2027 Electronic Music Midwest Festival

2027 Electronic Music Midwest Festival
https://www.emmfestival.org/submit.php
Deadline: Tuesday October 20 2026

2027 Electronic Music Midwest Festival

Call for Submissions

Lewis University and Kansas City Kansas Community College are pleased to announce an international call for submissions for the 25th Annual Electronic Music Midwest Festival, featuring guest performer Shiau-uen Ding, to be held February 4-6, 2027 at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Each concert will feature an 8.1.4 immersive speaker diffusion system, with a lower/main ring of 8 channels (with front and rear centers) and 4 height channels. Acclaimed pianist, Shiau-uen Ding, will be the featured performer and composers are encouraged to submit works for her consideration.

EMM is only able to consider works less than 20 minutes in length. Please note that works longer than 12 minutes are rarely programmed.

EMM welcomes and programs all types of EA music, but we are especially interested in programming works that fall within one of the following categories:

1) Composition for our guest performer, Shiau-uen Ding (piano), with fixed media and/or live electronics [works that use extensive prepared piano are not possible during the festival]

2) Works for fixed media and/or live electronics up to 8.1.4

3) Instrument(s)/Voice(s) and fixed media or live electronics (composer must provide performers and electronics)

4) Works that include video

5) Sound Installations and Interactive Media (composer provides all non-standard equipment)

6) Live Laptop works

Submission Deadline: October 20, 2026

Submission Guidelines:
1) Creators may submit one work for consideration.

2) For consideration, applicants must register and complete an online submission form available at newmusicengine.org. Complete submission information and guidelines are available on the EMM website.

3) For adjudication purposes, multi-channel works must be submitted as a stereo mix and uploaded at New Music Engine. These audio files are only for adjudication. Selected participants will bring performance files of accepted works to the festival.

4) For works that include a live performer, both a score and recording are required.

5) For video submissions, please provide a link to a streaming service such as Vimeo.com or Youtube.com. Note: The video field is for video submissions only. Using this field for external links to audio files will disqualify your submission.

Registration Information
There is no fee to submit work for consideration. Those whose works are selected through peer-review for this festival will be required to submit a $75 registration fee at the festival and must agree to attend the festival.

Only one registration fee is collected for works by more than one composer or collaborations. Upon arrival at EMM, composers will check-in with the registration desk to pay the registration fee and collect a festival information packet. EMM will provide a receipt at that time for those who need documentation for reimbursement.

Regrettably, EMM is unable to offer travel stipends or honorariums to festival participants at this time; however, we do have a limited number of registration waivers available to composers who are able to demonstrate financial hardship.

EMM is unable to consider works that do not conform to these guidelines.

To submit work: https://www.emmfestival.org/submit.php