Composer Contests

Senior American Women Composer Program Awards

The NFMC sponsors an annual contest for Senior American Women Composers. The purpose of the Women Composers Program Award is to stimulate appreciation and knowledge of music by American Women Composers and to encourage its performance by solo artists, performing groupsstudents. Each of the 14 NFMC districts awards a prize of $70 for the winning performance of a program by women composers.

Student Composers Contests

The NFMC sponsors contests for Young Composers ages 16-25 and Junior Composers ages 6-18. Compositions from these two groups are judged at the local, district, and national levels. The DCFMC awards a $25 prize to all local winners in the young composers and the junior composers categories.