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Fresno New Music Festival
Application Deadline: 8/1/2010

Seeks PDF scores for chamber and choral works under 10 minutes in length for possible performance by the Los Angeles-based Definiens Project and the Cincinnati-based Conundrum chamber ensembles, and the Fresno State Concert Choir, during their fifth annual festival, November 5-7, 2010. Specific instrumentation for the two chamber ensembles and choral works up to 8-part SSAATTBB with or without piano accompaniment requested. All programmed composers are requested to attend the festival.

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Application Deadline: 8/2/2010

Seeks qualfied applicants for the position of Executive Producer of Digital Media responsible for producing and implementing digital media strategies. Position is responsible for managing all aspects of the SPCO's digital media activities including producing and creating content, utilizing media to engage patrons and build community, and identifying new ways of delivering and promoting content. Applicants should have at least five years experience, preferably in digital media, must also have a strong background and knowledge of classical music, strategic thinking skills and a demonstrated work history of creativity and innovation. Bachelor's degree required. [posted July 22, 2010]

Boston New Music Initiative $$$
Application Deadline: 8/3/2010

Seeks chamber orchestra scores (specified maximum instrumentation) for possible performance on its November concert and during its 2010/11 season. Electronic and electroacoustic works will not be considered. [posted July 21, 2010]

Express In Music
Application Deadline: 8/4/2010

Seeks submissions of an original pop song/theme for a media publication firm in the travel industry interesting in "branding" their corporate mottos. "The song's melody needs to be light-hearted and fun with a strong musical beat. Lyrics are preferably easy to sing-a-long and encompass the ideas of business-to-business travel." Cash awards. [posted July 22, 2010]

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and BMI $$$
Application Deadline: 8/6/2010

Seek submissions for from jazz composers who have not had their jazz compositions recorded on a major label or recorded by a major jazz artist for their Composers Competition. The submitted composition can be written for any combination of instruments or voices, but must contain a minimum of one voice and one instrument. Cash award and performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Denison University (Granville, Ohio)
Application Deadline: 8/15/2010

Seeks PDF scores plus mp3 audio files for possible performance during their 4th New Music Festival, March 3-5, 2011. Scores sought for various chamber ensembles (specified instruments), SATB solo voices or chamber choir, symphonic orchestra, jazz ensemble, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, bluegrass ensemble, or Balinese gamelan, angklung. Submissions of electro-acoustic music are also welcomed, including pieces for live electronics, acoustic soloist or ensemble and electronics, or playback alone. Attendance at the conference is required of all composers whose works will be performed.

Oklahoma City University
Application Deadline: 8/16/2010

Seeks score submissions in two categories (concert music and film score) from students enrolled in high school for Fall 2010 for their Project 21 Prize for Music Composition. For concert music category: PDF score for any original works featuring any combination of instruments with or without voice and/or electronics. For film score category: an original score to a short film made available online on July 19, 2010, four weeks prior to the contest deadline, with submission as a Quicktime file with music embedded (separate score not required).

American Composers Forum
Application Deadline: 8/20/2010

Seeks emerging composer applicants from Minnesota and the 5 boroughs of New York City for their Jerome Fund grants. PLEASE NOTE: This program replaces and expands on the Jerome Composers Commissioning Program (JCCP). This program, funded by the Jerome Foundation, supports the creation of new musical works by emerging composers, composer/performers, improvisers and sound artists from Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York. JFund helps cover the cost of the creator's commissioning fee and also provides financial support - Enhancement Funds - to help the project reach its maximum potential.

ContemporarY Ensemble
Application Deadline: 8/24/2010

Seeks recent, short, unpublished scores for three odd quartet combinations of instruments, as well as unspecified ensemble. Possible performances in Malmö, Sweden, plus concert recordings.

Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett
Application Deadline: 8/26/2010

Seek qualified California applicants for their 2010 Composer Collaboration Awards for the creation and production of new music works by California composers, in collaboration with other artists. Please note: Individual artists may not apply directly, but must be commissioned by an eligible organization; applicant organizations must be nonprofit and based in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma.

North Dakota State University Music $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks new, unpublished scores from composers under age 35 for mixed choir (SATB); unaccompanied, or with keyboard accompaniment; 3-5 minutes in length; and suitable for accomplished high school or university choir, for their Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition Prizes. Cash award, performance (travel stipend to attend), publication.

