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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.
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Tansman Composer Competition 2010 $$$
Application Deadline:
9/5/2010
Seeks original, recently-composered, unawarded scores 14 instruments up to full symphonic orchestra, with or without soloists, but no electronics. Cash awards and performances in Lodz, Poland, in October and November, 2010.
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Indianapolis Symphonic Choir $$$
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Seeks original, unpublished, unperformed short (3-5 minutes) Christmas carols between 3 for SATB, mixed adult choir (a cappella or with keyboard accompaniment) from U.S. composers under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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts $$$
Application Deadline:
9/15/2010
Seeks applications from composers of limited means for four fully funded NEA Fellowship residencies at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Amherst, Virginia. Residencies range from two to six weeks between February and May 2011. [posted August 12, 2010]
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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts $$$
Application Deadline:
9/15/2010
Seeks applications from composers with ethnically diverse backgrounds for four fully funded, first-time NEA Fellowship residencies at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Amherst, Virginia. Residencies range from two to six weeks between February and May 2011.
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Seattle Symphony
Application Deadline:
9/24/2010
Seeks orchestra or chamber orchestra scores with "Asian influences (Asian folk melodies, Asian stories and legends, Asian traditional instruments)" from composers under age 42 for their Celebrate Asia! Composer Competition. Cash award and premiere performance in Seattle. [posted August 24, 2010]
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NALAC Fund for the Arts
Application Deadline:
9/24/2010
Seeks qualified applicants for their 2010 grants "to strengthen Latino arts organizations and to support Latino artists in the creation of their work." [posted August 9, 2010]
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Zellerbach Family Foundation
Application Deadline:
9/28/2010
Seeks non-profit community arts organization applicants for their Community Arts Grant program supporting San Francisco Bay-area nonprofit arts organizations for performance-oriented projects that represent contemporary, cutting-edge new work. [posted August 2, 2010]
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National Lutheran Choir
Application Deadline:
9/30/2010
Seeks short, original, unpublished, unperformed choral settings of Sacred Judeo-Christian texts (SATB, SSAATTBB or variations thereof, a cappella with optional obligato solo instrument) for their Choral Composition Competition celebrating their 25th season. Cash award, May 2011 premiere in Minneapolis, and possible publication.
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Major Orchestra Librarians' Association & Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music $$$
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]
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temp'óra $$$
Application Deadline:
9/30/2010
Seeks composers and soloists or ensembles (instrumental and/or vocal) involved mainly in contemporary music interested in a collaborative project involving at least three different countries, with each participant commissioning and performing a piece from a composer of its own country, then each participant will also include the new commissions of the collaboration participants. Temp'óra provides commissioning fee.
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Austrian Composer Society
Application Deadline:
9/30/2010
Seeks scores orchestra (maximum 15 minutes in duration) for their GustavMahler-Composition Competition 2010/11. Performances in Vienna and possible other European cities.
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Bluegrass Opera
Application Deadline:
9/30/2010
Seeks new English-language works for the musical stage that have not yet received a professional performance for possible staging in Lexington, Kentucky. This call includes operas, operettas, musicals, etc. "If you're not sure where your work fits, tell us about it and we'll figure it out together." [posted September 1, 2010]
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Existential Pilot
Application Deadline:
10/1/2010
Seeks solo or ensemble scores for various combinations of piano (one pianist or 4-hands); violin; clarinet; female voice (range F3 to D7); electric bass; and prepared electronics for possible performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during 2010-11.
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Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Conn.) $$$
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]
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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]
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American Guild of Organists (Region V)
Application Deadline:
10/1/2010
Seeks short, solo organ works for use in church/synagogue services on suggested scriptural themes. Original works, or, if any existing hymn tune is included, these must be in public domain (not under copyright). Cash awards and collection publication by MorningStar. [posted August 11, 2010]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Duquesne University's Accidental Collective
Application Deadline:
10/5/2010
Seeks chamber scores under 20 minutes in duration for their multi-media, multi-genre, contemporary music ensemble, especially those relating to themes of world music and "metal(s)" for possible performance in Pittsburgh. [posted August 30]
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ART 342 $$$
Application Deadline:
10/11/2010
Seeks applications for their Spring 2011 residency program (January 17 ? April 22, 2011) for emerging and established artists, writers and composers, situated in a semi-rural area alongside the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, north of Denver, Colo. Awards for accepted applicants include 24-hour access to free studios, living space and a modest stipend. [posted August 30, 2010]
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Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra
Application Deadline:
10/15/2010
Seeks PDF work samples and resumes from U.S., Canadian, or Mexico-resident composers interesting in writing a short, new chamber orchestra work for their final concert of the 2010-11 season on May 4, 2011. Cash commission, travel expenses. Selected composer expected to attend premiere. [posted August 16, 2010]
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Fifth Floor Collective $$$
Application Deadline:
10/15/2010
Seeks short chamber scores for up to three of the following instruments: horn in F, clarinet in B-flat, viola, violin, cello, and piano. Solo works are also eligible. Possible performance during their 2010-11 season in Cambridge, Mass. [posted August 12, 2010]
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Cincinnati Children's Choir $$$
Application Deadline:
10/15/2010
Seeks short choral scores from emerging composers for treble voices (unison to multiple parts, beginner, intermediate or advanced level of difficulty), a capella or piano accompaniment, optional solo or duet obligato instruments (ie: violin, cello, flute, recorder, clarinet) for their annual Composition Competition. Cash award, performance, possible publication. [posted July 15, 2010]
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Boston Metro Opera $$$
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.
