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Ranking of previous contests
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27th
Contest
Closed December 31th,
2012
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The topic was :
The music box
or other mechanical music
Each jury member had to give a note to the
music pieces according to three criteria:
- On 20 points, the
musical expression
- On 10 points, the score
appearance
- On 10 points, the care
taken to the instrumentation and the miscellaneous sound
settings.
The global note of each piece
will be the sum of all the partial notes of each member of the
jury. The author of the piece that gets the greatest number of
points will be declared as prize-winner.
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1st Prize
Wins a music box with blank cards
to create their own melodies.
Will be part of the jury for
the next sessions.
"The whole virtuosity of mechanical organs and a seducting and
compelling melody. A perfect master."
"A complete orchestra, well rendered, a well-adjusted
score, a lively and cheerful piece, what else?"
"Excellent work. Congratulations for this piece full
of freshness, that immerses us in a funfair.
Just a
detail however, it would have been preferable to notate the
chromatic percussions on two staves (treble and bass clef) in order
to limit the number of notes on ledger lines. But this remains a
remarkable work."
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2nd Prize
Wins a Myriad USB flashdrive
"Nice atmosphere for this piece that gives the impression to be in
3D. It sounds like a music box from somewhere else.
Remarkable design. Intrumentation and settings are superb."
"Effects are perfect; well used, the dynamics would have deserved
to be notated on score.
An exciting and pleasant score."
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Wins a Myriad T-Shirt
"This piece is full of good ideas quite well achieved. The score
layout is very original and the rendering pleasant to
listen."
"Very evocative music
and wonderment for all the listeners.
The score
scrolls with nice pictures, as in a children's book.
Excellent quality of settings and
instrumentation."
"Nice
musicality and topic matching, good panning wit only a few
instruments. The shakuhachi is well used and well
rendered.
Too bad that the score hasn't been
taken care of to its end and that the miscellaneous embellishments
(character font, pictures...) harm the readability a
bit."
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26th
Contest
Closed March 31, 2012
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The contest topic was :
Please keep in mind that, besides the quality of composition
itself, the visual layout and sound adjustements of the score are
also taken into account.
To rank the pieces, the jury will have to evaluate three facets of
each:
- On 20 points, the musical expression
- On 10 points, the score appearance
- On 10 points, the care taken to the instrumentation and the
miscellaneous sound settings.
Good luck to everyone!
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
Musical
Expression:
"Energetic piece, with a main theme covered
by and sustained by a complete quality
orchestration"
"Excellent piece that shows great mastering of
the software."
Score
appearance:
"Nice writing. Congratulations, great work. Some
secondary details, like a music start barline, but with no
influence on the piece."
"Score page layout is of great quality, and
includes all necessary tempo and dynamics mentions for performing
it properly."
Care taken to
instrumentation and miscellaneous sound settings:
"Instrument are well distributed in the audio space,
and the surround and some other effect processors contribute to a
good overall sound quality."
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a Myriad sweatshirt and a Myriad USB
flashdrive
Musical
Expression:
"Very nice to hear"
"Superb piece, sustained
by a wonderful sax. It's a proof that it's not necessary to
multiply the number of instruments to get a quality result.
Congratulations!"
"Very pleasant piece, full of emotions. Too bad the sax is often
out of playable range, which makes a human performance diffucult to
achieve."
Score appearance:
Nice layout.
Too bad that the piano part looks more like a MIDI capture than an
actual score notation"
"Score appearance is good,
especially for the first page.
The main performance mentions are present. However, the lack of
left, right and bottom margins might bring oddities when printing,
as well as the last bars of the last page."
Care taken to
instrumentation and miscellaneous sound settings:
"Nice
work on the effects and audio panning."
"Why are the instruments grouped
together at the center of audio space?"
" Jorge obviously worked hard on
the instrument audio quality, by using effect processors and volume
or reverberation power curves. The result is completely convincing,
even if we could wish the instruments to be better distributed
across the audio space. And as a pianist, I regret that the piano
is one-handed! But what a beautiful sax!"
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Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
Musical
Expression :
"Very nice piece, in which the spirit of dance is really present.