Alabama Orchestra Association $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks scores and recordings (MIDI acceptable) of short, original, recently composed, unpublished, unpremiered compositions for standard symphonic orchestra for their Annual Composition Contest. Cash award, premiere performance in Alabama on February 13, 2011, composer residency, travel expenses, and residency accommodations. [posted July 26, 2010]

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks applicants for their 2- to 8-week residencies in Nebraska City, NE, during January through June 15, 2011, for writers, visual artists, and music composers. Housing, studio space, $100/week stipend are provided. Approximately 50 residencies are awarded per year.

The Definiens Project $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks representative scores and recordings of works for any instrumentation using between 3 and 10 performers for their Composition Commission Competition. Selected composers in two age categories (under age 23; no age restriction) will be awarded a commission for a new work. [posted July 21, 2010]

Chantry Quire (Chichester, U.K.) $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks short, original, unpublished and unperformed choral scores (SATB either unaccompanied or with organ/piano accompaniment; parts may divide up to SSAATTBB but no more) on the theme "In Praise of Music" for their biennial Thornesian Prize in memory of Kathleen Slater, who died in 2002 from Parkinson's Disease. Cash awards and performance of two finalists' works on November 20, 2010, in Chichester. The aim of the prize is to raise both awareness of the illness and funds for the Parkinson's Disease Society through the promotion of new choral music. Concert profits will go towards the society.

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks qualified applicants for the position of their Music Director. Minimum qualifications include: broad knowledge and understanding of the classical choral repertoire, a degree in music or equivalent, and competence in conducting a large chorus with varied degrees of expertise.

Wesleyan University Center for the Arts
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks proposals for a commissioning grant that will fund the creation of a composition to be premiered in April 2011, as part of a celebration of Wesleyan's new College of the Environment and Earth Day. There are no limits or restrictions on the style or genre of music or sound art to be created and performed, but must include a composer residency for a minimum of 2 days (workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and discussions). [posted July 30, 2010]

Park Avenue Christian Church
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks unperformed, unpublished compositions for SATB choir and either organ or chamber ensemble up to 8 minutes in length for their 200th Anniversary Composition Competition. Cash prize and performance in New York City.

Orchestra.Net $$$
Application Deadline: 9/1/2010

Seeks composers interested in having orchestral works recorded by for a fee by professional musicians in Prague, Czech Republic, during September 15-16 2010. Session time is available in one-hour blocks which will typically accommodate 3-5 minutes of finished music, depending on the degree of difficulty. Hourly rate is $1975 and includes 45-piece orchestra, conductor, engineers, studio time, and edit/mix. During the recording session, composers can monitor the performance in digital stereo from any location (broadband internet connection required). Composers will also be able to advise the conductor on performance and interpretation issues via telephone during the recording session..

NoiseFloor Festival (Staffordshire University, U.K.)
Application Deadline: 9/3/2010

Seeks submissions of fixed media and live works, installations and papers for the second NoiseFloor Festival. Stereo and multi-channel audio or audio-visual works (up to 8 channels + sub) are invited for consideration. Equipment needed for diffusion of fixed media and audio-visual works will be provided; composers will need to provide their own laptop and performers for live pieces. Composer attendance is strongly encouraged but not required. Also sought are paper presentations on various aspects of Electroacoustic music.

Tansman Composer Competition 2010 $$$
Application Deadline: 9/5/2010

Seeks original, recently-composered, unawarded scores 14 instruments up to full symphonic orchestra, with or without soloists, but no electronics. Cash awards and performances in Lodz, Poland, in October and November, 2010.

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir $$$
Application Deadline: 9/6/2010

Seeks original, unpublished, unperformed short (3-5 minutes) Christmas carols between 3 for SATB, mixed adult choir (a cappella or with keyboard accompaniment) from U.S. composers under the age of 35 for their second annual national Christmas Carol Competition. Cash award, premiere performance, and travel stipend to attend.

Junior Composers Institute $$$
Application Deadline: 9/10/2010

Seeks up to 16 student musicians (age 14-19) applicants for their Orchestra Composition Workshop in Minneapolis, Minn., from September 2010 through June 2011 (over 10 intensive three-hour sessions every 3-5 weeks on Saturday afternoons from 2-5pm. The culminating event will be a public presentation of new works read by the Minnesota Sinfonia in July 2011. Deadline for payment of the fee for full workshop and/or the first term only (September 2010 through January 2011) is September 10, 2010, and the deadline for payment of the fee for the Workshop's second term only (February 2011 through June 2011) is January 28, 2011.

