Please submit your application online. Deadline is February 28th 2027.
Necessary Documents
- conducting score as a PDF file
- complete set of parts for woodwinds, brass and string instruments as well as the parts for timpani and percussion as PDF files
- a self-written and concise introduction to the work
- a short CV with photo
- for minors: a declaration of consent from a parent or legal guardian
Please mail your documents to orchesterwerkstatt@lmr-san.de until February 28th 2027.
Submission Guidelines
Please keep in mind that applications which do not adhere to the given criteria are going to be rejected.
The submitted compositions are not allowed to exceed the following instrumentation:
String Instruments
- 10 violins
- 6 first violins
- 4 second violins
- 3 violas
- 3 celli
- 2 double basses
Woodwind Instruments
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo)
- 2 oboes (2nd also english horn)
- 2 clarinettes (2nd also bass clarinette)
- 2 bassoons (2nd also contrabassoon)
Brass Instruments
- 3 horns
- 2 trumpets
- 3 trombones (3rd also basstrombone)
- 1 tuba
Percussion
- 1 timpanist with 5 timpani max.*
- 1 percussionist
* If necessary, the timpanist may play small percussion instruments, as well.
Available percussion: one bass drum, one snare drum, one suspended cymbal, one pair of crash cymbals, one woodblock, one gong, one tam-tam, two bongos, four temple blocks, one xylophone, one vibraphone, one (box) glockenspiel, one octave of tubular bells, one guiro, one whip, two maracas, one ratchet, one tambourine.
The composition may not exceed a total duration of 8 minutes.
The piece should be of a technical and musical complexity that enables the Harz Symphony Orchestra to bring it to premiere readiness within three days of rehearsal.
For the styling of your orchesdtral material, please refer to the formal guide outlined in this document. The requirements are adapted from the guidelines set for orchestral materials by the German Orchestra Union.