Nice work."
"It's by far the most
well-built piece. In this instrumental suite, Jean-Michel imagines
the story of the dancer in five stages, from the discovery of dance
(birth of a passion) to the prima ballerina, including learning
(school years) and corps de ballet. It is sustained by rhythm and
volume changes that bring a real dynamic to the piece. The result
is very pleasant to listen, even if the second part could be a bit
long. Bravo!"
"The piece structure is
interesting, in several modulated parts (the corps de ballet is the
most accomplished). Some overlong passages (especially dance
school) curb the enthusiasm of this nice piece"
Score
appearance:
"Overall appearance of the score
(displayed in landscape mode) is great and doesn't deserve any major
criticism.
Personally, I'd have reduced the printing scale to 70%, which would
make the piece use from 50 to 33 pages, while keeping a good
readability."
Care taken to
instrumentation and miscellaneous sound settings:
"Distribution of instruments in the audio
space provide some sound fullness. It could have been improved by
using some surround effect. Instrument sounds would have deserved
to be more polished."
"Very good
spatialization"
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25th
Contest
Closed June 30th 2011
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"We can feel much work in this piece [...]
with rhythm, tempi changes and modulation in accordance with the
topic"
"Remarkable work in writing and rendering.
Congratulation for this excellent work, that shows a good mastering
of the software."
"An excellent work of composition, a clear
and clean score, a finely adjusted audio rendering, what more could
we ask for?"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a Myriad sweatshirt and a Myriad USB
flashdrive
"A very well conducted work, nice page setup,
good
orchestration. Pleasant to
listen."
"Excellent piece, full of mystery
and following the forest evolution along the seasons.
Curves and effects are very well
used. Congratulations"
"A good page setup and an
excellent work on sounds. Some parts are very good, but the overall
quality, even if above the average, remains a bit
uneven."
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Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
"Much ambition and work for a score rather
well completed, that happens to be quite developed (long) without
being boring."
"Nice melodic development (in the
Albinoni's Adaggio style). Good sound balance"
"The three part are well
separated (The storm might lack of energy) and the spirit of the
piece fully matches the topic."
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Click here to listen to
all the pieces submitted to the 25th contest
24th
Contest
Closed October 31st 2010
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For this contest session, a pre-filled staff was provided to the
competitors.
If the Myriad plug-in is
installed on your computer, use the bar below to listen to it:
or right-click the link below to save the file on your computer
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The submitted music pieces had to contain the whole staff. The rest
of the score (other staves, accompaniments, rhythms, page settings,
instruments, etc) was completely free.
Please read the details below to know what was possible to do and
what was not.
You could:
- Add as many staves as you wish. The content of these staves is
as you please.
- Transpose the whole staff by as many semi-tones as you
want.
- Change note shape, color, size, velocities, delays and pressure
times the way you want.
- Use rules to change instrument of for any other use
- Insert effect processors, ornaments, grace notes, dynamics,
etc. on this staff.
You couldn't:
- Delete or insert bars (measures)
- Use break symbols (bar repeat, segno, coda, numbered parts,
etc.
- Delete or add rests or notes on this staff (other than grace
notes).
- Change the pitch of a note for any other purpose than shift it
by an integer number of octaves.
- Mute one or several notes.
- Transpose/shift only a part of the staff.
- Use to play the notes an transposing instrument that shifts by
anything but an integer number of octaves.
- Use to play the staff notes a percussive/not chromatic
instrument.
- Change the average tempo outside the [80,180] quarters per
minute range (the total duration of the piece must stay between
1m44s and 3m54s)
As a rough guide, a chord grid for the piece was provided
below.
Intro: 1 empty bar
C/G/Am/F (4 bars) repeated
7 times (28 bars)
Break: G/Em/F/Dm/G/Em/F/G
(8 bars)
C/G/Am/F (4 bars) repeated
7 times (28 bars)
Break: G/Em/F/Dm/G/Em/F/G
(8 bars)
End: C/G/Am/F/C (5
bars)
Total : 78 bars
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"[...] An intersting melody that takes
the better on the bass line, and in what a way!