ACF - Philadelphia Chapter
Application Deadline: 9/13/2010

Seeks Philadelphia-area resident applicants for their Community Partners in Philadelphia grants supporting composer residencies with a wide range of community, cultural and educational organizations. The residencies challenge composers to create and perform new works that respond to the heritage, culture, and interests of the community, while engaging communities in the creative process of composition.

ASCAP and the College Band Directors National Association
Application Deadline: 9/15/2010

Seeks original concert band scores from U.S. residents, or enrolled students with student visas, who are between the ages of 18 and 30 by January 1, 2011, for their ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize. Cash award and performance at the CBDNA Conference March 2011, Seattle, Washington.

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Application Deadline: 9/15/2010

Seeks short orchestral scores (no soloists, chorus, or works for winds and brass alone) from Florida resident composers only for their Fresh Ink 2011 Program. Eligible works must not have received a professional performance by a major symphony orchestra with a budget of $3 million or more, with unperformed works preferred. Performance and new commission.

College Band Directors National Association, Virginia Chapter
Application Deadline: 9/15/2010

Seeks scores for full symphonic band instrumentation (may include a soloist, but the applicant is responsible for providing one) for their "Symposium 36 for New Band Music," February 11-12, 2011, at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Selected composers must attend Symposium and conduct their works in open reading rehearsals (travel stipend provided).

Lynn University Conservatory of Music
Application Deadline: 9/15/2010

Seeks unperformed, short orchestral scores of no more than 15 minutes (no soloists, chorus, or works for winds and brass alone) for possible performance during its 2011 New Music Festival. Selected scores willbe premiered by the Lynn Philharmonia with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor Gunther Schuller on January 29-30, 2011, in Boca Raton, Florida.

National Lutheran Choir
Application Deadline: 9/30/2010

Seeks short, original, unpublished, unperformed choral settings of Sacred Judeo-Christian texts (SATB, SSAATTBB or variations thereof, a cappella with optional obligato solo instrument) for their Choral Composition Competition celebrating their 25th season. Cash award, May 2011 premiere in Minneapolis, and possible publication.

Major Orchestra Librarians' Association & Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music $$$
Application Deadline: 9/30/2010

Seeks registrants for their Regional Workshop on Ensemble Librarianship, October 9, 2010, at UN in Evanston, Ill. Attendees will learn the basics of ensemble librarianship from professional librarians of the Chicago Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Milwaukee Symphony. Composers who have attended these workshops in the past have benefited from learning more about formatting scores and parts for performance, and how ensemble librarians prepare music for professional musicians. [posted July 14, 2010]

temp'óra $$$
Application Deadline: 9/30/2010

Seeks composers and soloists or ensembles (instrumental and/or vocal) involved mainly in contemporary music interested in a collaborative project involving at least three different countries, with each participant commissioning and performing a piece from a composer of its own country, then each participant will also include the new commissions of the collaboration participants. Temp'óra provides commissioning fee.

Austrian Composer Society
Application Deadline: 9/30/2010

Seeks scores orchestra (maximum 15 minutes in duration) for their GustavMahler-Composition Competition 2010/11. Performances in Vienna and possible other European cities.

Existential Pilot
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks solo or ensemble scores for various combinations of piano (one pianist or 4-hands); violin; clarinet; female voice (range F3 to D7); electric bass; and prepared electronics for possible performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during 2010-11.

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Conn.) $$$
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks submissions from women composers of works for chamber orchestra or large chamber ensemble (up to 12-minutes in duration) for possible performance. Specific list of available instruments, single movements of larger works are allowed. [posted July 14, 2010]

University of New Mexico
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks original scores of a vocal or instrumental, solo or chamber work for up to 6 musicians from U.S. composers based upon themes of folk songs (accessible online) from the Robb Archives at the Center for Southwest Research in the UNM Zimmerman Library for their 2010 Robb Trust Composers' Competition. Cash award and performance in March, 2011.

