O SING A NEW SONG UNTO THE LORD

omposers are invited to submit a brand new choral work to mark the sesquicentennial anniversary of the death of the poet John Clare, who penned many of his poems on the Portico of All Saints Church, Northampton. There will be a single prize awarded of 1000, and a premire performance given by the highly-acclaimed choirs of All Saints Church. The competition is supported by the John Clare Society ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. Entrants are required to submit a setting of one of the twopoems by John Clareprinted at the bottom of this document. The work should be scored for SATB choir (without solos) with organ;divisi is not permitted. The ATB parts are sung by men and the top line by children either a boys or girls choir. The organ used for the first performance of the work is the chancel organ, the specification of which may be found on the churchs website. In addition the work may use the horizontal fanfare trumpet from the other end of the building, which is playable from the chancel organ. The work should ideally last between four andsix minutes based on a metronome mark given at the head of the composition, but works of shorter or longer length than this will be considered. The work must be of a standard for suitable for cathedral choirs to sing within a regular routine of daily choral services, and appropriate to performance within the liturgy. Scores may be handwritten or computer-set but in any caseshould suitable for performance without further typesetting. The competition is open to composers of any nationality and of any age.

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APPLICATIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. Applications must be sent by post to The Music Administrator, All Saints Church, George Row, Northampton, NN1 1DF. The composer should use a pseudonym on the printed score. Four copies of the score must be sent. In addition to this a separate sheet should be included with the composers name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if applicable) and signed with the statement I confirm that this work is original and solely my own work. This sheet should be enclosed with one of the copies in an envelope marked clearly with the pseudonym. The deadline for manuscript submissions is Friday 28 February 2014.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. 2. 3. The work must be original and contain a written guarantee that it is solely the work of the composer. The work must not have had a public performance, a recording that is publicly available (whether commercial or not), or a broadcast of any sort. The competition will be judged by a specially convened panel including the Parish Priest of All Saints and Yale Music Graduate, Dr David McConkey, Director of Music, Lee Dunleavy, and the distinguished composer and sometime Director of Music at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, Bruce Neswick. The winner will be notified by the beginning of March 2014; the first performance will be given at Choral Evensong on 18 May 2014. The panel reserves the right to withhold the prize. In all matters relating to the competition the decision of the panel is final. Scores are sent at entrants own risk. We cannot acknowledge receipt of scores nor return any material submitted, nor enter into any correspondence regarding the decision of the panel.

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THE TEXTS 1. With a glorious eye God looks on nature with a glorious eye And blesses all creation with the sun Its drapery of green and brown earth ocean lie In morning as Creation just begun That saffron east foretells the rising sun And who can look upon that majesty Of light brightness and splendour nor feel won With love of him whose bright all seeing eye Feeds the days light with Immortality. 2. God is every where Know God is every where Not to one narrow, partial, spot confined No not to chosen Israel He extends through all the vast infinitude Of space at his command the furious Tempests rise, the blasting of the Breath of his displeasure. He tells the world of waters when to war And at his bidding winds and seas are calm In him not in an arm of flesh I trust In him whose promise never yet Has failed I place my confidence.