SEAN SATIN
GUITAR COMPOSITION PRIZE

Composers Concordance proudly presents the 3rd Annual Sean Satin Guitar Composition Prize, honoring our dear friend and collaborator Sean Satin, a tireless music educator and champion of contemporary guitar music who passed away on April 19, 2024. 

This year, composers are invited to submit an original composition for electric guitar quartet, with music that is in some way inspired by the wildly inventive, eccentric, and boundary-breaking spirit of Captain Beefheart. 

The winning composition will be performed on Sunday, January 3, 2027, at 5 p.m. at The Stonewall Inn in New York City,  by the My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet, as part of the My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama: Guitar Quartet — Beefheart Inspired event, a Composers Concordance concert. The prize continues Sean’s legacy by supporting composers who push musical boundaries and expand the expressive possibilities of the guitar.

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2026 Call for Scores
This year’s call is for a 5-minute composition for  electric guitar quartet - somehow inspire by

Captain Beefheart

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Prize & Performance
The winning composition will be performed on Sunday, January 3, 2027, at 5 p.m.

at The Stonewall Inn in New York City,

As part of Composers Concordance presents 

'My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet:

Beefheart Inspired' 

Performers:

My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet
Gene Pritsker, Jane Getter,

Bruce Arnold, Greg Baker - guitars

 

Submission Guidelines

1. Submit a 5-minute composition for electric guitar quartet - somehow inspire by Captain Beefheart 

2. Deadline: End of day Dec. 1st, 2026 

3. Email a PDF score and MP3 recording 
     (MIDI mockup is acceptable) 
to:  ComposersConcordance@gmail.com

4. No age restriction.

5. No entry fee.

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