John Cage Memorial Random Composer Award
The John Cage Memorial Random Composer Award was inaugurated in 2011 in commemoration of John Cage's 99th birthday. The JCMRCA will be awarded to a single composer each year, whose biography and music will appear on this web page for the year.
ALL composers are encouraged to enter - ALL those who frame, manipulate, capture, appreciate, organize, and hear sounds as music. It is the intention of this competition to recognize a composer of any age, gender, race, nationality, sexuality, style, influence, education or creed. However, it must be a real person. Darkwing Duck may not win this competition. If the winner is found to be sufficiently inhuman, a second winner will be selected.
The winner is selected using Random.org's "true" random numbers culled from atmospheric noise. No email addresses or information entered in the competition will be shared with any individuals or corporations. There is no financial gain to either the competition or the entrants. The winner will be asked to provide sound clips of their work for the website, which will be displayed for a year until the next competition winner is announced.
Add this bit of joy to your life as a composer - and maybe to your CV! Enter the 2012 competition!
Applications for the 2nd Annual Competition are due 11/1/12 by midnight.
The John Cage Memorial Random Composer Award is organized and overseen by Ben Hjertmann, with well-wishes from The John Cage Trust. All questions or comments can be sent to randomcomposeraward [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
ALL composers are encouraged to enter - ALL those who frame, manipulate, capture, appreciate, organize, and hear sounds as music. It is the intention of this competition to recognize a composer of any age, gender, race, nationality, sexuality, style, influence, education or creed. However, it must be a real person. Darkwing Duck may not win this competition. If the winner is found to be sufficiently inhuman, a second winner will be selected.
The winner is selected using Random.org's "true" random numbers culled from atmospheric noise. No email addresses or information entered in the competition will be shared with any individuals or corporations. There is no financial gain to either the competition or the entrants. The winner will be asked to provide sound clips of their work for the website, which will be displayed for a year until the next competition winner is announced.
Add this bit of joy to your life as a composer - and maybe to your CV! Enter the 2012 competition!
Applications for the 2nd Annual Competition are due 11/1/12 by midnight.
The John Cage Memorial Random Composer Award is organized and overseen by Ben Hjertmann, with well-wishes from The John Cage Trust. All questions or comments can be sent to randomcomposeraward [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
