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Music Current Commission 2025
Timeline
Submission period
Fri Feb 7 at 05AM UTC
End of submission period
Thu Apr 17 at 11:59PM UTC
Results date
Fri May 30 at 04PM UTC
Dublin Sound Lab invites composers to propose new works to be performed at Music Current Festival, Dublin, April 2026. Submissions may be for any combination of flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, or percussion. The proposal must inlcude an electronic or video part, but should not require a conductor.
We will review proposals according to flexible criteria, but we would especially like to receive proposals that engage critically with technology, media, or collaborative performance.
One applicant will be offered an award of €4,000. The commissioned composer will work closely with Dublin Sound Lab until April 2026, and may be invited to give public presentations on their work or to contribute to outreach, mentoring, or other professional development programmes in collaboration with our festival partners.
The assessment panel will include festival Artistic Director, Fergal Dowling, a member of the production team, and at least one of the regular Dublin Sound Lab instrumentalists. Please see our previous festival programmes and the following list of past commissionees to see the types of works we like to commission.
Previous commissioned composers include: Anna Murray (Irl), Silvia Rosani (Italy), Patricia Martinez (Argentina), Seán O'Dálaigh (Irl), Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece), Brona Martin (Irl), Alessandro Massobrio (Italy/Germany), João Pedro Oliveira (Portugal), and Lautaro Figueroa Balcarce (Argentina).
Details are available at web pages:
https://www.musiccurrent.ie/2025/commission.html
We will review proposals according to flexible criteria, but we would especially like to receive proposals that engage critically with technology, media, or collaborative performance.
One applicant will be offered an award of €4,000. The commissioned composer will work closely with Dublin Sound Lab until April 2026, and may be invited to give public presentations on their work or to contribute to outreach, mentoring, or other professional development programmes in collaboration with our festival partners.
The assessment panel will include festival Artistic Director, Fergal Dowling, a member of the production team, and at least one of the regular Dublin Sound Lab instrumentalists. Please see our previous festival programmes and the following list of past commissionees to see the types of works we like to commission.
Previous commissioned composers include: Anna Murray (Irl), Silvia Rosani (Italy), Patricia Martinez (Argentina), Seán O'Dálaigh (Irl), Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece), Brona Martin (Irl), Alessandro Massobrio (Italy/Germany), João Pedro Oliveira (Portugal), and Lautaro Figueroa Balcarce (Argentina).
Details are available at web pages:
https://www.musiccurrent.ie/2025/commission.html
