Given the many obligations facing musicians in the midst of preparing for Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, and the end of the parish choral season generally, the submission deadline for the New Music Reading Session has been extended by one week, to June 17th. If you are a composer with works to submit — a motet or two, a Mass movement or two, or some combination thereof, as long as it totals 15 pages or fewer — please send them to newmusic@musicasacra.com in PDF format. When doing so, please be sure to include your contact information (e-mail address, website, etc.) for inclusion in the table of contents — important information for prospective performers and commissioners of your works!

Composers with Finale or Sibelius who may be confused as to how best to produce a PDF of their works should consider installing CutePDF, a free program that acts as a printer driver. The software and download instructions are available here. If you have a handwritten score, you can bring it to a local copy center (Kinko’s, Staples, OfficeMax, etc.) and have them scan it for you. As previously noted, the PDF requirement and $20 submission fee — payable through PayPal or by check to our programs office (address in the footer of this page), and which covers the cost of printing the volume — saves you from having to make 200 copies of each of your submitted compositions.