SPRING CALL FOR SCORES
MARCH 2027: STRING QUARTET
Schedule and Instrumentation
SPRING CONCERT
Submission deadline:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15th, 2027 at 11:59pm
Concert: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2027 at 7pm
Location: Rodale Room, Miller Symphony Hall
Instrumentation: String Quartet [Violin, Viola, Cello]
Timing: Your original composition must be 5 minutes or less from beginning to end.
*We aim to always include 1-2 of our 8 members of our Composer Collaborative faculty. These compositions may be up to 7 minutes.
*For those who were featured in our last Call for Scores/Innovation concert, you are still welcome to submit a piece for consideration. However, we will give priority to composers who have not been featured as recently.
Formatting: Requests from our Music Librarian
-For printed parts, please use a staff size of 7mm or 7.5mm and format the parts for 9.5”x13” paper.
-For iPad parts, please use a staff size of 7.5mm and format the parts for 8.5”x11”. Feel free to make the margins narrower as well.
-For scores, please use a staff size of 5mm or 5.5mm. Any size paper is alright; we can make anything work.
-When numbering pages for booklet printing, odd-numbered pages appear on the right leaf, and even-numbered pages appear on the left leaf.
-Please allow a reasonable amount of time to turn pages when formatting printed parts. This can be done by reformatting parts to have ample rests at the very end of odd-numbered pages (or at the very top of even-numbered pages). If absolutely necessary, a fold-out page may be acceptable; this can be denoted by numbering the page as “2a” or “5a,” for example.
Required: All submissions must include a full score, separate individual parts, an mp3 recording MIDI file, a short composer bio (limited to 200 words), and a high-resolution headshot to be uploaded at this link. Selected composers must be available to attend and present at the Monday evening rehearsal and the Tuesday evening concert. Any travel and hotel accommodations must be made by the composer.
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Selection process and notification date:
Clarice Assad and Diane Wittry will review all submissions for the March 2027 concert in mid-January. Decisions will be made by January 25 and composers will be notified of their decision in late January. From there, our Music Librarian will format your pieces and deliver the PDFs of your scores and parts to musicians by February 9, one month before our first rehearsal on March 9. If selected as a finalist, our Manager of Education, Corinne Philbin, will reach out to communicate all next steps. You will also be notified if you are not selected.
*Note: We've made a recent adjustment to our policy regarding back-to-back submissions for those interested in possibly submitting for our next Call for Scores in March 2027:
“Composers whose works were performed in the most recent call for scores are welcome to submit a piece for the next call for scores but should understand that priority will go to composers who have not had a work played recently. If there is room on the program, works from previously performed composers may also be included.”