An open search for compositions to be featured during the 2008–2009 season is currently being conducted. Of the compositions recommended for performance, one will possibly be selected for recording on a CD album issued on the North/South Recordings label.

Composers are invited to submit works for consideration in accordance with the following procedures:

All composers are eligible.

There are no restrictions regarding age, citizenship or institutional affiliation.

Compositions submitted may be scored for any solo instrument or for mixed chamber ensembles up to a maximum of 18 (eighteen) performers.

Compositions employing voice, percussion and/or electronic means are acceptable.

A non-refundable registration/processing fee of $25 (US Dollars) per composition must accompany all submissions.

Please make check or money order payable to NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, INC.

All checks must be payable through a US bank.

All submissions and/or communications should be addressed to:

NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, INC.
P.O. Box 698—Cathedral Station
New York, NY 10025-0698

Entries must be postmarked by June 1, 2008.

Programming decisions will be made public on the North/South Consonance website during October 2008.

Submissions via fax or e-mail will not be accepted.

Submissions not accompanied by the required registration/processing fee will not be considered.

Do not send original copies of scores or unique manuscripts.

Submit one bound copy of the complete score. Do not send parts.

The Board of Directors of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, Inc. cannot accept any responsibility for scores or any other materials lost, misdirected or damaged while in transit.

Materials submitted for consideration will not be returned.

A brief biographical sketch for the composer should accompany all submissions.

Please indicate if the work is registered with ASCAP, BMI or another performing rights agency.

A current address, e-mail and telephone number for the author should also be included.

A panel of distinguished musicians and composers will select the compositions to be performed during the 2008–2009 season. The members of this panel will also select the composition to be recorded and determine the exact number of compositions to be performed during 2008–2009.

The composition to be selected for recording should not currently be available on disc. NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, INC. reserves the right not to recommend a composition for recording purposes.

The Board of Directors of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, Inc will appoint the members of the selection committee. The decision of the selection committee will be considered final and will not be subject to appeal.

All individuals responding to this Call for Scores agree to abide by the stated competition guidelines.

Preference will be given to compositions that have not been performed in New York under professional auspices.

Works that have received performances in universities and conservatories are eligible for consideration.

If available, a recording of the work should accompany the submitted score.

Composers whose works are selected will be responsible for providing adequate performance materials ten weeks prior to the concert.

Composers will assume full responsibility for costs incurred in the rental, copying, reproduction and/or mailing of performance materials.

The NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE ENSEMBLE and appropriate guest artists will perform the compositions selected for the 2008–2009 season.

NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, Inc. will assume full responsibility for hiring musicians, performers' fees, publicity and other concert-related expenses.

NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE, inc. will also assume responsibility for finding funding to cover expenses incurred in recording the composition selected by the members of the selection committee.

Call For Scores 2007 Roster:
Composers whose music is part of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE events during the 2007–08 season include Rafael Aponte-Ledée, Elizabeth Bell, Victoria Bond, Hayg Boyadjian, Eleanor Cory, Christopher Dietz, Kenneth D. Froelich, Christopher James, Lei Liang, Rami Levin, José Lezcano, Max Lifchitz, Binnette Lipper, Tudor Dominik Maican, Richard Owen, Howard Quilling, Dominique Schafer, Harold Schiffman, Hilary Tann, Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, Jorge Vidales, Awilda Villarini, Rain Worthington, Gregg Wramage, and Marilyn Ziffrin. Join them!

Call For Scores 2006 Roster:
Composers whose music is part of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE events during the 2006–07 season include Jorge Antunes, Asher Ben-Yohanan, Roque Cordero, David Diamond, Michael Djupstrom, Cynthia Folio, Orlando García, Edward Green, Walter Hartley, Eun-Young Lee, Rami Levin, Max Lifchitz, William Mayer, Karola Obermüller, Betty Olivero, Douglas Ovens, Richard Owen, David Patterson, Christos Pittas, Jeremy Podgursky, Sarah Quarteland Manuel Sosa. Join them!

Call For Scores 2005 Roster:
Composers whose music is part of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE events during the 2005–06 season include Elizabeth Bell, Offer Ben-Amots, Harry Bulow, Lee Calhoun, Alessandra Ciccaglione, Aurelio De la Vega, Gerald Elias, Jennifer Fowler, Ada Gentile, Gunhild Glass, Dante Grela, Vera Ivanova, Fedor Kabalin, Sunbim Kim, Astrid Kruisselbrink, Massimo Lauricella, Max Lifchitz, Andrew List, David McMullen, John Melby, Marcela Beatriz Pavia, Raoul Pleskow, Nora Ponte, Carlos Rausch, Peter Seabourne, Randall Snyder, Hubert Stuppner, Alicia Terzián, Raymond Torres-Santos, Joseph Trapanese and Marilyn J. Ziffrin. Join them!

Call For Scores 2004 Roster:
Composers whose music is part of NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE events during the 2004–2005 season included Ernst Bacon, Nurit Barlev, Larry Thomas Bell, Herb Bielawa, German Cáceres, I'lana Cotton, Allan Crossman, Manuel de Elías, Emma Lou Diemer, Akin Euba, Sergio Fidemraizer, Marisol Gentile, Christopher James, Stefania de Kennesey, Gee-Bum Kim, José Lezcano, Mei-Fang Lin, William Mayer, Kermit Moore, William Ortiz, Jonathan Pieslak, Harold Schiffman, B. Allen Schulz, Ricardo Tacuchian, Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, James Yannatos and Stefan Weisman. Join them!

Click here to request additional information via email.