Members

All members are cordially invited to participate in the General Assembly 2011 in Ljubljana from 5th to 7th November.
Find the detailed programme here: programme_ljubljana2011

C A L L   F O R   S C O R E S
Subject “SPLENDOR OF THE VOICE”
with the option of including a chamber ensemble (as specificed under b), or a chamber string orchestra
The following ensembles are eligible:
a) choir: male, female, mixed
b) chamber ensembles with obligatory voices or voices (up to 4)
The ensemble (up to [...]

We welcome our latest member, the Ukraine Foundation of Contemporary Music, which has joined ECF in February 2011 and which has been recently founded and which represents composers, musicologists and songwriters from acrosse the Ukraine.

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 [...]

Calls & Competitions

The 1st International Alkema Composition Contest for saxophone and piano, with cross-over elements, is now open for composers of all nationalities and all ages; deadline 27th April 2012. This Contest is organised by MatchingArts and Utrechts Conservatorium, NL.
For more details, please refer to http://www.matchingarts.com or get in touch with us at info@matchingarts.com
Download the detailed information

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The ECPNM – European Conference of Promoters of New Music hosts the fifth European competition for the composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects.
europeancompetition2012 (download)
Deadline: 1st April 2012

C A L L   F O R   S C O R E S
Subject “SPLENDOR OF THE VOICE”
with the option of including a chamber ensemble (as specificed under b), or a chamber string orchestra
The following ensembles are eligible:
a) choir: male, female, mixed
b) chamber ensembles with obligatory voices or voices (up to 4)
The ensemble (up to [...]

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 [...]

Law & Copyright

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

Events

All members are cordially invited to participate in the General Assembly 2011 in Ljubljana from 5th to 7th November.
Find the detailed programme here: programme_ljubljana2011

Great success for composers factory in WEIMAR!
In the frame of the “Weimar Springs Days of New Music” (Weimarer Frühjahrstage für Neue Musik) and during the celebrations of the Year of Franz Liszt, ARTMUSFAIR education took place in the centre of Germany, Weimar, a city which has been intellectually shaped by Goethe and Schiller and inspired not only Liszt [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]