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Application guide for Embedded: Quatuor Bozzini Composers’ Kitchen
In collaboration with Sound Scotland
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Embedded is an opportunity for composers and creative artists from any discipline to work
with diverse organisations to create new music and sound.
Sound and Music is thrilled to be partnering with Quatuor Bozzini and Sound Festival on
Composers’ Kitchen 2017, for which we’re seeking 2 composers to take part in the 2017
UK/Canada exchange and create a new work for string quartet.
So far over forty artists have benefited from Embedded, from Tim Murray-Browne at Music
Hackspace to Sally Golding and Sarah Hughes with South London Gallery, and there is
overwhelming evidence that it can be a transformational experience in terms of talent
development, artistic ambition, professional experience and growing networks.
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“The Embedded scheme has been the most profound and significant
change in my work as an artist/composer. The programme encouraged us
to push what we thought was possible… I cannot shout loudly enough how
many extraordinary artistic connections I have made, how my confidence as
an artist has grown immeasurably since the Embedded residency.”
– Saskia Moore, composer (Embedded with Apartment House, 2012-13)
As part of the Embedded programme, Sound and Music and Quatuor Bozzini are offering
an opportunity for two UK composers to join two Canadian peers taking part in Composers’
Kitchen in the 2017 exchange. During this project the composers will have the opportunity
to spend time working closely with the quartet in workshops in Montreal and the UK,
developing their skills in writing for this ensemble and having their completed works
premiered as part of a special concert at Sound Festival 2017.
The Project
Composers’ Kitchen, an initiative of the Quatuor Bozzini, was launched in 2005 and first
presented in an international version in 2011 with support from the British Council. It has
been presented in expanded international partnerships with hcmf 2012 – 2014, with Sound
and Music in 2015 and with Gaudeamus in 2016. Sound and Music is delighted to be
collaborating with Quatuor Bozzini once again and to support two selected UK composers
to take part in the 2017 UK/Canada exchange. This exchange will provide the opportunity
for two UK composers to come together with two Canadian peers in workshops in Canada
in April 2017 and in Scotland in October 2017
This unique event revolving around the string quartet is a combination of workshop,
laboratory, playground and masterclass. The selected composers will have the opportunity
to develop a new 10 – 15’ work for string quartet across the 2 defined workshop periods.
The compositions will be read, played, assessed, analysed, worked on, played again and
performed as works-in-progress in a laboratory concert in Canada before being refreshed
and reviewed prior to a premiere performance at Sound Festival in October 2017.
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Georgia Rodgers, Embedded Composers’ Kitchen 2015/16 writes:
The Bozzinis approach every piece with energy and rigour as well as loads of experience.
They are really interested in exploring each composer's ideas and where they're coming
from. At the same time Composers' Kitchen is a very open, friendly and supportive
environment so it makes for a great combination. I really learnt a lot from it.
As part of the Embedded programme you will:
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Receive financial support
o
a bursary of £2,000 to cover your time
o
travel
and
accommodation
expenses
for
2
workshop
periods
and
performances in Montreal and Scotland
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Receive mentoring support to help with the development of the work. The UK
composers will be supported by mentor Bryn Harrison throughout the project
alongside Canadian mentor Linda Catlin Smith.
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Attend a day with the other Embedded composers/creative artists to share ideas
with the other participating composers/creative artists.
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Get to know the quartet by engaging with their activity throughout the project.
Composers can have the opportunity to discuss aspects of the working life of the
quartet including programming and curating, planning tours and events, funding,
marketing and audience development.
.
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Join the 2017 New Voices cohort, featuring on the British Music Collection. Each
year all the residents on the Embedded and Portfolio programmes become our
annual ‘New Voices’. As part of the scheme you will be provided with £250 towards
the documentation and dissemination of your work and support in building a full
British Music Collection profile.
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Participate in a Coaching programme run by Sound and Music. The coaching is a
one-to-one relationship that supports a person to improve aspects of their
performance at work or work-life balance. This may include focus on particular
working relationships, delegation or decision-making as well as overall career
direction and focus
Timeframe:
5 October 2016
Applications open
2 November 2016, noon
Deadline for applications
Week of 12 December 2016
Notification of interviews
20 December 2016
Interviews at Somerset House
17 – 25 April 2017
Composers’ Kitchen week, Montreal
7 day workshop covering all 4 composers’ works
ending with a public laboratory concert
NB these are proposed working dates, with travel
either side
w/c 23 October 2017
3 day revision workshop in Aberdeen, Scotland,
to refresh and bring all works to maturity
culminating in premiere of completed works.
Likely premiere date 27/10/2017
Selection process
A selection panel will shortlist individuals for interview. The panel will include Quatuor
Bozzini members, a member of the Sound and Music team and an independent composer.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview, taking take place on 20 December
2016 at Somerset House. The selected composers will be chosen following the interview.
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Eligibility:
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You must be resident in the UK at the time of application and for the duration of the
project
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You must be 18 years old or over
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You must not be in full time undergraduate education
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You must be available for interview in London on 20 December
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You must be able to commit fully to the required schedule of the project
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You are welcome to apply for more than one Sound and Music professional
development scheme at a time but will only be able to participate on one. If you
choose to apply to multiple Sound and Music professional development schemes,
please submit separate applications for each call.
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You are not eligible for this call if you have previously completed an Embedded
residency. However you may apply for this project if you are on another Sound and
Music programme, providing that this project presents a significant development
opportunity for you.
