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Ottawa, Canada -- Applications are now being accepted for the 2007 National Arts Centre Summer Music Institute’s Young Composers Programme taking place June 21-27, 2007, under the leadership of Music Director Pinchas Zukerman and Lead Composer Gary Kulesha. The deadline is December 11, 2006.  The Young Composers Programme is designed for those at a graduate level of study or higher or who have equivalent experience and are preparing for a professional career in composition.  The programme is for those 35 years of age and under. 

Five composers will be selected by application to participate in this intense programme of study in the summer of 2007 at the NAC for 7 days (June 21-27, 2007). Those selected will receive full financial support. Participants will be required to write, in advance of the programme, a new work of 7-10 minutes in length for a professional ensemble of up to 12 parts. Each composition will be workshopped in several sessions with a dedicated ensemble from l’Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne, led by its Music Director and Conductor Jean-Philippe Tremblay.

Works by Kulesha and the young composers will be presented in a public concert on Southam Hall Stage. The composers will participate in several informal discussions and information sessions during the 7-day programme.

For full information, audition requirements and online applications programmes, please go to the NAC website at www.nac-cna.ca, under “Education and Outreach”, “Professional Development”. Otherwise, interested students may contact Christy Harris at (613) 947-7000, ext. 568, or write for information to the NAC Summer Music Institute, P.O. Box 1534, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5W1.

The National Arts Centre Summer Music Institute is supported by private donations and the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust (Founding Partner TELUS), including major support from: Scotiabank, TransAlta, Universal, University of Ottawa, Galaxie – The Continuous Music Network through its Galaxie Rising Stars Program of the CBC.

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For more information please contact:
Jane Morris, Marketing Officer,
National Arts Centre Orchestra
(613) 947-7000, ext. 335
jmorris@nac-cna.ca