All is accomplished: harmony, rhythm, varied instrumentation and
the instrumental variations of the melody line. Excellent work,
bravo! "
"It is comforting to see that some people
still know how to compose on a faster tempo than 120 bpm.
Very well split piece, nice chord progressions. Themes are catchy
and well developped. I also like the hi-hat and snare drum rhythm
patterns, that, combined with strings and voices, provide a hint
of D&B/ acid jazz."
"Excellent work, pleasant to
hear, but that could have been a bit better with a more
meticulous page layout and sound adjustment and
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a Myriad
sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
"The composer knows his job well, this piece is meticulously
adjusted. Among all the pieces in the contest, it's the one that
has the most color, dynamic and intensity levels.
All is also well structured, and the score itself has a very
professional appearance"
"Very good instrument adjustments. A pleasant and catchy musical
theme."
"A simple and well mastered instrumentation, a theme that succeeds
in making the bass line be forgotten while never masked, a
faultless visual appearance and sound setting.
Nice work!"
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Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a
Myriad sweatshirt
"Finely-worked page layout. A serious work of orchestration, very
pleasant even if a bit surprising in the end."
"Original harmonization and
timbre. A nice use of the mandatory topic to make it a personal
work, and a real story that develops under our eyes and ears."
"Excellent work of
orchestration and original form, with a mixing of styles. The
techno part is especially good. " |
23rd
Contest
Closed May 31st 2010
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The mandatory topic of this contest session was:
SATB
(Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
The submitted pieces had to be made of only 4 staves, each one
matching a register of sung voice.
Actual lyrics or the use of Virtual Singer were optional.
Style and duration were free.
The playability (singability) of the score will be taken into
account by the jury. More information
here.
Exceptionally, the winners of the previous contests were allowed to
participate to this session. In this case of course, they won't be
part of the jury.
The competitors enable Myriad to select a chorus that would be
allowed to perform their score without limitation as part of free
public performances. Video and/or audio recordings of such sessions
could then be freely made available on the Internet and on a CD-ROM
intended for the competitors.
This session is dedicated to Laurier Nappert 1946-2010.
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1er Prix
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"The miscellaneous voices are well mastered.
The apparent simplicity of this piece confers a pleasant freshness,
paradoxically strengthened by a message ("No to AIDS") that could
be considered as clumsy in other circumstances."
"A real melody, even if its logic
is hyperpredictable. But it's also what gives it the capacity of
being immediately absorbed by the listener. As a bonus, a message
always judicious
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2e Prix
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a
Myriad sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
"An interesting development, and a good use of the miscellaneous
registers."
"Setting a poem to music is never easy. This one is rather nice,
even if theappearance isimprovable ."
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Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a
Myriad sweatshirt
"Very neat score. A special
attention has been given to the adjustment of the miscellaneous
voices, in order to obtain a spotless sound rendering."
"This piece catches the attention
for the details in the voice interactions, the subtelty of some
melismas, the mastering of dynamics."
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22nd
Contest
Closed November 30th 2009
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The
mandatory topic for this session was :
Put together or oppose in a same piece two
different music styles
Styles, duration and instrumentation were free.
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Click here to listen
to submitted tunes |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"Very pleasant classical piece,
reorchestrating Georges Brassens in the Mozart's style.
Musical writing perfectly
mastered.."
"Good melody rendering, steady harmonies,
good orchestration, sometimes very realistic sounds for either
strings, piano or brasses."
"Nice score. Style merging is well done,
without ruggesness or surprise, originality in handling the
topic."
"We can however deplore the lack of spatial
distribution of the instruments, and the excessive length of the
piece, worsened by the absence of cadences other than
perfect."
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a Myriad
sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
"Very successful adaptation of
classical music. Very good choice of instruments. Remarkable
introduction. A very pleasant piece to hear."
"Perfect mastering of the software and of the
GOLD Base sounds: very niceuse of the instruments: guitar with
great effects, bass with a remarkable round sound.
Excellent use of the sound space. Page layout is the best of all
the submitted pieces."
"If the two styles are actually
present, they are unbalanced. The work is however well
crafted."
