gives composer of all ages the opportunity to compose a modern-day carol for chorus with instrumental accompaniment. The 2008 call is for carols with French horn (in F) accompaniment. The deadline for composers to submit their carol is August 29, 2008 (postmark).

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Composers Datebook

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all music was once new.

Friday, July 4
Wagner's American Centennial commission

Saturday, July 5
Piazzolla passes

Sunday, July 6
Louis Armstrong and American music

Monday, July 7
Handel celebrates peace

Tuesday, July 8
John Williams, musical tree-hugger?

Wednesday, July 9
David Diamond arrives, Randall Thompson departs

Thursday, July 10
Bernstein's stamp of approval

Friday, July 11
MacDowell goes "modern"

Saturday, July 12
Lyricist and musical mentor Oscar Hammerstein II

Sunday, July 13
Mendelssohn sees double

Monday, July 14
Ingram Marshall's Dark Waters

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		Forum Events
		New Music Events
		Member Contributed Events

		Premier of new Wind Quintet
		Premiere of Lisa Ragsdale's 2nd Wind Quintet

		The Defacto Series
		Curated by Dan Blake and Yoni Niv. The Defacto Series is a monthly concert series that blends improvised, composed, and electro-acoustic music as well as interactive media arts.

		Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra
		The Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra performs live, gesturally-controlled improvisational compositions, this time in conjunction with video artist Jim Kellough.

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