Writing Project Culminating Event:

"Stories from Kakaruzu with Avner & Friends"

Friday, March 9 - 7:30 pm at Tillie Lewis Theater, Delta College

Free Event - featuring:

Contest Winners

Musical Submissions

Conversations with Composer Avner Dorman

CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION

WRITING CONTEST

Prize:

  • Publication:  Three Winners in three age categories will be published in The Record!
  • Concert Reading:  The Elementary Grades Winner will read the winning entry from the stage at the Stockton Symphony's FAMILY CONCERT at the Grand Theatre in Tracy on Sunday, March 4, 2012 - concert at 2:00pm, pre-concert activities in the lobby from 1:00pm
  • Stage Reading:  All Winners will read their entries from stage at a Story Readings event at Tillie Lewis Theatre, San Joaquin Delta College on March 9, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Entry Guidelines:

Write an essay that illustrates the importance of one’s choice of words for Conflict Resolution / Bullying Prevention – in school, with family, or in a neighborhood. It can be your own story, or inspiration from someone else who has made a contribution to community.

 

Three categories: 
Grades 3-6         250 – 500 words

Grades 7-9         400 – 700 words

Grades 10-12     400 – 1,000 words

Deadline:

Entries must be postmarked no later than Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Mail to:  "Writing Contest"

Stockton Symphony Association

1024 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. 1

Stockton, CA 95207

Winners:

First-, second-, and third-place winners from each category will have their essays published in The Record newspaper and the winning writers will be invited to read their stories at the March 4 Family Concert at the Tracy Grand in Tracy, and at the March 9 Story Readings at Tillie Lewis Theatre, San Joaquin Delta College!

For More Information:

Randy Fisher, Stockton Symphony Director of Community Engagement

(209) 444-2210


 

Background

This contest is a part of the Avner Dorman Music Alive Residence with the Stockton Symphony. The cornerstone inspiration of the residency is for Avner to set to music an Israeli children’s story, Uzu and Muzu from Kakamaruzo, by Ephraim Sidon. Uzu and Muzu coordinates well with local schools’ student discussions about conflict, violence, bullying prevention, and resolving differences.

The story—as well-known in Israel as the Dr. Seuss tales are in the U.S.—concerns two brothers who are so close that they literally feel each other’s pain and joy, until they quarrel and build a wall in the middle of their home. As time goes by, their descendants believe that horrible monsters and demons live on the other side of the wall. It takes four generations before the wall of prejudice is demolished. The story and hence the commissioned composition has a universal message for the community at many different levels.

Avner Dorman’s residency in Stockton occurs in two principal portions: a week during the fall of 2011, and he will return for two weeks in the spring of 2012, culminating in nine premiere performances. For more information on this and other activities throughout our community, visit www.stocktonsymphony.org.