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 a cappella free improvisation, as documented on our 2022 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 music inspired by silent films & other existing sources of moving imagery.

We are also accepting submissions of new short films for our 2024 SHORT FILM CONTEST.

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:

• a monetary prize of $150
• a WAV audio file with a freely improvised original soundtrack featuring 8 singers a cappella

SUBMISSION PARAMETERS:

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

PERMISSIONS:

• Nightingale reserves the right to post any submitted film—along with its improvised soundtrack—on YouTube, on social media, and on nightingalevocalensemble.com.
• Nightingale reserves the right to present any submitted film at public ticketed events in January 2024.
• Contest winners may freely use the WAV file that Nightingale provides.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Email a link to a downloadable video file to: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com
• DEADLINE: January 1st, 2024

Nightingale reserves the right to award multiple winners, or no winners. Thank you for your submissions!