Young Composers / 2009 Competition

Young Composers' Competition 2009

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Now in its 11th year, the prestigious BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition gives young composers aged 12 to 18 a chance to get their music heard by a wider audience. Enter your own, original piece of music - no more than five minutes long - to the BBC Proms judging panel, who'll choose the winning compositions, which are then performed at the Young Composers' Concert during the BBC Proms season and broadcast worldwide on BBC Radio 3. The overall winner will also receive a commission to be performed and recorded by BBC musicians at the 2010 Inspire events, and will get to work with top composers and musicians in a series of workshops to develop their commission.

There are no restrictions on the type of music you can enter - it can be classical, jazz, pop, instrumental, vocal, anything you like. The only condition is that it has to be written down, as someone else will perform it if you get to the final. Everyone who enters the Young Composers' Competition can attend Inspire Day, a day of workshops that will challenge and inspire you to compose in new ways, in London on 14 August 2009.

How to Enter
Terms and Conditions
Download a competition entry form

Download an Inspire information leaflet

Inspire 2009
Timeline of Inspire Events
Composer Labs

For further information about the BBC Proms Young Composers' competition please contact promslearning@bbc.co.uk or call 020 7765 5575.