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Contests & Awards

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$75-$1,000 cash prizes and performance by FMM performers of the winning submissions in a variety of categories
General Notes

4 Divisions ranging from 8th grade to professional.

schedule
Annually
deadline
January
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Readings, rehearsals, recordings, and commissions for composition students. Students are encouraged to submit works for orchestra, jazz band, string quartet, and mixed chamber ensember, and will be asked to play in at least one Face the Music piece during the season.
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Composers under college age, and studying a musical instrument.

schedule
Annually
deadline
May
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$12,000 commission for allcompositions regardless of idiom, instrumentation, style, or the use of technology. Submissions in jazz, hybrid, electronic, or other idioms are welcome.
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Must be a legal resident of the United States for a term of one year or more during the time of the application. For these purposes, "residents" shall be deemed to include U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary residents, asylees, refugees,...

schedule
Annually
deadline
June
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First prize: 2000 Euros cash, publication of the work and its premiere during the festival; second prize: 1000 Euros; third prize: 750 Euros.
General Notes

Anyone

schedule
Annually
deadline
March
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Performance by the Brandenberg Symphony Orchestra
General Notes

Anyone

schedule
Biennially
deadline
May