Call for Artists
Call for Composers
SING OUT STRONG: REVOLUTIONARY VOICES
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2025
SELECTED COMPOSERS ANNOUNCED: NOVEMBER 1, 2025
COMMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026
PERFORMANCES: MARCH – APRIL 2026
OVERVIEW:
Sing Out Strong is a multi-year community-based project in which we reach out to ordinary people in our community and commission them to write texts on activist themes that resonate with them personally. This season, we explore revolutionary, indigenous voices, in anticipation of White Snake Projects’ upcoming production Requiem for America, explores America’s founding in relation to her Indigenous citizens. To learn more about Requiem for America, click here.
COMMISION INFO:
We will select 5 composers to work with writers and the White Snake Projects team to create original songs based on community texts.
- Instrumentation—Piano and soprano
- Performances—The songs will be performed across Greater Boston beginning in March 2026.
- Compensation—Composers selected will be paid $150. All songs will be performed live in Boston in spring 2026; composers will receive access to a live recording.
ELIGIBILITY:
LGBTQIA+ identified persons, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), and individuals from other communities historically underrepresented in classical music are strongly encouraged to apply.
There are no age restrictions.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
Please submit the following materials:
- 2 Score Samples — at least one work should demonstrate the composer’s ability to write for voice
- Audio links for score samples — can be a link to Google Drive, Soundcloud, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Please keep samples from 2 – 5 minutes each.
- Short Biography (150 – 300 words)
- Artist CV (PDF)
- Contact Info & Questionnaire
TO APPLY:
To apply, please complete the online form HERE:
QUESTIONS:
For any questions, please email [email protected] with the subject line: “SING OUT STRONG: REVOLUTIONARY VOICES”
ABOUT WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS:
White Snake Projects is an activist opera company founded and led by an immigrant woman of color. We’re committed to integrating social activism with original opera, partnering with other activists to cross-promote important social issues and opera, and redefining how opera is made by involving young people from our community. There is no better way to bridge the chasms of race, national origin, and gender than through a reimagined art form combining cutting edge technology, music, theater, and dance.
Call for Writers
SING OUT STRONG: REVOLUTIONARY VOICES
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2025
TEXT SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED: OCTOBER 15, 2025
PERFORMANCES: SPRING 2026
OVERVIEW:
Sing Out Strong is a multi-year community-based project in which we reach out to people in our community and commission them to write texts on activist themes that resonate with them personally. This season, we explore themes of revolution and independence, in anticipation of White Snake Projects’ upcoming production Requiem for America, which explores America’s founding in relation to her Indigenous citizens. To learn more about Requiem for America, click here.
This year’s prompt is: What do “revolutionary” and “freedom” mean to you?
Our judging panel will include Cerise Lim Jacobs (Founding Artistic Director + Librettist, White Snake Projects) and Siobhan Brown (Citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and storyteller)
The selected texts will be set to music by professional composers, and the resulting songs will tour Greater Boston’s neighborhoods in spring 2026; we anticipate 2-4 public performances.
Check out a previous event, Sing Out Strong: Immigrant Voices, here.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
Keep submissions to max 40 lines in length.
You may submit up to three separate sets of lyrics.
We will prioritize texts in English, but submissions in other languages are acceptable.
Indigenous and Native American applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
While themes and lyrics may be serious, please keep language appropriate for young audiences.
PRIZES:
Winning writers will receive a $100 honorarium and have their lyrics turned into songs by professional composers, selected by White Snake Projects, for performance in Spring 2026. (Note that we may ask writers to make adjustments to their lyrics during the composition process.)
TO APPLY:
To apply, please complete the online form HERE:
QUESTIONS:
For any questions, please email [email protected] with the subject line: “SING OUT STRONG: REVOLUTIONARY VOICES”
ABOUT WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS:
White Snake Projects is an activist opera company founded and led by an immigrant woman of color. We’re committed to integrating social activism with original opera, partnering with other activists to cross-promote important social issues and opera, and redefining how opera is made by involving young people from our community. There is no better way to bridge the chasms of race, national origin, and gender than through a reimagined art form combining cutting edge technology, music, theater, and dance.
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