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Contests & Awards

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Selected composers will be invited to write a new work for chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble to be rehearsed, performed, and recorded during the following season.
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Anyone

schedule
Annually
deadline
See website
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Winning composer receives $1,000 cash prize and performances of their work in NYC and Hong Kong by the Mivos Quartet
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Emerging Chinese composers

schedule
Biennially
deadline
April
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First prize winner receives $1250 for the commission of a new electro-acoustic work, performance at the SEAMUS Nat'l Conference, and a recording on SEAMUS Compact Disc Series. Second prize winner receives $750 for the commission of a new electro-acoustic work and performance at the SEAMUS Nat'l Conference.
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Must be a student member of SEAMUS AND either currently enrolled in an academic program in the USA (high school through doctoral studies) or a US citizen studying abroad. The submitted work must have been completed while the applicant was a student, and t...

schedule
Annually
deadline
October
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MATA Jr. pairs pre-college composers selected from a free, global, call for submissions with emerging composers in a six-month mentorship program to create new works for performance by teen new-music ensemble Face the Music.
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Pre-college composers

schedule
Annually
deadline
January
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World premiere performance of new work for Brooklyn Youth Chorus Men's Ensemble, along with a recording of work and a $500 prize.
General Notes

Anyone

schedule
Annually
deadline
November