Deadline: December 1, 2025
Applications are open for the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards 2025. The ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award is granted annually to encourage talented young jazz composers during the earliest stages of their careers.
The Herb Alpert Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation established in the late 1980s, makes significant annual contributions to a range of programs in the fields of arts, arts education and compassion and well-being. Its funding is directed toward projects in which Herb and Lani Alpert play an active role.
Benefits
- Eligible entrants will be selected as the Award Recipients and will receive a monetary prize. The total value of the Prize(s) to be shared among the Award Recipients shall be determined in the Foundation’s sole discretion.
Eligibility
To be eligible for participation in the Award, an entrant must be, at the time of entry;
- be at least 13 years of age;
- be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident or an enrolled student with a valid and current U.S. student visa;
- be under the age of 30 as of December 1, 2025; and
- must be, as of the Notification Period, either:
- an ASCAP writer member in good standing or
- unaffiliated with a performing rights organization (“PRO”); or
- a member of an international PRO whose works are licensed through ASCAP.
Minor Applicants: If an Entrant is under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in their state, district, or territory of residence) at the time of entry, such Entrant’s parent or guardian will be required to complete and submit the Online Application on the Entrant’s behalf and sign and submit a copy of a Parental Consent Form.
Application
To be considered for the Award, Entrants must submit:
- A completed Online Application
- A score/chart of one published or unpublished original work in the jazz genre (no arrangements); and
- An mp3 of an electronic realization or recording of the musical work
One (1) Submission per Entrant. If multiple Submissions are received by the same Entrant, only the first Submission from that Entrant will qualify for entry into the Award; subsequent submissions from that Entrant will be disqualified.
For more information, visit Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards.