The MIGF composition competition will be presided by the extraordinary composer Orlando Jacinto Garcia (FIU) and joined by two other distinguished judges: the Emmy award-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (University of Miami) and the Fulbright scholar/composer Jacob Sudol (FIU). The competition welcomes composers to submit new guitar compositions for solo guitar (with or without electronics).
General Guidelines
- Open to composers of all ages and nationalities.
- Compositions submitted must be written for solo guitar.
- Compositions must be written for the six-stringed classical guitar.
- Alternate tunings are acceptable.
- Fixed media and/or live electronics may be included.
- Compositions submitted must be in a duration of no more than 15 minutes (10 minutes or less preferred).
- Composers may submit multiple works.
- Compositions submitted must be unpublished and should not have been previously awarded.
Submissions
Application Deadline: January 15, 2019.
Application Fee: $15 for each work. Multiple works may be submitted.
Application and Fees must be submitted and paid online no later than January 15, 2019 by 11:59 pm EST.
All submissions to the competition should include the following:
1. First, complete online payment through ticket solutions here. After completing payment, you will be provided an “order number”. Please make a pdf copy of your payment receipt “Print at Home”. Application fees are non-refundable.
2. Download and fill out the application form (PDF). Please enter the “order number” obtained through the above process in the appropriate field of the form. This will provide proof of payment along with the pdf copy of your payment “Print at Home” receipt. The application form is a fillable pdf that may be filled out on the computer or printed and filled out manually. Either way, it must be printed and signed before submitting via email in the next step.
3. Please submit the following materials along with the completed application form (PDF) via email with attachments to mozgen@fiu.edu. The subject line of the email should read “MIGF Composition Competition 2019” followed by your full name.
- Score of the submitted work in PDF format. All pages of the pdf should be anonymous (without the real name of the composer) and the first page of score (and parts) should be labeled with a pseudonym (nickname), title of the work, and date of composition only.
- If the composition includes electronics, provide the tape or maxpat file or a website link for the fixed media (if any).
- If available, a recording of the submitted work in mp3 audio file format is recommended (MIDI is acceptable in mp3 format).
- Completed application form (PDF).
- PDF copy of your payment receipt “Print at Home”.
Prizes
- One winner and one honorable mention will be selected.
- The winner will receive $500 cash prize.*
- The winning composition will be performed at MIGF. The winner and honorable mention will receive a free festival pass for all events.
- Judges have the right to award all or some of the prizes or none.
- Winning compositions will be announced on the last day of the festival, February 24, 2019, and posted online at migf.fiu.edu/news as well as facebook.com/migf.fiu.edu
*Per U.S. IRS regulations, prizes may be subject to 30% federal tax withholding for foreign prize-winners. U.S. prize-winners will be issued an IRS-1099 Form.
2019 MIGF Composition Competition Results
Winner: Alexandre Eisenberg (Brazil)
Composition: Pentalogia for solo guitar
Honorable Mention: Not awarded
2018 MIGF Composition Competition Results
Winner: Hakkı Cengiz Eren (Turkey)
Composition: Three Portals for solo guitar
Honorable Mention: Konstantin Bliokh (Ukraine)
Composition: Sonata for solo guitar
2017 MIGF Composition Competition Results
Winner: Hachè Costa (Spain)
Composition: Õ | Omaggio to Federico García Lorca for solo guitar
Honorable Mention: Eric Verbugt (The Netherlands)
Composition: Three quarks for Muster Mark! for solo guitar
2016 MIGF Composition Competition Results
Emerging Composers Category Winner: Samuel M. Wells
Composition: “stringstrung for solo guitar and digital media”
Emerging Composers Category Honorable Mention: Nathan L. Bredeson
Composition: “Hommage à Paulo Bellinati for two guitars”
Young Composers Category Winner: Mallory S. Strom
Composition: “Music for Three Guitars”
COMPETITION JUDGES
Orlando Jacinto Garcia
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Jacob Sudol
Sunday, February 24, 2019
1:30 – 2:30 pm WPAC Recital Hall
Composers Panel
Various compositional issues when writing for guitar to be discussed by guitarist and non-guitarist composers.
Free Admission
Equal Opportunity/Access Employer and Institution
TDD via FRS 1-800-955-8771
To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any disability accommodation, please contact the FIU’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs & Diversity (EOPD) at 305-348-2785 two weeks in advance to initiate your request.