Virtual Residency for Musicians - Academy (in English)

This project is made possible by your donations. Thank you very much.

The Virtual Musician's Residence Academy is an online project in collaboration with professional Musicians.

About the project

Virtual Musician's Residence Academy is an online project for two months from June 1-July 31, 2020 to create a new piece with professional musicians. The work will be uploaded on Youtube and shared on SNS.

Wir also offers online courses (in Japanese). The online course will include a lecture on compositions, public rehearsals, and presentations by participating composers.

Schedule

Application deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2020
Deadline for the scores: Tuesday, June 30 
Rehearsal and recording: July 1 - July 31
Deadline for submission of video files: Friday, July 31
※The work must be unpublished.

Instrumentation for the pieces

Works for solo (around 1 minute, up to 2 minutes) 16 composers
Works for duo (1 to 2 minutes, up to 3 minutes) 8 composers
Flexible works (1 to 2 minutes, up to 3 minutes) 3 composers

If there are too many applicants, they will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis. Each person is limited to one work. Both rehearsals and performances will be done online. Duos and flexible works will also be performed in the performer's home and will take the form of a virtual ensemble, so please think about it when creating your work.

Participation fee

43 Euros (PayPal)

Courses

The number of applicants will be updated at any time. (Updated 29.5.2020)

Solo:  total of 16 works (two works each)
soprano
Flute (closed)
Cello (closed)
guitar (closed)
piano (closed)
tuba  (closed)
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) (closed)
koto (Japanese zither) (closed)

Duo: 8 works in total (2 works each)
A. Flute and cello (closed)
B. Guitar and Tuba (closed)
C. Soprano and Piano (closed)
D. Shakuhachi and Koto (closed)　

Flexible Instrumentation: Only 3 works in total 
Works that can be done with any kind of instrumentation, not with a fixed instruments.

Musicians and available instruments

Noriko Yakushiji (Soprano) Website

Female voice
Harmonica (C and A)
Triangle
Max 8

Takako Imai (Flute) Website

Concert flute (silver)
Flute (wooden)
piccolo
alto flute

Aki Kitajima (Cello) Website

Modern cello
Baroque cello

Gaku Yamada (Guitar) Website

Classical guitar
Folk guitar (steel strings)
Electric guitar
Electric bass
Various effectors (please ask directly with musicians for details)

Takuya Otaki (piano) Website

Grand piano 

Shinya Hashimoto (Tuba) Website

Tuba 
Serpentine

Reison Kuroda (Shakuhachi) Website

Shakuhachi, 1 Shaku 8-sun (D)
Shakuhachi, 1 Shaku 6-sun (E)
Shakuhachi, 2 shaku 3-sun (A)

Maya Kimura (Koto) Website

13-stringed koto 
17-stringed koto
25-stringed koto

Application 

Appication form

Musashi Baba (Ensemble Advisor)
Yukiko Watanabe (Project Director)