To all composers, whether accordionists or non-accordionists:

The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) cordially invites your participation in the 2024 Elsie Bennett Accordion Composition Competition. Contribute to the growth of contemporary concert works for solo accordion or for the accordion being featured with other instruments.

Full information including the entry form at: 2024Bennett.pdf

Elsie Bennett established the AAA Composers’ Commissioning Committee (CCC) in 1954. See the memorial tribute to Elsie M. Bennett by Faithe Deffner.

For further information about the AAA list of commissioned works, visit http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions.php

Past Bennett Composition Competition winners and their works may be seen and, in some cases, heard at http://www.ameraccord.com/bennett.php

Entries are welcome from all countries. The entry closing date is April 12, 2024. Winners will be notified by email after July 01, 2024.

For non-accordionist contestants unfamiliar with the accordion, study the manual “Composers Guide to the Piano Accordion” by Robert McMahan at
http://www.ameraccord.com/commissions/ComposersGuide.pdf
for assistance.