UnCaged Toy Piano Composition Competition
The UnCaged Toy Piano Composition Competition is an annual call-for-scores using toy pianos. Each year the theme of the competition is different. Though there are many pieces out there, I wanted to create a competition to encourage composers to think and use the toy piano in new compositions. These works are performed at a venue in NYC and become an integral part of my toy piano repertoire. Special thanks to Schoenhut Toy Piano for donating a great instrument to the competition and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts for making the performance possible.
1st UnCaged: Toy Piano and Electronics/Multimedia
Winner: Georg Hajdu “Tsunami” for toy piano and live-electronics
2nd Place:Angelica Negron “Columpio” for toy piano and live-electronics
3rd Place: Jeff Morris “Chromatic Greys” for toy piano and live-electronics
2nd UnCaged: Virtuosity
1st Place: Fabian Svensson “Toy Toccata”
Runner up: Hyekyung Lee “Dream Play”
3rd UnCaged: DUO Edition for toy piano and cello
Winner: Ryan Manchester “Ananta”
To see information on previous UnCaged competitions, see below.
3rd UnCaged Toy Piano: Duo Edition
DETAILS for 3RD UNCAGED TOY PIANO:
I am delighted and honored to be collaborating this season with the brilliant German-based cellist, Johannes Moser. The two of us will be touring throughout the United States in January 2010 performing on piano, toy piano, cello, electric cello and electronics. We are looking for new works written specifically for us and our instrumentation. To find out more about our tour and collaboration, please view our short video.
Here are the rules for the UnCaged Duo Edition:
1. Pieces must be under 7 minutes
2. Pieces must be written for toy piano and either cello or electric cello
3. Pieces can use the “regular” piano/prepared piano along with the toy piano
4. We welcome the use of electronics
Composers of any age or nationality are welcome to apply. There is no application fee.
Materials:
1. Scores in pdf format
2. Mp3’s are not mandatory but helpful
3. Short composer biography
Please submit these materials by email to phyllis@iceorg.org
Feel free to email me with any other questions.
Deadline: December 1st, 2009
