IDRS 2026 Conference Artistic Proposals

Call for Proposals

 Conference Artistic Proposals must be submitted by November 15, 2025

The International Double Reed Society invites proposals for our 55th conference to be held July 7-11, 2026 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA. IDRS is a worldwide organization of professional double reed players, students, amateurs, hobbyists, university/college instructors, music teachers, institutions, instrument manufacturers, double reed product retailers, reed makers, and enthusiasts. We welcome proposals that serve, speak to, and represent the richness of our multi-faceted membership

We aim to assemble a varied conference program and encourage proposals that will comprehensively represent the wide scope of historical, stylistic, and pedagogical approaches to double reed playing. Accordingly, we welcome well-known, new, and lesser-known works from all periods and genres. This is especially true for evening concerts, where we plan to cultivate an increased variety of repertoire and instrumentation in concerto, chamber, and solo performances. It should be noted that performance opportunities on evening concerts are extremely limited and that artists are encouraged to submit proposals for both daytime and evening. Performers at an IDRS conference evening concert can play a maximum of two years in a row.

Please submit a new form for each conference proposal using the links below. While there is no limit to the number of proposals an individual can submit, no artist will perform more than twice during any given conference. A “performance” can be a recital appearance, a master class, a lecture-presentation, or any combination of these. Exceptions that will not count towards the total are:

• Judging either the Gillet-Fox or the Young Artist Competitions.
• Participating in a panel discussion.
• Performing as part of a “tribute” concert with multiple performers.

All IDRS Conference Artists must be IDRS Members and registered for the conference.
Registration will be open February 2026 onwards.

• Assisting artists (accompanists, other collaborative artists who are not double reed players) will have their registration fee waived for the day that they perform. If they wish to attend additional days of the conference, they must pay registration fees for those days.
• Composers whose works are being performed will have their registration fee waived for the day that their composition is performed. If they wish to attend additional days of the conference, they must pay registration fees for those days.

Please take note that all submissions are final (cannot be edited after submission) and partial drafts cannot be saved. This is a change from previous years. Because this is a curated event, IDRS reserves the right to modify any accepted proposal according to programming needs in collaboration with the artist.

Proposals are due by November 15th, 2025. Questions can be directed to idrs2026@idrs.org.
Commissioning Grants The 2026 Commissioning Grant Application Form applies to performers who have already submitted a single work or recital performance proposal for the 2026 Conference.