FNMC COMPOSITION COMPETITION: Anticipated Categories
The Flute New Music Consortium is an organization with the shared mission of promoting new music for the flute by commissioning works and organizing simultaneous premieres. FNMC hosts its annual Composition Competition to connect members of the flute new music community to new works by talented composers. Semi-finalists are selected by blind-round judges; winners are heard and selected by FNMC member vote.
Winning composers receive a cash prize and many finalists find that their works receive more attention from the greater flute community. FNMC is proud of the performances and commissions it has had the honor to organize – but even more proud of the collaborations that have evolved between its members and its composers.
Winning composers receive a cash prize and many finalists find that their works receive more attention from the greater flute community. FNMC is proud of the performances and commissions it has had the honor to organize – but even more proud of the collaborations that have evolved between its members and its composers.
Anticipated Competition Categories 2022:
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2022. 11:59 p.m. CST
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2022. 11:59 p.m. CST
- Works in this category must feature flute alone.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works for flute and electronics are not appropriate for this category.
- Works in this category must feature the flute and piano or electronics. Additional performers are not appropriate for this category.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works in this category should only instruments from the flute family - utilizing between three and six performers.
- Instrumentation may include piccolo, C flute, alto flute, and bass flute. It is encouraged that any contrabass flute parts be optional.
Anticipated Competition Categories 2023:
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2023. 11:59 p.m. CST
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2023. 11:59 p.m. CST
- Works in this category must feature flute alone.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works for flute and electronics are not appropriate for this category.
- Works in this category must feature the flute and piano or electronics. Additional performers are not appropriate for this category.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works in this category should include flute in some capacity.
- Chamber works should utilize between three and six performers.
- Works for more than six performers are not appropriate for this category.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
Anticipated Competition Categories 2024:
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2024. 11:59 p.m. CST
Solo Flute: Submission deadline: June 1, 2024. 11:59 p.m. CST
- Works in this category must feature flute alone.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works for flute and electronics are not appropriate for this category.
- Works in this category must feature the flute and piano or electronics. Additional performers are not appropriate for this category.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
- Works in this category should include flute in some capacity.
- "Plus One" should be one other acoustic instrument or voice. Works for flute and piano are not appropriate for this category.
- Works for three or more performers are not appropriate for this category.
- Instruments in the flute family (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, etc.) will be accepted.
