REGULATION

1. Purpose of the competition
MusiKras summer band camp unites talented musicians aged 7 to 15 years. During the traditional
gathering, the organizers have noticed a lack of repertoire suitable for novices in bands. Therefore, the
wind bands, together with the municipalities of the Karst and Brkini regions, decided to organize an
international competition for original compositions of levels 1 in 2 to enable young musicians to play
and perform piece of reasonable difficulty.

2. Participation
Composers and music enthusiast can register with no limits of age or nationality. The participants can
enter the competition separately with various pieces in different categories. Only unedited pieces yet
to be performed in public and not entered in any other competition are eligible.

3. Competition categories
The competition is divided into the following categories:
A: original compositions with level of difficulty 1 (duration of maximum 4 minutes or approximately
6:30 minutes if consisting of several movements)
b: original compositions with level of difficulty 2 (duration of maximum 6:30 minutes or approximately
9:00 minutes if consisting of several movements)

4. Technical requirements
The competition is open to all music genres and styles. The compositions must meet the requirements
from Annexes thereto.
Should the composition fail to meet one of the requirements, it will be deemed ineligible to compete.

5. Deadline for submission
The pieces can be submitted from 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026. Within this period, composers
and music enthusiast are welcome to submit the registration form and their compositions with the
application form published on the MusiKras website https://www.musikras.si/natecaj-za-skladbe/
The registration form for each composition is deemed valid when all the data required, the score in
PDF and the MP3 or MIDI audio track is submitted, complete with the confirmation of payment of
€50.00 of registration fee to the bank account below. For any additional composition submitted by the
same author the registration fee of €30.00 shall apply.

Transaction details
Pihalni orkester Komen
Komen 118
6223 Komen
Slovenia

Bank account number: SI10100-0038608711 (opened at Banka Intesa Sanpaolo)

SWIFT: BAKOSI2X
Reference: 2026

The jury shall accept only the pieces submitted by 11:59 PM on 31 May 2026.

6. Jury and prizes
The compositions shall be evaluated by an international panel of experts, whose judgement shall be
deemed final and indisputable. Each participant shall receive a general comment to their submitted
piece. The results of the competition are expected to be published in July 2026. The participant shall
be informed about the results by e-mail.
The competition’s gross prize money is as follows:
– €1000 gross for the best composition in category A
– €1000 gross for the best composition in category B
Moreover, the winning pieces of each category shall be self-published by MusiKras. They shall be also
included in the repertoire of the MusiKras 2026 summer band camp during which they will be
performed and recorded.
The winning composer of each category shall be asked to provide the sheets for each instrument within
15 days from the notice.

7. Publishing
By registering to the competition, the composer agrees not to enter any other original composition
competition with the same piece until 1 September 2026.
The selected compositions shall be self-published by MusiKras. By entering the competition, the
composer agrees to the Terms and Conditions of self-publishing set by MusiKras.
MusiKras reserves the right to publish also any other composition of the competition at its sole
discretion, and to propose the pieces to other editors and operators of the sector. The conditions apply
for these pieces as well.
The organizers hereby inform that the authors selected are not exempt from publishing their
compositions with any other publishing company. In such case, the published material must state that

the piece was selected during the third international competition for original compositions for concert
bands MusiKras 2026.

8. Terms of participation
By submitting the registration form, the participant agrees to the regulation, the data processing and
the conditions of the competition.

9. Miscellaneous
The organizers reserve the right to modify the conditions to the competition. Any change shall be
published on the MusiKras website.
Any queries may be addressed to musikras@gmail.com.

Organizers: MusiKras, Pihalni orkester Komen, Brkinska godba 2000 and Kraška pihalna godba Sežana
with the support of the municipalities of Komen, Hrpelje – Kozina and Sežana