Twin Cities Jewish Chorale
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks Jewish choral music by Minnesota composers for possible performance at its May 2011 concert. [posted July 15, 2010]

Master Chorale of Tampa Bay
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks original, unpublished, absolutely unperformed Christmas carol settings for mixed chorus (SATB, 150-voice auditioned chorus, medium to difficult level), piano, & French horn from U.S. composers over the age of 18 for their 2010 Christmas Carol Competition. Cash award and premiere performance. Texts can be sacred or secular, medieval to present, appropriate for concert setting; proof of public domain or author's written permission for use of text is required. (Please note: most modern translations of the Bible are protected by copyright). Guidelines revised (5/24): Duration: no longer than 5 minutes.

Librettist
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks experienced composer-collaborator to work on an operetta/mostly sung-through musical adapted from a classic American novel rich in colorful southern characters and dramatic social issues. [posted July 22, 2010]

Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization (MACRO)
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks recent unpublished, unawarded works for concert band for he 2011 Truman State University/MACRO Composers Competition. Cash award and commission. No entry fee, but winner must be a MACRO member, or must join MACRO in order to receive the award; additional obligations for selected composer involving travel  to Madison, Wisc. and Kirtkville, Mo. (travel stipends provided). [posted July 14, 2010]

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) of Minnesota
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks sample scores and recordings from Minnesota composers only interesting in commissions to write short, original, choral compositions (secular text settings, a capella, or with piano or solo instrument) in an appropriate difficulty level that will be debuted by one of four ACDA-Minnesota State Honor Choirs. October 1, 2010, deadline for grades 4-8 children's and grades 7-8 boys' choir; February 1, 2011, deadline for grades 7-8 girl's honor choir and grades 9-10 high school honor choir.

Church of the Servant (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks a Psalm-based song for its 2010 New Psalm Contest. Cash award and premiere performance. Under-represented Psalms and settings that include Psalm 73:26 are especially welcome.

Camerata Europaea (Berlin, Germany)
Application Deadline: 10/1/2010

Seeks young composers from all over the world to apply for their 2 year Composers-in-residence program. Performance, promotion, and recordings. Please note: selected composers should be supported by a cultural institute, organization, agency, or sponsor.

Cincinnati Children's Choir $$$
Application Deadline: 10/15/2010

Seeks short choral scores from emerging composers for treble voices (unison to multiple parts, beginner, intermediate or advanced level of difficulty), a capella or piano accompaniment, optional solo or duet obligato instruments (ie: violin, cello, flute, recorder, clarinet) for their annual Composition Competition. Cash award, performance, possible publication. [posted July 15, 2010]

Boston Metro Opera $$$
Application Deadline: 10/15/2010

Seeks scores of vocal, choral, and operatic works for possible performance at their 2nd Annual Contemporary Americana Festival in May of 2011. Scores, which are or will be published prior to May of 2011 are ineligible.

Ithaca College School of Music
Application Deadline: 10/15/2010

Seeks scores and CD recordings of recently-composed, original, unpublished compositions for wind ensemble/concert band, between 7 and 20 minutes in length and utilizing standard wind band instrumentation, for their 12th biennial Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize. Cash award and performance.

San Fulgencio de Pozo Estrecho Association (Spain)
Application Deadline: 10/16/2010

Seeks original, unpublished, unperformed wind band "pasodobles*" for their 19th Villa de Pozo Estrecho Pasodoble Music Competition Contest. Cash awards.

*Pasodoble (literal meaning in Spanish: double-step) is a typical Spanish march-like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple.

Opera Vista $$$
Application Deadline: 10/30/2010

Seeks scores for chamber operas with a performance history of 1 or fewer productions for their 2011 Vista Competition. Finalists will receive readings of excerpts, grand finalist a cash prize and possible staged performance. [posted July 13, 2010]

National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA) $$$
Application Deadline: 10/31/2010

Seeks short, unpublished, unawarded chamber works for no more than 5 players from NACUSA members* between the ages of 18-31 for their 33rd Annual Composer's Competition. Cash awards and possible performance. *NACUSA National dues are $25.00 ($15.00 per year for students and seniors). [posted July 28, 2010]

Soli fan tutti
Application Deadline: 10/31/2010

Seeks short chamber scores (2-7 parts, up to 5 minutes in length) for "miniatures, encores, genre pieces, bagatelles, songs, dances and other such small masterpieces." All orchestral instruments are available, including strings, woodwind, brass, harp, percussion, piano, harmonium, harpsichord and celesta. Sung or spoken voice may also be included. Cash awards, performances in Darmstadt, Germany, video recording of concert (for YouTube posting), CD recording.

