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Current New Music Engine Opportunities

2027 Electronic Music Midwest Festival

Deadline: Oct 20, 2026
Open To: All Creators of EA Music

2026 IAWM Programming Awards

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

2026 IAWM Education Grant / 2026 IAWM Subvencion para Educacion

Deadline: Oct 29, 2026
Open To: Music Educators (Globally)

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

Composers' Hub - LunART Festival 2027: Professional Development Program with Sarah Kirkland Snider

Deadline: Nov 30, 2026
Open To: Women composers (ciswomen and transgender), ages 18 and up

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.

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Europen Creative Contest
Deadline:
Oct 20, 2026
Open To:
all
Fee:
30 €
The New Symposium [OPEN CALL] for ARTISTS
Deadline:
Oct 31, 2026
Open To:
Artists, Composers, Performers, Conductors
Fee:
100€ monthly
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
2027 Composers Conference Fromm Foundation Composer Fellowships
Deadline:
Jan 2, 2027
Open To:
all composers
Fee:
FREE
2027 Composers Conference Fromm Contemporary Performance Institute (CPI) Ensemble Fellowship
Deadline:
Jan 2, 2027
Open To:
all 2-member new music ensembles
Fee:
FREE
2027 Composers Conference New Music Conductor Fellowship
Deadline:
Jan 2, 2027
Open To:
all pre-professional conductors interested in new music
Fee:
FEE
2027 Composers Conference LAB Intensive (CCLI)
Deadline:
Jan 15, 2027
Open To:
all composers
Fee:
FREE
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)