Festival of New Music
Saturday, October 11, 2025 in Cedar Falls, IA
Iowa Composers Forum
Call for Scores
Festival of New Music, Fall 2025
Members of the Iowa Composers Forum are invited to submit scores for performers from the University of Northern Iowa to perform 1–2 concerts on Saturday, October 11, 2025 in Davis Hall and/or JB Hall at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
Instrumentation:
Category 1: Composers provide their own performers, and/or works for fixed media/electronics with or without video, with up to 5.1 speaker diffusion.
Category 2: Pieces for New Music Ensemble - works must be open instrumentation,
and may include graphic, text-based scores, or game pieces.
Category 3: Works for Flute Quartet or Flute Choir.
Category 4: Works for Horn Choir (6–8 performers).
Category 5: Works for Student Wind Quartet (flute, clarinet, horn, and bassoon).
Category 6: Works for Student Brass Quintet (two trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba).
Category 7: Works for the UNITuba Ensemble (solo to ensemble, which includes euphoniums and tubas).
Category 8: Works for Double Bass Ensemble (solo to ensemble)
Duration: Submitted works may be of any duration and have been written at any point in a composer’s career.
Due Date: June 15, 2025, by 11:59pm Central
Notification: Selected composers will be notified via email by June 30, 2025.
Submission:
— Composers are encouraged to submit up to two different works per category.
— Submissions can be made via email at iowacomposersforum@gmail.com
— In your email, please submit the following information:
- Composer name
- Title(s) and year(s) composed
- Brief biography (150 words or less)
- Brief program notes (150 words or less)
- A copy of the score(s)
- An MP3 file or a link to a recording of the work(s) (MIDI realizations are acceptable)
Selection Process:
— Final decisions regarding the selection of pieces for the concert will be decided by the UNI ensemble directors. None of the listed ensembles are guaranteed. Ensemble directors will look over the submissions they receive and decide if any of the works will be appropriate for their ensemble to prepare in time for the festival.
— Pieces will be selected based on duration and difficulty.
— Generally, only one piece per composer will be selected, however the festival organizers and ensemble directors reserve the right to program more than one work per composer, if needed.
Feedback: No feedback will be given to composers who were not selected for the festival.
Attendance: Selected composers are required to attend the performance of their work. If attending the festival creates a barrier for a composer to participate in the festival, please contact Jonah Elrod.
Point of Contact: Please contact Jonah if you have any questions.
Jonah Elrod, iowacomposersforum@gmail.com
