The AGO Task Force for Gender Equity invites women composers, and composers who identify as women or nonbinary, to submit new and unpublished organ compositions to celebrate Woman Composer Sunday on March 9, 2025. The application deadline is October 1, 2024.
Prizes:
Concert Work Awards (5-7 minutes):
First Prize – $1000 generously funded by Christian Mucha.
Short Composition for Worship Services Awards (2-4 minutes):
First Prize – $500 generously funded by Billie Busby Smith, former Denver chapter Dean, and Sid Smith.
Second Prize – $300 generously funded by Women’s Sacred Music Project.
Young Composer Prize:
$500 for highest placing work by a composer under 30 in either category Young Composer Prize generously funded by an anonymous sponsor.
Click here to download the competition rules and the instructions to apply
Find Out More about Women Composer Sunday
Task Force on Gender Equity:
Nancy Cooper, DMA, CAGO, Director – Email
Benjamin M. Cornelius-Bates FAGO, DMA – Email
Lindsey Johnson, MM – Email
Lyn Loewi, DMA – Email
Leslie Wolf Robb, BA, CAGO – Email
Eileen Hunt, ex-officio, AAGO, DMA – Email
Michelle Kardos, Director of Education, DMA, MT-BC, CAGO, AGO Headquarters Staff – Email