.abeceda [New Music Academy] III.

 

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DOCTORAL RESEARCH CASES PROGRAMME

[November 2026 – June 2027]

 

Develop a new composition as a focused doctoral or advanced artistic-research case. Connect research questions, contexts, methods, documentation, rehearsal evidence, and artistic outcomes within a rigorous practice-based inquiry.

 

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DATES

 

November 16, 17, 2026: Online seminars

January 1, 2026: Score and/or other materials submission

June 14–18, 2027: 5-day intensive rehearsal period

June 19–25, 2027: Premieres at Bled Contemporary Music Week

 

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ABOUT THE RESIDENCY

 

The .abeceda [New Music Academy] programme frames composition as a doctoral research case: an inquiry in which questions, methods, materials, and reflection evolve through compositional practice, culminating in presentation at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week.

 

Each selected composer develops one work for one formation: solo, string quartet, chamber ensemble, symphony orchestra, or choir. Online sessions clarify the case’s research question, context, sources, methodology, and intended contribution. Rehearsals generate practice-based evidence by testing materials, notation, form, performer agency, interpretation, and feasibility, enabling documented findings to redirect the work.

 

Through composition, rehearsal, documentation, critical reflection, and public presentation, the programme advances rigour without reducing composition to scientific imitation or academic prose. Each composer leaves with a premiered work, professional documentation, methodological clarity, and collaborative relationships.