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3rd Prize
Meinecke Lonny for
"When he smiled on Galilee"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
"Very nice piece, nice orchestration, well mastered sounds."
" The way of dealing with
the topic is clever, by progressive fading of the Bach-style
cello."
"Unfortunately, the score appearance doesn't measure up (bass staff
in treble ckef, lack of phrasing indication, ...), the sound
ambiance is sometimes blurred by the use of a different harmony
over the Bach's one."
"We are here on the verge of the off-topic, the classical part
being a melody more than an actual style."
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21st
Contest
Closed from May the 31st,
2009
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As
we are celebrating in 2009 the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin
birth, the mandatory topic of this contest was
"Evolution"
Style and duration were free.
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Click here
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
- From the first seconds of listening, we say "What a good idea to
apply the term evolution
to music." And we listen to the end hoping that the work does
justice to the idea. And it does.
- The parts are well written and well represent the different eras
[...]
-Sound quality: Impeccable. Beautiful arrangements,excellent work
on the instruments and the piano playing and the panning is
perfect, not too much reverb.
Nothing to say.
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a
Myriad sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
- Surprising piece, with some nice
passages along the way.
-The piece is very original in
itself, and also constitutes an
original approach of the contest topic
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3th Prize
Smith Jack with
"Humanity
When will evolution happen again?"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
- A very nice score.
-Very good orchestration and panning
overall.
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20th
Contest
Closed November 2008
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The mandatory topic of this contest was the cat.
Style and duration were free.
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Click here to listen to the pieces that have been submitted to the
20th contest |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"No doubt that movie music is a composer's
longing, who will certainly perform excellent work in this
field.
Truly brilliant mastering of sounds, harmonies and rhythm for an
extremely rich, varied and on-topic piece."
"Wow, what a nice piece! Just a first
listening, and the imagination takes off. Really nice writing and
panning adjustment. (*) Congratulation for this superb
piece."
"Mind-blowing ! perfect mastering of the composition, mood and
atmosphere are very well rendered.
We live the scenries, we are there, pictures are filling our mind.
Dynamics are on purpose, panning adjustment is excellent, and the
score is professional (*)."
"A very original way to address the mandatory topic. Excellent
orchestration and page layout (*)."
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Note: the jury notice that the volume of the piece is set too loud.
So, to enjoy this piece fully, decrease the general volume before
playing it.
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD, a Myriad
sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
"Beautiful piece, well structured, short but quite evocative, as
mentioned in the title.
Nice score, good work!"
"A very short piece but a rich
writing. We can feel a great knowledge of piano
writing."
"Very nice piece for piano,
however a bit too short. The quality of what we hear let us expect
a continuation that doesn't come. Too bad, because this work is
well crafted and the result is more than
satisfactory."
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3rd Prize
Patrick Geyre for
"Cat'mosphère"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
"This work is charming in all its facets. A melodic, harmonic and
instrumental success. Its simpleness doesn't weaken its qualities
at all. It's a pleasure to hear it, and probably to play it. What
else?"
"Very original piece, in the spirit of the topic with a feeling of
'joie de vivre' for this fearless little animal.
Nice writing, congratulations?"
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19th
Contest
Closed June 2008
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The mandatory topic of this contest was the waterdrop.
Style and duration were free.
A water drop sound, was provided, and the composer was free to use
or not in his work:
Download
the score that contains the sound.
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Click here to listen to the pieces that have been submitted to the
19th contest |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C) and a Myriad cap
and will be part of the jury for the next sessions
"From this piece emerges a feeling of
serenity that matches cosely the waterdrop theme. The orchestration
is mastered and the score is well-groomed"
"Beautiful piece, either in its
construction or in its music rendering. The spotless instrument
distribution has to be added to the author's
credit.
[...] Excellent work,
congratulations.
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"This piece seems to be the most
complete of this contest. [...] We are dragged to follow with
attention the appearances of each instrument."
"A highly original idea. The
result is pleasant to hear, rich, with mainy instrumental effects
and a complex harmony inheritted from baroque adagios. A
well-crafted piece for a surprising and interesting
result."
"The melodies are very nice, well
directed, with much color and texture. A great score, with exellent
panning distribution and fine sounds, in brief, an excellent
work.
