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NIGHTINGALE VOCAL ENSEMBLE
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    • Mission
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    • Past Seasons >
      • Season 5 ('23-24) >
        • The Cask of Amontillado
        • Journey of Seasons
        • CHRISTMAS
        • Photoplay
        • NightinGala
        • ECLIPTIC
        • Tales
        • Orfeo ed Euridice
      • Season 4 ('22-23) >
        • Winds of Change
        • Album Release Show
        • Modern Renaissance
        • PLAY
        • ADRIFT
        • Magic.
        • NightinGALA
      • Season 3 ('21-22) >
        • WHISPERS -what haunts you-
        • MYTHOLOGY OF THE PLANETS
        • DREAMS
        • Ocean
      • Season 2 ('20-21) >
        • Stardust: Songs of the Cosmos
        • Reflections
        • The Divine in Nature
        • trUSt - Andrew Maxfield
        • A New Love Story: Madrigals Reimagined
      • Season 1 ('19-20) >
        • An Exploration of The Senses
        • Sacred: A life's journey

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
​SHORT FILM CONTEST 2024

​Nightingale is a Boston-based vocal ensemble dedicated to curating unique and imaginative concert experiences by performing members’ original compositions, presenting varied ensemble and chamber works, and engaging in innovative collaborations. We are experts in vocal ensemble free improvisation, as documented on our 2023 album Composition Sped Up and in our monthly residency of Exploratory Choral Meditations at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown Boston.

​In January 2024, we will explore free improvisation in the context of film with our project Photoplay. We will spontaneously create musical soundtracks inspired by silent films and other dynamic visual material.

We are accepting submissions for our 2024 SHORT FILM CONTEST.

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
  • a showing of their film at the historic Brattle Theatre​ in Cambridge, MA on January 26th, 2024, featuring a live soundtrack performed in real time by Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
  • a WAV audio file with a recording of a freely improvised original soundtrack for their film performed by Nightingale Vocal Ensemble

SUBMISSION PARAMETERS:
  • 15 minutes maximum duration
  • no music (dialogue, foley, etc. are acceptable)
  • experimental work is especially encouraged

PERMISSIONS:
  • Nightingale reserves the right to publish any submitted film—as well as its corresponding Nightingale soundtrack—on YouTube, on social media, on music streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Bandcamp, etc.), and on nightingalevocalensemble.com.
  • Nightingale reserves the right to show any submitted film at public ticketed events during the month of January 2024.
  • Contestants retain ownership of their submitted films.
  • Contest winners may freely use the WAV audio file that Nightingale provides.

HOW TO SUBMIT:
  • Email a link to a downloadable video file to: [email protected]
  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 12th, 2024

​Nightingale reserves the right to select multiple winners, or no winners. For any questions, email: [email protected]

​Thank you for your submissions! We're so excited to see, collaborate with, and share your work.

Judah Coffman & Nathan Halbur
Project Leaders

LET'S GET SOCIAL!

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Nightingale has received grants from The Boston Foundation, Somerville Arts Council, and Boston Cultural Council (administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture). Nightingale Vocal Ensemble is a registered non-profit with 501(c)3 status. We are now accepting donations to help fund our ambitious season. To donate, please visit our GIVE page. If you have questions, email: [email protected]
  • Give
  • RENAISSANCE REIMAGINED
  • SEASON 6
    • SALONMUSIK
    • BLUE SUN
    • SOLSTICE
    • VOICES OF WATER
    • RENAISSANCE REIMAGINED
  • Connect
  • More...
    • Mission
    • History
    • Media
    • Past Seasons >
      • Season 5 ('23-24) >
        • The Cask of Amontillado
        • Journey of Seasons
        • CHRISTMAS
        • Photoplay
        • NightinGala
        • ECLIPTIC
        • Tales
        • Orfeo ed Euridice
      • Season 4 ('22-23) >
        • Winds of Change
        • Album Release Show
        • Modern Renaissance
        • PLAY
        • ADRIFT
        • Magic.
        • NightinGALA
      • Season 3 ('21-22) >
        • WHISPERS -what haunts you-
        • MYTHOLOGY OF THE PLANETS
        • DREAMS
        • Ocean
      • Season 2 ('20-21) >
        • Stardust: Songs of the Cosmos
        • Reflections
        • The Divine in Nature
        • trUSt - Andrew Maxfield
        • A New Love Story: Madrigals Reimagined
      • Season 1 ('19-20) >
        • An Exploration of The Senses
        • Sacred: A life's journey