TOTEM Electroacoustic 2027: International Composer Call, Register by 21 November

Productions Totem Contemporain (PTC), a Montreal-based organization founded by composer and instrument inventor Jean-François Laporte, invites professional creators to the third TOTEM Electroacoustic Competition. Electronic, acousmatic and other loudspeaker-based musical approaches are welcome.

Composers of any age and nationality may enter. Submit one original, unpublished fixed-media work built primarily from PTC's instrument sound library. The piece should be at least seven minutes, preferably no longer than 17, in stereo or up to eight channels, without live performers.

Registration closes on 21 November 2026; finished works are due 21 December 2026. Registered participants can access the sound bank. Submission materials include a PDF work description, portrait photograph, MP3, stereo WAV or AIFF, and a representative three-minute audio excerpt.

Registration costs CAD 45; applicants facing financial hardship may request a discretionary waiver. Prizes are CAD 2,500 for first place, CAD 1,500 for second and CAD 1,000 for third, alongside special awards and possible commissions or residencies. Finalist works are scheduled for a Montreal concert in winter 2027.

Read the terms concerning attribution of PTC sounds, restrictions on their commercial use, and the prohibition on entering the same work in another competition before results are announced.

Official competition page: https://totemcontemporain.com/en/totem-electroacoustic-competition

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