French National Composer Competition

There is still time to enter the French National Championship Composer Competition. It will form part of the 2024 French National Brass Band Championship, which will be held in Valenciennes, Northern France over the weekend of 26th-28th January. The local organiser Brass Band du Hainaut will run the event in collaboration with CMF Hauts de France and the Confederation Musicale de France. Following the initial round, three finalists will be selected. The final round will take place on Friday, January 26th 2024, at la Cite des Congres in Valenciennes, coinciding with the opening day of the 19th National Championships. 

The three compositions will be performed by a professional military brass band, the Musique de l'Infanterie of Lille, with the prizes awarded by a jury comprising prominent figures from the European brass banding movement. The winning compositions will be published by Lake Music Publications, the primary sponsor of the contest. The contest is open to any composers living in the European Union, but also living in Norway, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, without age limit. Registration deadline is before Saturday 30th September (11.59 p.m. UTC+2).

Further details and information on how to enter is available here: https://cmfhautsdefrance.opentalent.fr/saison-en-cours/concours-europeen-de-composition-pour-brass-band 

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