Annual Young Composers’ Competition

Young Composers’ Competition Concert – April 15, 2023

NEW DATE – the Submission Deadline has been extended by one week to March 6, 2023

We are inviting young composers to participate in the LCMS Young Composers’ Competition.

Composers will have the opportunity to work with the Rose Gellert String Quartet and professional musicians during a workshop in which their pieces will be performed and critiqued by the musicians and a jury of three prominent composers. Winning works will receive cash awards and a public performance.

Composers must be present for the workshop.

Leonard Woods Memorial Awards will be awarded to the winners in each category (cash awards): Junior $200, Senior $300, College/University $500. Winning works will receive a public performance by the Rose Gellert String Quartet at the Canadian Music Festival in November, 2023.