inner sOUndscapes is a concert series dedicated to electroacoustic music, organized by the computer music studio of the University of Oklahoma, School of Music. For its Fall 2025 edition, inner sOUndscapes is teaming with the Saxophone studio of Dr. Myles Boothroyd to produce a concert featuring recent works for saxophone and electronics.
We accept anonymous submissions for works for solo soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones, accompanied by live electronics or fixed media. We are also open to any combinations of the aforementioned instruments: duos, trios, quartets, etc and electronics. New works that have not been premiered are particularly welcomed! The selected works will be performed by students during the inner sOUndscapes concert at the University of Oklahoma, School of Music in mid-November.
Submission rules:
- Composers of any age and nationality are invited to submit any number of works.
- The submission materials (pdf score and mp3 audio file) must be anonymous.
- The duration of any individual submission should not exceed 10 minutes.
Deadline:
- August 15th 2025.
Submission guidelines:
- Create a folder with the following materials:
- A PDF file containing the composer’s bio (up to 100 words), program notes (up to 100 words), contact info and composer’s nationality.
- An anonymous score of the work (PDF), complete with detailed technical requirements.
- A stereo MP3 file of the work containing both saxophone and electronic parts. Multi-channel works (up to 4.1) will be considered, but submit a stereo reduction for adjudication purposes.
- Compress the folder in zip format.
- Name the compressed file with the composer’s last name and title of the piece.
- Upload the compressed file to a file sharing website (i.e.OneDrive, Hightail, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) and send the link to soundscapes@ou.edu.
All submissions will be evaluated according to their originality, performability and their level of discourse between the performance forces. The composers of the selected works will be notified in early September by email and will be asked to submit performance materials (patches, uncompressed audio files, click tracks, diffusion schemes, etc.). For technical questions, contact Konstantinos Karathanasis at karathanasis@ou.edu. For saxophone questions contact Myles Boothroyd at myles.boothroyd@ou.edu.