Call for works

Electroacoustic Music as interdisciplinary Practices

Gustave Eiffel University
Sorbonne University
Evry Paris-Saclay University

Wed. 19 – Fri. 21 November 2025

Call for Works

EMS Network has been organised to fill an important gap in terms of electroacoustic music, namely focusing on the better understanding of its various manifestations. On this occasion, it brings together researchers, composers, and musicians. EMS 2025 invites contributions that critically examine the numerous interstitial spaces where technology, urban studies, ecology, and cultural studies converge in the practice and critique of electroacoustic music. EMS 2025 in collaboration with Motus and Ensemble L’itinéraire invites composers and performers to submit works linked with the key questions of the conference (cf. the call for proposals), in the following categories:

1. Fixed media - Acousmatic Music (with MOTUS compagnie musicale)
2. Mixed Music - instrument.s and electronics (with Ensemble L’itinéraire)
3. Improvised electronic music for Solo or Duo

Deadline for work submission: 2 June 2025

Submission period will open soon

1) Fixed media - Acousmatic Music works

The audio of the complete work must be submitted in stereo format, even for multichannel works. The musicians in this category are encouraged to perform their music in concert.

2) Mixed music (instrument.s and electronics)

Scores employing from one up to any combination of the following instruments of Ensemble l’Itinéraire, with fixed media and/or live electronics, will be accepted:

Clarinet (also Bass Clarinet), Violin and Double Bass

Scores must be submitted as PDF documents complemented by fixed media audio files and/or live electronics chart documentation. Composers will be in charge of the control of the electronics.

3) Improvised Electronic Music for Solo or Duo

Improvised performances involving new interfaces, instruments and electro-acoustic devices will be considered. The documentation of the project must be thoroughly detailed. The proponents are entirely in charge of any aspect of the realisation of their performance. Technical requests have to be evaluated by the organisation.

Deadline for work submission: 2 June 2025

Submission, selection, and participation guidelines

Submission period will open soon

Please note that no more than one work per composer will be programmed. For all categories, attendance of the artists to the conference is strictly required, as they will be in charge of the sound projection, control of the live electronics, and everything related. For each concert, a rehearsal session will be scheduled.