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Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore (2026)

14/03/2026

Join us for our final Young Composers Forum open rehearsal! 📢✨

The session will consist of a score reading of four choral works by young composers of the CSS Young Composers Forum (YCF). The works will be discussed and workshopped between YCF mentors, SYC Ensemble Singers (this year’s ensemble-in-residence) and creative director Jennifer Tham, as well as the four young composers, including an open rehearsal of the works.

We invite composers of all ages as well as members of the public with an interest in composition to observe the session for learning and exposure!

📅 Date: 8 April 2026, 8 – 10PM
📍 Venue: 1 Empress Place, Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Room (B1)

RSVP via the QR code or via the link in our bio!

01/03/2026

📢 CALL CLOSES TONIGHT 📢

Organised by Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore Composers Festival 2026 is happening on 7th June 2026. We are pleased to announce a Call for Scores for the Opening Concert of the Singapore Composers Festival. Selected works will be premiered by the acclaimed Morse Percussion.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Anonymity:

All submissions must be completely anonymous. Scores must not contain the composer's name, pseudonym, or any identifying marks. Upon receipt, each submission will be assigned a serial number by CSS for a blind and impartial review process.

2. Ensemble & Instrumentation:

Pieces must be written for percussion trio or quartet. Instrumentation must adhere strictly to the available resources. Please view the detailed instrumentation list provided by Morse Percussion on our website.

3. Technical Specifications:

Duration: 6 to 10 minutes.
Format: Scores must be submitted in PDF format.
Content: Composers may submit complete pieces or individual movements. There is no restriction on musical style.

4. Eligibility & Status of Work:

Works may be newly composed or have been previously performed.

5. Nationality or Residency of Composer:
Composer must be Singaporean or based in Singapore.

Works involving electronics are welcome. Composers of selected works with electronics will be responsible for providing all necessary materials and for making technical arrangements for their ex*****on during the performance.

Deadline: 1 March 2026

Please visit our website for more details:
https://cssingapore.org/index.php/singapore-composers-festival-2026/

26/02/2026

📢 3 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY 📢

Organised by Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore Composers Festival 2026 is happening on 7th June 2026. We are pleased to announce a Call for Scores for the Opening Concert of the Singapore Composers Festival. Selected works will be premiered by the acclaimed Morse Percussion.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Anonymity:

All submissions must be completely anonymous. Scores must not contain the composer's name, pseudonym, or any identifying marks. Upon receipt, each submission will be assigned a serial number by CSS for a blind and impartial review process.

2. Ensemble & Instrumentation:

Pieces must be written for percussion trio or quartet. Instrumentation must adhere strictly to the available resources. Please view the detailed instrumentation list provided by Morse Percussion on our website.

3. Technical Specifications:

Duration: 6 to 10 minutes.
Format: Scores must be submitted in PDF format.
Content: Composers may submit complete pieces or individual movements. There is no restriction on musical style.

4. Eligibility & Status of Work:

Works may be newly composed or have been previously performed.

5. Nationality or Residency of Composer:
Composer must be Singaporean or based in Singapore.

Works involving electronics are welcome. Composers of selected works with electronics will be responsible for providing all necessary materials and for making technical arrangements for their ex*****on during the performance.

Deadline: 1 March 2026

Please visit our website for more details:
🔗 Link in bio! ✨

https://cssingapore.org/index.php/singapore-composers-festival-2026/

26/02/2026

February's addition to our Score Follower Series is 春⾬ by Joseph Lim!

Watch this Score Follower:
https://youtu.be/_2beWacqOEw

The digital concert is also available in full on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/i_mwCw_Ad1c

This piece for solo Viola is inspired by the poem '春⾬' or 'Spring Rain', written by Li Shangyin. This atmospheric work is gestural and explores the physicality of viola performance.