Congratulation for the creativity, using the waterdrop as a soloist
is fresh. Bravo!"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a
Myriad cap.
"This piece is well balanced, as well on
surface (instrument panning) as in depth (sound harmony). The score is well
written and the whole proves a good mastering of the
software"
"Original view of the mandatory
topic. Refined orchestration, delicate sounds, timbre
diversity"
"A well made orchestration and a lot of work on sounds, with great
parts in this piece. Good score layout."
"Very nice score. Theme used twice in the piece, well embedded
after all, but in a very (too much) discrete way.
Pleasant tune, well structured, well crafted soubds, all the pitch
ranges are used, from very high-pitched to
subbass."
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3rd Prize
Dominic Lapointe for "Trio pour clarinette, accordéon et
contrebasse en Sib mineur, 'Waterdrop'"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD.
"First of all, congratulations to
the author for the dauntless instrument selection. The whole offers
a pleasant rendering, well distributed in space."
"After a promising but all-wise intro, the originality of the rest
of the piece is surprising, as soon as the accordion starts
playing. It could have been a scuttling, but after several
listenings you will enjoy this piece as it deserves, and finally
the pleasure is present."
"A very interesting, original and surprising piece."
"Very good score layout, good balance. A pleasant piece."
"Exemplary score. Instrument panning is excellent, sounds are
superbly wrought.
The project of building a small ensemble of instruments so
different and almost never seen together was ambitious, but is a
success.
The piece is well structured, and we feel a clear direction. It's
contemporary and very pleasant to listen to. "
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17st
Contest
Closed April 2007
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Music of the Third Kind
The aim was to write a complete music piece, based on a
little pattern of a few notes. This pattern had to appear in the
score, and if possible be used as the general theme of the
piece.
Pattern
in WAV format
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Click here to listen to the submitted pieces |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
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3rd Prize
Rob Ainsley for "Last Chance in Trieste
Wins a GOLD sound base
CD
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15th
Contest
Closed 31st of january 2006
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The
mandatory topic was to illustrate musically the "Sonnet 73" by
Shakespeare:
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Click here to listen to the submitted pieces |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
"A bewitching atmosphere for this piece,
that fits well the spirit of the sonnet"
"Orchestration is
surprising, very pleasant, and the mixing is
outstanding.
Musically, it's nice too. The good counterpoint contributes to the
feeling of limpidiness that comes out. Thumbs up!"
"Minor, with a slow tempo and some ancient
or foreign instruments give to this piece a somewhat special
feeling"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a
Myriad T-Shirt
"Huge work, and excellent page setup"
"I don't think a so accomplished piece had been ever
submitted to this contest."
"This piece fits the theme very well:
gloomy, tense and dark.
The composer plays much on tension-thaw, very efficient!
Sounds sometimes like Stravinsky, but its modernity isn't
disturbing at all, it serves well the topic.
A good mastering of music is needed to write such a wide-ranging
piece, there are probably years of study and work to reach this
point."
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3rd Prize
Lutz Stahlhofen : Sonnet 73
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
"Palm of originality, while fitting the topic
well.
The composer dare to use a rock atmosphere, and he does it well,
insomuch it wouldn't be surprising to hear a hard rock band cover
this piece live!"
"The subject is well controled. It's pleasant and well
written, with some nice discoveries that makes the guitar sound
realistic.
A success !"
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The jury wishes to congratulate ALL the competitors for the
excellent quality of their work. |
14th Contest
Closed 31st of august 2005
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The subject of the contest was to illustrate musically a work of
art by Christine THELOT.
"Petit hommage à Vincent"
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Click here to listen to the submitted pieces |
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1st Prize
Will receive the original work of
art.
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
"Matches perfectly the topic".
"At last, a piece in real connection with the topic. The
"Provençal" color sounds genuine. Notation quality is also
remarkable. "
"Some originality in the style, and a rather successful performance
that connects the title and the topic."
"Pleasant, a little bit puzzling
as expected. A piece that succeed pretty well in linking topic,
title and music"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Excellent composition and orchestration.
