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Image: Australian String Quartet is quartet in residence at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide  

Entries are now open for the Australian String Quartet's new National Composers' Forum initiative. Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate composition students, enrolled in an Australian university, as well as recent graduates, the forum will give composers the opportunity to have their piece workshopped, performed and recorded by the Australian String Quartet. The workshops, open to the public, will take place in August 2010 under the guidance of Carl Vine.

Entrants are requested to submit a 4-6-minute piece for string quartet. More detailed information about the requirements and how to submit is available on the ASQ National Composers' forum website. The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2010.

All in all, six works will be selected, and the composers in question will be invited to attend the forum. Financial assistance towards accommodation and airfares from elsewhere in Australia will be provided as part of the program. The forum, led by Carl Vine, Tim Matthies (Director of Artistic Planning, Concerts, Musica Viva) and John Davis (CEO, Australian Music Centre), will also include a final concert in Elder Hall, as well as lecture-demonstration on Carl Vine's String Quartet No. 3.

The National Composers' Forum is presented by the ASQ in cooperation with the Australian Music Centre, the University of Adelaide, Musica Viva, Government of South Australia/Arts SA, and the Australia Council for the Arts.

Australian String Quartet (Sophie Rowell, Anne Horton, Sally Boud and Rachel Johnston) is the-quartet-in-residence at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide.

Further links

Australian String Quartet - National Composers' Forum (http://www.asq.com.au/national-composers-forum)