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Home pit(ch)Competition for Music Amateurs

in the course of the 61st German Mozart Festival18 – 21 October 2012

»Never forget that music is much too important

to be left entirely in the hands of professionals!«

Robert Fulghum, American philosopher

Do you love to play music together instead of just listening to the stars of the classic world? Do you enjoy meeting other musicians and work on new pieces as an ensemble? Would you like to playfully present your skills and talk to others who enjoy the same? Then you can look forward to a unique weekend (October 18 to 21, 2012) in Augsburg. We invite non-professional musicians to meet our enthusiastic competition jury, together with their ensembles.

However, the fun of making music together and meet people with the same interests will most certainly be more important to everybody than winning a prize. This house concert competition for amateurs is promo-ted by the German Mozart Society (which has its offices in Augsburg) and is organised in cooperation with European Mozart Ways and the Bavarian Association of Musicians.Home pit(ch) is part of the 61st German Mozart Festival, which takes place in Augsburg from October 12 to 21, 2012.

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These enseMbles ARe ACCepTed:❙ From trios to octets, instrumentalists only (no singers) ❙ No age restrictions❙ Changing formations in the forces of the ensemble are allowed (however, at least two pieces have to be presented by the main formation). Ensem-bles which have been founded only for this competition are also welcome to apply ❙ Participants may change instruments (one participant may play two or more instruments within one group).

We expeCT This RepeRTOiRe:❙ Minimum of six movements from at least two different periods (4 to 5 minutes per movement) ❙ Duration of the entire repertoire list at least 30 minutes ❙ Maximum of two movements by the same composer ❙ Arrangements of classical music are allowed ❙ No arrangements of light music ❙ No folk music

YOu Will be eVAluATed On:❙ Ability to play an instrument ❙ Performance vitality ❙ Intuitive expression ❙ Ability to touch others ❙ Communication skills within the ensemble,performance spirit ❙ Musical transformation ability ❙ Understanding of style

The juRY:Every member is an expert when it comes to amateur chamber music and represents the following institutions:❙ Fridemann Leipold, Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation ❙ Dr Maria Majno, European Mozart Ways and El Sistema (Italy) ❙ Stefan Metz (Nether-lands String Quartet Academy) ❙ Prof Paul Roczek, Prima la Musica (Austria) ❙ Evan Rothstein, European Chamber Music Teachers Association and Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Great Britain) ❙ Jakob Schmid, Mozart Music Making Week/GMS ❙ Prof Bernhard Tluck, Bavarian Association of Musicians

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»You have to see that non-professionals

have the same ambitions as professionals,

they are musicians we have to take seriously!«

Marc danel

ThuRsdAY, OCTObeR 18, 2012:❙ Registration of all participants ❙ Welcome ❙ Meeting with hosting families ❙ If there are more than 30 participating ensembles: part 1 of the first round will take place

FRidAY, OCTObeR 19, 2012:❙ First round (performance duration: 10 min): First movement to be chosen by the musicians, second one to be chosen by the jury

sATuRdAY, OCTObeR 20, 2012 ❙ »Changeover« – open stage for performances, talks and mutual sessions ❙ Ensembles, which have not reached the 2nd round, will get a free coaching ❙ The Mozart Festival and Augsburg, Germany’s City of Mozart, invite participants to explore the town ❙ Preparation day for those who participate in the 2nd round

sundAY, OCTObeR 21 2012 ❙ Second round = Closing concert, valuation concert, judgement by the jury and the audiences (maximum of seven finalists , about 12 minutes each)

These ARe The pRizes:❙ First Prize: exclusive weekend workshop with a teacher of the Bavarian Association of Musicians (e.g. with Prof. Ingolf Turban, Prof Wen-Sinn Yang, Prof Michaela Pühn and others) ❙ Second Prize: scholarship for a public chamber music training at the “Mozart Musizierwoche” organised by the GMS ❙ Third Prize: Travel allowance to take part in a chamber music course ❙ In addition, a composer will be engaged to write a piece of music especially for the winning ensemble fitting their instrumentation and their skills (upon commission by the German Mozart Society in coope-ration with the Bavarian Association of Musicians).