Beautiful piece generally
speaking, nice to hear, many clues about the performance on this
score.
You almost see Vincent van Gogh wander
through the fields.
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3rd Prize
Allain Hervé
"Duo flûte et guitare"
Wins a GOLD sound base
CD
Beautiful! Superb ! Resolutely
contemporary piece, the classic guitar smoothness combined with the
flute vivacity and deftness makes a nice couple.A lot of key, time
signature and tempo changes draw a whirl that carries us along.
Good guitar work. Interesting clef and key changes.
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13th
Contest
closed 31st of March 2005
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Click
here to listen to the submitted pieces for the 13th
contest |
Click
here to listen to the submitted pieces for the Mandatory
topic |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Original style, well rendered atmosphere, excellent sounds. What
more can be asked?
Musicologically perfect
Entertaining, and the atmosphere is well rendered.
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Of course, Jazz is not my cup of tea, but the rhythmic section is
really beautiful, including its
realism. And some sax phrasing make me forget it is "only" a
score-driven computer.
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3rd Prize
Carlsmose Ole
"Little Annie"
Wins a GOLD sound base
CD
Superb orchestration, excellent work
on the sounds.
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The mandatory topic was an illustration of an
Andromeda photography:
12th
Contest
closed 31st of October 2004
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Click
here to listen to the submitted pieces for the 12th
contest |
Click
here to listen to the submitted pieces for the Mandatory
topic |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Excellent atmosphere, as usual. Good work on sounds.
Still the same harmonic quality I'm never bored of. |
2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
Very nice piece, with a simple and well balanced orchestration.
No unnecessary ornaments or too marked effects. The kind of piece
we'd want to hear (and see) more often.
The accuracy in writing is outstanding, as well as the work on the
expression and realism of the piano.
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3rd Prize
Rodrigo Ramirez Garcia
"Out of the bus"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
From the first time I listened to
the contest pieces, I think it's the most accomplished BigBand I
have encountered.
It doesn't mean it's perfect, because the theme is missing
something catchy, and the lack of panning doesn't enable to
appreciate the orchestration, but there is much originality, talent
and know-how in it.
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11th
Contest
closed 31st of March 2004
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Click
here to listen to the submitted tunes
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
A simple and efficient piece, very
well orchestrated.
Excellent page setup.
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
An original piece, that matches well
the spirit of this painting. Very good page setup.
Structure in AAB, sicilienne rhythm; once again Laurier controls
everything, it is almost more musicology than music. Except for the
popular feeling which is perfectly rendered.
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3rd Prize
Eric Park
"Ballad for a Good Harvest"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
Soft piece, a bit gloomy; excellent
clarinet and piccolo duet.
The I-VI-II-V chord progression
is not used in a so direct way since the beginning of the 60's.
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The winner is
Laurier Nappert
for "Jour de Moisson"
Each music piece submitted to the contest could also compete for
the special prize "mandatory topic".
The piece had to illustrate "The
harvesters" (1565), a painting from Pieter Brugel
An original piece, that matches well
the spirit of this painting. Very good page setup.
Structure in AAB, sicilienne rhythm;
once again Laurier controls everything, it is almost more
musicology than music. Except for the popular feeling which is
perfectly rendered.
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Tenth
session
closed the 31st of Januray 2004
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Click here to listen to the submitted tune
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1st
Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
Great qualities in harmony. This pieces is at the same time
charming and delicate. Guitar parts are very creative. We can feel
a musical tradition in their use.
Very absorbing, despite its appearance of a style exercice.
And a great writing, that make think the author knows perfectly
each instrument he uses!
Excellent work on the chromatic
instruments and percussive sounds as well as on the instrument
balance.
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2nd
Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
M Zarkh goes out his usual style, and
it is a success.
Sound particularly well with the GOLD
sound base.
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3rd
Prize
Laurier Nappert
"le Départ"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
Excellent work on the Virtual Singer voice.
Calm and sensitive.
As usual, Laurier submits a piece without parade, all in niceties
and subtlety.
