Browse Opportunities

31 opportunities for classical composers and performers.

Naumburg International Violin Competition (2026)

Walter W. Naumburg Foundation

Competition
$10,000 – $25,000September 7, 2026

MacDowell Fellowship (Spring/Summer 2027 season)

MacDowell

Residency
Amount variesSeptember 10, 2026

Guggenheim Fellowship — Music Research

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesSeptember 16, 2026

Camargo Fellowship (next call timing posted)

The Camargo Foundation

Residency
Amount variesOctober 1, 2026

Como Conservatory Eidos Piano Project

Como Conservatory (Department of Keyboard Instruments)

Other
Amount variesOctober 31, 2026

Rome Prize — Musical Composition

American Academy in Rome

ResidencyFree to apply
$30,000November 1, 2026

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

Residency
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Foundation for Contemporary Arts — Emergency Grant

Foundation for Contemporary Arts

Project GrantFree to apply
$500 – $3,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Program

Illinois Arts Council Agency

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

ACF Connecting Communities Grant

American Composers Forum

Project GrantFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Colorado Creative Industries – statewide individual artist fellowship (not confirmed)

Colorado Creative Industries (Office of Economic Development & International Trade)

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Virginia Commission for the Arts – statewide individual artist fellowship (not confirmed)

Virginia Commission for the Arts

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Georgia Council for the Arts – statewide individual artist fellowship (not confirmed)

Georgia Council for the Arts

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Company Call for Scores

T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Company

Other
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

International Queen Elisabeth Competition (instrument varies by year)

Queen Elisabeth Competition

Competition
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Individual Artists Fellowship

California Arts Council

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards (IEA)

Ohio Arts Council

FellowshipFree to apply
$5,000 – $50,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

NY Virtuoso Singers Call for Scores

New York Virtuoso Singers

OtherFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Specific Cultural Projects – Individual Artist Projects

Florida Division of Arts and Culture

Project GrantFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Illinois Arts Council Creative Projects Grant (FY26) (open deadline / while funds last)

Illinois Arts Council

Project GrantFree to apply
$1,000 – $12,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission

The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation (Library of Congress)

CommissionFree to apply
$12,500 – $20,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

California Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship (IAF) (via Administering Organizations)

California Arts Council

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Musicians Foundation Emergency Assistance

Musicians Foundation

OtherFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

New Music USA Reel Change Film Fund

New Music USA

Project GrantFree to apply
$20,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (program status varies by year)

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) & New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

FellowshipFree to apply
$8,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

New Music Engine Call for Scores

New Music Engine

Other
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Fromm Music Foundation Commission

Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard University)

CommissionFree to apply
$12,000Rolling / no fixed deadline

PARMA Featured Recording Opportunities

PARMA Recordings

Recording
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship

California Arts Council

FellowshipFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

NYWC Seed Money Grant Calls (Members Only)

New York Women Composers

CommissionFree to apply
Amount variesRolling / no fixed deadline

Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship

Tennessee Arts Commission

FellowshipFree to apply
$5,000Rolling / no fixed deadline