Seeks applications from CMA members for their New Jazz Works program, which supports professional jazz ensembles in the creation, performance, and cultivation of original work over a three-year project period (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013).

Seek short, recently composed mixed chamber choir works (unaccompanied or with piano accompaniment; obbligato cello also available; no electronics) for their Choral Composition Competition. Works may have been performed previously. Cash award, performances in Kansas City, Mo., and recording.

Seeks short CD submissions of original electronic works from full-time students in an accredited high school, grades 9 - 12, residing in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, or Vermont for their 7th annual electronic music composition contest for Northeast high school composers. Cash award, other prizes.

Seeks short chamber scores (max. 20 min.) for 1-15 performers (including vocalists; works for tape, electronics and/or mixed media with or without instruments/voices are eligible) for their 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award . Cash awards, performances.

Seeks applications from emerging composers and musicians 30 years old and younger, interested in writing and/or performing music for puppet-theater during a week at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn, June 12-20, 2010.

Seeks applications from women composers for its international competition, which includes ten prize categories ranging from chamber and orchestral works to electro-acoustic media, improvisation, and sound installation. Membership in IAWM is required to enter.

Seeks applications for their next New Voices project, which will offer seven emerging Philadelphia-area composers the opportunity to have new works rehearsed, performed, and recorded by professional performing ensembles. ACF Philadelphia will collaborate with International Opera Theater to give seven local composers an opportunity to gain practical experience in writing an opera, resulting in a new opera production to be premiered in November 2010 at Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia. Individual composers residing or working in the Philadelphia region are eligible to apply (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties in Pa. and Camden County in N.J.). Applicants need not be members of the American Composers Forum to apply; however, artists who are selected must become ACF members and remain ACF members for the duration of the project.

Seeks short, original, unpublished fanfares for wind ensemble (Class AA high school, grade 5+/- difficulty) for their 75th anniversary fanfare competition. Cash award and performance.

Seeks scores for their 66th Annual Composers Conference for their July 18-August 1, 2010 at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Guest composers are Melinda Wagner and Michael Gandolfi. Composers are invited to submit scores for judges' selection of ten composition Fellows. The ten chosen Fellows will attend the Conference and will have readings and performance of a piece to include any combination of the following: 1 each of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone; 2 pianos, 2 percussionists, double string quartet, 1 contrabass, 1 soprano or mezzo-soprano. Submissions for judging need not conform to this instrumentation.

Seeks short scores for unpublished, unperformed works for solo voice or instrument or for an ensemble up to fifteen players (specific instruments) from composers under age 40 for their 28th annual ALEA III International Composition Prize.  Performances in Boston, one cash award.

Seeks scores and CDs of new sacred works in two categories (non liturgical and Catholic mass setting for the New English Transation) that meet specific additional requirements regarding texts and performers. Cash awards and performance at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on June 12. Winning composers are expected to attend. Please note: previous deadline of Feb 2 now extended to March 19, 2010.

Seeks applicants aged 14-19 for their Young Composers Program, June 20-26, 2010 at the Cleveland Institute of Music: preparation, public performance, and CD recording of a work by each student. Each student will work with professional musicians to prepare the performance of his or her piece, with coaching from the faculty.

Seeks performance tape submissions from composers of their unpublished and unrecorded works for up to 9 players (unless applicant supplies a finished digital master tape, free to release) for possible selection and inclusion on commercially distributed compact disc. CRS, Inc. also seeks submissions from performers as well as composers.

Seek applicants for their "Hollywood Calling: An Insider's Guide to Film Scoring" two-day workshop featuring instruction by experienced film composers Sean McMahon and Christopher Young, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the McNally Smith College of Music in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Seeks scores for piano quartet (violin, viola, cello and piano) with a maximum duration of 20 minutes for their Gustav Mahler Composition Competition 2010/11. Performances in Vienna and possibly other European cities.

Seeks applications (sample PDF score and recording, proposal for new work) from commissioned and performed PhD or DMA composers (granted between 2000 and June of 2010) for their Composer-in-Residence Fellowship during their Summer Festival, July 14-25, 2010. Selected composer will write one work for piano, soprano, and percussion for performance during residency.

