Bang on a Can is on the lookout for the newest and most adventurous new music from around the world. Bang on a Can organizes and sponsors a wide variety of events and concerts, including an all-day Marathon of new music. Every year, we present pieces we have discovered through our annual call for tapes at our events. We are looking for music for the Bang on a Can Marathon, People's Commissioning Fund, and other concerts. Instrumentation can be for small ensembles, composer-performers , our ensemble - the Bang on a Can All-Stars (cello, percussion, piano, electric guitar, bass, clarinets) or any other instrumentation.

Please send cassette tapes or CD's (no scores). Include on the tape the name of the work, its instrumentation and duration, the name(s) of the performer(s) and the composer's name, address, phone number, and email address. DATs and videos are also okay. Due to the large volume of tapes we receive, we cannot return submissions. If we choose your material, we will contact you. Send tapes/CD's to Bang on a Can, 80 Hanson Place, 7th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217 USA; please clearly mark package "Open Call for Music." Open Call is a rolling process... Before every major event that Bang on a Can plans, all Open Call submissions that have been received are listened to. Feel free to send your material at any point and know that we will listen to everything."