Members

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

presented by the Latvian Music Information Centre in cooperation with the Latvian Composers’ Union
Mazsalaca, 8th-16th August 2010
The international meeting of young composers is a tradition which goes back to 2002 and was started by the composer Andris Dzenītis and his companions. For the three first times the workshop took place in the Castle of Dundaga, which [...]

Call for scores: tonal and romantic works for violin, cello and piano, in the mind of Frederic Chopin or Franz Liszt.
Duration: a one movement work of 3 to 5 minutes. High level of technical quality, to be performed by famous Belgian musicians.
Selected works will be premiered in France and Belgium, and at least in one [...]

Shakuhachi Chamber Music International Prize 2010
Entries are invited for new compositions for shakuhachi with piano trio (piano, violin, cello).
Finalist compositions for this international competition will be performed, offered a publishing deal and recorded in Melbourne, Australia. For details about instrumentation, eligibility, duration, Judging, Prize Money, concerts, please visit the competition site.
Closing date for entries is [...]

Contest Chair: Herb Rothgarber
Open to composers of all ages around the world
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Prizes: Performance of winning composition and cash prize of $500

The Long Island Arts Council at Freeport is now sponsoring its Sixth International Musical Composition Contest, open to composers of all ages around the world.  The work, from 3 to 5 minutes in length, should [...]

Areon Flutes will be accepting score submissions for its 5th Annual Composition Competition. Any solo or chamber piece which includes a flute will be accepted. These scores will be judged and the winning composer will receive a commission by Areon Flutes for a new flute quartet piece and a prize of $1000. This new commission [...]

Law & Copyright

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

Events

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…

Listen to the World!
The 2009 edition of ISCM World New Music Days will be held in Sweden between September 24 and October 4. The festival will move through three cities, each with a strong contemporary music profile. The first part will be in medieval Visby on Gotland, the meeting place in the Baltic Sea, the [...]