SCORE WARS Music Composition Competition

Name: SCORE WARS Music Composition Competition
Start: 2024-11-06T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-06T20:30:00-05:00
Location: NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall

Schedule

Wed Nov 06 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall | Fargo, ND

NDSU Music Composition presents 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗦, a new competition kicking off this fall!
Score Wars invites high school composers in the Fargo-Moorhead area to engage in a creative battle of musical minds.
Hosted by NDSU Music Composition and held monthly at NDSU’s Beckwith Recital Hall* on Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 6, and Dec. 3, each round challenges participants with unique “secret ingredients” to inspire their compositions. The compositions that emerge will be performed by NDSU ensembles and voted on by both the audience and a panel of judges. Think of it like “Chopped,” but fortunately, the Score Wars competition is non-elimination.
The first set of ingredients will be announced at the kickoff event at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 in NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall and posted online afterward at scorewars.org. From there, participants. From there, participants will have two weeks to create their compositions and submit them to scorewars.org/submit by 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 18.
A selected NDSU ensemble rehearses the pieces from Sept. 19 until they are revealed in the next round at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Beckwith Recital Hall. The same process applies until the final event on Dec. 3.
Prizes that may include NDSU swag, trophies, or bragging rights will be awarded for Judge’s Choice (from a rotating cast of guest judges) and Audience Choice.
To learn more about Score Wars submission guidelines or to register, visit scorewars.org!
*Due to construction of the Challey School of Music’s building expansion, attendees will need to use the south entrances of the Reineke Fine Arts Center to access Beckwith Recital Hall.