Performance Proposals &
Call for Scores

Submit proposals to perform or have your composition premiered at the Scheherazade Music Festival in Manhattan, KS.

  • Performance Proposals

    Perform with us June 2025!

    Submit proposals to perform compositions titled or depicting natural landscapes! Share a story of the earth, sea, sky, etc. through your chamber music performance.

    We are especially interested in the untold, unique musical stories of BIPOC and underrepresented composers/performers.

    Proposals Due by April 1, 2025 at 11:59pm CT

    FREE Entry

  • Call for Scores

    New narratives through new music! Submit scores titled about or depicting natural landscapes.

    Compositions must be scored for: voice (any type), flute, saxophone, & piano.

    Duration: 5-12 minutes

    1 Winner will receive: $500, a world-premiere at SMF 2025, and a live video recording of the work.

    Up to 2 Honorable Mentions will be selected to receive a world-premiere performance at SMF 2025.

    Maximum 2 submissions per composer.

    We are especially interested in the untold, unique musical stories of BIPOC and underrepresented composers.

    Deadline Extended. Submissions now due: March 1st, 2025 at 11:59pm CT

    FREE Entry

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