nief-norf Summer Festival 2016 International Call for Scores

Each year the nnSF Call for Scores invites submissions of contemporary scores for chamber ensemble that are performed by Performance Fellows at the annual nief-norf Summer Festival. Submitted compositions may reflect any style or aesthetic direction and involve a variety of instrumentations, and may have been performed or recorded. Works including improvisation, or indeterminate notation or instrumentation are welcome. Composers of selected compositions will be invited to attend the festival and coach festival students and faculty in the preparation of the work.

The nnSF Call for Scores invites submissions of contemporary scores for chamber ensemble (3-8 players) for any of the following instruments:

flute (all family)
clarinet (all family)
oboe
bassoon
saxophone (all family)
piano
percussion
guitar
violin
viola
cello
double bass

We welcome any of the following: scores requiring two or more of the same instrument (such as percussion ensemble or string quartet); works including improvisation, electronics, indeterminate notation or instrumentation; works that have been performed, recorded or published. Composers of selected compositions will be invited to attend the festival and coach festival students and faculty in the preparation of the work. All interested composers, at any point in their career are eligible to apply.