The ITEA Mary Ann Craig Focus on Women Award

Open to all genders, the Mary Ann Craig FOCUS ON WOMEN Award was established in 2021 by ITEA to focus on achievements and creativity of women. A single overall winner will be chosen and presented biennially at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference. The recipient will receive a USD $1,000 stipend. The first award will be presented at ITEC 2023. These awards may include, but are not limited to the following:

• research on women in the euphonium-tuba world
• recording of euphonium and/or tuba works. At least 51% of recording time
• must include works by female composers including at least one work not known to have been previously recorded
• other project focusing on women in the euphonium-tuba world
• composition (women composers only) of a euphonium and/or tuba work

Eligibility

The majority of work for the submitted project must be completed between April 1, 2019 and March 1, 2023.

ITEA Board & Staff are not eligible to apply for or receive this award.

Finalists will be notified in the spring of 2023.

The winner will be announced at the 2023 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference.

+ The adjudication panelreserves the right to not name an overall winner.

Submission of Material

All entries must be electronically submitted by February 1, 2023 at 11:59pm (see online application form). Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.

The main criteria that the committee will use in judging entries will be their overall value of bringing to light the accomplishments of women, as well as contributing to the art and knowledge of the euphonium and/or tuba.

To receive consideration for the Mary Ann Craig FOCUS ON WOMEN Award, entrants must provide full documentation to the Award Committee. Documentation must include:

• written project description
• timeline of work completed
• completed project

• complete contact information of applicant

Suggested Categories of Submissions

Research
• Published or unpublished (minimum 4000 words in length)
• Monograph, chapter, book, dissertation, or thesis
• Excerpt of the research will appear in an ITEA Journal

English translations of articles originally written in other languages must be provided for consideration of this award.

Recording
• Submit one electronic nomination form (link below) for each submitted recording. Albums can also be submitted electronically through Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar formats (in the application form), or CDs can be mailed to the competition chair: ITEA, c/o Deanna Swoboda, P.O. Box 1296, Gilbert AZ 85299.

• Submitted CDs and other hard copy materials will not be returned.
• Recordings must have a release date between April 1, 2019 and March 1, 2023.

Other Project (applicant does not need to be an ITEA member)
• For projects that do not fit into other categories
• Complete description of project
• Timeline of completed project

Because of the nature of the "Other Project" category, eligible projects may substantially differ from one another. Entrants are encouraged to contact the Award Committee to determine appropriate submission materials.

Composition (women only apply - composer does not need to be an ITEA member)
• Tuba in a Solo Role - With piano/electronic/ensemble accompaniment or unaccompanied
• Euphonium in a Solo Role - With piano/electronic/ ensemble accompaniment or unaccompanied
• Tuba and/or Euphonium featured in Chamber Music - One or more tubas or euphoniums with mixed instrumentation

Compositions MUST be submitted in PDF format using the online submission form. Works may be published (after April 1, 2019) or non-published at time of submission. A recording (live or studio performance or MIDI realization) is strongly encouraged to be submitted (electronically) with your submission but is not required (see additional guidelines for submitting recordings on the online application form).

Chairperson and Contact

Deanna Swoboda
dswobod@asu.edu

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