Shakuhachi Chamber Music Composition Competition

Welcome to the competition site.

Please submit your new composition for any combination of:

Shakuhachi with Piano Trio (Piano, Violin and Cello)

The closing date for entries is Friday, 26th February 2010
Winners will be announced on the competition website on Wednesday 30th June 2010.

Listen to clips of the 2008 Competition Winners

NEWS

If you are sending music files either for assessment or as part of your application, please save in either Sibelius (up to ver 6) or Finale (up to 2010).

Have you already composed for shakuhachi with western instruments?
Please consider submitting the details to our Register of Compositions database

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FEATURED COMPOSITION

Acadia
Elizabeth Brown (1999)

Acadia, for flute and shakuhachi, was composed when Elizabeth Brown was Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park on Maine’s Mount Desert Island in September, 1999. It is modeled after Shika no Tone (“the Distant Call of the Deer”), a famous shakuhachi duo from the traditional repertoire, in which the two musicians call to each other from across a distance initially, moving together for the piece’s conclusion. Like Shika no Tone, Acadia can be performed outdoors in any setting. The flute’s extended microtonal inflections and progressions draw on tradional shakuhachi technique and the microtonal inflections of birdsong.

Shakuhachi & flute: Elizabeth Brown

previously featured compositions:

Inner Voices II for solo shakuhachi Yii Kah Hoe (2009)

If you would like to showcase your new composition on this website, please send us the details and audio for consideration.

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