ItArts Project Call for Performers: applications open for Saint Louis students and graduates to perform at 4 prestigious international festivals!
The Call for Performers is officially open as part of the ItArts project, Italy for Arts: Resources, Time and Space, winner PNRR announcement and led by the “A. Casella” Conservatory of L’Aquila together with important Italian partners from the AFAM and university world, including Saint Louis.
The goal is to select artists and ensembles to be included in the programming of four prestigious international festivals, scheduled between September 2025 and February 2026 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Beijing (China), Annecy (France) and L’Aquila (Italy).
They can apply:
- Ensemble workshops by Saint Louis students and/or graduates
- Ensemble workshops by Saint Louis students and/or graduates with faculty member in band
- Small and large bands of Saint Louis students and/or graduates also led by a Saint Louis faculty member
- Live performance electronic musicians as individual performers, Saint Louis student/classman or graduate
- Mixed ensemble of acoustic and electronic musicians from Saint Louis students and/or graduates
- Student and/or graduate Saint Louis musical groups, from duo to large ensemble
Each performance will last between 40 and 60 minutes, with a repertoire dedicated to Italian music-from jazz, electronic or rock reworkings of classical or film works to revisited pop songs. Inclusion of original pieces is allowed up to a maximum of 30 percent of the program.
The selected artists will have the opportunity to represent Italian artistic excellence in international contexts, contributing to an innovative platform for the production and dissemination of contemporary artistic research.
These are the locations and dates of the festivals:
- State Conservatory of Tashkent, Uzbekistan 26 – 29 September 2025
- Beijing National Conservatory of Music, China – October 26-November 11, 2025
- Annecy, France (venue to be determined) – January 7 – 15, 2026
- A. Casella Conservatory, ABAQ, UNIVAQ and other places in L’Aquila, Italy – February 2026
