If you plan to enter any of the competitions or apply for any of the opportunities listed below we strongly advise you contact the organisers to get full details beforehand. We try to provide as much useful information as possible but most of the listed items have strict requirements which, for reasons of space, we cannot always include on this page.

Labyrinthmaker Platform 2007

Labyrinthmaker is a platform for contemporary chamber music, founded by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien, to promote creative exchange between composers and the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien around the world. These created programs, will be sent to the towns of each participant. Each country/town member of the labyrinthmaker is a cell and is asked to organize concerts for the labyrinthmaker platform.

Contact: Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien, “labyrinthmaker platform", Bindergasse 11/24, A-1090 Wien, Austria
w: www.labyrinthmaker.org or www.pierrotlunaire.at

2nd Brandenburg Competition

This competition is open to all composers of any age and nationality. Composers are invited to submit a maximum three scores and corresponding recordings representative of their abilities for composing in the orchestral medium (at least one submitted work must be for symphony-orchestra.) Composers must also submit a CV of their professional achievements

Contact: Andrea-Carola Güntsch, Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker,Wallstraße 15, D-14770 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
t: +49-(0)3381-22 88 22
e: biennale@foerderverein-brandenburger-symphoniker.de
w: www.foerderverein-brandenburger-symphoniker.de

International Double-Bass Competition

Berne University of the Arts hosts an International Double-Bass competition marking 100 years since the birth of Lajos Montág, to be held on 19th and 20th November, 2006. Open to soloists of any nationality born after January 1st, 1971. See website for full regulations and application form.

Contact: Berne University of the Arts, Department of Music/Nina Grunder, Papiermuehlestrasse 13a, CH-3000, Berne 22
t: +41 (0)316349176
f: 41 (0)316349176
e: nina.grunder@hkb.bfh.ch
w: www.hkb.bfh.ch/saitenfestival06

4th Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition

The 4th Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition will take place in Paris, from 23rd September to 1st October 2006, as part of the "Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris". The competiton is open to high level jazz pianists of all nationalities, born after 23rd September 1973. See website for full details

Contact: ACDA, 3 rue des Couronnes, 75020, Paris, France
t: +33 (0)140334535
f: +33 (0)140334538
e: solal@civp.com
w: www.civp.com

6th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition

The 6th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition will take place in Paris, from 11th 19th November 2006, as part of the "Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris". The competiton is open to trumpeters of all nationalities, born after 11th November 1976. See website for full details.

Contact: ACDA, 3 rue des Couronnes, 75020, Paris, France
t: +33 (0)140334535
f: +33 (0)140334538
e: solal@civp.com
w: www.civp.com

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal International Composition Prize

This competition is open to all composers of any nationality under the age of 40 on June 30, 2006. The piece should be for full symphony orchestra and can include a soloist or pre-recorded music. The piece should not exceed 20 minutes in duration. The submitted work may have had a premiere performance, but not before 2003, and the work may not have been commercially recorded or received an award from another competition for composition.

Contact: The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal International Composition Prize, 260 de Maisonneuve Blvd West, 2nd Floor, Montréal QC H2X 1Y9, Canada.
tel: +33 (0)3 8548 9441
fax: +33 (0)3 8593 5820
email: composition@osm.ca
website: www.composition.osm.ca

Printemps De La Guitare 2006

An international contest for performance of classical guitar entitled "Printemps De La Guitare – Concours International De Guitare Classique De Charleroi" is organized by the "Printemps de la Guitare" non-profit making organisation. This contest takes place in Belgium every two years. This year the 10th contest will be held from Friday September 22 to Saturday September 30, 2006. The age limit is 32 and previous entrants may re-apply if they did not win first prize. See website for full details.

Contact: Printemps de la Guitare, Rue de Jumet, 108, B-6041 Charleroi, Belgium
w: www.printemps-guitare.be

7th MÚSICA VIVA Electroacoustic Composition Competition

In order to encourage the creation of electro-acoustic music, Miso Music Portugal, the Portuguese section of the ISCM (International Society of Contemporary Music) and the Portuguese Federation of the CIME (Confedération Internationale de Musique Electroacoustique), is organising, as part of the International Festival of Electro-acoustic Music - MÚSICA VIVA, the 7th Música Viva Electro-acoustic Composition Competition 2006. Composers aged 35 or under on 31/12/2005 are invited to submit electroacoustic pieces, composed in the studio for playback on loudspeakers, with up to 8 channels. Contact Bmic or below for further details

