Young Composers Awards
From SOCAN Foundation
This annual competition is designed to recognize Canadian composers who are 30 years of age and under, for original concert music works in the following five categories: large ensemble, chamber ensemble, solo or duet, vocal, and electroacoustics.
- Amount
- Up to $5,000
- Who can apply
- Not found
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Music
- Application fee
- Not stated on the funder's page
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “– The competition is open to composers who are 30 years of age or under on the application deadline.”
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What is offered
Money to you
- The Grand Prize of $5,000 for the best overall work may also be awarded.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
– The competition is open to composers who are 30 years of age or under on the application deadline. – Candidates must be Canadians and SOCAN members or Canadians who are not members of any performing rights organization. – Works submitted must be original, composed within three years of the application deadline. Arrangements are not eligible. – There is no minimum duration for compositions submitted. – Entries that were award winners in previous SOCAN Foundation Awards are not eligible. – Recipients of the John Weinzweig Grand Prize are not eligible to reapply in subsequent years.
What to send
– Candidates must provide a brief biography and photo. – Candidates are required to upload score(s) and/or recording(s) into the data management system for judging purposes.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Key details not found yet: deadline.
Source: https://www.socanfoundation.ca/awards/young-canadian-composers-awards/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 14, 2026.
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