FICINO ENSEMBLE
COMPOSITION WORKSHOP SERIES 2023
Overview
Ficino Ensemble will run a series of composition workshops across the first half of 2023. These workshops will offer an opportunity for composers to shape a short composition in dialogue with performers and a workshop facilitator. The goal is to allow these exchanges to enrich the compositional process, and, generally, to provide a supportive, enthusiastic environment for creative work. Interested composers are invited to make an application submission, including a sketch and a proposal. Submissions will be reviewed by Nathan Sherman, violist, and artistic director of Ficino Ensemble, and Jonathan Nangle, composer, and workshop facilitator. Up to four composers will then be invited to take part in the workshop series.† There will be two workshops, followed by a final recording session and performance.
The ensemble
Ficino Ensemble was formed by its artistic director Nathan Sherman in 2012. Their concerts have been described as exciting and intimate with a high caliber of ensemble playing. A flexible ensemble, the regular members of the group are recognized in Ireland and abroad as soloists and chamber musicians.
ww.ficinoensemble.com
The ensemble line-up for this composition is violin, viola, cello and fixed electronics.:
The submission process
Interested composers are invited to make a short sketch which they would develop into a finished composition of 4-5 minutes across the workshop process. This sketch, along with a short prose proposal, should form the basis of the application submission. The selection process will blind. All materials must be marked with a pseudonym, rather than the composer’s real name. All submissions must be emailed to ficino.workshops@gmail.com with the subject line
Composition Workshop Series 2023 – **Pseudonym**”.
Submissions must consist of the following:
1. Short bio (circa 150 words)
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Bio”
• the short bio should contain the composer’s real name and brief description of experience / achievements • bio will be used for checking eligibility only – it will not be seen by the selection panel during the selection process
2. Sketch (1-2 minutes of music)
• full score format
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Sketch”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the score, filename, or file metadata
3. Audio mock-up (of sketch)‡
• e.g., MIDI playback of sketch
• submitted as an mp3 file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Sketch”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the audio, filename, or file metadata
4. Proposal (circa 350 words)
• a brief written statement addressing any ideas you feel you may wish to develop in the piece
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Proposal”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the document, filename, or file metadata
Timeline
• Deadline for application submissions: Friday 24 March
• Announcement of participants: Monday 10 April
• 1st workshop: 12-4pm, Sunday 7 May,
• 2nd workshop: 12-4pm, Sunday 21 May,
• Deadline for finished scores and parts: Friday 19 June
• Recording session: 10am-2pm, Saturday 1 July
All dates subject to change
Any enquiries about this opportunity should be made via email to nathansherman83@gmail.com and / or jonathannangle@gmail.com
COMPOSITION WORKSHOP SERIES 2023
Overview
Ficino Ensemble will run a series of composition workshops across the first half of 2023. These workshops will offer an opportunity for composers to shape a short composition in dialogue with performers and a workshop facilitator. The goal is to allow these exchanges to enrich the compositional process, and, generally, to provide a supportive, enthusiastic environment for creative work. Interested composers are invited to make an application submission, including a sketch and a proposal. Submissions will be reviewed by Nathan Sherman, violist, and artistic director of Ficino Ensemble, and Jonathan Nangle, composer, and workshop facilitator. Up to four composers will then be invited to take part in the workshop series.† There will be two workshops, followed by a final recording session and performance.
The ensemble
Ficino Ensemble was formed by its artistic director Nathan Sherman in 2012. Their concerts have been described as exciting and intimate with a high caliber of ensemble playing. A flexible ensemble, the regular members of the group are recognized in Ireland and abroad as soloists and chamber musicians.
ww.ficinoensemble.com
The ensemble line-up for this composition is violin, viola, cello and fixed electronics.:
The submission process
Interested composers are invited to make a short sketch which they would develop into a finished composition of 4-5 minutes across the workshop process. This sketch, along with a short prose proposal, should form the basis of the application submission. The selection process will blind. All materials must be marked with a pseudonym, rather than the composer’s real name. All submissions must be emailed to ficino.workshops@gmail.com with the subject line
Composition Workshop Series 2023 – **Pseudonym**”.
Submissions must consist of the following:
1. Short bio (circa 150 words)
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Bio”
• the short bio should contain the composer’s real name and brief description of experience / achievements • bio will be used for checking eligibility only – it will not be seen by the selection panel during the selection process
2. Sketch (1-2 minutes of music)
• full score format
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Sketch”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the score, filename, or file metadata
3. Audio mock-up (of sketch)‡
• e.g., MIDI playback of sketch
• submitted as an mp3 file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Sketch”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the audio, filename, or file metadata
4. Proposal (circa 350 words)
• a brief written statement addressing any ideas you feel you may wish to develop in the piece
• submitted as a PDF file; file name format: “**Pseudonym** Ficino Workshops 2023 Proposal”
• the composer’s real name should not appear anywhere in the document, filename, or file metadata
Timeline
• Deadline for application submissions: Friday 24 March
• Announcement of participants: Monday 10 April
• 1st workshop: 12-4pm, Sunday 7 May,
• 2nd workshop: 12-4pm, Sunday 21 May,
• Deadline for finished scores and parts: Friday 19 June
• Recording session: 10am-2pm, Saturday 1 July
All dates subject to change
Any enquiries about this opportunity should be made via email to nathansherman83@gmail.com and / or jonathannangle@gmail.com