Charles Ives Music Festival is a Connecticut-based classical music festival that celebrates the legacy of Charles Ives and 20th & 21st century music.
The call for scores is open to emerging composers of any background to submit pieces to be performed by guest artists and artist-faculty at our Summer 2026 Festival, July 27–August 9, 2026. Compositions should be no more than 10 minutes in duration, and should be written for any combination/subset of 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, piano, and flute. Works with prior performance history are welcome and composers may submit a live recording or a MIDI file.
Submissions should be emailed to cimfcallforscores@gmail.com by February 9th, 2026 at 11:59pm EST. If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Renna Popli with any question at cimfcallforscores@gmail.com.
Eligibility
- Emerging composers
- US applicants only
Recording Rights
- Organization reserves the right to record the concert and post the audio/video online to Youtube and website for promotional purposes only. No commercial recording will be made. Composer will receive archival audio and video recording for solely archival purposes, but may post publicly with explicit written permission from CIMF.