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The ASCAP Foundation/Morton Gould Young Composer
Awards are granted annually to encourage talented young American composers.
Morton Gould was President of ASCAP and The ASCAP Foundation from 1986-1994.
He was an eminent and versatile composer and the recipient of the Pulitzer
Prize. ASCAP honors Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to nurturing young
creators by naming the annual Foundation Young Composer Awards in his
memory. The winning composers share over $30,000 in ASCAP Foundation Awards,
including the annual Leo Kaplan Award in memory of the distinguished jurist
and music lover who served from 1967-1995 as ASCAP Special Distribution
Advisor, and a grant from the Meyer Fund for our youngest creators from
K-12th grade.
Deadline
All materials must be postmarked no later than March 1st.
Eligibility
Applicants must be citizens, permanent residents of the United States
of America, or enrolled students with STUDENT VISAS who have not
reached their 30th Birthday by March 1.
Previous ASCAP Foundation Award recipients must submit a composition
written after the work which won the award. The submitted composition
need not be written during the year of entry.
Original music of any style will be considered. However, works which
have previously earned awards or prizes in any other national competition
are ineligible. Arrangements are ineligible.
Application Procedures
To be complete, each applicant must submit a completed
application form; one reproduction of a manuscript or score; biographical
information listing prior music studies, background and experience and
a list of compositions to date. Completed materials must be postmarked
no later than March 1 and should be sent to:
Frances Richard
The ASCAP Foundation / Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
One Lincoln Plazas
New York, NY 10023.
Submission of Compositions
Only one composition per composer may be submitted.
The score reproduction submitted must be legible, must bear the applicant's
name and may be submitted either on regular music paper or reproduced
by an accepted reproduction process.
Only copies or reproductions should be submitted and the original of
the composition should be held by the applicant.
A cassette tape or CD of the composition submitted for the competition
may be included if it is marked with the composer's name, the title of
the work and the names of the performers. Tapes of electronic music must
also be accompanied by written information concerning source material
and electronic equipment used.
A score containing a tape part should be accompanied, insofar as it
is possible, by a cassette tape or CD of the complete work. A composition
that involves a text must be accompanied by information about the source
of the text with evidence that it is in the public domain or by written
permission from the copyright proprietor.
All scores and tapes or CDs shall remain the property of the composers.
So that music materials may be returned, each entry must be
accompanied by a self-addressed LABEL with sufficient postage in a separate
envelope.
Proper care will be taken to protect all music materials submitted,
but each applicant releases all persons connected with The ASCAP Foundation
(including the members of the Screening Panel and Selection Committee)
from any claims resulting from possible loss and/or destruction of works/tapes/CDs/materials
submitted.
Adjudication
Preliminary screening and judging shall be by a Screening Panel of music
authorities. The Selection Committee will later make awards to individuals
from among those applicants chosen. The names of those serving on the
Selection and Screening Committees will be made public on or before June
1, when the awards are announced.
Post-Award Reports
As required by Federal law, a year after receipt of the award, each recipient
will be required to report to The ASCAP Foundation on the use of the funds;
progress made to improve skills; the recipient's accomplishments.
Any individual shall be eligible to receive an award except members
or officers of The ASCAP Foundation, members of the Board of ASCAP, members
of the Screening or Selection Committees, and members of the families
of the foregoing.
Public announcement of The ASCAP Foundation Awards will be made on or
before June 1.
The money for the award program comes from The ASCAP Foundation's Jack
and Amy Norworth Memorial Fund.
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