OPEN CALL FOR SCORES – James Whittle

this piece gets more magical every time
someone writes ill of it

lottery for pianist and page-turner

A crowd-sourced piece, open to anyone to submit and perform,
inspired by Printing Out the Internet.

• How to submit
• How to perform
• Performance Log
• Submissions Bank

#magicaleverytime

How to submit

• Anyone can send in any number of digital scores.
• Submissions will be checked then added to an online bank for performers to download from.
• Before submitting, I recommend reading the score and watching the film:

1. Choose a kind of score to make:
• Music score (any style, using “conventional” notation…)
• Spoken Text (indicate how it should be spoken)
• Text Score (instructions for actions which may/may not result in sound/spoken text)

Music may be of any sort, including your own composition.
There are no limits to what the Spoken Text and Text Scores can be.

2. Make your score
For Spoken Text and Text Scores, download a template:
PDFs: Text Score | Spoken Text
Word (.docx): Text Score | Spoken Text

• Make each score 1 white A4 single-sided page.
• Make each page anonymous (no composer names, dates etc.).
• Save each page as a separate file.
• Scores can be submitted as Word documents or PDFs.
• Label each file ‘music score’, ‘text score’ or ‘spoken text’.
• If sending multiple pages for 1 piece, or writing new material, remember that only 1 page will be ‘played’ at any one time. Your pages may not be performed every time. But it will be magical.

3. Email your score/s to magicaleverytime[at]gmail[dot]com
In the email, please tell me:
• your name
• where you are from
• the sources of the pages you are sending

How to perform

1. Read my instruction score: PDF download

2. Print scores from the Submissions Bank
• Print any number of any of the scores.
• Print single-sided on white A4 paper.
• Email me if you want a combined PDF of all scores

3. Find a grand piano and another performer, and tell me about your performance!
• Keep in touch using #magicaleverytime on social media.
• If possible, please film or photograph your performance.