Current New Music Engine Opportunities

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame Featuring Clarinet Duos with Thomas Piercy
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
Open To: All

IAWM Annual Concert Call SPRING 2027
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
Open To: IAWM Members and SEAMUS members

Call for Scores 2027- LunART Festival
Deadline: Oct 18, 2026
Open To: Women Composers of All Ages and Nationalities

2027 Electronic Music Midwest Festival
Deadline: Oct 20, 2026
Open To: All Creators of EA Music

2026 IAWM Education Grant / 2026 IAWM Subvencion para Educacion
Deadline: Oct 29, 2026
Open To: Music Educators (Globally)

2026 IAWM Programming Awards
Deadline: Oct 29, 2026
Open To: Any solo performers, performance groups, or arts organizations that are members of IAWM

TURN UP Multimedia Festival 2027
Deadline: Nov 1, 2026
Open To: ALL Composers and Multimedia Artists

Holiday Music with Andrew White
Deadline: Nov 6, 2026
Open To: All

To the New Year with Eunmi Ko
Deadline: Nov 13, 2026
Open To: All

NACUSA / Cascadia: Spring 2027 Concerts with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston
Deadline: Dec 28, 2026
Open To: All Cascadia members in good standing for 2027, except those who had work on our 2026 fall concert. Your submissions will be considered only if you become a Cascadia member for 2027 (e.g. renew) by the submission deadline.

Northwest New Music Festival
Deadline: Dec 31, 2026
Open To: Residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho who are not full-time music/composing students at January 1, 2027

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.

Mizzou International Composers Festival 2027
Deadline:
Sep 18, 2026
Open To:
Composers age 21+ as of the festival
Fee:
5 USD

Call for Submission: Online Composition Course reMusik.org 2027
Deadline:
Oct 1, 2026

MBZ MASTERCLASS FOR COMPOSERS 2027
Deadline:
Oct 2, 2026
Open To:
composers up to the age of 35
Fee:
10€

UAB BrassWorks– Call for Scores (2 Trumpets, Trombone, and optional Jazz Piano)
Deadline:
Oct 15, 2026
Open To:
All
Fee:
None

[The New Lexicon] I. [OPEN CALL]
Deadline:
Oct 15, 2026
Fee:
150-600EUR

Europen Creative Contest
Deadline:
Oct 20, 2026
Open To:
all
Fee:
30 €

North Bay Chamber Orchestra - Call for Scores!
Deadline:
Oct 31, 2026
Fee:
25

GCNA Carillon Composition Contest
Deadline:
Nov 1, 2026
Open To:
See description

The New Symposium
Deadline:
Nov 20, 2026
Open To:
All
Fee:
100€/month

2027 Alba Music Festival Composition Program
Deadline:
Dec 15, 2026
Open To:
Composers and music creators
Fee:
3590 Euro

34° Corciano International Original Wind Band Composition Competition
Deadline:
Jan 31, 2027
Open To:
Everyone
Fee:
80,00 €

2026-2027 COMPOSITION CONTEST: CHAMBER MUSIC FOR YOUNG STUDENTS
Deadline:
Apr 15, 2027
Open To:
Composers of all ages and nationalities
Fee:
$25 (US)