Music Composition: Contests

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For NACUSA members aged 18-30.

For anyone 40 years old or younger. Requirements:(A work for concert band with no restrictions as to style or form. Compositions must be for GRADE III/IV CONCERT BAND and must not exceed eight (8) minutes in length.

This page is a compilation of current opportunities in the electroacoustic music community.

For members of IAWM. An annual international competition that includes ten different prize categories ranging from chamber and orchestral works to electro-acoustic media, improvisation, and sound installation.

Biennial. Anyone may enter. REQUIREMENTS: A work for concert band with no restrictions as to style or form. Compositions must be for Grade II/III concert band and accessible to young bands. Sponsored by Alfred Music Publishing.

Based in Ireland; listings are from around the world

from the Music Composition and Technology website, "The Composers New Pencil"

Musical works requiring one to five performers are eligible, as are works employing electronic media (including tape alone). Composers may submit more than one work.