Submitting an opportunity

 
Before submitting an opportunity, please be aware these should align with our Fair Access Principles, a code of best practice for running successful, open and inclusive artist development programmes, competitions and awards for composers.

To adhere to the Fair Access Principles, opportunities should:

  • Be free to enter
  • Not use anonymised selection
  • Allow entry regardless of age, educational level or qualification
  • Have an open and transparent selection process

 
Read more about the Fair Access Principles and why are they are important.

If you would like to find out more about the Fair Access Principles, how they might apply to your work, or you are interested in signing up, join one of our upcoming Fair Access information sessions.

If you need to make any changes to an opportunity you have already submitted, please email Temi Salau.

Looking for a collaborator?

 
If you are an individual or non-professional group looking for a composer to collaborate with, we understand it may be harder for your listing to adhere to our Fair Access Principles.

If this is the case, please tick the ‘Collaboration’ box when posting your opportunity, to ensure applicants are aware of this.

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National Youth Folk Ensemble
National Youth Folk Ensemble
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London, Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West
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Thea and Peter Musgrave
RPS Thea Musgrave Fund - Composition and Performance Grants
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London, Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Open Call for We are the Unheard Academy
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Online
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Sir Henry Raeburn, Margaritta MacDonald, Mrs Robert Scott Moncrieff (died 1824), National Galleries of Scotland. Bequest of Robert Scott Moncrieff Wellwood to the RSA 1854; transferred and presented 1910
Call for Scores - Caillagh, the first Manx Language Opera
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North West
Freelance Music Facilitators/Instructors
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London
Dewar Arts Awards
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Scotland
ORDINARY OBJECTS: Call for first-time composers
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Online, London, Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Scottish Hip Hop Bursary 2026
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Scotland
Sound Connections Innovate small-grants programme
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London
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Moseley Folk & Arts Festival
Hello You! The Janice Long Emerging Artist Award 2026
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London, Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales
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