Seeks choral works in two categories: 1) mixed a cappella settings of a specific text (The "33rd Song" taken from the "Paradiso" of Dante's "Divine Comedy") and 2) a cappella works written for a children's choir (composers are free to use any lyrics they choose). Cash award and publication.

Seeks resumes, letters of recommendation, and work samples from Minnesota composers only who are interested in a proposed cash commission for a short new work for chamber ensemble and narrator intended for their "Kinder Konzerts on the Road" education program. WAMSO has selected three story books from which the composer can choose for the proposed composition.

Seeks applicants for their four-week program for young instrumentalists and composers: private lessons, chamber music coachings, seminars, and performance opportunities. July 5 - Aug. 1, 2010, time in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Composers who are also accomplished string players (violin, viola, cello or bass) or woodwind players (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon or horn) are encouraged to apply as a performer.

Seeks short unpublished, unperformed works for harp or harp with a second instrument (selected from among the following list: guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano, without any electronic components) from U.S. student composers under 35 for their 2010 Composition Competition. Cash award and performance.

Invites composer and performer applicants for their 2010 highSCORE Festival, July 14-26, in Pavia, Italy. Composition Colloquium with Christopher Theofanidis and Master Classes with Paul Moravec. Evening concerts featuring composers' works performed by faculty, distinguished guest artists, and participant performers will professionally recorded (participants will received copies) and portions of select concerts may be broadcast nationally on Italian radio, and also via live-streaming video online. highSCORE Festival 2010 will focus on compositions for string quartet plus classical, acoustic or electric guitar, in any combination, with or without live electronics.

Seeks new chamber works for brass in a wide variety of styles for possible inclusion on their debut recording scheduled for release in the fall of 2010. Works should be scored for horn, trombone, bass trombone, and two trumpets keyed in Bb or C; Eb and piccolo trumpet may also be employed as well as flugel horns. Drum set would be a preferred addition to the jazz, hip hop, rock, pop, latin, and country or bluegrass genres.

Seeks submissions from young composers from around the world (two categories: ages 18-23 and 23-33) for their 1st International Composition Competition. Competition categories include genres of music spanning from classical to modern traditional music (sixteenth century style - twentieth century style) and includes no restrictions in regards to instrumental or vocal works. No electronic or microtonal scores. Cash awards.

Seeks scores for a cappella works for 16-voice mixed chorus and those with piano accompaniment for from U.S. composers and composers living in the U.S. for 5 years or more (whose musical activities take place primarily in the U.S.) for their 2010 Choral Composition Competition. Cash awards, performance in NYC, archival recording, and possible publication by G. Schirmer/Associated Music Publishers.

Seeks electronic score submissions of short works for solo instrument, small ensemble, or any combination up to a chamber orchestra for their 2010 Composers Competition. The work may have one soloist (instrument or vocal) but no chorus. Works with additional media, and/or electronic components will be considered as well.

Seeks short string orchestra scores from student composers in grades 6 - 12 living in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or New York, for their 2010 David Einfeldt String Orchestra Composition Contest. Cash scholarships and performances.

Seeks original, unpublished 6-12 minute scores in two categories (timpani solo, marimba and cello duet) for their 37^th Percussion Composition Contest. Cash awards..

Seeks submissions from composers under 35 of art songs or song cycles (solo voice and piano only) that make use of LGBT-themed texts for their "Secret Music Award." Cash award and performance in New York City on June 22, 2010. Works may have received prior performance. Preference may be given to previously unperformed works.

Seeks composer applicants aged 18-35 for their Composer's Recording Institute at Cleveland State University, July 12-16, 2010, a weeklong workshop during which each participant will have a work of his or hers rehearsed by the resident professional performers, then produced in a 2-hour long recording session. Available instrumentation includes any of the following: violin/cello/piano trio, violin/piano duo, cello/piano duo, violin/cello duo, solo violin, solo cello, or solo piano.

Seek short scores for 1-4 instruments for their 2010 Composition Competition. Works including electroacoustic instruments are eligible. There are no restrictions on style. Performance in New York City in the fall of 2010.

Seeks short unpublished, unperformed scores for mixed chorus SATB from composers in two categories (emerging composers aged 18-30; all composers over 18) for their Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest 2010. Cash awards and travel expenses to attend premiere.

