Your chance to vote for the winner of the world’s first Digital Composer-in-Residence Competition

The search for Dilettante's 'digital composer' in residence, which began back in June and has elicited hundreds of entries, culminated this week with the unveiling of the three composers' works; Aaron Gervais' Sensational Revolution in Medicine, Chiayu's Zhi and David T Little's 1986.

From today, listeners can hear the three pieces as podcasts on the Dilettante website. Listeners are then asked to vote for a winner.

Voting ends at midnight on 4 November, and the winner will be announced the following evening at a concert at Wilton's Music Hall, London, where the three finalists' pieces will be performed by Charles Hazlewood and the London Sinfonietta.

The concert will also feature music by Ligeti, Charles Ives and Jonathan Harvey.

The competition is the first of its kind and is very much in line with Dilettante's philosophy of opening up classical music beyond its traditional confines.

Dilettante, which was set up back in January 2008, acts as a sort of social networking site specifically for musicians. Its aim is to build a community based around classical music. As with sites such as Facebook and Twitter, users are able to interact with one another - but the emphasis here is more on offering a space for musicians to reach their audience and on providing an opportunity for them to showcase their music.

To listen to the pieces and vote for your favourite, click here.

To purchase tickets for the 5 November concert, click here.

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