CALL FOR SCORES
2025 Emerging Composers Commission Competition
San Diego New Music invites emerging San Diego/Tijuana/Ensenada-based composers to apply for the Emerging Composers Commission Competition, an opportunity to compose an original work for our annual Emerging Composers Concert. The concert will take place at the Athenaeum Art Center (1955 Julian Ave., San Diego) on August 11, 2025.
Eligibility:
Students must be:
- Enrolled in a university or college at the undergraduate level in San Diego County, Tijuana, or Ensenada.
- Enrolled at the undergraduate level elsewhere, having graduated from a high school in San Diego County, Tijuana, or Ensenada;
- Current students or recent (Spring 2025).
Process:
- Submit 1-2 representative work(s) including a score and, if available, a recording, by June 16, 2025
- Include a brief statement (1-2 pages) that describes the applicant’s eligibility, and provide information about the applicant’s current undergraduate program and the high school from which the applicant has graduated.
- Selected composers will be asked to compose a new piece within an instrumentation to be determined shortly.
- All scores and parts will be due by July 21, 2025
- Rehearsals will take place within approximately one week before the concert. Commissioned Composers must be able to attend the performance on August 11, 2025
- Commissioned composers will have the opportunity to work with the performers during the rehearsal process, and will receive a premiere performance on the Emerging Composers Concert, a professional recording of the performance, and a $150 commission fee upon completion of score and parts.
- Submissions should be sent to: Ericstarr@sandiegonewmusic.com
And CONGRATULATIONS to the student composers selected to participate in the Emerging Composers Concerts in previous years
2024
Gabriel de Guzman - San Diego State University
Elliot Hayes - University of San Diego
Jacob Herrera - San Diego State University
Mai Pacumio - San Diego State University
Paolo Wahn - UC Berkeley/Canyon Crest Academy HS
2023
Joseph Ceballos - University of San Diego
Gabriel de Guzman - San Diego State University
Alex Laubach - Palomar College
Mai Pacumio - San Diego State University
Gerry Reoyo - San Diego State University
2022
Donovan Alcones - University of San Diego
Gabriel de Guzman - San Diego State University
Maile Pacumio - San Diego State University
Georgia Phipps - Palomar College
Tristan Shin - MIT/Canyon Crest Academy
Julianna Zheng - University of San Diego
2019
Ezekiel Mortenson - Palomar College
Marilynn Do - San Diego State University
Varun Rangaswamy - University of California San Diego
John-William Gambrell - Point Loma Nazarene University
Maddi Baird - San Diego State University
Diego Rodriguez
- University of California San Diego
2018
Max Vinetz - Yale/Canyon Crest Academy
Mariylnn Do - San Diego State University
Yixuan Nicole Shao - UCSD
Luke Piszkin - UCSD
Evan Caplinger - Columbia University/Scripps Ranch High School
Varun Rangaswamy - University of California San Diego
Winners of the Falk Prize
Commissioning composers to write new works for the San Diego New Music concert season
Georgia Phipps (2022) -
Maddi Baird (2021) - Adaptation for Conch Shells
Varun Rangaswamy (2021) -
Erratic Peaks
Zane Shrem-Besnoy (2021) - Sagitta **
Ezekiel Mortenson (2019) -
Five Things Lost
Diego Rodriguez
(2019) - Palindrome Rotation
The Falk Prize is sponsored by a generous contribution from Julia S. Falk, Ph.D.
** This work was a winning selection from a Call for Scores.
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