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Contests & Awards

Misc Notes
Invited participants will each compose a 5 to 10-minute piece for one of the guest ensembles. Each composition will be carefully rehearsed during the Festival, and will be premiered at a formal concert. Each composer will receive a recording of his or her piece.
General Notes

Applicants must be graduate or undergraduate students at time of Festival

schedule
Annually
deadline
October
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Misc Notes
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.
General Notes

Pre-college composers

schedule
Annually
deadline
January
Misc Notes
SPLICE welcomes proposals from performers, composers, composer/performer teams, and composer-performers for performative works that feature human-driven live performance (on traditional or nontraditional instruments) and electronics (fixed or live), one-hour hands-on workshops, and fifteen-minute lectures.
General Notes

Anyone

schedule
Annually
deadline
May
Misc Notes
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.
General Notes

Anyone

schedule
Annually
deadline
See website
Misc Notes
Selected works will be performed at the MATA Festival in New York City. All sorts of music is accepted: fully notated, improvised, sound art, video, electronic, found instruments, toys, installations, and everything in between.
General Notes

Composers under age 40

schedule
Annually
deadline
Dec-Feb