春⾬
李商隐
怅卧新春⽩袷⾐，⽩⻔寥落意多违。
红楼隔⾬相望冷，珠箔飘灯独⾃归。
远路应悲春晼晚，残宵犹得梦依稀。
⽟珰缄札何由达，万⾥云罗⼀雁⻜。

Spring Rain
Dejectedly, I lie down in casual clothes, on this new spring day
White gate is dreary; my wishes are unfulfilled.
The red chamber in the rain looked so cold to me.
The raindrops fell on the wavering lamp as I cam back alone.
During your long journey, do you regret the parting of spring?
Late in the night, I still hope to hold on to your vague image in my dream.
The jade earrings and letter- but where to send them?
Three thousand miles of clouds
how can a wild goose fly across?

春⾬ was performed in 2020 as part of CSS Showcases Singapore New Music Talent, a digital concert organized by the Composers Society of Singapore that aired during the COVID-19 lockdowns. This digital showcase sought to promote the talents of Singapore’s new music practitioners and composers via an unusual perspective: a 360-degree action camera (GoPro MAX) was attached to the instrument or worn by the performer, thus capturing the technical challenges and intricacies of the performer close-up. The concert featured Singaporean virtuosos and new music proponents, Churen Li (on the piano), and Christoven Tan (on the viola), with behind-the-scenes interviews with both performers, as well as the composers of the pieces featured.

24/02/2026

Organised by Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore Composers Festival 2026 is happening on 7th June 2026. We are pleased to announce a Call for Scores for the Opening Concert of the Singapore Composers Festival. Selected works will be premiered by the acclaimed Morse Percussion.

This opportunity is part of our collaborative festival model, designed to support and showcase the work of composers within a shared community framework.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Anonymity:
All submissions must be completely anonymous. Scores must not contain the composer's name, pseudonym, or any identifying marks. Upon receipt, each submission will be assigned a serial number by CSS for a blind and impartial review process.

2. Ensemble & Instrumentation:
Pieces must be written for percussion trio or quartet. Instrumentation must adhere strictly to the available resources. Please view the detailed instrumentation list provided by Morse Percussion on our website.

3. Technical Specifications:
Duration: 6 to 10 minutes.
Format: Scores must be submitted in PDF format.
Content: Composers may submit complete pieces or individual movements. There is no restriction on musical style.

4. Eligibility & Status of Work:
Works may be newly composed or have been previously performed.

5. Nationality or Residency of Composer:
Composer must be Singaporean or based in Singapore.

Works involving electronics are welcome. Composers of selected works with electronics will be responsible for providing all necessary materials and for making technical arrangements for their ex*****on during the performance.

Deadline: 1 March 2026

Please visit our website for more details:
https://cssingapore.org/index.php/singapore-composers-festival-2026/

19/02/2026

The NMGCS V International Composition Competition, organized by The National Music & Global Culture Society (New York), is now open for submissions! This year's competition recognizes outstanding new full-scale musical works inspired by Turkic nations’ folk songs. It is open to composers of all nationalities with no age restrictions.

First Prize: $2000
Second Prize: $1000
Third Prize: $500

Additionally, all prize winners will receive a Certificate of Excellence and have their works performed at the Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium in New York, USA.

An original composition for solo instrument or small ensemble (up to 5 instruments), based on one or several of ten (10) pre-selected Turkic nations’ folk songs must be submitted. Contestants may also use any other Turkic nations’ folk songs, IN ADDITION to the obligatory one(s).

Deadline: 1 July 2026

For the pre-selected songs and to apply, please visit their website!
https://nm-gcs.org/about-the-nmgcs-v-international-composition-competition/

🔗 Link in our bio

10/02/2026

RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR COMPOSERS, PERFORMERS and CONDUCTORS [April 2026 – January 2027]

The precept.concept.percept residency focuses on a collaborative creative process where performers and composers work closely together to prepare for a performance at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week (Bled, Slovenia, EU). Composers present, optimize, theorize, and develop new works, while performers form an ensemble to refine their practice and premiere these compositions.

The program unfolds in three stages:

Four online workshops, where both performers and composers present their artistic practices and prepare for the creation and performance of new works.
Three online workshops, focused score readings, analysis, reflection on the composed works, and preparation for the following one-week workshop at the festival.
An intensive one-week session in Bled, Slovenia (EU), culminating in a live-recorded festival performance.

Participants benefit from high-quality documentation of their performances and recordings, opportunities to network with international artists, and a chance to establish long-term collaborations with fellow residency participants and the .abeceda [New Music Ensemble].