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The winner is
Claude Lachapelle
with"Aube"
Competitors had to illustrate the poem
Spring dawn
(Meng
Hao-ran)
In spring the sleep does not end
with the dawn
Bird chirps can be heard, coming
from everywhere
The night finally ends in the
breath of water
Who knows how many flowers have
fallen again?
Very atmospheric music. Claude has put a lot of work
into the effects in the shakuhachi part and it really adds to the
natural beauty of the sound.
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Ninth session
closed the 31st of October,
2003
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Click here to listen to the submitted tunes
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Click here to read Franck Robert
interview |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece: "No concern for
clarity in the way it is written. But the result is remarkable!
Imagine this piece stored in AIFF or MP3. Who could be sure it is
not a "live" recording? Bravo."
"A tribute to Esme. Very well built"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very pleasant. Cello sounds are maybe a bit too modern for the
genre, but it is a really minor issue.
I remarked the effort made to write the Dulcimer staff without
using merged staves: brave!"
"Good rendering, good style"
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3rd Prize
Henry Zarkh
"Jewish Funeral in New Orleans"
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about
this piece: "I am reassured now: he can do something else! Marrying
New Orleans and Yiddish styles was a risky bet , but the result
appears absolutely natural and likely."
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Eighth
session
closed the 31st of July, 2003 |
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Click here to listen to the submitted tunes |
Click here to read Jaime Romero
interview |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for the next
sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Excellent work. Very professional. Splendid page setup." |
2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"A "feel good" piece by someone who understands Celtic
Music."
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3rd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about this piece: "This trio has been
put together by a craftsman!" |
Seventh
session
closed the 17th of March, 2003 |
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Click here to listen to the submitted tunes |
Click here to read Louis-René Blaire interview
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1st Prize
Blaire Louis René
"Melpomene Polka"
Wins an harmonica HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C) and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"There are music styles you scorn a bit until a piece jumps to your
eyes:
from the very first bars of this one, my certainty collapsed!
Writing, orchestration, voice balance, harmonic control,
realism...
I wish I could do the same on each of these topics."
"A genre that has not been much explored till now, but
marvelously well written.
Sounds especially well using the GOLD sound base.
Instrument panning deserved to be more neat though.
Thirteen seconds of work on this field would have given this
piece
an incomparable dimension"
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2nd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD and a Myriad
T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"A piece with a great harmonic and aesthetic richness.
Probably a serious background behind that."
"Excellent work. I really appreciate this piece. Excellent use of
custom
instruments."
"Very nice melody, surprising and enchanting, played by
soprano then tenor sax solists."
"I love the saxophone solo in the middle."
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3rd Prize
Wins a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
""Like a mysterious woman, this piece really grows on you."
"Good sound and romantic mood." |
Sixth
session
closed the 16th of December,
2002 |
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Click here to listen submitted tunes |
Click here to read Franck Aguila interview
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1st
Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE (C)
and a Myriad T-Shirt
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very good composing work, and beautiful aural quality. It seems a
real Jazz orchestra is playing just in front of you"
"Excellent sound adjustment in GOLD sound base. Beutiful piece,
just as cool as needed" |
2nd Prize
wins a CD by Mark Strange, a GOLD sound base
CD and a Myriad T-Shirt
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"One of the best work with Virtual Singer I have ever heard. Good
voice adjustment (panning and volume). Excellent page setup."
"Excellent use of Virtual Singer. A real style." |
3rd Prize
wins a a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very powerful and accomplished composing work. Good page setup.
Instrument are well balanced (panning and volume)" |
Fifth
session
closed the 31st of August, 2002 |
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Click here to read Claude
Lachapelle interview |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE
(C)
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very nice beat and accompaniment, especially with the Gold sound
base. "
"If you're not dancing by the second bar, you must be in a coma or
just a sound sleeper. Party on!" |
2nd Prize
wins a CD by Mark Strange, a licence for
Harmony Assistant and a GOLD sound base CD
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"I really like the sophistication of your orchestration."
"Nice classical work. Good page setup. Excellent use of
instruments. I like it." |
wins a license for Melody Assistant and
Virtual Singer
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"A simple, beautiful and atmospheric piece."
