Calls for Artists/Performers

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*Note: You MUST be a registered member (Partner or Northeast Region Contact) to submit opportunity. (If you are not registered, please do so (it’s FREE and easy!)

ARTIST/PERFORMER OPPORTUNITIES

ECSO’s Annual Instrumental Competition 2025 – Generously sponsored by the Zuckerbraun Family Fund, this competition was established to recognize the outstanding talents of emerging young musicians through the age of 25. Up to 12 finalists from local music institutions and top music conservatories will compete for prizes and the possibility of soloing with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra during the 2025-2026 concert season. The competition is open to instrumentalists who are 25 years old or younger on the day of the competition – March 22, 2025. 
See website HERE for more information and application.
Applications must be completed before the deadline of Feb 12, 2025 – Application, non-refundable application fee ($50) due along with recording in MP3 or WAV audio file.
Jan 22, 2025 – Early application deadline, discounted non-refundable application fee ($40).

I-Park Residency – We’re pleased to be launching our 25th artists-in-residence season. This year, we will be hosting six sessions of our fully funded, multidisciplinary General Residency Program (May through November). Artists from around the world are invited to apply for one of our seven creative disciplines: Visual Arts, Music Composition, Creative Writing, Architecture, Moving Image, Landscape/Garden Design and Interdisciplinary Practice. The application portal is now open. The application deadline is Monday, January 20, 2025. For details, visit our General Residency Program webpage.

The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) is engaged in a new Art in Public Spaces project for the new addition to the Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). COA is now accepting submissions of artwork by Connecticut artists for the interior of the new space. Interested artists may submit up to six images of available art through COA’s e-grant portal for this purchase opportunity. Submissions will be reviewed by the committee on a rolling basis. Submission Deadline: February 25, 2025

Connecticut Storytelling Center, New London – Seeking Storytellers (Teaching Artists) for School Programs
Do you like to tell stories? Do you like to work with children? The Connecticut Storytelling Center celebrates the spoken word in many forms, and among their most important efforts is their literacy enhancement programming in schools across the state. The Storytelling Center is training new teaching artists to meet the needs of the schools they are serving. The needs of the schools are diverse, and the Center is seeking a diverse queue of storytellers! If you are interested in literacy, love a good story, and would like to earn some extra money doing something that impacts the lives of young children, please contact the Connecticut Storytelling Center for more information about this opportunity. We can be reached at (860) 934-8165, or contact ctstorytelling234@gmail.com. Please check out our website to learn more! www.connstorycenter.org.