OpusHER is EMPOWER: Women Changing Music’s annual award for emerging women composers, created to support new voices and expand the contemporary repertoire for wind instruments.
For 2027, we’re looking for one composer to create a brand-new work for mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and an ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, and piano.
The winning work will receive its world premiere at King’s Place, London, before being performed across EMPOWER’s 2027 UK and Ireland tour.
OpusHER is proudly presented by EMPOWER: Women Changing Music in partnership with ABRSM.
OpusHER is EMPOWER: Women Changing Music’s annual award for emerging women composers, created to support new voices and expand the contemporary repertoire for wind instruments.
For 2027, we’re looking for one composer to create a brand-new work for mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and an ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, and piano.
The winning work will receive its world premiere at King’s Place, London, before being performed across EMPOWER’s 2027 UK and Ireland tour.
OpusHER is proudly presented by EMPOWER: Women Changing Music in partnership with ABRSM.
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A commission to create a new 10-minute work for Lotte Betts-Dean and ensemble
A world premiere at King’s Place
Performances across EMPOWER’s 2027 tour
Mentorship from HĂ©loĂŻse Werner, Dani Howard and other esteemed composers
Support towards publication of the winning work
Complimentary tickets to EMPOWER 2027 events
OpusHER is open to composers who identify as women, as well as non-binary composers who wish to apply, aged 18 or over and resident in the UK or Ireland.
There is no upper age limit, and you do not need to have written the proposed piece yet.
We’re looking for exciting, original proposals that respond to the possibilities of voice and ensemble, and connect with EMPOWER’s mission. Your musical language, genre, form and subject matter are entirely up to you
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