How it works

Thanks to the generosity of many former Fromm Composer Fellows, who are donating their remarkable creative gifts, we have 53 one-minute composition commissions that will be created and premiered as part of our 80th Anniversary. Each commissioner was paired through a hidden randomized selection process that matched them with a former Fromm Composer Fellow. The deadline for signing up was November 17, 2023. Each new piece will be completed and ready for performance by March 31, 2024. 

As part of our 80th Anniversary celebration, each new will be video recorded by the performer or ensemble for which the piece was commissioned by June 30, 2024. At that point, each new work will be featured in a series of online World Premieres leading up to our 80th anniversary Composers Conference! All videos will be please recorded in .mov or. mp4 format (standard iPhone or Android videos) in a landscape setting, to allow for each video editing and posting.

Who can commission

Commissions were open and available to all individuals and ensembles up to 5 people, of every level and experience level. Whether you are a student, professional or adult amateur musician, this is a wonderful and affordable way to expand your repertoire, diversify concert programs, and simply challenge and stretch your musical horizons!

Where the money goes

Each commissioned work will be generously donated by a former Fromm Composition Fellow, allowing for each $100 commissioning fee to go directly towards supporting and expanding the Composers Conference's community building projects and efforts, such as the CMW Commissioned Work and the New Music/New Communities Initiative. 

COMMUNITY COMMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

We're thrilled in the overwhelming interested to commission so much new work as part of the Composers Conference's 80th anniversary celebration! 

Take note of the dates for the Community Commissions timeline:

-November 10, 2023: deadline for securing a Community Commission by one of our former Fromm Composer Fellows.

-November 17, 2023: Commissioner of pairing with one of our former Fromm Composer Fellows.

-March 31, 2024: Commissioner and performer/ensemble receives completed commissioned new piece.

-June 30, 2024: Performer(s) submit a video recording (landscape) in mov or. mp4 format that will be included it in a series of virtual premieres leading up to the 80th anniversary celebration of the Composers Conference. Some of these new works will be performed at the 80th Anniversary Gala on Sunday, August 4, 2024, as Avaloch Farm Music Institute.