[Updated 05/15/18] Due to finals and graduations, ASMAC has extended the deadline to apply for the Bill Conti Big Band Competition to July 1, 2018.
ASMAC is pleased to announce a Call for Entries for The Bill Conti Big Band Arranging & Composing Competition. Noted award winning composer Bill Conti (Rocky, For Your Eyes Only, Dynasty, The Right Stuff – Academy Award for Best Original Score – and many more) has once again generously underwritten this competition which is open to all student members of ASMAC age 29 or under. The competition is chaired by ASMAC Board Member Charles Fernandez, and esteemed judges will include a number of arrangers, composers and big band leaders including Tim Simonec, Hummie Manne, Brad Dechter, Doug Besterman, Milton Nelson and Kim Richmond.
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