Contact:
t: :+351 214 575068
e: concurso@misomusic.com

Val Tidone Summer Camp

The Val Tidone Summer Camp is an innovative program of summer music cources whose aim is to organise international cultural exchanges. Lessons will take place in a campus located in some beautiful castles of the Val Tidone, not unlike the US Summer Camps. See website for lists of courses

Contact: Associazone Culturale Tetracordo, Regione Casa Berni, 3 - 27049 Stradella (PV - ITALY)
t/f: +39 (0)385245798
e: info@valtidone-competitions.com
w: www.valtidone-competitions.com

4th International Competition for Band Composition “Romualdo Marenco”

The Val Tidone Summer Camp is an innovative program of summer music cources whose aim is to organise international cultural exchanges. Lessons will take place in a campus located in some beautiful castles of the Val Tidone, not unlike the US Summer Camps. See website for lists of courses

Contact: Associazone Culturale Tetracordo, Regione Casa Berni, 3 - 27049 Stradella (PV - ITALY)
t/f: +39 (0)385245798
e: info@valtidone-competitions.com
w: www.valtidone-competitions.com

BBC Talent New TV Composers

BBC New Talent, in conjunction with the BBC's Natural History Unit, has launched a search to find a new TV composer to write an imaginative piece of music for a BBC Natural History programme. Specially tailored master classes with George Fenton and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be offered to short-listed entrants. Composers must be over 18 years old and never have been commissioned to write music for BBC television. See website for further details.

Contact: New TV Composer, BBC New Talent, Room 7003, Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ
t: 020 8576 9877
e: ryan.evans2@bbc.co.uk
w: www.bbc.co.uk/newtalent/music/newcomposers/

Tonal Virtuosi Orchestra Accepting Compositions

The Tonal Virtuosi Orchestra Is Accepting New Compositions For String
Ensemble

We are currently accepting contemporary, tonal compositions to be
reviewed and performed by our ensemble. This opportunity is open to
composers of all nationalities and ages to submit a piece of 10-15 minutes for string ensemble (3,3,3,3,1)

Contact:
Tel:
New York City: 646 216 8819
Toronto: 416 907 4801
Los Angeles: 818 206 5855
United Kingdom: 020 7993 8594 (London)

Fax: (+1) 416 975 0332 (International)

email: info@tonalvo.com
website: www.tonalvo.com

The Millennium Arts Society Composition Competition

This competition is open to all composers of any age and nationality. Scores can be for any instrument or combination of instruments. Works including voice will not be considered. Single movement compositions must be under 12 minutes in length. Multi-movement works must be under 15 minutes in length.

Contact: Millennium Arts Society, 360A Bloor Street West, PO Box 19060, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3C9, Canada.
t: (in UK) 020 7993 8594
e: info@millenniumartssociety.org
w: www.MillenniumArtsSociety.org

1st Alexander Moyzes International Competition for Composers

This competition is open to all composers who are citezens of EU member states and born after 31st August 1966. Compositions are invited to be entered into two categories:
1st category: Orchestra lasting between 20 and 40 minutes
2nd category: Chamber ensemble (or solo cimbalum and chamber ensemble) lasting between 10 and 20 minutes.

See below or contact Bmic for full details.

Contact: Hudobné centrum, Michalská 10, SK-815 36 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
t: (+4212) 5920 4816-17
f: (+4212) 5443 0379
e: cierna@hc.sk
w: www.hc.sk/rsh

The 3rd Sendai International Music Competition

Violinists and pianists born after 1 January 1979 are eligible to enter the 3rd Sendai International Music Competition.
Repertoire focusing on Concertos. Contestants are required to perform concertos along with a string quartet in the Elimination Round and with an orchestra in the Semifinal and Final Rounds. Big prizes and continuous and enthusiastic support to the 1st prizewinners Another attractive characteristic of the competition is that the organizer enthusiastically assists the career development of the first prizewinners by giving them performance opportunities for three years. For full details contact below:

Contact: Secretariat of Sendai International Music Competition, Sendai Cultural Foundation 3-27-5, Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai City 981-0904, Japan
e: info@simc.jp
w: www.simc.jp
t: (81) 22-727-1872
f: (81) 22-727-1873

The Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera

The 2006 Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera, awarded by the American music publishers, Vienna Masterworks (BMI) and Vienna Master Composers (ASCAP), is open to women composers of any age or nationality. The prize recognizes the difficulty women composers worldwide have in finding performances for their operas and is intended to encourage public production of their works. The award is for any kind of opera or music theater piece of more than fifteen minutes’ duration. Shorter works may be submitted if they are part of a set of at least fifteen minutes’ duration. Works submitted must be either unpublished or self-published. If the work is self-published, the winning composer may wish to transfer publication to Vienna Masterworks or Vienna Master Composers.

