Yearly Archives: 2018


UAB Chamber Trio

Overview: BAMA will present a concert featuring the UAB Chamber Trio at UAB’s Hulsey Recital Hall. There will be two guest performers, but they are not included in the instrumentation for this call. You must be a current, submitting BAMA member for the 2018-2019 season to submit to this call.

Event Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019, 4:00pm
Submission deadline: Sunday, March 3, 2019 (completed scores required with submissions)
Event Venue: Hulsey Recital Hall at UAB
Instrumentation: Trios for one clarinet (Bb clarinet and bass clarinet will be available), one trumpet (Bb trumpet, piccolo trumpet, and flugelhorn will be available), one piano. No duets or solos. No electronics. Preference for traditional notation without extended techniques.
Duration: No specific maximum duration, though the concert will last one hour

How to Submit: Send a PDF of your score plus any parts to or hard copy to Chris Steele, 950 13th Street South, HC 231, Birmingham, AL 35294. Recordings are welcome but not required. Include the following information with submission:

  • Composer
  • Title
  • Duration
  • Date of composition
  • Instrumentation

Contact:


Chamber Music @ AEIVA – February 2019

Overview: BAMA is partnering for a fourth year with the UAB series “Chamber Music @ AEIVA” to present a concert that connects chamber music with the art on display at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. You must be a current, submitting BAMA member for the 2018-2019 season to submit to this call.

Event Date: February 21, 2019. 5:00pm reception, 5:30pm concert
Submission deadline: January 10, 2019 (completed scores required with submissions)
Event Venue: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts
Instrumentation: Any combination of two violins, one viola, one cello, and one piano
Duration: No specific maximum duration, though the concert will last one hour

Art exhibit: Compositions must relate in some way to the art either in “Stitching History from the Holocaust” (http://stitchinghistory.org/) or the contemporary Spanish artist Irene Grau (http://www.irenegrau.com/ or view this PDF). However, submissions need not be newly composed for this exhibit, you may submit existing works as long as the composition relates in some way to the art.

How to Submit: Closed for submissions

Contact:

Click here to download a PDF version of this call.


New York Composers Circle

Deadline for Submissions: August 25, 2018
Deadline for Scores: TBD
Event Date: TBD
Event Venue: New York Composers Circle
Instruments: See details below

BAMA is planning an exchange program with the New York Composers Circle, to be implemented this year with two compositions from each organization.

BAMA members with current membership may submit one piece to be considered for performance during the NYCC 2018-2019 season. Of necessity, the deadline is short. By Saturday, August 25th, provide title, instrumentation, and precise duration. Links to score and recording are also accepted but not required at this time.

How to submit: Email to with subject “[your last name] – NYCC Call”

See instrumentation and concert info below from the NYCC program director. BAMA will likely select works for fixed media, solos, and/or small groups for the festival — thus similar forces are recommended for your submission.

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Here is an idea of our forces across the coming regular-concert season. I’ll fill in solid info where presently known. The dates should hold.

  • 11/13 – (Mixed, piano. Electronics possible.)
  • 1/15 – (String quartet and divisions, hand percussion)
  • 3/19 – (Mixed, piano. Electronics possible.)
  • 4/23 – (Wind quintet and divisions, plus one extra oboe (English horn may be possible here).)
  • 5/21 – (Mixed, piano. Electronics possible.)

Where I say “mixed,” these concerts between them would use the following instruments (impossible at this point to say which one to which dates):
fl, corA (ob), cl (b cl), bsn (possibly), vn (2 possibly), vla, vc, db, mezzo-sop. This in addition to piano and electronics.


BNMF 2018 – Call for Student Piano Pieces

Deadline for Submissions: Completed scores due by Monday, May 14, 2018
Event Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018 (2018 BNMF)
Event Venue: Alabama Piano Gallery
Instruments: Piano (for students of different levels)
Duration: Depends on Level

For the Birmingham New Music Festival 2018 we will continue our partnership with Birmingham Metro Music Forum through which BAMA composers will write new music for performance by Birmingham-area private piano students. The piano pieces from last year will be included in a folder with any new submissions from which piano teachers will be picking music to be performed.

PLEASE NOTE: Since we have a wide selection of music from last year, there is no need to pick a specific difficulty level to write for prior to submitting. However, submitting composers should be aware that there is a chance that not every submission (from this year, or prior year submissions) will have the ability to be performed by students. The piano teachers will be provided with a folder containing all submissions from which they will pick a composition at the appropriate level for their student(s).

To ensure that we write music of appropriate difficulty, the teachers of BMMF have also provided us with a guide to difficulty levels (click here to view “Examples of Piano Rep Levels”). Please make sure that your music is difficulty level is noted in the file name, as explained below.

