The Young Composers Guild (YCG) is the highest achievement that a Composers Today (CT) composition student can attain. An accepted student is granted membership in the Guild for five years upon recommendation by a panel of composition evaluators. During this five-year tenure, the YCG member may be offered semi-professional paid performance opportunities through MTAC branch-sponsored concerts and semi-professional publishing opportunities through the Composers Today program. Each year, a special YCG Presentation Concert is held at the MTAC State Convention. This concert serves as a debut for newly selected members and as a venue for current members to present new works (after being selected through a competitive application process). In some cases, the Guild also provides awards, scholarships, and other financial support for its current members. The Young Composers Guild was established in 1996–1997 by Sue Shannon to honor MTAC’s most gifted young composers.

*Please note that because membership in YGC is the highest achievement that a CT composition student can attain, current and past members of YCG are not eligible to submit works (with the exception of film scores) to Student Divisions 1–6 of the CT State Composition Contest; they are, however, eligible to later submit works to Teacher Divisions 7–8, upon acceptance in MTAC as a Member, at any time after their five-year tenure in YCG expires.

The Young Composers Guild offers two levels of participation:

• New Student Membership
• Current Member Composition Award

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Results

• 2013 Young Composers Guild Results

For more information, contact:

• Young Composers Guild Chair,

Young Composers Guild Directory