Statement of Fair-Access Principles

A.) There will be no application fees for ICF events and opportunities. All members are able to submit regardless of their financial situation. Digital submission of scores and recordings will be preferred as opposed to mailing physical media.

B.) Generally, all members are able to submit to ICF events regardless of age, educational level, or qualification, unless the opportunity is specifically intended for composers who qualify as “students.” Otherwise, current ICF member composers at any stage in their career are able to submit to our general offering of opportunities. We will not limit participation to composers who self-identify as “early career” or “upcoming,” or fall into an age category (e.g. “under the age of 35”).

C.) Composers are allowed and encouraged to submit works which have already been created. Submissions are not required to be written within a specific time span (e.g. within the past 10 years).

D.) ICF will offer reasonable due dates for applications to allow time for successful submissions from our membership.

E.) ICF will proactively offer access support and alternative application methods (e.g. video demonstrations of compositions that do not have written scores).

F.) ICF will provide a named point of contact for each opportunity. This is usually the member who is the director of the opportunity or event, will have the most up-to-date information, and can make administrative decisions.