Anton Stadler Composition Competition
Application Deadline: 10/31/2010

Seeks unperformed, unrecorded, and unpublished scores of any length for basset clarinet in two categories (unaccompanied basset clarinet; and basset clarinet & piano). "In both sections we are looking for TONAL compositions." Publication and recording.

Joaquin Chapaprieta Cultural Institute (Spain)
Application Deadline: 10/31/2010

Seeks original, unpublished, unperformed symphonic wind band works between 15 and 20 minutes for their 8th annual Symphony City of Torrevieja Competition Contest. One cash prize.

Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany)
Application Deadline: 10/31/2010

Seeks applicants in the category music/sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) for their 2011-2013 residency program in Stuttgart, Germany. Stipend, free lodging. Persons up to 35 or if older who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are eligible to apply.

Old Pueblo Brass Band (Tucson, Ariz.)
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks scores for standard brass band instrumentation "ideally a suite or compilation of music unique to the Tucson area" in celebration of its 15th anniversary next season. Cash award and performance spring 2011.

Composers, Inc. $$$
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks scores for 1-5 players (instrumental or vocal, also works for organ and works employing electronic media, including electronics alone) from U.S. composers for their 2010 Lee Ettelson Composer's Award. Cash awards and performance in San Francisco during 2010-10 season. [posted July 12, 2010]

Redshift Music
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks email submissions of chamber music scores or project ideas of a spatial nature (i.e. with the musicians surrounding the audience) for possible performance in Canada during their 2011-2012 season. There are no restrictions on instrumentation or duration although we are more interested in acoustic projects not involving electronics. [posted July 22, 2010]

Imagine Music Publishing
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks "short score form or SATB form" wind band scores designed for small school band programs with limited instrumentation for their 2010 Fusion Series Contest. Performance and publication.

Imagine Music Publishing
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks score for string orchestra of any duration or number of divisi (pieces with solo parts and/or percussion will also be acceptable) and at all levels of difficulty) for their 2010 Pathways Series Contest. Performance and publication.

TaiHei Ensemble
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seek PDF scores for voice and any instrument or ensemble for possible performance on their Winter 2011 featuring mezzo-soprano Rebecca Stuhlbarg. Sought are works "that incorporate the TaiHei Ensemble's theme of cross-cultural dialog in the Pacific Rim." Preference will be given to smaller groups, piano and voice. [posted July 16, 2010]

Cantus
Application Deadline: 11/1/2010

Seeks scores for men's voices (tenor, baritone, bass) to consider for their 2011/12 national touring program entitled "On the Shoulders of Giants." Sought are pieces relate to this theme, i.e.: cornerstone poets, larger than life personalities, heroes, legends, or other connections to the theme. Pieces should ideally be scored for 3-6 voices, and be no more than TTTTTBBBB (a cappella is preferred, but scores may include percussion).

Renée B. Fisher Foundation and the Neighborhood Music School
Application Deadline: 11/13/2010

Seek applications from composers interested in writing short piano works for required performance by young pianists in each division -- elementary and middle school (Grade 8 & Below) and high school (Grades 9-12) -- at its 2012 and 2013 piano competitions. Cash commissions for four composers selected.

Austin Symphony
Application Deadline: 11/19/2010

Seeks short, original, unperformed, unpublished orchestral scores (no electronics) from young Texas composers, ages 18 and younger, for their 1st Annual Young Composers Competition. Performances and archival recording.

Opera Southwest (Albuquerque NM)
Application Deadline: 12/1/2010

Seeks applications from U.S. composers for "a short opera in English using original music as a tool for educating elementary through middle school audiences in the areas of the sciences or humanities." Cash commission, multiple performances during 2012-2013. Operas must be under one hour in length and written for up to five voices. There can be no chorus, and the orchestra must be chamber size of up to 13 players maximum (electronic component acceptable).

City Chorus (London, England) $$$
Application Deadline: 12/3/2010

Seeks composers from around the world to apply for their 90th birthday season commission for a new work for adult mixed choir. "Our 'ideal' composer will be able to write music that is original and exciting, yet within the capability of our amateur singers."

Longfellow Chorus (Portland, Maine) $$$
Application Deadline: 12/13/2010

Seeks musical settings of Longfellow texts in two categories: 1) choral with piano accompaniment, or a cappella, (additional obbligato bassoon if desired) and 2) alto song with piano accompaniment, (additional obbligato bassoon if desired). Cash prize, performance, performance recording.

