Resident composers are offered accommodations, meals, housekeeping, local transportation, and other services. Aaron Copland Awards, Copland House, P.O. Box 2177, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. October 1 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival's Young Composers Workshop 2001. Composers aged between 18 and 30 are invited to write works for violin, piano and percussion, which will be workshopped, by Psapha, Diana Burrell, and Susanna Eastbubn, the festival's artistic director. One or more composers will be awarded a commission for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2002.
Bursaries are available to attend the festival.
Orchestra Tech will bring together composers, conductors, performers, educators, and other music professionals to explore the integration of technology into the modern orchestra. Orchestra Tech also features performances by American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, guest appearances by Speculum Musicae, and other guest composer-performers. The conference is open to anyone with an interest in orchestral music and technology. Vienna Modern Masters' Sixth International Festival of New Music for Orchestra or Chorus will be held in the Czech Republic, June 12-24. Festival participation requires that the composer contract with the VMM label for recording and distribution.