Composers & Schools

06/27/2026

TourWest, a grant program from Creative West

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30, 2026 at 11:59 pm MT.

Creative West’s TourWest grant program, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides funding to presenters and presenting organizations (Schools!) to bring touring artists to communities throughout the Western region.

HOW TO APPLY: Submit all grant applications and support material at tourwest.gosmart.org.

06/01/2026

5th Petrichor
International Music Competition
Deadline: June 8
$60,000 in Prizes
Open to all performers, composers, singers, ensembles, orchestras, conductors of all ages.
Review Period: July 10 to July 25
Results Announcement: July 25 to July 31
Learn more at

The 5th Petrichor International Music Competition is now open for submissions to all composers, performers, singers, ensembles, and orchestras from around the world.​

02/06/2023

300 students from Algonquin School District in Illinois will perform the world premiere of "Magical Forest," an original composition by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan.

The concert is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Drive in Algonquin, IL

Listen to a sample of Jaime-Donjuan’s work here: https://on.soundcloud.com/VSEkghrgkrxVbijw5

01/03/2023

Congratulations !
The debut album of the New York Youth Symphony, featuring some players who were in middle school, is up against recordings by some of the world’s top orchestras.

12/28/2022

Congratulations to Berklee College of Music Indian Ensemble whose debut album “Shuruatt” — a cross-cultural collaboration of artists from 39 countries — has been nominated for a Grammy. The Indian Ensemble explores everything from Indian folk to Sufi traditions to Indo jazz and contemporary music led by director Annette Philip.

Learn more at

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/12/27/berklee-music-grammy-awards-indian-ensemble-shuruaat

11/06/2022

Los sombreros se en marcharon y los adolescentes se transformaron en profesionales.

Los equipos de las escuelas secundarias en la zona fronteriza de Texas se enfrentan cada año en una de las rivalidades más intensas del país.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/magazine/mariachi-texas.html

10/04/2022

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10/03/2022

Music teachers, composers, and students, we hope your fall term is off to a good start.

On Tues, Oct 4, there's a webinar with Hal Leonard, American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Christopher Tin. They will be discussing Multiculturalism, Language, and Soundtracking Humanity. It's free. Register at https://bit.ly/3rszen0

04/10/2022

Composers & Schools occupies a unique space in the performing arts and music education communities by linking professional composers and youth music ensembles to create new repertoire for educational ensemble and to provide learning opportunities that align with the professional music-making industry.

Take a look at a few project samples at
https://www.composersandschools.com/past-projects/

Project samples include
- a professional development workshop for teachers
- a project for jazz ensemble
- a graphic score project for chamber orchestra and guitar soloist
- a project for wind band and electronics
- a project for mixed ensemble and electronics
- a film scoring project for mixed ensemble
- a workshop for students interested in the creative process
- a project for scoring and sound design for film, television and games
- a project for chorus and soloist
- a flex score project for wind band

Let's create a project today! Visit us at composersandschools.com.

02/19/2022

NY Friends, Save the date!
A4TY: Album for the Young, Bloomingdale School of Music
Sat, Mar 19 3PM Space
The project, now in its eighteenth season, was founded by Katy Luo and currently curated by Margalit Cantor.
>>>”And yes, they were works of art indeed – no kiddie recital this! Professional composers, take note: This hopping center of creativity at Bloomingdale deserves national attention!” – John Deak, Founder, New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers Program, Commenting on A4TY
The A4TY Student Composing Project commissions composers to write new works for the Bloomingdale School of Music. In addition, there is a Call for Scores from student composers in the Bloomingdale community.

https://www.bsmny.org/a4ty/