{"id":2394,"date":"2020-08-23T14:21:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timcorpus.net\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2020-08-23T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:21:29","slug":"winning-the-short-liszt-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timcorpus.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/23\/winning-the-short-liszt-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning the Short Liszt Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Sunday, August 16 I participated in the Academy of Scoring Arts<\/a> Short Liszt Competition<\/a><\/em>. It was a great opportunity led by their team to compose up to 40 seconds of music within 2 hours. The task was presented with three secret ingredients which the participants learned about on the day of the event. The three ingredients were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Image to be inspired by<\/li>
  2. Sound Sample<\/li>
  3. A motive to use<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Each ingredient needed to be used at least once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We then met on Zoom with other members of the ASA community to play the compositions live and vote using these three parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Use of \u201cingredients\u201d \u2013 did the composer use them in a creative way?
    2. Composition quality \u2013 is it an interesting\/effective piece of music?
    3. Production \u2013 mix\/technical execution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you read my post about composing for the penguin documentary<\/a>, you’ll remember that composing under a tight deadline is a common thing for me and many composers. Both Adagio for Those Who Need It<\/em> and Breath<\/a><\/em> <\/a>were composed in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Below is an image of my working on the project. This is with my 3 screen setup, which is helpful to keep the image up for reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    I’m honored to have been voted a winner of the competition. There were 26 other great submissions and you can really hear the amazing different styles and ideas from all of the different composers. You can hear all the composers below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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