"Very interesting work. Very mature. Nice use of the various
instruments." |
Fourth
session
closed the 30th of April, 2002 |
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Click here to read Esmeralda
Weatherwax interview |
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1st
Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE
(C)
and will be part of the jury for
the next sessions
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Excellent piece. Smooth & relaxing. Nice use of
instrumental interlude between verses. ".
"I loved the charming simplicity of this piece with its Irish
flavour and very appropriate orchestration" |
2nd Prize
wins a CD by Mark Strange, a CD by Carmel
Morris and a licence for Harmony Assistant
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very nice solo and accompaniment. The duet sections added a
lot also" |
3rd Prize
Sylvain Machefert
"Time to Party"
wins a license for Melody Assistant and Virtual
Singer
Some comments of jury members about
this piece: "Excellent use of digital effects"
"I like the dance beat a lot.
Good synthesizer effects!"
"I am impressed with special effects! Oh, yeah - it's party
time!"
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Third
session
closed the 30th of November,
2001 |
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Special
greetings to the young composers who participated to this contest
session:
Andrew Cannata (14 years old) and Julien Faure (13 years
old) |
Click here to read David Clark
interview |
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1st
Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE
(C)
and will be part of the jury for
the next session
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Very pretty. Good orchestral interplay.".
"Just one word: great! Well balanced, well orchestrated. Great
piece!"
"Excellent melody line. Instruments are very well adjusted. Drums
parts are nice too" |
2nd Prize
wins a CD by Mark Strange, a CD by Carmel
Morris and a licence for Harmony Assistant
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"A cool blues number with interesting guitar arrangements". |
3rd Prize
Laurier Nappert
for "La Cumbia Quebequense"
wins a license for Melody
Assistant and Virtual Singer
Some comments of jury members about
this piece:
"Perfect song form for the piece. Loved the percussion and brass.
Nice latin feel"
"I can visualize all the townspeople dancing to this uplifting
piece during festival"
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Second
session
closed the 31th of July,
2001 |
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Click here to read Dragomir Draganov
interview |
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1st
Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE
(C)
and will be part of the jury for
the next session
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"This piece has an amazing sound, sometimes you cannot believe it's
really
Melody/Harmony. It's ideal to relax and dream - great!"
"This wonderful composition contains enough twists and turns
to keep the listener interested. I also found the expressiveness
of
the guitar parts are the best I've heard produced in
Melody/Harmony
Assistant." |
2nd Prize
wins a CD by Mark Strange, a CD by Carmel
Morris and a licence for Harmony Assistant
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"This piece has an amazing sound, sometimes you cannot believe it's
really
Melody/Harmony. It's ideal to relax and dream - great!"
"This wonderful composition contains enough twists and turns
to keep the listener interested. I also found the expressiveness
of
the guitar parts are the best I've heard produced in
Melody/Harmony
Assistant." |
3rd Prize
Jaime Romero
for "Confesiones"
Wins a license for Melody
Assistant and Virtual Singer
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Latin Jazz seems to be this composers specialty. Very nice
arrangement."
"A ray of sun from South America ".
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First
session
closed the 30th of April, 2001 |
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Click here to read Mark Strange
interview |
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1st Prize
Wins an harmonica HOHNER MEISTERKLASSE
(C)
and will be part of the jury for
the next session
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"This amazing piece allies perfectly classical instruments from
Beethoven and more "heavy metal" instruments from Metallica".
"Some of the better slows ever written have been played by
hard-rock bands (think about Scorpion's "Still loving you"). This
piece is one of them. [...]
Surely, the composer is a member of a rock band. If he does not, he
should." |
2nd Prize
Wins a license for Harmony
Assistant
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"This piece is simple greatly written. Nice to ear, on the midway
between Sor and Villa-Lobos, it uses different guitar
techniques.[...].
Obviously, a chef-d'oeuvre from a master"
"I have been totally stuck by this classical guitar
masterpiece. I just can say: bravo." |
3rd Prize
Johnson Wesley
for "Samba in repose"
Wins a license for Melody
Assistant and Virtual Singer
Some comments of jury members about this piece:
"Gilberto, Getz, Jobim, here are the names which came to my memory
when I was listening to this greatly written piece."
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