Garth Newel Music Center
Application Deadline: 12/15/2010

Seeks scores and CDs (MIDI ok) of unpublished, unperformed (professionally), and unrecorded works for piano quartet (piano, violin, viola, and cello -- no electronics, please) for their Composition Competition 2011. Cash award, premiere performance in Hot Springs, Virginia in the summer of 2011, and travel stipend for selected composer to attend premiere.

Trio de Magia (Valencia (Spain)
Application Deadline: 12/20/2010

Seeks original, unpublished, unrecorded scores up to 17 minutes in duration for any combination of saxophone, piano and percussion (additional electronics OK) from composers under the age of 30 for their first Contest for Young Composers. Up to three works may be selected for performance during their 2011 season. [posted July 12, 2010}

Orchestra of Our Time $$$
Application Deadline: 12/31/2010

Seeks short scores for chamber ensemble (any combination of instruments from a solo piece up to a maximum of 5 instruments consisting of string quartet, contra bass, trumpet, clarinet, oboe, two percussionists, piano, flute, bassoon, trombone and electronics. Preference for scores that have not been premiered. 5-10 scores from the readings will be selected for a performance in May 2011 in New York City.

Associazione dedalo ensemble (Brescia, Italy) $$$
Application Deadline: 12/31/2010

Seeks chamber scores for 1-8 performers (specified instruments) for their International Composition Competition "... a Camillo Togni."" Cash award and performance. [posted July 13, 2010]

International Federation for Choral Music
Application Deadline: 12/31/2010

Seeks email submissions of original, short a cappella choral scores (SATB or divided into as many as eight parts, SSAATTBB) with a text, sacred or secular, in any language, with a text on the theme of the peace, from composers under the age of 35 on December 31, 2010, for their First International Competition for Choral Composition "A Choral Work for Peace." Premiere performance, publication, promotion of winning piece.

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Conn.)
Application Deadline: 1/3/2011

Seeks submissions from women composers living in Connecticut and surrounding areas of short chamber scores for possible performance. Available instrumentation: piano, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba. No electronics. Submitted music must be scored for the available instrumentation unless the composer is able to provide her own performers. [posted July 14, 2010]

 

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Conn.)
Application Deadline: 1/3/2011

Seeks submissions from women composers of short choral scores (SATB or SSAA, with minimal divisi preferable; a cappella with piano/organ accompaniment only) for possible performance. [posted July 14, 2010]

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Conn.)
Application Deadline: 1/3/2011

Seeks submissions from women composers of proposals and music for possible presentation in collaboration with the Studio for Electronic Music, Inc (SEMI). Maximum time duration is 10 minutes, works involving live performer(s) are acceptable if the composer can provide her own musician(s). Multi-media submissions will be considered with an explanation of technical requirements. Multi-channel works will be accepted, but cannot exceed four channels. [posted July 14, 2010]

University of St Andrews (Scotland)
Application Deadline: 1/7/2011

Seeks an unperformed, unpublished piece of orchestral music circa 9-12 minutes in length and playable by a high quality amateur orchestra to celebrate their 600th anniversary. Applicants must be either UK resident composers or composers studying in the UK who are under the age of 30. Cash award and performance.

Symphony in C
Application Deadline: 1/15/2011

Seeks short orchestral scores (no soloists) from composers under the age of 30 for their 2010/11 Young Composers' Competition. U.S. Citizens, permanent residents and current students at American schools may apply. Performance on May 7, 2011, in Camden, N.J, round-trip domestic airfare to attend rehearsals and concert, and possible inclusion in Presser rental library.

Junior Composers Institute $$$
Application Deadline: 1/28/2011

Seeks up to 16 student musicians (age 14-19) applicants for their Orchestra Composition Workshop in Minneapolis, Minn., from September 2010 through June 2011 (over 10 intensive three-hour sessions every 3-5 weeks on Saturday afternoons from 2-5pm. The culminating event will be a public presentation of new works read by the Minnesota Sinfonia in July 2011. Deadline for payment of the the fee for the Workshop's second term (February 2011 through June 2011) is January 28, 2011.

2011 Trust $$$
Application Deadline: 1/31/2011

Seeks unpublished, unperformed, original settings of specific texts from the King James Bible from composers under age 30 for their King James Bible Composition Awards. Two categories of submissions: anthem or song for up to four vocal parts (SATB) and keyboard; anthem for an experienced choir (such as a cathedral, well-resourced church or professional group) in up to eight parts (SATB), unaccompanied or with organ). Cash awards and performances in London (U.K.), and publication. Please note: Applicants must register online beginning May 1, 2010 before any submission of scores.

