Current New Music Engine Opportunities
NACUSATHON 2025: National Festival
Deadline: Jul 1, 2025
Open To: Anyone
NACUSA National Festival Sep 20 Sounds New Chapter
Deadline: Jul 15, 2025
Open To: Anyone can submit, membership required to present
NACUSA National Festival Sep 20 Mid-South Chapter
Deadline: Jul 15, 2025
Open To: Anyone can submit, membership required to present
Percussion duo and piano (hired ensemble), October 2025
Deadline: Jul 20, 2025
Open To: Current members of NACUSAsf
NACUSA / Cascadia: Fall Concert 2025 (Piano Trio)
Deadline: Jul 21, 2025
Open To: All Cascadia members in good standing for 2025, except those who had work on our spring concert, Found Sound. You must become a Cascadia member or renew your membership before the deadline, or your submission will not be considered.
2025 Phoenix Percussion Composition Competition
Deadline: Jul 31, 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.
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.
Vienna Opera Competition
Deadline:
Jun 15, 2025
Open To:
Singers - Age 18-32
Fee:
75
Remus Georgescu Composition Competition
Deadline:
Jun 27, 2025
Open To:
Young Composers
Fee:
see details
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