Submissions must be anonymous, and any work not meeting the criteria for anonymity will be eliminated from consideration. Scores should be identified by a pseudonym, and a sealed envelope with the pseudonym on the outside should include the composer’s name, address, phone number, and email address. It should also include a short biography. If a cassette or other recording of the work is available, it should be enclosed. A work already heard in a professional or large public performance is not eligible. A workshop or reading performance is, however, acceptable. Please do not send unbound scores.

Contact: Nancy Van de Vate Prize, Vienna Masterworks, Khleslplatz 6, # 2309, A-1120 Vienna, Austria
e: vmmcds@yahoo.com

Tansman 2006 6th International Festival And Competition

This competition is open to all composers of any age and nationality. Works must have not been awarded any first prizes at international competitions and which were written after or in the year 2000. Compositions can be for instrumental ensemble ranging from at least 14 instruments to a symphonic orchestra. Use of tape and live electronics is not allowed. Duration may range from 10 to 20 minutes.

Contact: Stowarzyszenie Promocji Kultury im. Aleksandra Tansmana, ul. Krzyzowa 14/51, 91-457 Lódz, Poland/
t: 0-601 295 495
f: 0-42 657 86 66
e: wendland@tansman.lodz.pl
w: www.tansman.lodz.pl

International String Orchestra Festival Composition Competition 2006

The International String Orchestra Festival is announcing a competition for young composers born after 1970, to write a 5 to 7 minute Solo work for Violin, Viola or Cello. The winning composition will be awarded £500 and a performance. An appointed jury of international musicians will select the winning composition and results will be published by the 30th of October 2006. All submitted material will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Contact: International String Orchestra Festival, PO Box 5, Valletta, CMR01 MALTA
e: info@isofestival.com
w: www.isofestival.com

2nd Prades International Chamber Music Competition

This competition is open to composers of all nationalities born after 14th April 1966, subject to application. The competitors are invited to submit one new chamber music composition, lasting about 15 minutes, in any formation of 3-6 players. Admitted instruments: vn, va, vc, fl, cl, ob, bn, hn, pf. Cello is mandatory.

Contact: Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, Service Concours, BP 24, 33 rue de l'Hospice, F-66502 Prades Cedex 2
t: +33 4 68 96 33 07
e: contact@prades-festival-cassals.com
w: www.prades-festival-casals.com

Oeuvre Call for Works

Oeuvre is a new online publication for the promotion of contemporary composition and emerging composers. We are currently inviting submissions of new music, from symphonic works to experimental works incorporating electronics or found sound. Chosen submissions will be published as an excerpt, accompanying artists' biography. Compositions should be submitted in audio format. Please include your CV, list of works, and a photograph.

Contact:
w: www.oeuvre.com.au

Call for materials for new Alan Hovhaness Museum

The proposed museum in Yerevan, Armenia - land of Hovhaness' paternal ancestors - will need photos, letters, concert programmes, posters, newspaper and magazine articles, CD recordings, LP recordings, concert recordings, scores, transcriptions of radio programmes, reminiscences - in short, anything and everything possible having to do with Hovhaness.

Contact: Marco Shirodkar, Hovhaness Museum Project, Postbox 16134, London, Great Britain N12 7WB
tel/fax: +44 (0)870 458 1640
email: museum@hovhaness.com
website: www.hovhaness.com

NOISE Call for Scores

NOISE, the resident ensemble of San Diego New Music, announces an open call for scores of any style for performance consideration in the 2006-07 season. Composers of any nationality may submit works of any duration for two to four instruments selected from the following: flute (picc/alto/bass), guitar (acoustic/electric), piano and percussion. Works with electronics will also be considered. We are especially interested in works involving classical guitar and/or percussion. Submit scores and recordings (no parts) along with performance history and composer biography. Scores will be kept for future consideration. Composers will be notified in advance if their works are selected for performance. To submit or for more information, please contact:

Contact: NOISE Call for Scores
San Diego New Music
P.O. Box 948582
La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
e:sdnm@yahoo.com
w:www.sandiegonewmusic.com

The English Poetry & Song Society

Composers are asked to set any poem by A.E.Housman for baritone voice & piano to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the publication of his 'A Shropshire Lad'. The best songs will be performed in the Bath Festival Fringe next summer.

Contact: 76 Lower Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 3HP – please enclose an S.A.E