SPLICE Institute 2026 – Deadline extended: Feb 10, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST
Per Bloland
SPLICE Institute 2026 – Deadline extended:Feb 10, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST
Call for Applications - Composers, Performers, & Sound Artists
As always, no application fees
Extended application deadline: Tuesday February 10, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST
SPLICE Institute is a week-long, intensive summer program for sound artists, performers, and composers to experience, explore, interpret, and create music for performers with electronics. Apply now for SPLICE Institute 2026, which will take place June 21-27.
Location: Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI
SPLICE Institute 2026 welcomes our guest faculty:
SPLICE Institute 2026 Features:
● Introductory, intermediate, and advanced workshops – open to ALL participants – on a variety of musical topics and technologies, including live performance with technology, Max, signal processing basics, aesthetics, SuperCollider, TouchDesigner, and more.
● Performances by guest artists, SPLICE faculty, and performer participants.
● Presentations by Institute guests and panels on performing and composing with technology.
● Masterclasses by guest artists on topics related to their areas of specialization.
● Three admission categories
○ New-Work Artists will collaborate with another composer or performer participant, or attend as a composer-performer. These artists will create and premier a new work at SPLICE Institute.
○ Ensemble Artists will participate in one of SPLICE’s awesome improvisation ensembles and present a joint concert during SPLICE Institute.
○ Workshop Artists will participate in a variety of workshops and other activities.
SPLICE Institute 2026 faculty and staff:
● Christopher Biggs
● Per Bloland
● Becky Brown
● Flannery Cunningham
● Keith Kirchoff
● Elainie Lillios
● Robin Meiksins
● Max Miller
● Carter Rice
● Adam Vidiksis
● Sam Wells
SPLICE Institute 2026 fees are as follows: $750 for New-Work Artist composers and performers, $600 for Ensemble Artists, and $400 for Workshop Artists. SPLICE Institute offers numerous scholarship opportunities including scholarships specifically for parents, and for individuals who identify as woman, non-binary, genderqueer, Black, person of color, or indigenous. Additional scholarship opportunities are available and may be contingent on the recipient assisting with production and/or administrative tasks.
EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE: Tuesday February 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST
TO APPLY: Review SPLICE Institute application information and apply here (www.splicemusic.org/institute/apply).
Visit www.splicemusic.org/institute/about for more information. Please direct questions to inst...@splicemusic.org.
For frequently asked questions and COVID-19 information see: https://splicemusic.org/institute/faq