Overview

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Robb Trust Composers’ Competition is open to all interested national (USA) composers and involves international judges:

• Carlo Allessandro Landini, Professor of Music, University of Piacenza, Italy
• Konrad Boehmer, Professor of Music, Royal Conservatory at the Hague, Netherlands
• Gary Smart, Yessin Professor of Music, University of North Florida, USA and a previous winner of the UNM John Donald Robb Composers’ Competition

A $3,500 prize will be awarded for the winning composition which will be performed during UNM’s Robb Composers’ Symposium in March, 2011.

As in the past, the competition will continue to focus upon Dean Robb’s legacy by requiring entries to be based upon themes of folk songs from the Robb Archives at the Center for Southwest Research in the UNM Zimmerman Library.

There is no age limit, and students are welcome to apply. The winning composer must be present at the Composers’ Symposium for the acceptance of the award and for the intended performance of his/her composition. If selected for the award, the composer will be required to provide a complete score and accurate, legible parts. He/She will be responsible for assisting in the preparation of performers for the Symposium performance. Performers may be made available through the Robb Trust.

For complete information, see the Call for Entries and check this Website for announcements and updates.

• Composition must be a vocal or instrumental, solo or chamber work for up to 6 musicians. · Composition must be between 6 and 10 minutes in length.
• Composers will be required to use folk song source material from the John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music at the Center for Southwest Research (CSWR), Zimmerman Library, UNM. Also available at UNM College of Fine Arts Library.
• This link http://econtent.unm.edu/cdm4/index_robb.php leads to the main page of the folk song source material Field Recordings. Once there, click on "Browse".
• Scores will be adjudicated by an international panel of judges who will be recognized composers and/or performers.

Dates

Applications and completed scores must be postmarked by October 1, 2010.

The winning composition will be announced after December 31, 2010.

The winning composition will be performed at the 2011 UNM John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium.

More Information

For further information about the Archive, call the Center for Southwest Research at (505) 277-6451, or go directly to the Zimmerman Library, first floor, or e-mail at cswrref@unm.edu.

For further information contact: Robb Trust at (505) 277-8967, e-mail: robbtrst@unm.edu