Composing Opportunities

The ASCAP Foundation announces its Rudolf Nissim Prize Contest for the best original concert music score requiring a conductor.  The prize is $5,000. Dr. Rudolf Nissim, who served as head of ASCAP’s Foreign Department for four decades, also established the […]

The fifth annual Robert Helps Composition Competition and Festival will take place in February 2010, celebrating not only the life and legacy of the late pianist-composer, but also the contributions of leading composers, historians, theorists and musical thinkers on the

University of Minnesota School of Music Application Deadline: 6/30/2009 Seeks short, unperformed orchestral scores (standard symphony orchestra instrumentation) from emerging U.S. resident composers who have studied at an institution of higher learning for their 2009 Craig and Janet Swan Composer

In 2010, Viols in Our Schools & the GambaCast will host the First Internet Viola da Gamba Composer’s Project which seeks composers to write new works for unaccompanied 7-string bass viol to be presented in a New Music recital performed

Every year, the American Composers Forum has a contest for a new Christmas carol to be written.  In April, they announce the instrumentation and prizes include $1000 and a performance to be recorded for national broadcast.  Visit American Composers Forum for