Fanfare 2018 Terms and Conditions

Guidance on how to submit entries can be found on the ROH website.
9. Postal entries will not be accepted.
10. By submitting an entry for this competition, the entrant grants to the Royal Opera
House (the “ROH”) a royalty free non-exclusive licence worldwide in perpetuity for the
ROH:
• to perform and to authorise others to perform any of their compositions
submitted as part of the Fanfare competition, provided such performance is (1)
solely for non-profit making purposes and/or (2) for promoting the charitable
and/or educational role of the ROH;
• to make and to authorise others to make audio and/or audio visual recordings of
any of their compositions submitted as part of the Fanfare competition (the
“Recordings”), without limitation transmission on radio, streaming on the
internet, making new copies and new recordings; and
• to exploit and to authorise others to exploit the Recordings in whole or in part in
all media (whether currently known or devised in the future), provided such
exploitation is (1) solely for non-profit making purposes and/or (2) for promoting
the charitable and/or educational role of the ROH.
11. By submitting an entry for this competition, the entrant irrevocably waives in favour of
the Royal Opera House, its assignees and licensees the benefit of all moral rights in
relation to the Recordings arising under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
or similar rights arising under the laws of any jurisdiction.
12. By submitting an entry for the competition, the entrant warrants and represents that
the composition is their original work and does not infringe the copyright or any other
right of any other person.
13. The competition is not open to employees of, or close relatives of employees of, the
Royal Opera House.
14. The competition is not open to previous winners of the competition.
15. The winners. The Royal Opera House will select up to 10 winners. The winners will
have their compositions recorded by members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera
House. Recordings of the winning fanfares will be used in the Front of House areas of
the Royal Opera House before performances begin or recommence. Some fanfares
may be performed or played in other venues across the country and may be featured
on the ROH website. Final orchestration will consist of the following:
- 2 Flute
- 2 Oboe
- 2 Clarinet
- 2 Bassoon
- 4 Horns
- 2 Trumpets
- 3 Trombones
- 2 Percussion
- 1 Timpani