The Composers Society of Singapore has received the following call from The Commonwealth Resounds:
Calling all Commonwealth Composers! Could you compose a Commonwealth Song?
Deadline: 2 Nov 2021 (Th), 11:59 PM (UK GMT)
We are delighted to invite composers from around the Commonwealth to write and send us songs based upon special lyrics written for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons.
Important Information for Composers:
Any composer who is resident in one of the 54 Commonwealth countries may enter for this competition.
Composers may be amateur or professional. There are no age limits. All entries will be gratefully received and acknowledged.
Composers may choose ANY ONE of these three sets of lyrics to use for composing their song:
- Lucy Kiely – “A Life Lived with Grace”
- Meenakshi Gautam Chaturvedi – “A Light in our Hearts”
- Rodrica Rudge – “Majesty”
No other lyrics will be accepted
We shall only be able to accept ONE SONG per applicant. If composers wish to update/revise their song after submitting it, they need to send an email and discuss it with us before doing so.
Each song will be carefully considered and judged on its own merit as a piece of individual creative work and its suitability for the occasion.
Adjudicators will give equal consideration to everyone’s work – including songs produced without the use of expensive technology or professional backup.
When writing your song, remember it needs to be suitable for SMALL CHOIRS of about 6 people as well as LARGE CHOIRS of 100 voices or more.
The choirs may include participants of ANY AGE (children to adults). The song should be easy for them to learn and sing.
Singers involved may be of any standard, PROFESSIONAL or AMATEUR.
Many choirs will be singing the song out of doors, so the words must be clearly audible.
We shall need the song to have a very strong melodic line, so that it can be performed easily without accompaniment by some choirs (for example, those including very young children).
Your song may be submitted with or without harmony
Songs may be submitted in ANY the following formats:
- A notated score (ideally with an audio recording)
- A graphic score with an audio recording
- A written description of your song with an audio recording
- An audio recording of the song.
If you have composed a song and do not know how to send it to us, please email commonwealthsong@commonwealthresounds.com and we will help you!