How to Submit: PDF scores should be emailed to with “2018 BNMF-Piano Students” as the subject.  The PDF should be named “StudentLevel-Composer-Title.pdf”  For example, a composition written for a level 3 student should be “3-Moon-CompositionTitle.pdf.”  Submissions will be considered incomplete if they don’t include:

  • A PDF score
  • A level specification in the file name, as detailed above

BAMA members in current standing can submit up to 3 new pieces for piano students.


2018 BAMA Piano Call (General)

Deadline for Submissions: June 24, 2018
Deadline for Scores: June 24, 2018
Event Date: TBD, variable
Event Venue: TBD, variable
Instruments: Solo piano, or solo piano with electronics

Requirements:
Alliance members in good standing are invited to submit up to three works for various piano concerts to be held during the 2018-2019 season.

Details:
Affiliated pianists in different regions plan to perform separate concerts featuring Alliance composers, drawn from a pool of scores. Most details of concert production will be handled together by the performer and the venue, with some assistance by BAMA and programmed composers.

Please submit up to three works for solo piano, with or without electronics. Be advised that some pianists may only select acoustic pieces.

The deadline for submissions is June 24, 2018.

How to submit:
For each work, provide the following to with the subject heading “BAMA Piano Call – Your Name.”

  • Link to score(s) in PDF format
  • Link to PDF document containing name of composer, title(s), duration(s), short bio, and program notes.
  • Link to recording(s) or demo(s) (optional)

Links must remain active during the selection process. If reliable file sharing is not possible, scores and info documents, but not audio files, may be sent as attachments.


2018 BNMF – Hoover Library Plaza

Deadline for Submissions: August 11, 2018
Event Date: Friday, October 19, 2018, time TBD
Event Venue: Hoover Library Plaza (Upstairs space by the coffee shop/cafe)
Instruments: Chamber music, no piano, no electronics or amplification
Duration: 10 minutes or less

NOTE: This year, as part of the 2018 BNMF, we will present our Friday night community concert at the Hoover Public Library Plaza.  This space is in a public cafe area (with the possibility of a coffee machine occasionally grinding) so delicate compositions might not be best presented at this concert. Any submissions not selected for this specific event may be considered for programming on other BNMF concerts.

Requirements: Alliance members in good standing are invited to submit one piece to be performed at this concert. Because of the location, a piano is not available and submissions must not require electronics/amplification.

Works submitted must be 10 minutes or less in duration.

Composers are limited to one submission for this call.

How to submit: Submissions should be emailed to with “2018 BNMF-Hoover” as the subject, and should include a link (Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer, etc) to the following files:

  1. A PDF score, if necessary (PDF scores can also be sent as an attachment)
  2. An audio recording (MIDI realizations are acceptable)
  3. A PDF document listing the name of the composer, title of the piece, instrumentation, duration, short biographical statement, and program notes.

Selected composers will be notified in early September.

If the information above is not provided when submitted, upon notification of a work’s acceptance for performance, the composer must supply all pertinent performance materials including a full score and individual parts, a concise one-paragraph bio of the composer, and a concise one-paragraph program note about the work. Failure to supply these materials in a timely manner will result in the composition not being presented during the festival.


2018 BNMF Electro-acoustic Concert

Deadline for Submissions: August 11, 2018
Event Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 7:30 PM
Event Venue: Hulsey Recital Hall, UAB
Instruments: See 2 categories below
Duration: 10 minutes or less

NOTE: In an effort to have all BAMA submitting members programmed during the festival, any member who has not yet been programmed will receive priority over those who have already been programmed for other festival events. Any submissions not selected for this specific event may be considered for programming on other BNMF concerts.

Requirements: Alliance members in good standing are invited to submit one piece in the following categories:

  1. Electronics. Two-channel audio recording alone, or with live processing
  2. Compositions performed by the composer, or by performer(s) provided by the composer, preferably with electronics.

Works submitted must be 10 minutes or less in duration.

Composers are limited to one submission for this call.

How to submit: Submissions should be emailed to with “2018 BNMF-EA” as the subject, and should include a link (Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer, etc) to the following files:

  1. A PDF score, if necessary (PDF scores can also be sent as an attachment)
  2. An audio recording (MIDI realizations are acceptable)
  3. A PDF document listing the name of the composer, title of the piece, instrumentation, duration, short biographical statement, and program notes.

Selected composers will be notified in early September.

If the information above is not provided when submitted, upon notification of a work’s acceptance for performance, the composer must supply all pertinent performance materials including a full score and individual parts, a concise one-paragraph bio of the composer, and a concise one-paragraph program note about the work. Failure to supply these materials in a timely manner will result in the composition not being presented during the festival.