CALL FOR SCORES 2025
SEPT 1 – NOV 1, 2024

International competition open to women composers of all ages and nationalities!

LunART is excited to announce the 2025 annual Call for Scores, open to women composers of all ages and nationalities. While LunART celebrates women artists both past and present, we place a special value and priority on programming works by contemporary and living composers…that’s you!

Submit your work(s), join the network of like-minded creatives, and enjoy excellent music making all while celebrating women’s creativity in the arts. We look forward to hearing your music!

Winning composers will receive:

  • A cash prize of $300​
  • Performance of composition at the Gala Concert (LunART Festival 2025: May 27- June 1)
  • Professional live audio & video recording of composition
  • If the winning piece has never been commercially recorded, it will be added to our annual festival album

If able to attend the festival, composers will receive:

  • Free housing
  • Free entry into all festival events
  • Collaborative rehearsal time with festival performers

Composers are responsible for their own food and travel. For composers requiring a visa to travel, the festival can provide letters of support, but no other support.

Application Guidelines

Eligibility:

  • Open to all all women composers, transgender and ciswomen
  • No age limit
  • Composers/performers will be considered​

Submitted works should be:

  • Under 15 minutes in length
  • Single or multi-movement work. In the case of multi-movement works, we reserve the right to play selections
  • Scored for one to six performers; available instruments, voice types, and ensembles are listed at the bottom of this page
  • Written no earlier than January 1, 2020

Submissions must include:

  • Submission Fee: $20. Please use the following link to complete the payment prior to starting your application: PAYPAL APPLICATION FEE. PayPal
  • Transaction ID Number is needed to complete the submission. This can be found on your email receipt from PayPal (up to 17 characters long)
  • PDF of score (please upload a PDF with the file name formatted as compositiontitle.pdf)
  • Audio recording of the submitted piece (acceptable formats include .mp3, .aif, and .wav. )
  • Program notes (200 words or less)

Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Submission Guidelines

  • All materials must be submitted no later than November 1, 2024, 11:59pm (Central Time)
  • Late submissions will not be accepted
  • All submitted fees are non-refundable
  • Files must be uploaded through the New Music Engine website during the submission period – Application Page
  • Applicants may submit multiple scores, but must complete a separate application for each submission
  • Up to three compositions will be selected. We reserve the right to not program any compositions