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 [...]

Composers from all over the world without age limitation - are invited to present works for the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien®. This competition for chamber works will be open to composers of all nationalities.
Deadline for entries: May 31st., 2010.
Instruments: The compositions submitted for the competition must use ONLY the following instruments, either together or in [...]

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 [...]