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ANNOUNCEMENT

VOICES Chorale is holding its 18th annual music composition contest for children. It is a great opportunity for children to develop their musical talent and get feedback from a professional composer.

Children ages 5-12 are invited to compose a piece of music with a vocal element. They are asked to write it down in any kind of notation (formal or invented) and make a cassette recording. Submit the recording and three written copies; include the child?s name and age, assisting adult?s name, phone number, address and child?s background in music with a $5.00 processing fee to:

VOICES Composition Contest
P.O. Box 404
Pennington, NJ 08534.

Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2006. Established composers will review all entries and children will receive feedback on their submission. Over half of the entrants will receive a prize: a pint of ice cream. Others will be "runners-up."

Free Kids' Songwriter's Workshops for children ages 5-12 will also be held at the following locations:

- Trinity Cathedral, 801 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ:
Fridays, March 3 and 10, at 3:30 - 4:45 pm

- Ewing Public Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ:
Saturday, March 4 at 2:00 - 3:30 pm

- Yardley Public Library, 1080 Edgewood Rd, Yardley, PA:
Saturday, March 11 at 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Children who enjoy music are encouraged to attend. They will improvise rhythms based on poems and chants and create melodies from short phrases. Topics will be those of interest to children: food, animals, parents, vehicles, funny situations, etc., and the children will learn how to create rhythmic accompaniment. Selected compositions will be performed at VOICES
concerts on May 12 and 13.

For more information, please visit our website at www.voiceschorale.org or call 609-637-9383.

VOICES is funded in part by the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by the Mercer County Executive and the Mercer County Board of Freeholders.