Tarenna Collective is delighted to announce ‘Composer’s Drawing Board Vol. 2’, an open call for a new commissioned work to be premiered on 13 October 2026 at Esplanade Recital Studio. The selected composer will receive SGD$2000 to write a new work of 10 to 15 minutes duration for 2 to 5 instruments from the following instrument list:

• 2 violins
• 1 viola
• 1 cello
• 1 flute/piccolo/alto flute

For this iteration of the project, applicants are invited to respond to the theme of ‘Displacement’ for their proposed new work. In addition to being commissioned to write a new work, the selected composer will collaborate with the musicians to program the rest of the concert repertoire. The concert programme should draw connections between the commissioned work and that of the numerous musical cultures that inform it, forming a snapshot of the commissioned composer’s sound world. A maximum of two pieces by the selected composer is thus allowed for the proposed concert program, as a traditional composer portrait concert is not desired in this open call. The selected composer must be willing to physically present the concert in collaboration with the musicians, and to be interviewed as part of publicity efforts as decided by Tarenna Collective.

Submission deadline: 1 January 2026

More details available here.