Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Baritone Violin and Clavichord

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Baritone Violin and Clavichord

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Baritone violin and clavichord. For this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, we are looking for clavichord works specifically written for Alisa Rose & Monica Chew.

The baritone violin is typically a standard-size violin that has been strung with heavier strings tuned an octave below standard tuning.

The range of the clavichord is from F1-F6. The lowest octave has an additional set of four-foot strings that vibrate sympathetically. This helps boost the bass range and can introduce wolf sounds when the four-foot strings are out of tune.

The clavichord is fully chromatic and double-strung. Some clavichords are double or triple-fretted, which allows 2 or 3 keys to share the same string (or pair of strings), saving space and tuning time. This means that certain chord clusters may be impossible to play. The clavichord is unfretted and can play in any key.

The clavichord is a quiet instrument and thus unsuited to chamber music. It is about as quiet as an acoustic guitar with an extended pianississimo range.

Find more information about the clavichord at the following:

https://www.monicachew.com/clavichord-faq

Selected works will be premiered in February 2026 on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Baritone Violin and Clavichord

This performance will be presented as a live streaming online concert and broadcasted to multiple streaming platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.

Only works one-minute in length for violin and clavichord duo will be considered.

Guidelines:

-Deadline for works is November 10, 2025

-Works are for Baritone violin and clavichord duo without electronic accompaniment.

-No works over one minute (60 seconds) will be reviewed.

-Works should be composed specifically for this call and performer.

-All pieces must be premieres.

-Multiple submissions are not accepted.

-Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org

-You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.

-After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Baritone Violin and Clavichord" and press the "submit" button to start the submission process.

-You will need to provide a maximum 50 word biography and 50 word program notes.

-You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file

-You are also encouraged to upload an audio realization of the work

-Must include the dedication Alisa Rose & Monica Chew on the score.

-Performance notes should be included in the score.

-Selected works will be broadcasted online to multiple video streaming platforms including Facebook, YouTube, etc. No performance royalties will be paid.

-Selected composers will be asked to sign a consent form for an online performance and archival on streaming platforms. (Composers retain their author rights.)

-Results will be announced via the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame website and the Vox Novus mailing list. (www.NM421.com)

More can be found be found at:

www.VoxNovus.com/fifteen-minutes-of-fame

Alisa Rose

Grammy-nominated violinist and composer Alisa Rose is a modern musician who easily navigates between many musical styles. With roots in classical music as well as the rich American musical tradition, she attracts attention for her expressive lyrical voice on the violin. Her stylistic fluidity gives her the ability to create unique and genuine music which is free from the constraints of genre.

Alisa Rose has appeared with a wide range of artists including the Real Vocal String Quartet, 2008 Rockygrass winners 49 Special, and Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco. Alisa performed and taught throughout Eastern Europe as an Ambassador of the State Department, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, NPR's Weekend Edition, the historic Carter Family Fold festival, TEDx Alcatraz with Bob Weir, Song of the Mountains on PBS, as well as numerous international tours.

For more visit:

https://www.arosefiddle.com/

The baritone violin is typically a standard-size violin that has been strung with heavier strings tuned an octave below standard tuning.

San Francisco Bay Area violinist/fiddler Alisa Rose is known as much for her classical playing as for her fiddling and lyrically intense soloing on bluegrass and rock tunes. In this video she demonstrates her baritone violin, an unidentified instrument that she strings with Super Sensitive Sensicore Octave strings.

https://www.pegheadnation.com/instruments-gear/instrument-demos/baritone-violin/

Some more baritone violin samples from Alisa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyMY4Mvvc6E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FT9e1SzNTw

Monica Chew

Monica Chew (she/her) is an Oakland composer and pianist who celebrates presenting rarely performed music and new works from around the world. A "gifted player with an affinity for deeply sensitive expression" (Whole Note), she has composed since 2017 and couldn't be happier about it. Her work has been featured as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank's Creative Academy for Music, Verdant Vibes, Hot Air Music Festival, and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's Intersection program. Her writing has been reviewed as "monumental" and "stunning" by San Francisco Classical Voice. Prior to 2015, she worked nearly a decade as a principal software engineer on security and privacy at Mozilla and Google. She lives in Oakland with her husband, an 1899 Steinway B, a clavichord, and a disused violin.

For more visit:

www.monicachew.com

Artist statement: I love programming works that bring something new to the repertoire. It has been a great joy focusing on music outside of the standard canon for the past several years. Diversifying the music that I study has led me to appreciate structure, rhythm, texture, and color in a whole new way, both as a performer and a composer. I love clavichord and greatly look forward to expanding the repertoire for this sensitive, intimate instrument with your help.

Monica Chew has been featured on Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame for 2 different sets of 15 which can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/7sVuiZ9Kbq4

https://www.youtube.com/live/2CevDb9DGhk

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. The Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame project has featured more than 75 musician/ensembles premiering the works of over 1000 composers.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is a Vox Novus project.

More can be found be found at:

https://www.fifteen-minutes-of-fame.com/