[AMS-announce] CFP: 2009 ATHENA Festival, Murray State Univ., Murray, KY, March 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

Murray State University is pleased to announce 
the 6th biennial Athena Festival to be held March 
10-13, 2009.  The festival is a week long 
celebration of women and music.  The theme for 
the 2009 festival is “Women. Music and the 
Twenty-first Century.”  The featured composer/scholar is Judith Lang Zaimont.

ATTENTION all women composers, the festival is issuing:
·     Call for Choral Compositions with a $1000 
prize, travel allowance and festival residency. 
The choral piece must be a cappella, SATB divisi 
to 8 parts and from 5 to 10 minutes in 
duration.  Premiere by MSU Concert Choir during the festival.
·     Call for Chamber Music Compositions with a 
$1500 prize, travel allowance and festival 
residency.  The piece must be 10 to 20 minutes in 
duration and conform to the instruments listed on 
the Athena Festival webpage.  Premiere in MSU 
Faculty Chamber Music Concert during the festival.

Details of the composition competitions can be 
found on the Athena Festival website <www.murraystate.edu/chfa/music/festivals
Deadline for submitting compositions is postmark date August 1, 2008

ATTENTION scholars and performers:
In addition to the compositions, the Athena 
Festival is issuing a Call for Papers and Lecture 
Recitals to be presented during the 2009 
festival.  The proposed paper or lecture recital 
topic should relate to women and music.  The 
Athena Festival encourages not only established 
scholars and performers, but also students with 
works-in-progress, to submit abstracts for 
consideration.  Guidelines for submitting an 
abstract for consideration can be found on the 
Athena Festival website <www.murraystate.edu/chfa/music/festivals