Members

We are happy to welcome the composers from Madrid who have recently joined ECF. The AMCC is organising a major contemporary music festival in Madrid called COMA. More info on their Website: http://amcc-coma.blogspot.com

Subject: THEATRALIZATION OF MUSIC

We invite composers, regardless of age and nationality, to submit scores in one or more of the following categories:
а) music for solo instrument: voice, flute (including alto flute and piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, acoustic guitar (electric), violin, viola, cello, double bass and percussion (several instruments acceptable, as [...]

We are happy to welcome the Portuguese composers in ECF and announce that their “Arquipélago, Associação de Compositores de Portugal” has recently joined ECF. For more info click here .

On Friday, March 6, 2009 three Dutch organizations of composers (BIM: Professional Association of Improvisators; C’96: Composers ‘96, and GeNeCo: Society of Dutch Composers) have founded the “Union of Composers in The Netherlands”. This new federation of composer’s organizations will serve the collective interests of its members as well on national as on international level. [...]

Calls & Competitions

Subject: THEATRALIZATION OF MUSIC

We invite composers, regardless of age and nationality, to submit scores in one or more of the following categories:
а) music for solo instrument: voice, flute (including alto flute and piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, acoustic guitar (electric), violin, viola, cello, double bass and percussion (several instruments acceptable, as [...]

www.abermusicfest.org
Applications are invited from aspiring professional composers of all ages and abilities to join the Musicfest Composition Course.
The course will consist of seminar groups and one to one sessions. Composers will also have the opportunity to prepare, prior to the course, a 5 minute work for the Orion chamber orchestra www.orionorchestra.org.uk
The course offers the opportunity [...]

Composers of any age or nationality may submit:
Works scored for: solo saxophone, solo piano, or saxophone and piano duo with or without electronics - maximum duration of 12 minutes. No live electronics.
Deadline: April, 30 2010
Entry fee: euro 30 (thirty) for one score, and euro 20 (twenty) per score if more than one is submitted.
Awards: The [...]

Receipt Deadline: June 14, 2010
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) announces the Annual Call for Works by all IAWM members. We decided to focus purely on electronic media this year, and we will make certain the focus of our annual concert in future years covers a wide variety of instrumental forces. The IAWM [...]

The Utrecht Wind Ensemble (”Utrechts Blazers Ensemble”) issues a Call for Scores. The UBE focuses on playing modern classical music and therefore finds itself in a unique place among Dutch student ensembles. Even though this niche is not always appreciated by the large public, the members are not afraid to choose for challenging and original [...]

Law & Copyright

ECSA believes that this decision demonstrates the committee’s recognition of the value of the work of all creators of music

Events

The 3rd edition of the new music convention platform designed for composers and professionals from the European contemporary music scene is opened in the Capital of Poland in the frame of the 53rd Warsaw Autumn Festival and the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin.

ARTMUSFAIR is devoted to strengthening the position of European contemporary [...]

Musical Diversity - Looking back…Looking forward
The first European Forum on Music will offer interactive sessions for discussion as well as a meeting place for the European music sector. We will exchange with politicians in charge at regional, national as well as European level.
Vienna, 14-18 April 2010

More information available in January 2010 on www.emc-imc.org/EFM

initiated by the European Composers Forum in cooperation with BASCA and the Scottish Music Centre

ARTMUSFAIR is the place to develop your music project together with European partners! Following the premiere in the frame of the Nordic Music Days 2008 in Helsinki, the 2nd edition of ARTMUSFAIR again open to representatives from throughout the contemporary classical [...]

The Culture Programme Conference on Monday 28 September will present past and ongoing projects (funded by Culture 2000 and the Culture Programme 2007-2013), encouraging exchange of experience and good practice between cultural operators.
The European Culture Forum on 29-30 September aims to bring together around 600 participants from culture civil society, Member States and EU [...]

ExTra! Final event and EMC Annual Conference 2009
23-26 April 2009
Athens, Greece

Registration Deadline: 10 April 2009
Registration and more information are now available here.

The conference will take place alongside with the EMC Annual conference and meeting. It will be discussed how music can serve as a tool for integration in education as well as in a political…