NOTE: You must be a BAMA “Submitting Member” for the current season in order to submit scores for any of the calls below. Visit artmusic.org/join if you want to join BAMA and pay online now.
By submitting scores for programming consideration, you also agree to participate in the development, planning, and presentation of any concert on which your submissions are selected for programming.
Also, some events may require supplemental payment on the part of the submitting member to cover performer fees. If this is the case, it will be clearly communicated within the details of the call for scores, or communicated individually to submitters before it is programmed.
Concert date(s): TBD during the 2025-2026 season Submission deadline: August 1, 2025 Venue(s): TBD
Craig Hultgren invites current BAMA members to submit forward-looking solo pieces no more than 12 minutes in duration. The pieces may be for acoustic cello or the ecello. They may have electronics.
For insight into the submission, please contact Craig at
How to Submit: By August 1, 2025, email with the subject “Cello” and the following info:
Score in PDF format
Other materials required for performance (media, files, etc.)
Concert Date(s): TBD Submission Deadline: May 1, 2025 Instrumentation: four-hand/one piano, four-hand/two pianos, or solo piano (no electronics)
Newer and unperformed compositions will be given priority in programming. However, works presented on previous Bowles-Fouse concerts, by Duo Gastesi-Bezerra, or as part of the BAMA Piano Project will be considered.
Pianist Adam Bowles is a dedicated performer of new music who also remains an active and passionate interpreter of established solo piano, chamber music, and vocal repertoire from the twentieth century and earlier. Dr. Bowles frequently performs throughout the country with the Luna Nova ensemble, of which he is a founding member. He has given numerous performances on Birmingham Art Music Alliance concerts, and has also served as Treasurer and VP of Membership for the organization. He also serves as Music Director at Faith Lutheran Church in Clay, Alabama. Dr. Bowles holds degrees from Eastman School of Music (BM) and New England Conservatory (MM), and received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Pianist Kathryn Fouse is Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. In addition to her commitment to education, she continues to maintain an active performing career, sharing her passion for new music with audiences and actively seeking collaborative ventures with like-minded artists. In addition to her solo performances, she is in great demand as a professional accompanist, and has served as staff accompanist for many international competitions and festivals. Dr. Fouse holds degrees in Piano Performance from Baylor University (BM), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (MM) and the University of North Texas (DMA).
How to Submit: By May 1, 2025, email with the subject “Piano Duo” and the following info:
In celebration of our 30th anniversary, the Birmingham Art Music Alliance will present a series of virtual concerts during the 2025-2026 season. All BAMA alums and current members are invited to provide a video file with a performance of one of your compositions, duration 10 minutes or less.
If your preferred video recording is already in the BAMA archive, indicate the concert, date, YouTube link, or other info to help us locate it. Otherwise, you may upload to your own repository and send a link — or request access to BAMA’s Google Drive for direct transfer. If you have no such video, consider making one. Composer performances are acceptable, as are creative video works (not still images or scrolling scores) synchronized with recorded audio or electronic music.
There is presently no budget to cover expenses for new recordings. However, if you have no other option but possess a work for a solo instrument (cello, clarinet, piano, etc.), please indicate so in case there is funding later.
In order to participate, you agree to record a short interview (questions and details forthcoming) that will be edited as an introduction for your piece.
How to Submit: Preferably ASAP, but before August 1, 2025, email with the subject “Video” and the following info:
Link or reference to video file (see above)
Composer
Names of performer(s) and instruments, if applicable
Title
Duration
Recording of DIY interview, to be completed after other info is received
Call for Scores: Vuorovesi Trio (Diane Boyd Schultz, Mary Lindsey Bailey, Osiris Molina) Concert Date: March 24, 2025 Submission deadline: Feb 1, 2025 for scores and parts Instrumentation: standard instrumentation is flute, oboe, Bb Clarinet, doublings of Alto Flute, English horn and Bass Clarinet also available
Formed in 2018, the Vuorovesi Trio (Finnish for “tide”) has quickly become one of the leading woodwind trios of the combination of flute, oboe, and clarinet. Comprised of University of Alabama School of Music faculty members Diane Boyd Schultz, Mary Lindsey Bailey, and Osiris J. Molina, the trio specializes in the unique repertoire for that combination and has already garnered significant critical acclaim. Their recent performances include a special concert at the historic Cervantes Hall in Havana, Cuba, and featured performers at the most recent International Double Reed Society Conference, National Flute Association Convention, and the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest.
The trio is particularly interested in new works using all three players but will accept duos and solo submissions.
How to Submit: By Feb. 1, 2025, email with the subject “Vuorovesi” and the following info:
