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2026 Call

The 2026 call is led by UCLA music performance professor David Kaplan, Decoda, and Contemporary Music Ensemble SORI with support from a UCLA Global Research Award.

Submission Details
No application fee is required.
Submissions will be reviewed anonymously.
Composers may submit up to three works.
Three $1,000 prizes.
Application deadline is June 15, 2026.

Prizes Awarded
Ensemble SORI prize: $1,000
Decoda prize: $1,000
Student and Early Career prize for composers in a degree program or who have had a degree conferred on or after January 1, 2023: $1,000
Professional recordings of live premiere performances

Composer Eligibility
Open to composers of all ages, nationalities, career stages and backgrounds.

Work Requirements
Submitted works MUST include piano and MAY include up to three other instruments from this list: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, violin and viola. Solos, duos, trios, quartets and works with open instrumentation will be considered.
Works of any compositional style will be considered.
Works should be no longer than 20 minutes in length.
Works must be composed in or after 2020.
Submitted work must be an original composition (no arrangements permitted).
Submission may include a complete sound recording (live or studio performances or midi realizations will be considered). A one-and-a-half to two-minute excerpt for first review can be indicated by a time stamp.
Composers will have the option to contribute scores to the UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Library collection and libraries of international partner universities. If a work is published, composers must have the right to deposit it into one or more of the partner library collections.

Opportunity Website

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