After the 2025/26 season, the Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program will be renamed to the Soundbox Fellowship Program for Composers.
This change reflects an expansion in programming that supports our mission to catalyze collaborations between composers and performers.
Please review all program-specific information carefully below.
Soundbox Fellowship Program for Composers: July 22–27, 2026
The Soundbox Fellowship Program for Composers — July 22–27, 2026 is a week-long residency in Sarasota that focuses on the workshopping of newly completed works and already-premiered works for a “second performance” recording.
In keeping with SFP’s mission, the July program asks composers not only to hone their craft, but also to consider how the canon of musical works is shaped through extra-musical factors, such as economic feasibility, potential for second performances, and space for interpretation. The program also begins a series of conversations about the nature of arrangements and their function in the musical repertoire. More curriculum details will be announced in January 2026.
Faculty
Tentative Program Schedule
Program Focus
The SFP for Composers provides participants with a professional audio and video recording of their work to supplement their portfolios.
For this program, composers may apply to:
write a new short work or movement for pre-assigned solo or small chamber ensemble, OR
submit a recently completed work or movement for solo or small chamber ensemble, OR
submit an already-premiered work for a “second performance” recording.
In any case, composers should be mindful that all works must range between 5 to 10 minutes in length.
Instrumentation can include: violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, clarinet, and some percussion.
Application Timeline
Application Period: Jan 20–Mar 15, 2026
Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern
Application Results: Mar 23, 2026
Matriculation Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
Sample Past Workshop Recordings
Addendum for piano quartet by Dylan Tyree, recorded in August 2024
introvert language for viola and piano by Ty Bloomfield, recorded in August 2024
All artists and composers will live together at the Steinwachs Artist Residences in downtown Sarasota.
Images of the Steinwachs Artist Residences are shown below.