Seeks original, unpublished, unperformed scores for wind concert band c. 15-25 in length for their biennial International Composition Contest. Cash awards and premiere performances in Belgium in November of 2010.

Seeks registrants for their 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO sessions for songwriters, composers, lyricists, producers, publishers and other music industry professionals, April 22-24, 2010 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Discounts for ASCAP and ACF members who register early ("Deep Discount Pricing" will end January 31).

Seeks short (8-12 minutes), original, piano scores (no prepared piano) from composers of any nationality born after January 1, 1965, for their 2011 International Composition Prize.  Performances at Penn State, performance recording, cash awards, possible additional performances.

Seeks Philadelphia-area resident applicants for their small, career-advancement subito grants for professionals in the field of new music.

Seeks short, original, unperformed, unrecorded fanfares (for any combination of instruments commonly found in a concert band) for their 40^th Season Fanfare Competition. Up to 4 scores will be selected for premiere performance in Massachusetts, archival recording, and publication by Cimarron Music Press if the composer wishes.

Seek short, unpublished instrumental compositions for chamber orchestra and electro-acoustic music for their Eighth International Competition for Composers "Citta' di Udine." Cash award, public performance in Italy.

Seeks proposals for their "Playing it UNsafe" research and development laboratory, which will include an extended series of rehearsal and public workshop/readings with ACO's Orchestra Underground during the 2010-11 season, culminating in performance in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.  Proposed works can be up to 15 minutes (single movements or sections of a larger work-in-progress are acceptable) and scored for single winds and brass instruments (standard orchestra doublings are permitted); harp, keyboard, 2 percussion plus timpani (3 players); and strings (6.5.4.3.2). Proposals that use alternative instruments, soloist, electronics, digital technology, video or multidisciplinary elements are encouraged. Smaller instrumentations are permissible; however, proposed works should reflect the orchestral nature of the ensemble with multiple strings on a part.

Seeks original choral works for mixed chorus (mostly SATB) with piano or organ accompaniment, or a capella for their Composition Competition. Cash awards and performance in Western New York State.

Seeks digital master tapes (studio recordings only, no live recordings) of composer's works for any medium for possible inclusion on a partially subsidized commercial CD release. If mastertape is accepted, cost for applicant is $150 per minute of recorded music.

Seek scores for one to seven performers, in any combination of instruments, tape, and/or solo voices (no choral) from composers of student age or those just beginning their professional careers currently living in New York State (students currently studying in New York State are eligible). Applicants must be born on or after May 1, 1980. Cash awards and performances in New York City.

Seeks piano-vocal scores for unpublished, English-language operas under 60 minutes and with a maximum of 20 players. Excerpts from three finalists will be presented at their annual convention, and the winning opera will be produced in its entirety at the NOA convention the following year.

Seeks sample scores and recordings from Minnesota composers interested in a cash commission for an original choral composition (in a difficulty range of Class I/II from the Minnesota State High School League Music Handbook) to be premiered by the All-State Women's Choir (SSA or SSAA voicing) in August, 2011, at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Seeks PDF scores and recordings (MIDI acceptable) for their sextet instrumentation for their 1^st Composition Contest. Cash award, travel stipend to attend ehearsal and recording session in Chicago. Works must be written for all six players of eighth blackbird. The instrumentation of eighth blackbird is: flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (b-flat, a, bass), violin (viola), cello, percussion and piano. All submitted works should be 5-15 minutes in length.

Seeks short, unpublished, unperformed original choral scores (SATB with limited divisi in soprano and alto parts only) from U.S. composers for their 1^st Wallingford Chorus Call for Scores. Piano accompaniment required; additional instruments optional. Theme may be secular or sacred. Cash award, premiere in New Haven,. Conn., and recording of performance.

Seeks unperformed solo compositions for acoustic piano (no preparations or electronics), under 10 minutes in length, from Minnesota composers only. Selected works will be performed in at a workshop and at concerts in Minneapolis and New York City. Composers must be current residents of Minnesota to be eligible for this call for scores.

Seeks unpublished original works for standard drums/orchestral percussion, mallet percussion, world percussion (Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, African,Middle Eastern, etc.) for their 3rd Annual IronWorks Percussion Duo Composition Competition. Cash awards, performances, publication, and CD recording.

