Commissioning Process for Interested Composers

The Metropolitan Wind Symphony Commissioning Fund awards commissions to student, emerging, and established composers. This is typically done either through a competition that is announced on our website and publicized in Internet sites frequented by composers or it is done through an internal process. These MWS commissions are funded either through entry fees collected in composer competitions or with the income derived from the MWS Commissioning Fund. The principal from this Fund cannot be touched, so when sufficient income has been accumulated, we can start to plan another commission. Sometimes, the purpose of the commission is to commemorate a special occasion. Or, we may have a soloist in mind for whom we wish a piece to be written.

Another way the MWS commissions composers is by being part of a consortium which pools the money from the consortium members to pay the commissioning fee.

In this fashion, commissions of various types are planned to be awarded on a regular basis long into the future. Please communicate with Bob Piankian, chair of the MWS Commissioning Committee, if you wish any further information. Here is complete contact information:

Metropolitan Wind Symphony
c/o Bob Piankian, Commissioning Committee
9 Surrey Road
Newton, MA 02458

Telephone: (617) 796-9990
Fax: (617) 527-8543
E-mail: rap@mws-boston.org