• Artists
    • Roster
    • Educational Residency
    • Composer Program
    • Artist Development
    • News
    • Alumni
  • Concerts
  • Join the Roster
  • Support
    • Make a Gift
    • Membership
    • Keep Our Artists Working
    • The Legacy Society
    • Special Programs
    • Special Events
      • NY Gala
      • DC Gala
      • 60th Anniversary
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Susan Wadsworth, Founder
    • 60th Anniversary
    • Alumni
    • General Info
      • NY Board
      • DC Board
      • Advisory Board
      • Alumni Council
      • Financials
  • Contact
  • DONATE

The YCA Composer-in-Residence Program

Deadline: March 1, 2021

The new Composer-in-Residence will be announced by April 1, 2021

 

Eligibility

Applicants for the Composer-in-Residence Program must be between 20 and 28 years of age as of March 1, 2021, and must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

 

Procedure

Applicants must submit scores and recordings of three original compositions (scores and recordings), along with a completed application form, a résumé or bio, two letters of recommendation, and a $40 application fee. Additional materials and an interview may be requested as we proceed through the selection process.

Download the Application Form

Pay Application Fee

Repertoire Requirements

  • A work for solo piano, or for solo instrument/voice + piano
  • A work for chamber ensemble
  • An additional work of your choice

 

Selection Process

Applications are reviewed by a panel of distinguished proponents of contemporary music, including YCA alumni, professional musicians, and composers.

 

Prizes

Commissions: Over the course of three years, the new Composer-in-Residence receives three commissions totaling $18,000 ($6,000 each).

  • Debut Commission 1 & 2: Each of your first two commissions are written for a current YCA artist. During the composition process, you will work closely with the artist to bring your piece to life, and the artist will premiere your work on their YCA debut concerts. Premieres will be augmented by warm-up concerts and post-premiere performances.
  • YCA Alumni Commission: Your third commission is written for (and in collaboration with) an alumnus/alumna of Young Concert Artists. After the initial premiere performances, YCA will secure 1-3 additional artists (of same instrumentation) from within the YCA family to learn and perform your work, thereby ensuring multiple performances.

 

Management Services: The most unique component of YCA’s Composer-in-Residence Program is that each composer joins the YCA roster with a minimum three-year comprehensive management contract. YCA’s managers:

  • Promote each composer’s career through their connections with the industry’s managers, concert presenters, conductors of major orchestras, and financial supporters, as well as YCA’s long-standing reputation for discovering and furthering the careers of extraordinary young artists.
  • Develop opportunities for performances of existing works and new commissions, as well as participation at residency programs with orchestras and new music institutions nationwide.
  • Provide a full package of publicity materials and services, travel arrangements, extensive professional development and educational residency experience.
  • Support ongoing career guidance through a mentorship with a YCA alumnus/alumna.

 

Notable Accomplishments by YCA Composers

The talents of YCA’s composers have been recognized with numerous prizes and accomplishments including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s 2020 Career Advancement Award, a GRAMMY Award, The Grawemeyer Award for Music, a Pulitzer Prize, a Heinz Medal in the Humanities, four Rome Prizes, two Berlin Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first Benjamin H. Danks Commission from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, five Charles Ives Fellowships, over twenty ASCAP awards, numerous BMI prizes, a Koussevitsky Prize and many prestigious commissions from renowned performers such as Evelyn Glennie, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Jeremy Denk, and from orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Amarillo Symphony, the Mobile Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

 

History

The YCA Composer Program was founded 28 years ago by YCA’s Alumni Association to discover and support exciting young composers and to provide opportunities for collaboration with excellent performers. Since the inception of the program, YCA has brought 11 exceptional composers to public attention: Dan Coleman, Kevin Puts, Kenji Bunch, Mason Bates, Daniel Kellogg, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, Andrew Norman, Chris Rogerson, David Hertzberg, Tonia Ko, Katherine Balch, and most recently, Saad Haddad.

 

YCA Contact

Erol Gurol, Director of Programs & Auditions
Young Concert Artists, 1776 Broadway, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10019

auditions@yca.org 

(212) 307-6656

 

Learn more about YCA alumni

“Where are the new composers? Right here.”

– THE NEW YORK TIMES

PAST WINNERS

2019-2021 Saad Haddad

2017-2019 Katherine Balch

2015-2017 Tonia Ko

2012-2015 David Hertzberg

2010-2012 Chris Rogerson

2007-2010 Andrew Norman

2005-2007 Benjamin C.S. Boyle

2002-2005 Daniel Kellogg

2000-2002 Mason Bates

1998-2000 Kenji Bunch

1996-1998 Kevin Puts

1994-1996 Dan Coleman

Young Concert Artists

1776 Broadway, Suite 1500
New York, New York 10019
telephone: (212) 307-6655
fax: (212) 581-8894
email: info@yca.org

 

© 2020 Young Concert Artists, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Web design by Truax & Company
Logo design by Jessica Weber Design, Inc.

  • Artists
  • Concerts
  • Join the Roster
  • Support
  • About
  • Contact
  • Press

Young Concert Artists Instagram Young Concert Artists Facebook Young Concert Artists YouTube

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST