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Friday 7th August, 2009	Call for Artists
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Andre Rolighten from Albatrosh Duo, Oslo at 12 Points! 2009 in Dublin. Dear  Tonje, In 2010, 12 Points!  the critically acclaimed festival and showcase for emerging European jazz talent, will be leaving its Dublin base of the last three years. In alternate years, the festival will be hosted by a partner city, making new networks of musical exchange between Dublin and other centres of creativity from all points on the European map. The first of these is Stavanger and we look forward to seeing you in beautiful Western Norway for four days of music making that reflects all the creativity, vitality and diversity in European jazz today. If you are an ensemble or solo artist in your mid 20s to early 30s and would like to be considered for the festival programme, or work for an agency, publication, national organization or educational institution that advocates on behalf of emerging jazz artists, we are now taking online submissions for the 2010 edition. The closing date for applications is Friday 18th September 2009. Kind regards, 12 Points! team   Click on the button above to apply to 12 Points! 2010
Tonje 12 Points! festivalen skal ut på vandring.   12 Points! er en kritikerrost festival som fungerer som en showcase for kommende talenter innen europeisk jazz. Den har siden starten for tre år siden hatt base i Dublin. Annethvert år vil 12 Points! fra nå av bli arrangert av nye partnerbyer. Dette vil skape et nettverk for musikerutveksling mellom Dublin og andre kreative senter på Europakartet. Den første nye partneren er Stavanger, og vi ser fram til å møte dere i denne vakre byen på vestkysten av Norge til fire dager med musikk som avspeiler allt som fins av kreativitetm vitalitet og variasjon i dagens europeiske jazz. Er du medlem av et ensemble eller en soloartist i midlten av 20-årene, eller i begynnelsen av 30-årene kan du melde deg på. Arbeider du for en agent, en nasjonal organisasjon, et tidsskrift eller arbeider med musikkundervisning, kan du også melde på artister, Vi mottar for tiden påmeldinger online for festivalen i 2010, som foregår i februar. Deadline for påmeldinger er fredag 18. september 2009.   Click on the button above to apply for 12 Points! 2010
Who has played the previous editions of 12 Points! ? Click on the image below to learn more about our 12 Points! Alumni.
What is 12 Points!? The key elements of 12 Points! are as follows: 12 Points! is designed to showcase 12 young European jazz ensembles, loosely in the mid 20s to early 30s age bracket. 12 Points! aims to create a unique networking opportunity for its participants, with opportunities for informal musical and social encounters as well as showcase performances before an audience that includes the elite of European jazz professionals. 12 Points! 2010 is core funded by Culture Ireland, Goethe Institute, IMC, Stavanger Jazz Forum and Vestnorsk Jazz Senter with further funding sought from other cultural agencies in Europe. 12 Points! is a resource for festival bookers and jazz media  who seek an intensive, high quality pan European showcase of emerging ensembles. Through its funding model, all ensembles participate on an equal footing, attending for the 4 days duration of the festival, to allow a high level of social interaction with their fellow participants. Flights, accommodation, local transport and catering will be provided, in addition to a performance fee of €500 per musician (up to a maximum of €2000 per ensemble). 12 Points is produced by Improvised Music Company, an Arts Council funded resource organization for jazz and related music in Ireland.
What do the press say? “Balanced between innovation and tradition, the cerebral and the visceral, the programme was an indepth survey that showed how thoroughly European artists have mastered the traditional vocabulary of jazz while enriching it with deep reference to their own cultural norms.” - Journal of Music in Ireland (JMI) “12 Points has placed Dublin at the centre of European jazz. It is now the place to check out the very best emerging young talent from across the continent”. -  Jazzwise “..an opportunity for local and visiting music professionals to catch live sets from a dozen emerging jazz acts from all over Europe” - The Irish Times “Straight-ahead, experimental, vocal and even physcedelic jazz all find a place on the bill” - Totally Dublin "..a veritable gem of a festival and now stands amongst the most important fixtures on Ireland’s music calendar with a reputation that is rapidly growing internationally” - Sunday Tribune “The 12 Points! festival in Dublin offered the best of Europe’s innovative young jazz outfits”-  Irish Examiner
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