Was für ein Auftakt! Die erste Runde des BÜHNE FREI-Wettbewerbs ist abgeschlossen
Nach Sichtung von über 38 Musical-Einreichungen, 3 prall gefüllten Webinaren im November, Dezember und Januar und einem allgemein breiten Interesse ist die erste Runde des BÜHNE FREI-Wettbewerbs ein voller Erfolg. Projektverantwortlicher Dr. Klaus K. Weigele, Dozentin Barbara Comes und Projektmanagerin Brigitte Jäger zeigen sich sehr zufrieden über den Zulauf und konnten Dank der Rückmeldungen den Bewerbungsprozess an der ein oder anderen Stelle sogar noch verbessern.
Das Team von BÜHNE FREI freut sich sehr, HIER die Gewinner des ersten Wettbewerbs BÜHNE FREI präsentieren zu dürfen!
The competition
The composition competition BÜHNE FREI is aimed at composers and librettists who create ready-to-play music theatre for children or young adults.
The content of the work alternates each year. The competition has started and in the first year is aimed at primary school children between the ages of 6 and 12. Next year, the competition will be for young adults in lower secondary school between the ages of 9 and 15.
So: Observe the submission deadline and get your manuscript paper and notebook ready!
This is how it goes..
Conditions of participation
Before the competition really starts, all interested parties should familiarise themselves with the conditions of participation. These state, among other things, that all submitted works must not yet have been published in order to take part in the competition.
Requirements for the work
All content-related requirements for the work at BÜHNE FREI can be found in the requirements. Level of difficulty, duration of the work, main and secondary roles as well as instrumentation - most questions are clarified here!
... and send it in!
A lot has happened up to this point: The musical for children or young people has been completed and will be uploaded as a single PDF. The closing date for entries is 01.02.2024.
The tension is rising!
Procedure of the competition
After the closing date for entries, all works received will be reviewed by an independent and interdisciplinary jury.
The winners of the competition will be notified on 30.04.2025. In addition, the winning works will be published on the BÜHNE FREI website.
Premiere
The work that won first prize will be premiered at the Ochsenhausen Children's Singing Festival (Ox-Ki-Si for short) in the presence of the authors. For the year 2024, the work will be rehearsed from 3 - 8 September and premiered on 8 September 2024. The work, which will win the first prize 2025, will be premiered on September 2025.
Impoundment
After the successful premiere, there is an offer to publish the piece in cooperation with Carus-Verlag. The publishing house reserves the right to also publish second or third place works from BÜHNE FREI. The exact details will be discussed after the award ceremony.