To celebrate the official launch of Experianza Music in September this year, the company has also announced that they are to hold the first annual Experianza Music Composition Prize.

Superb opportunity

The competition offers a superb opportunity for brass band composers to not only win a $1,000 first prize, but to also get their work published by a company that is determined to gain a market leading worldwide profile.

Competition Rules

The rules are as follows:

1. The work must be for standard brass band orchestration and between 5 and 10 minutes in duration.

2. The work must not have been previously published, recorded or contractually committed to a publishing or recording company.

3. The work must be submitted by PDF or Sibelius file to info@experianzamusic.com by midnight 31st July 2016 GMT.

4 The work must be available for publication by Experianza Music and the composer must be willing to sign a composer contract (exclusive or non-exclusive) with Experianza Music.

5. Judging will be by a panel of experts, selected by Experianza Music, and their decisions will be final and irrevocable.

6. Three prizes are offered to winning compositions deemed acceptable by the judging panel — first prize will be $USD1000, second prize will be $USD500 and third prize will be $USD200.

7. All winning compositions, and any other entries deemed acceptable, will be published by Experianza Music under the normal terms of Experianza's composer contract.

8. No scores or parts will be returned to contestants.

The work must be for standard brass band orchestration and between 5 and 10 minutes in durationExperianza Music

Submit works to:

The work must be submitted by PDF or Sibelius file to info@experianzamusic.com by midnight 31st July 2016 GMT.