ENTER THE FANFARE COMPETITION!
Imagine hearing your music played by the Australian Youth Orchestra, Queensland Youth Chamber Orchestra or the Sydney Youth Orchestra and broadcast at venues around Australia! If you are a budding composer or musician then the Fanfare Competition is an exciting opportunity for you.
The Fanfare Competition is open to young people aged 12-21 years, to compose a 30 second composition and submit a score and recording online. Selected participants will work with mentor composers Nicholas Vines and Lyle Chan to develop ideas and will either be selected for:
- Australian Youth Orchestra live recording session at Trackdown Studios and your piece will be broadcast at venues across Australia (8 people selected), or
- Queensland Youth Chamber Orchestra concert event at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (16 people selected), or
- Sydney Youth Orchestra concert event with the Sydney Youth Orchestra at the Vebrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (16 people selected).
- Plus two people will be selected to either create the sound design for an Australian Theatre for Young People or create a soundscape for tabletop gaming app Syrinscape.
The competition is looking for compositions that have ‘something to say’ and draw attention. You don’t need to have a strong musical background – your work just needs to draw attention for the intended use of cueing audiences to take their seats at performance venues. Entries will be open in February 2021 with a submission deadline of Monday 31 May 2021, 5pm.
2020 Fanfare Competition Winners
Katie Bombardieri (NSW) Age 19
Francesca Brzoskowski (Qld) Age 19
Oliver Dostal (NSW) Age 19
Thomas Fernando (Vic) Age 17
Connor Fogarty (SA) Age 21
Gallya Hazali (NSW) Age 20
Adriel Sukumar (NSW) Age 16
Charlie Wells (SA) Age 15
2020 Open Fanfare Winners
Andrew Udal (Qld) Age 16
Ayda Akbal (Vic) Age 18
Ben (Wenhao) Fan (NSW) Age 18
Courtney Cousins (NSW) Age 20
Danny McNeall (NSW) Age 19
Eamon Roche (NSW) Age 19
Finn Brunning (SA) Age 21
George Teasdell (NSW) Age 17
Hannah Hunt (Vic) Age 19
Hayden Taylor (Vic) Age 16
Jasper Tops (NSW) Age 13
Katia Geha (NSW) Age 18
Lucy Bremner (Vic) Age 13
Matthew Cornwell (NSW) Age 20
Tiffany Yeo (Qld) Age 15
William Dooley (ACT) Age 14
Artology’s Fanfare Competition is the winner of the 2016 Art Music Award for Excellence in Music Education.