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The programme is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, ACE and PRSF and as
such you will not be able to apply to them for additional funding to support this
work.
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Canadian composers only should apply to Composers’ Kitchen via the Quatuor
Bozzini website.
All British national or British resident composers applying for
Composers’ Kitchen 2017 should apply through Sound and Music’s Embedded
scheme.
Sound and Music actively seeks to encourage a diversity of applicants to its programmes. If
you are selected, we will do our best to accommodate any particular needs you may have. A
copy
of
our
Equality
Policy
is
available
on
our
website
here:
www.soundandmusic.org/knowledge-hub/evidence-hub
How to apply:
Applications are submitted online here:
https://soundandmusic.typeform.com/to/O77ikp?firstn=xxxxx&lastn=xxxxx&email=xxxxx
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You will receive confirmation of your application once it has been submitted; please contact
[email protected] if you don’t receive a confirmation. Please note that
late submissions will not be accepted.
There are four questions in the application form:
Q1: Please tell us about why you are interested in this project? Please tell us a bit
about the work that you create and why you create it? What are the barriers at the
moment? What would make the biggest difference to you moving forward with your
work? What is it about the string quartet and Quatuor Bozzini/Composers' Kitchen in
particular that interests you?
Q2: How would this project take you forward as an artist?
Tell us a bit about
where you are currently with your creative practice, and how this residency might
develop it. What is it about being embedded with Quatuor Bozzini's Composers'
Kitchen that will help you progress?
Q3 What work would you like to develop as part of the residency? Please outline
what your starting points might be. Please note that this is a residency opportunity
where ideas will develop throughout the project. This section does not need to read
as a fully-fledged commission proposal, we just want to know what your initial points
of departure might be should you be successful in your application.
Q4:: What are your other commitments for 2017?
You will also be asked to include:
1. your CV and including a list of key works/collaborations (as one document, 2 sides
maximum)
2. your biography (no more than 100 words). See this guide from the Australian Music
Centre for help with writing a concise biography.
3. Documentation of two examples of your work. If you are submitting media (audio or
visual) do not send files or Dropbox links, instead please provide links to a website
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streaming service where we can access the material e.g. Soundcloud, Vimeo, your
own website. For other forms of work please upload as PDFs any scores or textual
descriptions, along with links to any media.
4. A completed equal opportunities form – which will follow on from the online
application form linked to above
NB: Please include your full name at the beginning of the title of every attachment you
send. Please also include your name and the opportunity you’re applying for in the header
of each document.
Deadline for applications: noon on Wednesday
2 November
For any queries regarding this project please contact Nicole Rochman at Sound and Music
on [email protected]
About the Partners:
Quatuor Bozzini
Since 1999, the Bozzini Quartet has been an original voice in new, experimental and classical
music. Their skew is radically contemporary, propelling the hyper-creative Montréal scene,
and beyond. Not content to parlay received wisdom, the quartet cultivates an ethos of risktaking, and boldly venture off the beaten track. With rigorous qualitative criteria, they have
nurtured a vastly diverse repertoire, unbiased by the currents of fashion. This has led to over
a hundred and eighty commissioned pieces, as well as close to three hundred other
premiered works. A Bozzini Quartet concert is an art happening, with meticulous and
sensuous attention to detail.
The Bozzini Quartet produces and presents its annual concert series in Montréal. The group
also tours extensively, bringing its “intense musicality and immense sensitivity” (Musicworks,
Canada), to audiences across Canada, the US, South America and Europe. Notable festivals
and venues include MärzMusik (Berlin), Ultima (Oslo), Huddersfield (UK), Klangspuren
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(Austria), Tsuda Hall (Tokyo), Gaudeamus and Muziekgebouw (Netherlands), Présences
(France), November Music (Netherlands), (Pays-Bas), Kortrijk (Belgique), Roulette (NY),
Porgy&Bess (Vienna) and Other Minds (San Francisco). To ensure continual development in
their art, the quartet’s musical laboratories, the Composer’s Kitchen, Performer's Kitchen and
Bozzini Lab, work to mentor and support new generations of composers and performers.
The Bozzini Quartet runs its own recording label, Collection QB, and has issued critically
acclaimed albums, many of which have become reference recordings in the discipline.
Finalist to the 28th Grand Prix du CAM 2012, the Bozzini Quartet has won three Opus prizes
from the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM): “International Outreach” (2007),
“Contemporary Disc of the Year” (2004), and “Discovery of the Year” (2001). It is also the
recipient of the Étoile-Galaxie Prize from Radio-Canada (2001), the Förderpreis Ernst von
Siemens Musikstiftung (2007), the German Record Critics Prize for Arbor Vitae (2009) and
the 2014 Friends of Canadian Music Award.
http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/en/
http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/en/projets/composers_kitchen/
sound is a new music organisation based in North East Scotland that aims to make new
music more accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds by presenting an eclectic
range of music through a wide variety of events including concerts, talks, installations and
workshops. It runs the soundfestival, Scotland’s festival of new music, which takes place
annually in October/November. For further information, please visit our website at:
www.sound-scotland.co.uk.
Sound and Music is the UK’s leading development agency for new music and a charity.
Our mission is to maximise the opportunities for people to create and enjoy new music.
Our work includes composer and artist development, partnerships with a range of
organisations, audience development, touring, information and advice, network building, and
education. We champion new music and the work of British composers and artists, and seek
to ensure that they are at the heart of cultural life and enjoyed by many.
www.soundandmusic.org
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