Musica Sacra Nova International Composition Competition

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Başvuru ve ücret

• The organizers invite entries for the 23rd edition through 15 February 2027. Cologne is on CET (Europe/Berlin, UTC+1) that day. Public rules give no cutoff hour or submission time zone. The official form URL is published, but the form did not load when checked, so its fields and upload limits could not be verified.
• Open to composers of any nationality aged 35 or younger on 15 February 2027. Prizewinners from the 2026 edition may not enter. Submit up to three works per category. Each entry costs EUR 20, non-refundable, payable by credit or debit card through PayPal on the competition website.
• Submit an anonymous PDF score marked with a letter code and a separate file with the same code. In the second file include full name, date and place of birth, nationality, address, phone, email and work title. Include a signed and dated declaration confirming that the work has never been published, publicly performed or awarded a prize in another competition. Use the exact declaration provided in the official English rules.
• The public rules do not list recommendation letters, referees, witnesses, an identity document, portrait, CV or proof-of-payment upload. Any additional form fields could not be checked.

Turlar ve süreler

Category A · anonymous score review

• Write for unaccompanied mixed choir (up to 16 parts) or compose a polychoral work (cori spezzati), marking the 400th anniversary of Andreas Hakenberger’s death. Use a Latin Christian text. Target duration: 3–8 minutes. The Andreas Hakenberger Prize is reserved for polychoral composition within this category.

Category B · anonymous score review

• Write a 3–5 minute liturgical work for mixed choir in four to six parts, with optional organ. Use a Latin liturgical text free of copyright.

Category C · anonymous score review

• Write a work of about three minutes for children’s choir in one to three parts, for communal prayer and singing in church. Use a copyright-free Christian text in Latin or English. Body percussion is allowed. Use up to three instruments if accompanied; a single-part entry must use instrumental accompaniment. Two or three parts may be unaccompanied.

Repertuvar

• Each category is judged on the submitted score. The organizers prescribe no named text or existing work, movement layout, performance order, repeats, memorization, concerto or live audition. The public rules list no audio or video requirement or recording format. Prizewinners’ premieres are reserved to the organizers.
• For A, the ranked prizes are associated with performances in Gdańsk and Vilnius, and the Hakenberger Prize with a Gdańsk premiere. B and C ranked prizes are associated with premieres in Brauweiler. The first-place B and C scores are to be published by Carus. The rules do not publish post-award submission materials or dates.
• The English PDF lists results by the end of February 2027; Cologne’s German page says the end of March 2027. The rules designate the English version for disputes. The result date discrepancy remains unresolved.

Kaynak: Complete 2027 official English rules (PDF) · Archdiocese of Cologne’s German rules · Polish Chamber Choir’s call for entries · Official submission form · Organizer’s payment website