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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.
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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.
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Third Millennium Ensemble $$$
Application Deadline:
10/20/2010
Seeks scores for any combination of flute, clarinet, violin (up to 2 players) viola, cello, piano, percussion (1 player) and soprano or baritone voice for their 2011 Composers Competition. Cash awards, performances, archival recordings. [posted August 2, 2010]
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Opera Vista $$$
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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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Jefferson Choral Society (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Application Deadline:
11/1/2010
Seeks short, unpublished choral works (at most SSAATTBB and at a minimum SATB), a cappella or with piano accompaniment only, setting English secular texts, from Virginia-resident composers only for their 21st anniversary concert season in 2010-2011. Cash award and performance. [posted August 2, 2010]
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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]
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ActorCor
Application Deadline:
11/1/2010
Seeks short choral pieces appropriate for strong amateur chorus that "relate to interfaith understanding and reconciliation, especially between the three main Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism and Islam)" for their Second Annual Interfaith Choral Competition. Scores should be SATB, SAB, a cappella, or with accompaniment of keyboard, percussion, and/or up to small ensemble of chamber instruments. Rare or non-Western instruments considered on a case-by-case basis depending on availability. January 2011 performance in NYC. [posted August 9, 2010]
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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).
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Albany Symphony
Application Deadline:
11/13/2010
Seeks recent, unpublished, unperformed, short orchestral sores (no concertos, choral works, works with excessive electronics) from U.S. composers or noncitizen lcomposers permanently residing, or studying full-time, in the U.S. Three finalists will be selected to join the orchestra in March and May 2011 for professional development and rehearsal/reading sessions. [posted August 4, 2010]
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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.
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American Academy in Rome $$$
Application Deadline:
11/15/2010
Seeks applicants for their Rome Prize 2011 residency fellowships at the Academy?s eleven-acre center in Rome; room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend. The Academy offers up to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years. [posted August 12, 2010]
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Austin Symphony
Application Deadline:
11/19/2010
Seeks short, original, unperformed, unpublished orchestral scores (no electronics) from young Texas composers, ages 18 and younger, for their 1st Annual Young Composers Competition. Performances and archival recording.
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Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany) $$$
Application Deadline:
12/1/2010
Seeks composer applicants for their fourth Summer Academy residency program, August 5 - 22, 2011, in Stuttgart. 16 composers at various stages in their work will be chosen to participat in Individual lessons, evening presentations, and public performances of participants' works by the Freiburg-based Ensemble SurPlus. Some scholarships, partial scholarships, and need-based scholarships are available. [posted August 4, 2010]
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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).
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City Chorus (London, England) $$$
Application Deadline:
12/3/2010
Seeks composers from around the world to apply for their 90th birthday season commission for a new work for adult mixed choir. "Our 'ideal' composer will be able to write music that is original and exciting, yet within the capability of our amateur singers."
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Fordham University
Application Deadline:
12/5/2010
Seeks scores from New York City area composers for newly-composed songs to texts by Hart Crane (also James Joyce) for possible performance on their Voices Up series. Please submit PDF scores between November 5 and December 5, 2010. [posted August 24, 2010]
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Longfellow Chorus (Portland, Maine) $$$
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.
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UnTwelve
Application Deadline:
12/15/2010
Seek recent FLAC audio format submissions of new works featuring new tunings, temperaments, and microtonality that "reflect the potential of using tunings/temperaments other than 12-equal." Cash award. [posted August 30]
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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.
