A new collaboration between the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and the UCLA Music Library, part of the UCLA Library system, will empower living composers by making their work more accessible and reducing barriers for applicants to Kaleidoscope’s 2020 Call for Scores.

Kaleidoscope’s annual Call for Scores was established in 2015 to recognize the most innovative and engaging music being written today. Selected composers will have their work performed on Kaleidoscope’s 2020-2021 season, including performances at UCLA.

The discussion of open access publishing has often focused on journal publishing in the sciences. Open access discussions in the arts and humanities have similarly concerned journal articles even though the products of arts and humanities academics and researchers are much more diverse. This project diverges significantly from past open access projects by focusing on music compositions and by publishing current, under copyright work.