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»Music lives in parlours and cellars. The musical mixture of non-professionals, aficionados and

amateurs is the primeval soup of musical culture.«

Martin hufner, music journalist

❙ Please fill in your application form and send it to the following address: Heimspiel – Home pit(ch) German Mozart Society Frauentorstr. 30 ❙ 86152 Augsburg ❙ Germany All applications must be handed in by June 30, 2012 (date of the post mark). ❙ The eligible participants will be chosen by a pre-selection jury. The submission of a significant regording is not mandatory! However, if sound carriers exist (MP3, CD or DVD), they should be sent in to simplify the selection procedure. These live recordings must consist of raw material and a maximum of three movements, including one slow and one fast movement. Duration: maximum of ten minutes.❙ Together with your application you need to hand in a repertoire list. For details see p. 4.

❙ In each registered Ensemble, there may perform no more than one professional musician. Ensembles with more than one professional musician are excluded from participation. If in doubt, please contact the GMS.❙ Materials provided for the pre-selection as well as recordings cannot be returned. ❙ Accepted ensembles will be contacted by mid-July 2012. ❙ Accepted ensembles are asked to confirm their participation. Trans- ferring the enrolment fee of € 90 (beneficiary exempt from charges) by August 2, 2012 to the bank account of the GMS is equivalent to having confirmed. Stadtsparkasse Augsburg IBAN: DE27 7205 0000 0000 0746 82 ❙ SWIFT-BIC: AUGSDE77 If a participant is prevented from attending for any reason or an application is recalled, registration fees cannot be refunded.

Participation requirements

Application

Last name, first name

Address

Place and date of birth

Nationality

Languages spoken

Occupation

Phone number

Mobile phone number

Fax number

Email

Please fill out in capital letters and send with the required materials to the following address by June 30, 2012:❙ Heimspiel – Home pit(ch) ❙ German Mozart Society ❙ Frauentorstr. 30 ❙ 86152 Augsburg ❙ Germany

Instrumentation of the ensemble

COnTACT peRsOn OF The enseMble

MeMbeRs OF The enseMble:Last name, first name, date of birth, address, occupation, instrument

We have been playing music together since

The members of the ensemble take regular music lessons on their instruments yes no some (number of people)

We rehearse time(s) per week/month

The members of the ensemble have been trained as follows: Music school Private lessons Participation in workshops / chamber music courses Experience in playing in an orchestra

Thereby I apply for the participation in the competition for music ama-teurs Home pit(ch) in the course of the 61st German Mozart Festival in Augsburg / Germany. I agree to the regulations listed in this flyer. I certify that no more than one of the listed participants is active in a conservatory or a comparable institution or works as a professional musician or music teacher. I will transfer the registration fee of € 90 after having been accepted to the competition.

Place, date signature

61st German Mozart Festival »Leopold Mozart in the mirror of time«

October, 12 – 21, 2012

concerts ❙ play ❙ exhibitions ❙ workshops

starring:bayerische kammerphilharmonie

Sergej DogadinElizabeth Wallfisch and the Wallfisch Band

Alexander RosenblattBruno Weil

Christine Schornsheim, Rüdiger Lotter, Sebastian HessAugsburger Domsingknaben

StromorchesterAnd many more

The programme will be online from March 1, 2012 on: www.mozartstadt.de

Frauentorstr. 30 86152 AugsburgPhone 0049 / 821 / 51 85 88 Fax 0049 / 821 / 15 72 28

Email heimspiel-mozart@augsburg.dewww.heimspiel-mozart.de

Office hours: Tue to Fri, 10 am to 2 pm

Deutsche Mozart

Gesellschaft

Translation: Laura Schieferle

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