Recognizing
and encouraging the music of
young Bay Area composers

Student Outreach Tickets and Group Rates

Young Composers Program

The Young Composers Program at Composers, Inc. is dedicated to encouraging and performing the music of young Bay Area composers who have not yet graduated from high school or exceeded the age of 18. This program has a two-fold purpose to encourage outstanding young composers and to provide a prominent forum for their recognition.

Performances
Compositions by young composers will be featured on Composers, Inc. concerts during part of their regular season. Composers, Inc. has sole discretion over concert programming and scheduling. The young composers of compositions selected for performance will receive free admission plus one complimentary ticket to the concert featuring their work. Composers whose compositions are programmed will be encouraged to briefly speak about their work at the concert preceding its performance.

Eligibility
Young people who have not yet graduated from high school or exceeded the age of 18 are eligible. The composer’s age and school status will be calculated from the time of submission and not the date of the actual concert. Young Composers may submit up to two compositions during any one season.

Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be original compositions by a single composer. Compositions may be primarily acoustic, electronic, or a combination of both. Regardless of format every composition must be fully notated and be accompanied by a performance recording or electronic realization (such as MIDI). Compositions must be 5 – 8 minutes in length. Submitted instrumental or vocal compositions must utilize at least one live performer and cannot exceed four performers.

Interested young composers must submit*:
• A completed application form
• A letter of introduction/recommendation from a private or school music teacher (template provided at composersinc.org)
• A biography, with current mailing address, email address, and phone number
• A postage-paid, self-addressed envelope, if they wish their music returned.
* appropriate forms available for download at composersinc.org

For each composition, young composers must also submit:
• A legible, bound, fully notated score with program notes
• A performance recording of the composition on a CD (CDs of computer playback such as MIDI are acceptable)

Contact Information & Deadline
Questions should be directed to: Robert Greenberg:

Submissions must be postmarked on or before February 1, 2011.
Applicants submitting multiple compositions must submit all at the same time.
Selected compositions will be announced Fall 2011 and performed during the 2011-2012 season.

Send application and materials to:
Composers, Inc. Young Composers Program
PO Box 194552
San Francisco, CA 94119