Choral Composition Competition

in Celebration of the Sesquicentennial of St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, Toronto

St. Thomas’s Choir singing Requiem by Maurice Duruflé, conducted by Elizabeth Anderson, All Souls’ Day 2023.

Calling all composers!

Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2024

Prizes

First Prize: $1,000 | Second Prize: $500 | Third Prize: $250

Competition Details

• Open to: All composers
• Requirements: Original composition for SATB choir (occasional divisi acceptable), unaccompanied or with organ accompaniment, 2.5 to 5 minutes in length, on the poem “Praise” by Margo Swiss:

Tune my heart and lend me voice,
You who know my discord well.
Draw me close that I may hear
how holy music trains the ear.

Loose my tongue to tell your love,
You whose breath proclaimed The Word.
In solemn tribute gladly raised
I’ll sing your everlasting praise!

Margo Swiss, from Second Gaze (Toronto: The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020).
Permission to use granted by Margo Swiss.

How to Enter

• Submit your composition by October 15, 2024, via email to eanderson@stthomas.on.ca.
• Include a cover letter with your name and contact information.
• Include a PDF score; composer’s name must not appear on the PDF score.
• Include an MP3 recording (if available).

Winning composers grant St. Thomas's the permanent right to perform and broadcast the work within an act of worship, or in concert, and the right to stream the performance online and/or subsequently post performance recordings on YouTube, SoundCloud or any other similar online platform.

Inquiries

Please contact eanderson@stthomas.on.ca.

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