Acanthes 2008

These workshops are designed for participating composers who wish to submit a new instrumental work and, throughout the requisite rehearsals, benefit from the experience and advice of members of the Acanthes teaching team. These workshops, placed under the artistic direction of Salvatore Sciarrino, Michèle Reverdy and Fabio Nieder, will be preceded by a "round-table analysis" which will provide the participating composers with the opportunity to make final adjustments to their pieces as they are being played.

Composer candidate’s applications for composition workshops (detailed CV, scores, recordings as appropriate) shall be examined by a selection committee whose decision is final.

The Acanthes management, together with the heads of each workshop composition, reserves the right to reject a score where its realisation proves impractical.

1) Orchestre National de Lorraine Workshops

a) Formation A - conductor Diego Masson
Instrumental line-up: 1 flute + 1 flute/piccolo, 1 oboe + 1 oboe/French horn, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon + 1 bassoon/contrabassoon, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone + 1 bass trombone, 1 timpani, 1 percussion* , 20 violins, 7 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses.

b) Formation B - conductor Zsolt Nagy
Instrumental line-up: 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet/soprano clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 percussion*, 1 harp, 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass (5 strings).

*Available percussion instruments: 1 vibraphone (F3-F6), 1 marimba (4 and a half octaves lames Kelon F2-C7), 1 glockenspiel (F5-E8), 1 set of crotales (2 octaves C to C), 1 set of tubular bells (F4-F6), 4 toms, 2 bongos, 2 tumbas, 1 tam-tam, 1 symphonic bass drum, 3 suspended cymbals, 5 temple blocks, 2 wood blocks.

Participating students can select all or some of the available instruments (minimum of thirty five musicians for formation A and eight musicians for formation B, to the exclusion of any concertant works).

Duration of the presented work: six to eight minutes

2) Instrumental ensemble Workshop - Conductor Sylvio Gualda

Instrumental line-up: 2 pianos, 2 percussions

Eric Chartier, Pascal Pons, percussions
Ya-Ou Xie, Prodromos Symeonidis, pianos

Duration: six to eight minutes

- The composer can only select instruments on the list below
The composer must fully consider the feasibility of producing the work in respect of the planned rehearsals and of its final implementation. List of percussion instruments for 2 percussionists:

1 marimba (5 octaves C2-C7),
1 vibraphone (3 octaves, F3-F6),
4 Pedal timpanies, 2 Snare drums, 5 Tom-toms (45/40/38/36/33), 2 Congas, 1 pair of Bongos, 1 Symphonic Bass Drum, 1 Tambourine with stand,
1 Tam Tam (96 cm) with stand, 1 Tam Tam (66/70 cm) with stand , 3 Thai gongs (low / medium / high) with stand (2 stands), 4 Cymbals (low to high), 1 China cymbal, 1 sizzle cymbale, 2 Black bronze Chinese rins, 2 brass Japanese rins,
5 Temple blocks, 5 Woodblocks,
3 triangles (low / medium / high) with stand,
1 Wood chime, 1 Metal chime.