Seeks a cappella choral scores for their 2010-2011 "Polyphonos" Competition. Three composers in three categories (non-U.S., U.S., and under age 20) will be selected for a commission for a new choral work that will be premiered by the ensemble in 2011. In addition to the commission, each of the winning composers will receive $1000 US plus airfare and accommodations to attend the Seattle premiere of their commissioned work.

ACF Philadelphia's Community Partners: Film Composers Edition provides direct support to composers for production of a film score for a new film that highlights Philadelphia communities, cultures, or history, such as: films highlighting, depicting or otherwise involving Philadelphia communities or individuals within those communities; films of specific interest to Philadelphia communities, but not necessarily directly about the community; films that highlight some aspect of Philadelphia's history or cultural heritage; films that highlight an influential or overlooked individual or community group whose work has impacted Philadelphia communities; films that are fictional, depicting an individual, community, or political or cultural issue, if it relates directly to Philadelphia and its communities.

Individual composers in the Philadelphia region are eligible to apply.

Seeks scores for their ensemble's specific instrumentation for their Third International Composition Competition. Submiitted scores may use ONLY the following instruments, either together or in sectors, involving a minimum of 2 performers and a maximum of 5, without conductor and without vocal participation: flute (single performer including piccolo, G alto flute); clarinet in B-flat (single performer including A-clarinet and B-flat bass clarinet); violin (single performer); cello (single performer); and piano (single performer). Cash award and performance.

Seeks scores for solo and chamber orchestra works up to 18 performers for possible performance and recording during the 2010/11 season in New York City. Compositions employing voice, percussion and/or electronic means are acceptable. Preference will be given to compositions that have not been performed in New York under professional auspices.

Seeks short, creative, a cappella choral arrangements and transcriptions of existing musical works for mixed choir (SATB -- divisi is acceptable but must not exceed SSAATTBB) that are unpublished and that have not received a Midwest premiere performance. Cash award, Midwest premiere in Kansas City, Mo., possible publication and recording. Note: deadline extended to June 1 (originally posted as March 1) and email submissions now accepted.

Seeks submissions for their 2010 EMM Festival, October 14-16 2010, at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system. Acclaimed flutist, Rebecca Ashe, will be the featured performer, and composers are encouraged to submit works for her consideration. Any composer regardless of region, age or nationality may submit one work for consideration in various electronic categories. No entry fee, but EMM registration required for selected composers.

Seek unpublished, unawarded settings of specific texts of Brahmavihara for mixed choirs (SATB) a capella for their International Composer Competition Brahmavihara 2010. Cash awards and performances of selected work during the 2011 Grand Priz Pattaya Festival in Thailand.

Seeks applicant artists from across the globe working in all disciplines (including music/composition/sound) for their 2011 Artist in Residence Program in Sausalito, California. The program offers fully sponsored, live-in and live-out residencies to 40-50 artists each year from March to November, 2011. The Center seeks "artists who are interested in exploring new directions in their work and expand the parameters of their chosen medium, and who consider art's role in relation to the larger social, cultural or political issues of our time."

Seeks proposals for 1-hour presentations by composers on a topic of their choice at the 12th Annual Aspen Composers' Conference will be held on July 26, 2010, during the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado.

Seek scores of groups of songs (duration up to 20 minutes), written after the year 2000, with texts in English (preferrably from living poets), for any combination of high voice/tenor,piano and double bass. Possible performance in Munich, Germany, in 2011. Selected composers will receive live recording of performance.

Seeks unpublished song and song-cycle submissions (two categories: under age 18 and over age 18) for their 2nd Annual Composition Contest. No choral works, please. Selected composers will have the opportunity to attend rehearsals and a professional performance of their work in Los Angeles, and receive an archival recording of the performance.

Seeks short, original compositions for mixed choir for their second annual Choral Composition Contest. Preferred voicing is SATB, with or without keyboard accompaniment (divisi up to SSAATTBB acceptable). Works for SA (div. up to SSAA) or TB (div. up to TTBB) will also be considered, as will works with light instrumental accompaniment (3 players or less) other than keyboard. Cash prize and performance.

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.

Seeks submissions of original compostions for specific instruments and various levels of difficulty for their International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2010. Possible concert performance in Greece, award certificates.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.