Cycle Six!! 2019-2020 Contest Information
Rapido!® A 14-Day Composition Contest was founded by the Atlanta Chamber Players & The Antinori Foundation in 2009 to promote new chamber music compositions. The Rapido! Contest challenges composers of all ages to submit an original chamber work of 4-6 minutes composed in just 14 days: musical form and instrumentation are specified, culminating in a National Finals Concert with 5 Finalists competing. First prize includes a $5,000 Commission - to expand the winning work for premiere performance by the Atlanta Chamber Players, potential future commissions and - capping the Rapido contest! - to compose a work for symphony orchestra!
Registration for the Rapido! Cycle Six!! opens on April 27, 2020. The composition period will be 14 days, from June 1-14, 2020.
PRIZES: (totaling more than $15,000)
$500 Finalist Prize to each of 5 National Finalists
and to one National Winner:
Premiere performances of completed Chamber Work in Atlanta during the 2021-2022 season.
Future commission by the Atlanta Chamber Players
Premiere performance of orchestral work by a Symphony Orchestra.
$5,000 First Prize Commission.
Two week residency (expenses paid) at the Hambidge Center for the Arts in Georgia mountains.
The Semi-Final round will take place virtually and in Fall 2020 Finalists will be announced. The National Finals Concert will be presented in Atlanta on Sunday, January 17, 2021 when the National Winner will be chosen. The First Prize Commission chamber ensemble work of 14-18 minutes is to be delivered to the Atlanta Chamber Players by July 1, 2020 for premiere performance by the Atlanta Chamber Players during the 2021-2022 concert season.
Contact Information:
You may contact the Rapido! Composition Contest staff at info@rapidocompositioncontest.com with any questions not answered here or on the rules page.
