MAYFIELD FESTIVAL COMPOSER COMPETITION

Mayfield Festival is hosting a composition competition to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in 2020.

Initially, composers are invited to submit three MP3 examples of their existing work, each extract no longer than five minutes; one of the extracts should be choral. If recordings of live performances are not available, synthesised submissions will be acceptable. ere are no restrictions on who may apply.

ree shortlisted composers will be invited to set a short extract of the Cantata for St Dunstan (libretto will be provided) and the winner will be commissioned to set the five-movement cantata at a fee of

£2,500. e premier will be given as part of the 2020

Mayfield Festival.