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Open calls
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OpusHER is EMPOWER: Women Changing Musicâs annual award for emerging women composers, created to support new voices and expand the contemporary repertoire for wind instruments. For 2027, weâre looking for one composer to create a brand-new work for mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and an ensemble of f
Ensemble Tempus Konnex is looking for innovative contemporary music works. Apply now for TEMPUS LAB 2026! Open to composers of all ages and nationalities. Applicants should submit works written for up to 7 instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Piano, and String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello). W
The Barcelona Modern Festival, with the collaboration of the Institut Français-Barcelona, and the Fundació Conservatori del Liceu, opens the call for submissions for the 13th edition of the Barcelona Modern International Composition Course. The course is primarily aimed at young composers, selected
Duo Raconteur (Calder Sprinkle, narration, and patrick flannery, piano) is hosting a call for proposals for works written for narration and piano! Five to six composers will be selected to compose new works for our upcoming performance in March 2027, which will be held in Baltimore, MD. All sele
The University of Alabama at Birmingham BrassWorks is a flexible faculty ensemble made up of a core brass trio (2 trumpets/flugelhorns and trombone) with with an additional member who performs on jazz piano/jazz alto. Members are: Dr. James Zingara and Dr. Steve Roberts, trumpets; Dr. Caleb Owenby,
.abeceda [New Music Academy] III. INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION ACADEMY [2026/2027] An international composition academy enabling each composer to develop and premiere one new work for one formation: solo, string quartet, chamber ensemble, symphonic orchestra, or choir. Combining online development, exc
The Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP) invites composers and sound artists to submit works and proposals for CAMPGround27, its sixth international festival, taking place March 11â13, 2027, in Tampa, Florida. The three-day festival will feature 20â25 acoustic, electroacoustic, and installation wor
21st SUN RIVER PRIZE Studentsâ New Music Composition Competition Chengdu, P. R. China, 2026 New Talent · New Idea New Composition · New Music â Sponsored by Sichuan Conservatory of Music â Organized by Composition Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music ISCM-Chengdu Section Southwest China Music
9th âVIENNA NEW YEARâS CONCERTâINTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2026"Winners' Concert at the Musikverein Vienna on January 4, 2027"âą Voiceâą Pianoâą Stringsâą Windsâą Percussionâą Conductorâą Chamber Musicâą Composition*The Winners' Concert, featuring the award winners, will take place at the Vienna Musikve
Key Information:Â What: Submit a score for SATB choir, brass quintet, organ â or any combination of these forces Who: Anyone aged 18+ who is born, living or studying in the UK. Deadline: 19 October 2026, 5pm UK time. Result: Selected works will be performed and professionally recorded at our flagsh
Each composer must submit a score with organic from 2 to 6 players: piano, two violins, viola, cello, contrabass. The work must not exceed 12 minutes.The score should be sent in PDF format at klknewmusic@gmail.com. The selected works will be played on November 30 of 2026 by Phoenix Ensemble. The con
The European Creative Contest 2026, International Composition Competition by Euregio Klassika, will be divided into two sections: 1. Choir with even or mixed voices 2. Chamber Ensemble (from Trio to Chamber Orchestra). The prize money of the competition is ⏠2300.00. The first classified in each
Past listings
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The International Young Womenâs Composition Competition is currently accepting submissions for itâs 7th annual competition. Open to young women ages 12-18 (as of January 1, 2026) regardless of country. This call is open to all female-identified and non-binary students. This yearâs composition catego
The competition is open to composers of all nationalities aged 18 and over.Entry to the competition is free.PRIZEThe best composition of an original contemporary aria based on a sacred text will be performed in concert at the San Colombano Music Festival 2027JURYPresident: Stefano Delle Donne, violi
The 2027 University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival will be held March 1-2 at the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music. Guest performers and clinicians include Majel Connery and Duo Scibelli-Lombardi, who will join UTK faculty performers and clinicians Wesley Baldwin, Arthur Zanin, Stephen Sa
The National Young Composers Challenge is now accepting submissions! All composers ages 13-18 living in the United States are eligible to submit their work. Six winning composers will receive cash awards and have their music performed live by members of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday,
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame Featuring Clarinet Duos with Thomas Piercy Submit https://www.newmusicengine.org/categories/Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame-Featur... Submission Guidelines Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring NYC- and Tokyo-based clarinetist Thoma
Ensemble Kochi, JAPAN, is calling for a work for chamber ensemble to be premiered at the 27th Concert âPassionately Forged Beethovenâ 1. Day of the performance and venue March 19th, 2027, TOYOSU Cultural Center Hall, Koto-ward, Tokyo, JAPAN 2. Work 2-1.Condition for a work Only unpublished and un-
Theia Ensemble, based in Salerno, Italy, is keeping focus on modern and contemporary music, in a new, broader framework of attention of the community for contemporary expressions in arts. The Ensemble is launching this year the third edition of its contemporary music festival Ligatura 2026, and is a
hluk : zvuk invites composers of all nationalities and ages to submit works for two concert projects presented during the second half of the 2026 season. Selected works will be performed by laug.sonoris, a contemporary music ensemble based in Prague and TrenÄĂn. Previously performed works are welcom
Hauspoz, the Accordion Association of the Basque Country, announces the XIX Francisco Escudero International Accordion Composition Competition. Open to composers of any age and nationality, the competition features two categories: (1) works for solo accordion or chamber music including accordion (up
ARCHEIA presents LUM â Live Unwritten MemoryAn international composition competition to give voice to living memory, in collaboration with Fondazione BuonoLopera, Museo Diffuso della Resistenza di Torino, and with the support of the Circoscrizione I of Turin. Write music for string quartet in dialog
The members have voted in the poll and decided upon a theme for the next competition - "From Nothing, to Something"! This competition has no monetary awards - only kudos and badges. We are inviting the members/competitors to review and to participate in the creation of the badge awards that will be
WINDS COMPOSITION CONTEST SAXONY â 5th Edition The Dresden Philarmonic Wind Orchestra (Dresdner Blaserphilharmonie e.V.), in association with She Lives, the leading European musical association for promoting the dissemination of contemporary musicâ are honoured to announce the fourth edition of the