Bone Therapy Jan 2011
Application Deadline: 1/31/2011

Seeks recent, short, original, unpublished scores for trombone ensemble (4-8 parts) of intermediate to advanced grade intended skilled amateur players for their Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest. "The pieces should be accessible and help to popularize the trombone when played for general audiences." Generous cash awards, performance at the 40th Anniversary International Trombone Festival in Nashville, Tenn and possible publication. [posted July 29, 2010]

Chamber Music Rochester
Application Deadline: 2/1/2011

Seeks chamber scores for any combination of two to five instruments (specifically: clarinet, violins (up to 2), viola, cello, and bass) from New York State student composers in two categories (college level and high school level). Cash awards and performances. Compositions may be up to 15 minutes in duration.

Butler County Symphony Orchestra $$$
Application Deadline: 2/1/2011

Seeks original, circa 10 minute orchestral scores from U.S. resident composers on the theme of "space exploration." Cash Award and performance at the April 16, 2011 concert in Butler, Pa.  Preference will be given to unperformed works. No concertos, choral works, or works with electronic elements are eligible for this call.

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) of Minnesota
Application Deadline: 2/1/2011

Seeks sample scores and recordings from Minnesota composers only interesting in commissions to write short, original, choral compositions (secular text settings, a capella, or with piano or solo instrument) in an appropriate difficulty level that will be debuted by ACDA-Minnesota State Honor Choirs. February 1, 2011, deadline for grades 7-8 girl's honor choir and grades 9-10 high school honor choir.

Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop
Application Deadline: 2/11/2011

Seeks original, previously unpublished, multi movement work works for brass octet circa 10-12 minutes in length for their 2011 Composition Contest. Cash award and performances the July 2011 Brass Chamber Music Workshop, held in Arcata, California, plus possible publication.

Delta Omicron $$$
Application Deadline: 3/31/2011

Seeks unpublished, unperformed works for French horn and piano from composers of college age or older for their Triennial Composition Competition. Cash award and premiere performance at the 2012 International Delta Omicron Conference.

Beijing Modern Music Festival 2011
Application Deadline: 4/1/2011

Seeks short, original, recently-composed, unperformed, unawarded chamber scores for up to 10 instruments (traditional Western and/or Chinese) from composers under the age of 35 for their Young Composers Project. Residency, performance during Festival (May 21 to 27, 2011), publication, recording. Travel to China and accomodations provided. [posted July 27, 2010]

Second Life Virtual Concert Hall

Seeks works from composers/performers for live performance of new music in an on-line virtual world music hall. Especially interested in art noise, ambient, minimalism, computer music, music influenced by popular styles.

Art of the States

Call for recordings of new music by U.S. composers for international radio broadcast and domestic website streaming

CSU Bakersfield Concert Band

Seeks composers of new works for concert band who can attend performance of or conduct their works. Stipends available.

Arizona University Recordings

Seeks final CD-R or DAT recordings of new works for possible inclusion on its CD series for Universal/QL Music in Europe.

Earplay New Music Ensemble

Seeks scores for 1-6 players for possible inclusion in its current and future seasons.

Fatrock Ink Music Publishers

Seeks to publish newly commissioned works for harp: solo or ensembles with strings, winds, and/or voice, and at all levels. Submissions are accepted from the commissioning entity or directly from composers. Works must not have been published by another company, and composers (copyright holders) must be free to sign a standard publishing contract.

Arts Electric

A worldwide calendar of new music and media art posts a variety of information, interviews, and articles on its website: http://www.arts-electric.org

Diapason Gallery for Sound and Intermedia

Seeks multi-channel sound installations and mixed media work playable by computer, especially works for sound and video, for presentation in Brooklyn.

Duo 46

Seeks duos and trios,featuring violin and guitar that have already been written for possible performance and recording, with current priority for violin,guitar and mandolin trios.

From the Top

Seeks pre-college composers (ages 9-18) to appear on their radio program. National exposure and performance opportunity.

Opus 21

Seeks pieces for solo and chamber ensembles with or without electronics in all genres, preferably shorter works, for possible performance in New York City and Michigan.

