CRASH WORKS Open Call 2025

Crash Works is an initiative to support the artistic and professional development of music creators at pivotal stages of their careers looking to engage with Crash Ensemble and the world of contemporary classical music, offered in
partnership with New Music Dublin, Crash Ensemble musicians & our team of creative minds.

5 music creators will be selected to undertake a Crash Works Residency over a 2-year period from 2026-2027. Crash Works is a development hub to meet the needs of emerging musical artists in the 21st century. We will share our knowledge of the sector with you, encouraging play and experimentation and exploring and supporting new ways of creating music.

We want to fully support the creative process allowing time for thinking, creating, collaborating, investigating and re-defining what it is to be a music creator.

Each creator will present 10 minutes of music at the end of the residency and there is no formal structure around what that might be or how it might be presented. We will work with you to tease out the possibilities and we will encourage play and experimentation, testing of ideas and learning over 'finished' work.

Each creator is individual and so too will be the shape of the work they want to create. We want to create music in a different way and to explore new ideas, new sounds and new music.

More info and details for applications: https://www.crashensemble.com/project/crash-works-open-call-2025

Deadline for applications: 24 October 2025, 1pm