Newfound Music Festival XXIII
Guest artist Quasar
January 28-30, 2026

Newfound Music Festival, now in its 23rd year, is an annual festival that invites students, alumni, and faculty to share their "Newfound ideas" with the School of Music community. Join us for workshops, a symposium, special guests, concerts, and a final gala performance. This year's guest artist will be the saxophone quartet Quasar. 

Stay tuned for a complete festival schedule!

Newfound Music Festival XXIII - Call for Gala Performances 

We are looking for submissions for the Gala Concert which will be held January 29th, 2026 at 7:30pm in D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music.

We welcome all genres and interpretations of contemporary music, including but not limited to contemporary classical, jazz, and improvised music. We particularly encourage:

• Faculty proposals
• Student proposals
• Meaningful musical collaborations between Faculty and Students
• BIPOC composers and performers
• Female composers and performers
• Canadian composers
• LGBTQ+ composers and performers

A database of diverse composers can be found here.

Ideal duration is 4 - 10 minutes, and smaller ensembles (1 - 5) are encouraged.

Deadline for proposals - faculty, students and alumni - is December 8th, 2025.

Newfound Music Festival XXIII - Call for Symposium Proposals

We are calling for submissions for the Symposium which will be held on Thursday, January 29th from 12pm-4pm in Suncor Energy Hall, MUN School of Music. We welcome proposals for short lectures that explore any aspect of contemporary music, broadly defined, including but not limited to popular folk music, contemporary classical, jazz, improvised practices, and interdisciplinary perspectives. We particularly encourage:

• Faculty Presentations
• Student Presentations
• Collaborative Faculty
• Lectures highlighting the work of BIPOC creators
• Lectures highlighting work by women in contemporary music
• Lectures centred on Canadian voices in New Music
• Lectures addressing LGBTQ+ creators and communities

Ideal durations between 5-15 minutes. The deadline for proposals is December 8, 2025.

Newfound Music Festival XXIII - Call For Volunteers

We would greatly appreciate any help from those who would like to volunteer!