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The University of Louisville School of Music is pleased to announce the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2010. The University will offer an international prize in recognition of outstanding achievement by a living composer in a large musical genre: choral, orchestral, chamber, electronic, song-cycle, dance, opera, musical theater, extended solo work, etc. The award will be granted for a work premiered during the five-year period between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008. The amount of the award to the composer will be two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00).

Deadline To be considered for the 2010 award, completed entries must be received by  Jan. 12, 2009. In addition, all submitted work must have premiered between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2008. The Grawemeyer Music Award Committee will acknowledge receipt of all accepted entries. Late or incomplete entries will  not be accepted.

How to Enter

The Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Committee invites the submission of scores by outstanding composers throughout the world and has established the following rules and procedures for its selection of the winning work:

1. Each entry for the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition must be sponsored by a professional musical organization or individual (performer or performing group, conductor, critic, publisher, or head of a professional music school or department). A composer may not submit his or her own work. No more than one work of any composer may be submitted, and entries from previous winners of this award will not be considered.
2. Each entry must include the following:
   • One bound copy of the full score. (For works with non-English text, it is recommended that an English translation or English synopsis be submitted.)
   • One excellent quality recording of the complete work. Send only audio compact disc(s). Synthesized performances of acoustic works will not be considered. If possible, please provide separate tracks for each movement of multi-movement works. Do not include spoken commentary such as radio interviews or conductor’s remarks.
   • Documentation of the premier public performance of the work between 1/1/04 and 12/31/08: printed program, reviews, etc. A radio broadcast or sound recording does not constitute a premier. Works may be resubmitted during the period of eligibility. In the case of resubmission, entrants need not resubmit scores or recordings as these will be retrieved from the Grawemeyer Collection; however, all other required materials must be resubmitted and the handling fee paid.
   • Program notes in English
   • Supporting letter in English from the sponsor of the entry, which must state sponsor’s relation to the submitted work and sponsor’s belief in the outstanding qualities of the work
   • Composer's photograph
   • Composer's biography in English, which should briefly outline the composer’s total achievement and recognition
   • Completed, signed entry form in English
   • Non-refundable handling fee of forty dollars ($40.00 in U.S. currency). Payment may be made by check drawn on a U.S.bank or by international money order, payable to the Grawemeyer Music Award Committee. Please see our instructions for payment via credit card .
   • All materials, including the handling fee, must be labelled with the name of the entrant.
3. After an initial screening, the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Committee will appoint a jury of three internationally recognized music professionals: normally a composer, a conductor and a critic. Each juror will select, from the qualifying scores, up to three works they deem worthy of the Award. These selected works are then submitted anonymously to the Final Committee to be judged by listening only. The Final Committee will then recommend one of these works to the President of the University of Louisville. Upon the recommendation of the President, the Board of Trustees of the University of Louisville will grant the Award.
4. Completed entries for the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition must reach the University of Louisville by January 12, 2009. The Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Committee will acknowledge receipt of all entries by email only. Please allow a month after the deadline for such notification. Late or incomplete entries will not be considered.
5. Download the entry form . Submissions and requests for entry forms or further information should be sent to:

   Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Committee
   School of Music
   University of Louisville
   Louisville, Kentucky 40292
   USA

6. Announcement will be made in early December, 2009 and the award will be made during the first week in March, 2010. Composers and sponsors will be notified of the winner by email on or about the date of the public announcement.
7. The University of Louisville will retain all entered scores and recorded materials for inclusion in the Grawemeyer Collection of New Music, a part of the Library of the School of Music.
8. The prize will be paid in five annual installments of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00). However, no payment will be made to the estate or heirs of a deceased composer.
9. Questions may be addressed via e-mail to GrawemeyerMusic@louisville.edu.

Contact
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Committee
School of Music
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
USA
Phone: 502-852-6907
Fax: 502-852-0520
E-mail: GrawemeyerMusic@louisville.edu