Section Policy

The Score Page

This section provides a space for musical scores as both scholarly inquiry and creative expression. It features notated compositions, graphic scores, performance instructions, and experimental formats that challenge the boundaries between analysis and creation, between notation and sound.

Scope & Formats

● Contemporary compositions & interpretive scores
● Graphic, text-based, or alternative notation systems
● Reimaginings of traditional forms
● Scores as ethnographic or artistic research
● Performative & site-specific documentation
● Commentary on cultural/aesthetic contexts

Submission Package

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Primary Components
1. Notated Score (PDF format)
2. Commentary / Notes (1,000–3,000 words)
Multimedia Encouraged

Audio/video documentation of performances is highly encouraged.

What We Look For

  • ✓ Scores that pose questions about authorship, interpretation, and notation
  • ✓ Innovative relationships between visual and sonic information
  • ✓ Integration of creative practice with musicological reflection