Composition Competitions

The following competitions and performance opportunities are presented by NAfME:

Composition-Competition

NAfME Student Composers Competition

  • The 2019 NAfME Student Composers Competition winners will be announced in September.
  • The 2020 NAfME Student Composers Competition will open December 16, 2019. The deadline to apply is March 27, 2020.

NAfME Electronic Music Composition Competition 

  • The 2020 NAfME Electronic Music Composition Competition will open January 20, 2020. The deadline to apply is April 10, 2020.

NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles

  • 2019 Applications Open: February 1, 2019
  • 2019 Applications Close: May 3, 2019, at 11:59 PM ET
  • Event Dates: November 7-10, 2019, at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center