Composer Showcase Application

Ear Taxi is a festival of contemporary classical music in Chicago, IL presented by New Music Chicago. 

Ear Taxi Festival 2025 (ETF 25) brings together vocal and instrumental artists to collaborate on new commissions, operatic performances, orchestral and choral works, chamber music, artist talks, and much more!

As part of the 2025 festival, Ear Taxi will hold four concerts performed by four chamber ensembles, each paired with vocal artists. Five Illinois-based composers will be commissioned and paired with an ensemble for each event, resulting in twenty commissioned composers. Selected composers will be given a $350 stipend.

To participate, composers are asked to submit a proposal for a NEW work they would like to write for one of the following ensembles:

Lake Shore Rush (piano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone) + Voice type of composers choosing

Quintet Attacca (wind quintet) + Voice type of composers choosing

KAIA String Quartet +Voice type of composers choosing

Solo Voice and Piano (voice type of composers choosing with piano)

For more information and to apply you can visit our website, www.eartaxifestival.com 
and you can view the recording of our Composer Showcase Webinar linked below