The COMPOSERS FORUM:in our yearly summer intensive & as an online composers talk series
AUGUST 13-14, 2021 Online Summer Composers Forum as part of the 15th Annual Hudson Jazz Workshop Summer Intensive.
For Aug, 13-14, 2021 the program will include four live participants who will attend the workshops, masterclass and performance (with social distancing in mind) and an additional four composers who will participate online: ’The Composers Online Forum’. Composers from around the globe will be selected to have their compositions reviewed by two of today’s leading composers, pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas. Complete and Submit the convenient HJW Online Registration.
Online Composers talk series SIGN UP AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
The Online Spring Composers Forum will include up to eight composers who will participate with Armen & Marc online via Zoom. Composers from around the globe will be selected to have their compositions reviewed by two of today’s leading composers, pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas and a special guests.
Dates:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 Online Spring Composers Forum: 5pm (EST) | Special Guest CHRIS WASHBURN (Founding Director of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, Columbia University in NYC, Trombone)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Online Spring Composers Forum: 5pm (EST) | Special Guest JEAN-MICHEL PILC (Educator at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Piano)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 Online Spring Composers Forum: 5pm (EST) | Special Guest RICHARD BOUKAS (Educator at Mannes and The New School in NYC, Guitar, Brazilian Music).
1. Complete and Submit the convenient HJW Online Registration.
2. For 1st instrument, indicate “Composer.” Indicate any additional instrumental proficiency in 2nd instrument.
3. The musical and print quality of your Composition samples is critical in the competitive decision-making process.
4. All Compositions MUST be emailed to info@hudsonjazzworks.org in computer-notated (Sibelius, Finale, etc.) PDF or XML files. Links to PDF or XML also will be accepted. Hand-written scores will NOT be accepted or reviewed. Audio samples are not required, but links (Dropbox, WeTransfer, website, etc.) may be submitted. Large email audio files will NOT be accepted or reviewed. 5.
5. The total fee is $95, which includes the session and registration fee.
HJW presents THE COMPOSERS TALK no1 with
Chris Washburne:
HJW presents THE COMPOSERS TALK no2 with
Jean-Michel Pilc
HJW presents THE COMPOSERS TALK no3 with
Richard Boukas
TESTIMONALS
Giacomo Franzoso, pianist
"The Online Composers Forum has been a striking surprise for me, because I realized that my experiments in jazz composition, and more profoundly my research in music, have attracted the curiousness of great musicians and teachers like Armen and Marc. The Forum has been as the Latin etymology of the word suggests - a place in which every composer is free to speak about his own and each other's work. I got to this place with my personal vision of composition, which is to try to let ideas come out and find a form. I found a really high level of musical material, very varied in style and formulation. The directing teachers provided the marvelous target of letting everyone receive profound ideas, skills and examples, and suggestions to teach us to never stop researching our own true way of expression. This is, for me, the greatest teaching of this experience: How to search a possible way into ourselves, and then how to put it into music composing."
Ouajdi Cherif, pianist
"It was great to receive feedback from such accomplished players and composers as Armen and Marc. The feedback was detailed and helpful in offering directions and suggestions for improvement of tune and melody writing as well as arranging and instrumentation techniques. Even though the workshop was online, it was great to be able to discuss composition techniques and hear other composers with different writing styles. There was a great sense of community built in such a short time. Thank you Armen and Marc for such a memorable experience."
Bilge Günayd?n, pianist
"I am so pleased to attend this workshop. This online meeting was a very valuable opportunity to me especially in the pandemic conditions. The mentorship that was provided by Armen Donelian and Marc Mommaas was so beneficial. This workshop supported our creativity and encouraged us to have an open-minded approach on composition. Thanks all again!"
Gabriel Severn, bassist
Ouajdi Cherif, pianist“The Online Composers Forum was very helpful and resourceful. Marc and Armen really delved deeply into my compositions, offering very insightful advice which was really beneficial. It was a great experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking about participating.”