Vital Organ Press (the publishing arm of Vital Organ Project) is issuing a call for scores to promote and celebrate new music for the pipe organ. The winning piece will:

• be an original piece for solo pipe organ

• have a maximum duration of 12 minutes

• be either a single- or multi-movement piece; multi-movement works should be included as one submission

• be playable on a wide variety of instruments

• be unpublished and not yet premiered at the time of submission

• optionally include the use of a pre-existing melody (provided that melody is in the public domain or the composer can produce a permission letter from the copyright holder),

No electronics will be accepted for this call, but we are open to the use of extended techniques. If you have a question about what’s possible, please reach out to us using our contact form: https://www.vitalorganproject.com/contact/

The composer should be at least 18 and a U.S. resident at the time of submission.

Submissions will be anonymous and include a PDF of the score with no name or identifying marks. A recording (live or MIDI mockup) may be submitted but is not required.

The winning pieces will be performed in a series of concerts across the midwest and published under Vital Organ Press. Composers are encouraged but not required to attend the concerts.

For questions about the call or more information about VOP, you can reach us by filling out the contact form at https://www.vitalorganproject.com/contact/

Applications will be accepted electronically via this form.