Contemporary Orchestral Music 2023 – Sydney Contemporary Orchestra

Sydney Contemporary Orchestra

An orchestra for modern orchestral music of contemporary composers

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Dulce et Decorum Est by Isabelle Ryder (UK)

Bya by Yangfan Xu (USA)

Yankinin Tatlari for Orchestra by Cem Guven (Turkey)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPOSERS

Sydney Contemporary Orchestra is a nonprofit organization. It is dedicated to exploring and promoting the new music of contemporary composers. Supported by the SCO Foundation, the Sydney Hills Shire Council, it provides a service for composers who wish to collaborate with other composers to share the costs of getting their works to be performed and video recorded in concert form.

Thanks to the SCO Foundation’s support. Thanks to Dr. Koo’s contributions, and composers’ contributions of collaboration fees.

Thanks to our volunteer managers of the SCO Management Committee that enabled us to continue providing services to composers.

The sharing fee covers:

Concert Performance – Selected works will be performed by the Sydney Contemporary Orchestra in Sydney Australia.
Open Rehearsals – Composers are welcome to the open rehearsals to discuss and explain their works;
Video Recording – The recording will be taken during the concerts,
Digital Publishing -The recordings will be published on our website via YouTube, enabling a lasting legacy for personal and/or commercial purposes.
List composers’ names and the works on our website – All recorded works will be listed on our website, one of the largest websites for contemporary composers and contemporary compositions with a high visitor traffic flow.

TESTIMONIALS | COMPOSERS

"I really want to thanks a lot for this beautiful opportunity, the performance was great, I'm very happy of that. I hope to collaborate again with you again in the future."

Matteo Tundo

Composer (Italy)

"....an amazing energy, funding and collecting works is needed to organize and realize an orchestra such as SCO and all these wonderful concerts, you make the quality of music rise in every musical work and there are not a lot of you out there."

Trimor Dhomi

Composer (Kosovo)

"The concert was absolutely terrific! Thank you so much for your amazing performance! It was wonderful meeting you and everyone in person!"

Yangfan Xu

Composer (USA)

"Thank you so much for providing such wonderful opportunities for composers! The December 22 concert marked the first time my music has been performed in Australia. Without SCO’s program I may never have reached this important milestone in my composing career. "

Paul Dice

Composer President, International Friendship Through the Performing Arts (USA)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS

The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra provides fantastic working opportunities with high paying rates for all professional musicians who are holding BA degrees majoring (or above) in orchestral instruments performance, or LMusA., and currently living in Sydney.

We welcome all professional musicians to fill a range of paid Positions (contract basis).

Submit the following materials via email: management@sydneycontemporaryorchestra.org.au:

Successful musicians will be listed in our Musician List and will receive a confirmation email for each concert with detailed rehearsal and concert schedules, and the payment rates.

For more information and any inquiries please contact us:

management@sydneycontemporaryorchestra.org.au

The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra provides concerts to video record new music by contemporary composers. Please read the Copyrights and Performance Rights and Privacy Policy before submitting your application.

TESTIMONIALS | MUSICIANS

"Congratulations on last week. It was a fantastic project, and the composers that I spoke to thought that it was great. It is always great being able to realise the music of composers, especially in an orchestral setting! …your hard work already massively benefits the contemporary music scene… "

Andrew Doyle

Clarinetist

Thank you so much for the opportunity to play with Sydney Contemporary Orchestra! I had a great time and love the challenge of working on music like this! My partner was in the audience and he enjoyed the concert so much too..

Samantha Knutsen

Cellist

"I thought that last night’s concert was the best so far… all the pieces were beautifully written."

Samantha Mailer

Principal flute M.Mus Flute Performance (ANU)

"I have worked very closely with many contemporary, living, young and old composers. It is always an energetic, interesting and worthwhile endeavor to cultivate and bring to life as much of this music as possible. Many thanks and congratulations to you for your role in organising, managing and conducting the whole event; a monumental challenge to say the least. I'm very happy to know of the existence of such an organisation in Sydney."

Jeremy Fox

Double bass

OUR SPONSORS

Copyrights and Performing Rights

To promote composers’ works, the works are to be recorded, broadcast on international radio and television, or retransmitted over the Internet. The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra Inc. (SCO) may photograph, record and video the participants for advertising and promotion purposes. SCO will photograph all events. SCO may not be held liable for any payments to participants arising out of materials derived from the events. Therefore, by participating in the event, submitting scores, parts, audio files, biographical materials, the participants agree to give their permissions or to release the performance licenses* from their all copyrights and performing rights, and broadcast and recording rights of all kinds, as well as the ensuing rights, and the rights to future use of all photographs, recording and videoing of their compositions and performances without any financial compensation to the Participants, for an indefinite time period.

For the SCO, as a charity non-profit organization (registered by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission), none of the materials of the composers will be used commercially, or to make any profits. All revenue will go toward the SCO Foundation (as defined in Taxation Ruling TR95/27, it operates as listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations under Subdivision 30-BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) to be used for the promotion of new music.

Composers invariably own the copyrights of their works and are entitled to use all recordings for their personal purposes. Or by writing to us to obtain permissions for the usage of commercial purposes.

*For the composers who are registered with any performing rights authorities must provide the permission letter from their performing rights authorities/associations. Or you may need to purchase the performance license from your association by yourself if the work is selected

Privacy Policy

The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra Inc. (SCO) is committed to upholding the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act. Your personal information is collected, maintained and will be only used by The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra Inc. By participating in any activities and events (concerts, rehearsals, etc.) of The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra Inc. you give your consent and permission for SCO to photograph/video recording all the SCO activities and events that contain your photos, images, names, audios, and videos, and to use these for purposes connected to the promotion and publications of The Sydney Contemporary Orchestra Inc.

Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact our Managers:

office@sydneycontemporaryorchestra.org.au

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