Call for Submissions
TURN UP Multimedia Festival 2027
April 15-17, 2027 in Tucson, AZ
Submission Deadline: Nov. 1st, 2026
The University of Arizona invites composers (acoustic and electroacoustic) and multimedia artists of any age, gender identity, race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin to submit works or presentations to be featured at the Spring 2027 TURN UP Multimedia Festival in Tucson, Arizona. This year, we are featuring guest artist Badie Khaleghian and clarinetist Jackie Glazier and her students
TURN UP promotes Equality, Culture-Connection, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration. We encourage partnership between different fields, cultures, and genders. TURN UP includes multiple lectures, presentations, and masterclasses from leading artists from different fields, different circumstances, and different geographic areas, and culminates with multiple multimedia concerts that include the works of select artists. We want to TURN UP the volume and visibility of artists from underrepresented groups in music, art, and technology.
Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system and stage video projection system. TURN UP accepts all visual art/music works and live and immersive art works, but we especially seek works that fall within one of the following categories:
1) Acoustic works for three performers or less.
2) Instrument(s)/voice(s) and fixed media or live electronics with or without video.
Featuring performances by clarinetist Jackie Glazier and her students, and faculty and student artists of the University of Arizona School of Music.
Clarinet ensemble pieces are strongly encouraged!
TURN UP Multimedia Festival 2027
April 15-17, 2027 in Tucson, AZ
Submission Deadline: Nov. 1st, 2026
The University of Arizona invites composers (acoustic and electroacoustic) and multimedia artists of any age, gender identity, race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin to submit works or presentations to be featured at the Spring 2027 TURN UP Multimedia Festival in Tucson, Arizona. This year, we are featuring guest artist Badie Khaleghian and clarinetist Jackie Glazier and her students
TURN UP promotes Equality, Culture-Connection, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration. We encourage partnership between different fields, cultures, and genders. TURN UP includes multiple lectures, presentations, and masterclasses from leading artists from different fields, different circumstances, and different geographic areas, and culminates with multiple multimedia concerts that include the works of select artists. We want to TURN UP the volume and visibility of artists from underrepresented groups in music, art, and technology.
Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system and stage video projection system. TURN UP accepts all visual art/music works and live and immersive art works, but we especially seek works that fall within one of the following categories:
1) Acoustic works for three performers or less.
2) Instrument(s)/voice(s) and fixed media or live electronics with or without video.
Featuring performances by clarinetist Jackie Glazier and her students, and faculty and student artists of the University of Arizona School of Music.
Clarinet ensemble pieces are strongly encouraged!
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Hailed for her “robust playing and virtuosic performance” (San Diego Tribune) and “beautiful and clear tone” (The Clarinet Journal), Jackie Glazier is an active soloist, chamber musician, orchestral clarinetist, pedagogue, and advocate of new music. As Associate Professor of Clarinet at the University of Arizona, Glazier is a committed pedagogue and mentor to future generations of clarinetists.
As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia at many prestigious venues, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Glazier is a founding member of the clarinet and saxophone ensemble Duo Entre-Nous, with Belgian-based saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl. The duo is active in commissioning, performing, and recording works for clarinet and saxophone, and has been responsible for the creation of over 20 new works for the genre since 2016. |
*TURN UP will facilitate finding local performers, but will not guarantee to provide performers for all the selected pieces. Composers who bring their own performer(s) are preferred and strongly encouraged.
3) Works for fixed media and/or live electronics (up to 8.1-channels) with or without video.
4) Installations, interactive media, and any type of multimedia works (artist to provide all non-standard equipment).
5) Live and immersive art works or installations
Submission Guidelines:
1) Each composer/artist may submit no more than two compositions/works.
2) There is no duration limit for composition submissions; however, works with durations under 15 minutes will generally be given preference to allow for more works to be programmed.
3) For consideration, applicants must register and complete an online submission form available at HERE. Complete submission information and guidelines are available on the TURN UP website.
4) For adjudication purposes, multi-channel works (up to 8 channels) must be submitted as a stereo mix and uploaded at New Music Engine.
5) Selected artists will be notified by Nov. 20, 2026.
6) Selected artists will be asked to confirm attendance by Dec. 5, 2026.
7) All TURN UP Multimedia Concerts will be in person.
Required with Submission
1) Contact information
2) Instrumentation and the length of the piece
3) PDF score, if applicable
4) Recording of the work; mockups (MIDI) are acceptable
5) Links to view a video, if applicable
6) List of equipment you will provide
7) List of equipment you will need TURN UP Festival to provide
8) Indication of submitting piece (s) for clarinets(s), pieces for clarinet ensemble are also welcome
9) Short Bios and headshots for all individuals involved
10) Program Notes
11) An agreement to attend the festival if your work is selected.
Composers whose works are selected for this festival are encouraged to contribute a $70 registration fee at the festival to offset the cost of the events. Regrettably, TURN UP is not able to offer travel stipends or honorariums to festival participants at this time. But, TURN UP will use donations for artists who need help financially.
Questions?
Contact TURN UP Multimedia Festival Director Dr. Yuanyuan (Kay) HE
by email at [email protected]
3) Works for fixed media and/or live electronics (up to 8.1-channels) with or without video.
4) Installations, interactive media, and any type of multimedia works (artist to provide all non-standard equipment).
5) Live and immersive art works or installations
Submission Guidelines:
1) Each composer/artist may submit no more than two compositions/works.
2) There is no duration limit for composition submissions; however, works with durations under 15 minutes will generally be given preference to allow for more works to be programmed.
3) For consideration, applicants must register and complete an online submission form available at HERE. Complete submission information and guidelines are available on the TURN UP website.
4) For adjudication purposes, multi-channel works (up to 8 channels) must be submitted as a stereo mix and uploaded at New Music Engine.
5) Selected artists will be notified by Nov. 20, 2026.
6) Selected artists will be asked to confirm attendance by Dec. 5, 2026.
7) All TURN UP Multimedia Concerts will be in person.
Required with Submission
1) Contact information
2) Instrumentation and the length of the piece
3) PDF score, if applicable
4) Recording of the work; mockups (MIDI) are acceptable
5) Links to view a video, if applicable
6) List of equipment you will provide
7) List of equipment you will need TURN UP Festival to provide
8) Indication of submitting piece (s) for clarinets(s), pieces for clarinet ensemble are also welcome
9) Short Bios and headshots for all individuals involved
10) Program Notes
11) An agreement to attend the festival if your work is selected.
Composers whose works are selected for this festival are encouraged to contribute a $70 registration fee at the festival to offset the cost of the events. Regrettably, TURN UP is not able to offer travel stipends or honorariums to festival participants at this time. But, TURN UP will use donations for artists who need help financially.
Questions?
Contact TURN UP Multimedia Festival Director Dr. Yuanyuan (Kay) HE
by email at [email protected]
