[cma-l] The 2011 Phonurgia Nova prize is open

[Tamar Millen]

The 2011 Phonurgia Nova prize is open

Call for works 2011

The 2011 Phonurgia Nova prize is open. What makes it unique? The 
invitation to leave the well trodden tracks that hinder creativity and 
to find hitherto  unexplored ways of taking the listener on a new 
journey of attentive listening to the world of everyday and imaginary 
sound. It is an invitation to make way for new sound (Radio award). To 
discover new interactions between seeing and listening ( New media 
award). In short, this award (which attracted 142 candidates from 15 
countries last year) has to do with CREATION… and the attentive 
exploration of sound.

It is not a music festival, although music may be one component of a 
piece – along with speech, voice, silence and all the other sounds of 
this world and beyond.

Two changes in the organisation of the 2011 edition to be noted :

– The group « Ars acoustica » (European Broadcasting Union) has become 
another of our partners and will distribute prize winning works 
world-wide, thus greatly expanding the potential number of listeners.
  – The transfer of the two days of sound presentations open to the 
public to Gaïté Lyrique theatre in Paris, will allow a wider audience to 
participate in listening sessions, and the heated debates which follow. 
The list of prize winners  is often unpredictable and surprising : 
unknown names slip in beside names which we already know…

Inscription deadline :  october 15
Public presentation : december 10 and 11 (Paris)
More info and registration : www.phonurgia.org

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Tamar Millen
Arts Coordinator
Community Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX
0114 2795219

www.commedia.org.uk