New York Miniaturist Ensemble

Seeks works composed of 100 notes or less for possible performance.

Lever harpist Julieanne Rabens

Seeks aesthetically and technically challenging works for lever harp for possible performance and recording in the U.S.

WUOL (Louisville, Ky.)

Seeks broadcast quality recordings for "Brave New World," a weekly radio show dedicated to today's living composers.

Oeuvre

Online publication from Australia invites audio submissions of new music, from symphonic works to experimental works incorporating electronics or found sound.

RMA Music

Seeks scores by Native American composers for their Native American Recording Project: possible recording using state-of-the-art computer generated programs and sound libraries. Specifically sought is music by Native American composers of a "concert" or "classical" nature (orchestral, band, chamber and/or solo works). All rights to the music will remain the property of the composer. No distribution is involved or implied. The composer will be free to distribute or use the finished recordings in whatever way he or she sees appropriate.

Opera librettist Gene Tyburn

Seeks composers interested in setting two completed opera librettos for Hamlet or Iago (both works in rhyming couplets),

Ann Arbor Cantata Singers

Seeks works for unaccompanied choir or for choir. Works with piano or organ accompaniment, of moderate difficulty, and suitable for an advanced community choir are preferred, as are those under 10 minutes.

Second Life Virtual Concert Hall

Seeks works from composers/performers for live performance of new music in an on-line virtual world music hall. Especially interested in art noise, ambient, minimalism, computer music, music influenced by popular styles.

Janus Percussion

Invites composers to submit published and unpublished works for percussion duo for possible performance.

San Francisco Guitar Quartet

The San Francisco Guitar Quartet seeks original compositions in the classical and jazz idiom of any duration for guitar quartet. Preference is for unpublished, unperformed or underperformed, commercially unrecorded works.

Knox-Galesburg Symphony

Seeks short orchestral scores of moderate technical difficulty for possible performance in Illinois.

Living Composers AnythingPiano Project

Seeks music four hands at one piano. Selected works will receive multiple performances in different venues.

Basso Moderno

Seeks short works for solo bass and solo piano treated as equal solo instruments for possible performance. Works which include performance art, acting, dance and multimedia are welcomed.

Schola Cantorum on Hudson

Seeks information on choral works that have received a première, but no significant additional performances, for possible entry into their Project Encore searchable database, designed to facilitate integration of new compositions into choral programming by providing detailed information about new works, links to composer and publisher websites, sound files and sample pages of scores. Each composer is welcome to submit one work for possible inclusion each quarter for the next database update.

Anti-Social Music

Seeks chamber scores (up to 10 players) for world premiere performances in rock clubs and alternative venues in New York City area.

What a Neighborhood! Concert Series

Seeks scores from composers who live, have lived, or work in Manhattan between 145th Street and 92nd Street on the West Side. Works can be in any style, but should be for small ensemble, choir (classical or gospel), or soloist. Works involving piano, violin, cello, soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, and clarinet are preferred.

Cellist Madeleine Shapiro

Seeks works for her "Nature Project: works for cello and natural sounds," an ongoing environmentally oriented cello project which has been presented in numerous venues throughout the US.

Vancouver Miniaturist Ensemble

Seeks miniature scores (100 notes or less) of any duration for soloist or small ensemble. Available instruments include: soprano voice, clarinet and/or bass clarinet, alto or soprano saxophone, flute or alto flute or piccolo, classical guitar, French horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Possible performance in Canada. Ongoing call for submissions.

ERMMedia

Seeks new music organizations wishing to showcase or perform in the 300 seat New Colony Theater in Portsmouth, Virginia. This former Vaudeville theater was obtained by ERMMedia in April of 2009 and has undergone tremendous rehab. The theater will become available free of charge.

Delta State University New Music Ensemble

Seeks scores/recordings for any combination of flute, oboe, saxophones (two performers: satb), bassoon, trumpet, trombone, guitar and percussion (can include electronics and/or video) for possible performance at Delta State U. in Cleveland, Mississippi.

Orange Factory (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Seeks scores (any instrument and/or combination of instruments, up to 8 performers), tapes and videos (PAL DVDs or MPEG2 files), to be considered for future performances within the framework of their concerts and festivals.

Sonict Ensemble (Whitewater, Wisc.)

Seeks scores for possible performance, especially submissions for small chamber groups that include saxophone, saxophone ensemble, percussion, and percussion ensemble, plus works that include electronics.