Five College Composition Contest

Deadline: June 15, 2024

The Five College New Music Festival invites submissions of instrumental chamber works by composers under the age of 35 living in the US.
The winning work will receive a cash prize of $1500 and will be played by performance faculty of the Five Colleges during the Festival, September 6-8, 2024 at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The winning composer is expected to attend.
Instrumentation may any combination of instruments chosen from: flute, clarinet, saxophone, horn, bassoon, and piano. (Doublings such as piccolo or bass clarinet will be considered.) Submissions may be of any length.
Submissions should be sent as pdf/mp3 attachments or immediately accessible links to Prof. Eric Sawyer at ewsawyer@amherst.edu with the subject heading Composition Submissions. We can consider up to two submissions per composer.
Applications should include a score, recording (optional), and the name, address, phone, email, date of birth, and short biography of the composer.
The deadline for receipt is June 15, 2024.

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