15th Anniversary Concert

The 15th Anniversary Concert was standing-room only! You can check out the livestream of the concert on youtube.

14th Annual Commissioning Competition

The Boston New Music Initiative Commissioning Competition is now open! Deadline is March 31, 2026.

3rd Annual Historically Excluded Composer Competition

This call is closed. Winners will be announced in March 2026.

13th Annual Commissioning Competition

The Boston New Music Initiative is very excited to announce the winner of our 13th Annual Commissioning Competition! Our judging panel was extremely impressed with the quality of the works submitted. Lingbo Ma's piece "Dance Unleashed" was selected by an outside panel of industry professionals including Ingrid Stölzel, Charles Shadle and Evan Williams, from an anonymous pool of over 50 very wonderful compositions. Ma will be writing a new work for string quartet to be premiered in June 2026.

LINGBO MA is a Chinese-born, US-based composer and pianist whose work has been performed in the USA, China, and Europe. She strives for unique ways of reaching the ultimate simplicity and clarity while unfolding diverse narratives in her music. A Presser music award recipient, Lingbo has received commissions from the Tanglewood Music Center, Dutch National Opera, National Sawdust, Collage New Music, Cantilena Choir, saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky, among others.

Lingbo obtained her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and is currently a doctoral candidate at New England Conservatory. Her composition mentors are Kati Agócs, Robert Beaser, and Michael Gandolfi.

BNMI would also like to recognize two honorable mentions: XY Mike Zhou and Christopher Jessup

2nd Annual Historically Excluded Composer Competition

We are very excited to announce the winners for our second annual Historically Excluded Competition!

Historically Excluded Gender

Winner:
Quinn Rosenberg for Bomb Cyclone

Historically Excluded Race/Ethnicity

Winner:
Jun Jie Edmund Song for Silk and Jades

Historically Excluded Circumstances

Winner:
Liliya Ugay for Mother Tales

Composer Interview Series

The next installment of the Composer Interview Series with Yangfan Xu was released on our youtube channel on May 3! Stay tuned for next season!

JOIN THE BNMI TEAM IN 2026

E-mail jobs@bostonnewmusic.org if you are interested! You can also check our jobs page.