{"id":18244,"date":"2017-03-13T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=18244"},"modified":"2017-03-13T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:55:53","slug":"uncaged-toy-piano-call-for-submissionsrobot-toy-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2017\/03\/13\/uncaged-toy-piano-call-for-submissionsrobot-toy-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"UnCaged Toy Piano: Call for submissions\/Robot Toy Piano!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2017, for the first time, the UnCaged Toy Piano<\/a> (US) and Conlon Foundation<\/a> (NL) will collaborate on a joint call for submissions for the 2017 Robot Keyboard Prize. For this year\u2019s competition, we are seeking adventurous new works for Ranjit Bhatnagar<\/a>‘s midi-controlled Robot Toy Piano. Innovative ways of integrating electronics are encouraged, but not mandatory.<\/p>\n

The prize for 1st place is a performance in the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Utrecht, Holland) in September 2017 and the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival (New York City, December 2017), plus $1000 of which $500 from the UnCaged Toy Piano and $500 from Conlon Foundation towards travel\/accommodation costs, to enable the prize winner to attend the performance in Utrecht, NL. The prize for Honorable Mention is a<\/p>\n

performance in the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Utrecht, Holland) in September 2017 and the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival (New York City, December 2017).<\/p>\n

Guidelines for the competition:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. The competition is open to composers and sound artists of all ages and nationalities.<\/p>\n

2. Works must be written for the Robot Toy Piano as a concert work (not installations).<\/p>\n

3. Works may include one live performer on a conventional or unconventional instrument (i.e. orchestral,<\/p>\n

homemade, or mechanized instrument)<\/p>\n

4. The duration of the piece may be no longer than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2017 and should include:<\/p>\n

1. A short bio of the composer in pdf.<\/p>\n

2. A score\/information sheet with a detailed description of the work in pdf.<\/p>\n

3. An audio and\/or video preview of the work in .mp3, .avi, or link to web.<\/p>\n

The decision of the jury will be made public no later than June 1st, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Robot Toy Piano<\/b><\/p>\n

Built by New York-based sound artist, Ranjit Bhatnagar, the robot toy piano is a redesigned player toy piano<\/p>\n

(PianoLodeon) that reads MIDI files. The range of the robot toy piano keyboard is midi note 36-64 (C3-E6)<\/p>\n

Here is a video <\/a>of it playing every note:<\/p>\n

The robot toy piano can play off either a USB or traditional MIDI cable. Due to the delicate and homemade<\/p>\n

nature of the instrument, it is best not to ask the robot to fire more than eight notes simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Submissions and inquiries should be sent to: uncagedconlon2017@gmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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