The 2010 T-Stick Composition Workshops (2010TCW) bring together five composers (any nationality, all ages) to develop new live electroacoustic solos for the soprano t-stick digital musical instrument in collaboration with Canadian composer and digital instrumentalist, D. Andrew Stewart. Selected composers will work individually with D. A. Stewart, being introduced to the present-day modes of performance on the soprano t-stick. The workshops will focus on exploring musical and physical playing gestures and will also include the development of new playing techniques and sounds for the instrument. The outcome of the workshops will be five new solo works for the soprano t-stick. The works will be performed by D. Andrew Stewart in a series of Canadian concerts beginning in January, 2011.
2010TCW is looking for composers who have distinct proposals for the t-stick. Preference will be given to unique projects that, firstly, illustrate a wide-ranging use of the t-stick and secondly, seek to expand the performance modes of the instrument.
Composers who are both experienced with electroacoustic media and nonspecialists, as well as acoustic instrument composers, are invited to submit (1) their biography along with (2) a one-page project proposal. If possible, composers should send (3) one sample of their music that may illustrate a concept or musical idea they find applicable to the t-stick digital musical instrument.
Send biography and one-page proposal (txt, pdf, Word) by e-mail to 2010TCW@dandrewstewart.ca. For the music sample, please provide a URL or contact the aforementioned email address to make alternate arrangements.
Application deadline: 1 July, 2010
Workshop Timeline: September to December, 2010
Location: Montreal and Toronto, Canada, and the north eastern United States
Travel assistance, lodging (hotel) and subsistence (meals) are not provided by 2010TCW. Commissioning awards may be granted to the selected composers (to be confirmed).
More about the T-Stick and involved Artists:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/andrew.stewart/pages/tcw/2010TCW.html
http://www.idmil.org/projects/the_t-stick
http://www3.sympatico.ca/andrew.stewart