Deadline: 17 February 2026

🔗 Click here for more:
https://precept-concept-percept.com/precept-concept-percept/

07/02/2026

In cooperation with Universal Edition, Vienna, the Association of Friends of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra (FBS e.V.) announces the 9th Brandenburger Biennale, its competition for composers of symphonic music. The competition is international and open to all age groups.

To apply, participants should submit up to three orchestral scores written after 2019 along with audio recordings associated with the scores.

PRIZES:
The ""Komponistenpreis"": A commission endowed with 5000€ for an orchestral work to be first performed by the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.
The ""da capo-Preis"": The second or a further performance of one of the submitted pieces by the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

The prize winners have the right to publish their works with Universal Edition scodo and receive an annual subscription to scodo professional as part of their prize. In addition, all participants receive a voucher for a free submission to the Universal Edition scodo evaluation.

Deadline: 17 April 2026

More info below:
https://fbsym.de/biennale/ -english-version

03/02/2026

Pianist See Ning Hui returns with ReSounding 重生(声), part of a series featuring F***y Mendelssohn’s Easter Sonata. Written in 1828—before the Mendelssohn siblings revived Bach’s St Matthew Passion and transformed classical music—the Sonata was buried in the archives and misattributed to Felix until its rediscovery in 2010. Following concerts in London and Manila, where critic Yoko Tsunekawa noted her ‘rich palette of colours and expressive phrasing’, Ning Hui brings the Sonata into dialogue with voices from home.

Two Singaporean composers offer striking new soundworlds: Ng Yu Hng’s ‘memory mansion’ and Toh Yan Ee’s evocation of kampung birdsong in HDB estates. Sunlit hills and the raging West Wind come alive in Debussy’s preludes, while Florence Price’s celebration of her African-American identity resonates with Chopin’s undertones of Polish insurrection.

Date: 22 February 2026
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio

CSS Members may redeem discounted tickets for Cat 2 and 3 seats. Please check your emails for the promo code!

🔗 Ticket link below!
https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/resounding0226

11/01/2026

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📢

The 2026 Austin Game Music Festival will take place from March 6 - 16. AGMF celebrates the artistry and innovation of video game music through training, education, live performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration among composers, developers, and the next generation of creatives, who learn directly from guest composers and industry professionals.

It will take place during spring break in Austin, Texas, and offers student composers an exceptional opportunity to work directly with leading figures in the game-music industry — including Austin Wintory — as well as a professional game studio and the musicians of Density 512. Participants receive lessons, workshops, and hands-on collaboration, culminating in an exit product: original music for a new or unreleased game, performed and recorded in Austin.

Thanks to the generosity of donors, every accepted participant to AGMF 2026 will receive a minimum $500 scholarship, automatically applied upon acceptance.

Deadline: 18 January 2026

More information at: https://www.austingmf.com/

09/01/2026

Moments from our Young Composer Forum yesterday! Thank you to all participants who came down to join us! A big big thank you to ACM (Asian Civilisations Museum) for sponsoring the beautiful venue!

Thank you to choral music doyen, Ms Jennifer Tham of SYC ensemble singers for leading the session and to all our wonderful composers for sharing their works!

"Why" by Estene Cheong
"Greenland" by Thomas Kai-ren Rettig
"luminate" by Junsoo Bae
"anãhata" by Anvay Mathur

See you at our next event!

09/01/2026

2025 was an eventful year, and as we usher in the year ahead, we can't help but reflect with nostalgia on the year that has passed.

We were deeply excited to kick off two inaugural events in 2025: the Giam-Lim Composition Prize, in partnership with The TENG Company, and our very first CSS Composer Lab workshop, featuring Irish musicians Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea of the Fidelio Trio. While our composers proudly represented Singapore abroad, flying to Japan and Korea to premiere new works and speak on local new music, back home in Singapore, the CSS Young Composers Forum returned for a third edition.

2026 is geared up to be an equally exciting year, with the Singapore Composers Festival scheduled to return. Thank you everyone for your support in 2025! Please stay tuned for further updates from us, and we'd like to wish everyone a blessed 2026, full of new opportunities and new music!

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