Current New Music Engine Opportunities
2025 Phoenix Percussion Composition Competition
Deadline: Jul 31, 2025
Open To: anyone
NACUSA National Festival Sep 20 Sounds New Chapter
Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
Open To: Anyone can submit, membership required to present
NACUSATHON 2025: National Festival
Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
Open To: Anyone
New Music Album: Wiib' Part 2
Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
Open To: Anyone can submit, membership required to present
NACUSA / Cascadia: Oregon Soundscapes
Deadline: Aug 4, 2025
Open To: All Cascadia members in good standing for 2025. You must pay 2025 dues to Cascadia Composers by the deadline, or your submission will not be considered.
NACUSA / Cascadia: Concert Mosaic – A Confluence of Music and Art by Northwest Women
Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
Open To: All Cascadia composers who identify as female, and who reside in or otherwise identify with NW Oregon or SW Washington, whose membership is current in 2025. Composers and their associated artists must be able to attend the concert.
2026 Electronic Music Midwest Festival
Deadline: Nov 14, 2025
Open To: All Creators of EA Music
2025 Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra Student Composition Competition
Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
Open To: Composers enrolled in high school, an undergraduate degree program, or a graduate degree program during the 2025-26 academic year.
New Music at the Library: NeoMosaic Ensemble
Deadline: Feb 29, 2028
Open To: Anyone can submit, membership required to present
Other Opportunities
The opportunities below are not hosted by New Music Engine, and are provided as a free service to the broader new music community. NME does not endorse these opportunities and we unable to provide support for them. If you have any questions about these opportunities, please contact the organizer of that opportunity directly.To submit an external opportunity to be listed here, click here. Please note that you must have a free New Music Engine account to submit an external listing.
International Competition for Big Band Compositions
Deadline:
Oct 1, 2025
Open To:
Everyone
Fee:
see website
Heidelberg New Music Festival and Symposium
Deadline:
Oct 15, 2025
Open To:
Composers and scholars of any nationality and age are encouraged to apply.
Fee:
$0
Dream American workshop and performance opportunity 2025
Deadline:
Aug 26, 2026
Open To:
emerging composers under 40 at the time of the workshop