One example is to produce a call for scores of new works written to celebrate the West Point Band's bicentennial for a concert in honor of Armed Forces Day.
[23] Started in 2001, the concert series was nomadic and presented in several locations in New York City including: Elebash Hall, Collective Unconscious, Under St. Marks, and South Oxford Space in Brooklyn.
"[25] From 2007 to 2015, the concert series was co-produced with the Remarkable Theater Brigade at Jan Hus Church on the Upper East Side in New York City.
[27] Besides New York City, Composer's Voice has been presented in collaboration with other organizations for performances in Birmingham, Alabama; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Boston, Massachusetts; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; as well as, Bucharest and Constanta in Romania.
[28] Another remarkable example of support and encouragement of current composers is Vox Novus, an enterprise created by Robert Voisey.
This project was originated by Vox Novus, of which called for, collected, selected, and presented 15 varied one-minute acoustic miniatures.
It organizes competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for premieres.
It gives the musician an opportunity to pick from a variety of aesthetics and styles written by different composers that they have never met before; Fifteen Minutes of Fame promotes community and fosters professional relationships.
Musicians who have participated in Fifteen Minutes of Fame include Admiral Launch Duo,[36] Austin Mandolin Orchestra,[37] Rodrigo Baggio,[38] Bruce Curlette,[39] Shiau-uen Ding, Beth Griffith, Kenji Haba, Craig Hultgren,[40][41] Conway Kuo,[42] Cornelia Petroiu[43]Piano Pinnacle,[44] Jenny Ribeiro, Alyssa Reit, Peter Reit,[45]Juan Maria Solare,[46][47] SoundProof[48] Mary Beth Orr,[49] Thomas Piercy, Claudine Hickman, Alice Jones,[50] Poné Ensemble,[51] Alex Sramek,[52] West Point Woodwind Quintet,[53] New Thread Quartet,[54] Sophia Yan, West Point Band, WestvPoint Woodwind Quintet, and Zentripetal.
"[59] "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame" presented an anthology of one-minute pieces, written for the Poné Ensemble, that whet the appetite with mini-samples of a cornucopia of their talent, tastes and styles.
- James F Cotter, Times Herald-Record April 29, 2014 [60][61] For the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, the West Point Band premiered fifteen one-minute works that honor the contributions of those men and women at Trinity Church in New York City.
While a constraint, the one-minute miniature format allows for the composer to write a short composition with greater ease than a longer work.
[74] Fifteen Minutes of Fame has presented more than 100 composers including Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Joshua Barlage,[45] John Bilotta, Scott Brickman,[29][75] Carson Cooman, Salim Dada,[76] Emma Lou Diemer, Bobby DeLisle,[77] Matthew Van Dongen,[78] Moritz Eggert, Francesco Di Fiore,[79] Arthur Gottschalk, Emma Liddel,[32] David Morneau, Serban Nichifor,[80] James Soe Nyun,[81] Michael Mikulka,[82] Nova Pon,[83] Nolan Stolz, Edward Strauman,[84] Martin Watt,[85] and David Wolfson.
Starting in 2021, Vox Novus in conjunction with Virtual Concert Halls bring this new way to produce contemporary String Quartets to composers around the world.
Vox Novus uses Music Avatar to process submissions for its Fifteen-Minutes-Minutes-of-Fame, Composer's Voice Concert Series, Circuit Bridges, and 60x60.
[93][94][95] A collaborative project with a call for scores of new works written to celebrate the West Point Band's bicentennial for a concert in honor of Armed Forces Day.
[97] Its purpose was to highlight the tradition of composition in the United States from it very first beginnings of the formation of the colonies until contemporary times.