About
Golden Hornet Composer Laboratory presents:
String Quartet Smackdown III
Call For Submissions
A follow up to the highly successful and sold-out “String Quartet Smackdown” I and II from late 2012 and 2015, this is a bracketed NCAA basketball tournament style competition using original string quartet compositions submitted by composers and musicians worldwide. It’s like March Madness for the ears! A jury of experts will select sixteen of these compositions to move on to the “Smackdown” portion, where the audience will be directly involved in the decision process by texting a code to vote for their favorite piece, all performed by The Mother Falcon String Quartet, comprised of three members of the local orchestral band Mother Falcon, joined by guest violist Olivia Davis. Lisa Lam, Clara Brill and Diana Burgess have played with Mother Falcon for over 6 years and tour regularly with the band.
The winner of each round moves on in the tournament and the champion will receive a grand prize of $1,500, plus other items of recognition.
- Submissions due Thursday, December 1, 2016 by 11:59 PM (CST)
- Performance Date/Competition is Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 7:00 PM / Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
- Submit all materials to goldenhornetproject@gmail.com
Event Details
- Date: Now through December 1
- Time: Ongoing
- Website: http://stringquartetsmackdown.com/
Ticket Information
Presenter Details
- Name: Golden Hornet Composer Laboratory
Golden Hornet Project, Inc. (now known as Golden Hornet) is an Austin, Texas based 501 ©3 nonprofit founded in 1999 by composer-bandleaders Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopchinski. Golden Hornet has premiered over 70 works by more than 60 composers rooted in wildly different musical backgrounds, with a special focus on composers who also play in bands. In 1999 this independent classical movement barely existed. Now it’s thriving in cities around the world.