Call for scores: Fresh Squeezed Opera in New York

The selected composer will receive an honorarium of $500.

Rules and guidelines:

• Open to composers of any nationality and age.
• Pieces must have been written within the last five years
• Works must be a minimum of 45 minutes, and a maximum of 120 minutes.
• Instruments and voice types available include piano/keyboard, violins, viola, cello, bass, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion (no available timpani or marimba), electronics, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone.

Note: Works do not have to include all of these, but the organisers cannot accommodate works with instrumentation outside of those listed. Applicants can use doublings/multiples of voices/instruments of the types listed, e.g. two flutes, or two sopranos. Each composer may send up to two different works. Works-in-progress are acceptable (and encouraged).

​The following should be sent via this form:

• Score (vocal and full if available).
• Recording of at least 10 minutes of the piece (MIDIs are acceptable).
• Brief (200 – 300 words) bios of composer and librettist.
• Brief (200 – 300 words) summary of plot and major themes of opera.
• Scene by scene breakdown of opera.
• Performance history of opera.
• Detailed list of voices and instrumentation.

The submission deadline is 29 July, with results expected to be announced before 1 September.

Any questions or queries regarding this call should be sent via email to [email protected].

View the original call here.