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Areon Flutes $$$
Application Deadline:
12/15/2010
Seeks online submissions of PDF scores and MP3 recordings for solo or chamber works (2-6 players) which includes a flute. Cash commission award and performance. [posted September 1, 2010]
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Trio de Magia (Valencia (Spain)
Application Deadline:
12/20/2010
Seeks original, unpublished, unrecorded scores up to 17 minutes in duration for any combination of saxophone, piano and percussion (additional electronics OK) from composers under the age of 30 for their first Contest for Young Composers. Up to three works may be selected for performance during their 2011 season. [posted July 12, 2010}
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Orchestra of Our Time $$$
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.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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Leeds University Liturgical Choir
Application Deadline:
1/14/2011
Seeks short, recent works for SATB choir and oboe for their Choral Composition Competition. Cash award and performance. [posted August 24, 2010]
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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.
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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.
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2011 Trust $$$
Application Deadline:
1/31/2011
Seeks unpublished, unperformed, original settings of specific texts from the King James Bible from composers under age 30 for their King James Bible Composition Awards. Two categories of submissions: anthem or song for up to four vocal parts (SATB) and keyboard; anthem for an experienced choir (such as a cathedral, well-resourced church or professional group) in up to eight parts (SATB), unaccompanied or with organ). Cash awards and performances in London (U.K.), and publication. Please note: Applicants must register online beginning May 1, 2010 before any submission of scores.
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Bone Therapy Jan 2011
Application Deadline:
1/31/2011
Seeks recent, short, original, unpublished scores for trombone ensemble (4-8 parts) of intermediate to advanced grade intended skilled amateur players for their Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest. "The pieces should be accessible and help to popularize the trombone when played for general audiences." Generous cash awards, performance at the 40th Anniversary International Trombone Festival in Nashville, Tenn and possible publication. [posted July 29, 2010]
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Chamber Music Rochester
Application Deadline:
2/1/2011
Seeks chamber scores for any combination of two to five instruments (specifically: clarinet, violins (up to 2), viola, cello, and bass) from New York State student composers in two categories (college level and high school level). Cash awards and performances. Compositions may be up to 15 minutes in duration.
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Butler County Symphony Orchestra $$$
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.
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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.
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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.
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Loudoun Symphony $$$
Application Deadline:
2/15/2011
Seeks orchestral scores (no concertos) from U.S. composers for their 2011 American Composers Competition. Cash prize and travel stipend to attend performance in Leesburg, Va. Submitted scores need not be unperformed works, but preference for works with only for a limited number of performances. Competition is intended to give composers a 2nd or 3rd performance of their works. [posted August 30, 2010]
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Vancouver Chamber Choir
Application Deadline:
3/7/2011
Seeks original choral scores from composers ages 8-22 for their Young Composers' Competition. Cash awards in three age categories and performances of finalists in Vancouver. [posted August 24, 2010]
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Delta Omicron $$$
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.
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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]
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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.
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Art of the States
Call for recordings of new music by U.S. composers for international radio broadcast and domestic website streaming
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CSU Bakersfield Concert Band
Seeks composers of new works for concert band who can attend performance of or conduct their works. Stipends available.
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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.
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Earplay New Music Ensemble
Seeks scores for 1-6 players for possible inclusion in its current and future seasons.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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From the Top
Seeks pre-college composers (ages 9-18) to appear on their radio program. National exposure and performance opportunity.
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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.
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New York Miniaturist Ensemble
Seeks works composed of 100 notes or less for possible performance.
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Lever harpist Julieanne Rabens
Seeks aesthetically and technically challenging works for lever harp for possible performance and recording in the U.S.
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WUOL (Louisville, Ky.)
Seeks broadcast quality recordings for "Brave New World," a weekly radio show dedicated to today's living composers.
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Oeuvre
Online publication from Australia invites audio submissions of new music, from symphonic works to experimental works incorporating electronics or found sound.
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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.
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Opera librettist Gene Tyburn
Seeks composers interested in setting two completed opera librettos for Hamlet or Iago (both works in rhyming couplets),
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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.
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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.
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Janus Percussion
Invites composers to submit published and unpublished works for percussion duo for possible performance.
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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.
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Knox-Galesburg Symphony
Seeks short orchestral scores of moderate technical difficulty for possible performance in Illinois.
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Living Composers AnythingPiano Project
Seeks music four hands at one piano. Selected works will receive multiple performances in different venues.
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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.
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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.
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Anti-Social Music
Seeks PDF scores for possible performances in rock clubs and alternative venues in New York City area. No core instrumentation, but scores for these instruments more likely to stay in rotation: sax(cl), vc(trb), vln, acc, pno, trb, fl, gtr, Sop. [updated August 27, 2010]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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