Deadline: Friday, November 17, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. CT
The Program Committee for the second annual Music by Women Festival
welcomes submissions of original compositions from independent
musicians, current and retired academics, and undergraduate and graduate
students for performances at concerts throughout the festival. The
festival will accept submissions for solo instruments, instruments with
piano accompaniment, as well as works for small chamber ensembles. This
call is open to women composers of any age, geographical location and
stage in their professional career. Preference will be given to works under 15 minutes in duration.The
list of performers provided by the festival to perform new works in
response to the call for scores is listed by instrument under the
“Performers” tab of this website: http://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen/performers.A maximum submission of two compositions per person is allowed. Composers must be willing to attend either day of the conference and, upon proposal acceptance, are required to register as a participant no later than January 12, 2018. Performers who are only performing new works by the composers in response to this call are not required to register for the festival and are welcome to attend all other festival events.
Please note that the Music by Women Festival is unable to fund travel expenses of composers or performers. Please also note that the festival is not able program works for prepared piano and/or using extended piano techniques.
All submissions must meet the following requirements:
- Must contain a short abstract describing the work (no more than 250 words). It must indicate if the composer is able to provide performers.
- Must specify the exact duration of the composition and instrumentation
- Must contain a PDF file of the composition and a sound recording (MP3 or MIDI files only).
- Must not contain any identifying information in the abstract, composition title, or sound file, as proposals will be reviewed through a blind review process.
- Must contain a composer biography of no more than 250 words. If the performer is provided by the composer, please provide the performer biography (of no more than 250 words per individual) in the “Biography of co-presenters & collaborators” text box.
Timeline: composers will be
notified of acceptance by December 15, 2017 and will have until January
12, 2018 to confirm participation by registering for the festival.
Submit here: http://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen/submissions
