Thingamajigs.org offers a call for proposals from artists/composers for the 12th annual Music for People and Thingamajigs festival, which will be held in September 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Thingamajigs.org is an organization working to:

1) promote the creation of new musical works which incorporate made/found instruments and alternate tuning systems

2) showcase artists working in this medium, and give such artists a forum for showing their work

3) expose the general public, and especially children, to new ways of experiencing sound

Previous Music for People and Thingamajigs festivals have included work of (or participation by) Pauline Oliveros, Lou Harrison, Laetitia Sonami, Walter Kitundu, Mark Applebaum, Bart Hopkin, Carla Kihlstedt, Peter Whitehead, Willie Winant, Lisa Moskow and many others. See our website for more info on previous participants at http://www.thingamajigs.org.

Proposals will be accepted until May 15, 2009, although proposals that are received by March 15, 2009 will be included in our grant proposals and will have a greater chance of receiving outside funding. Proposals should include a bio of the artist/performer/composer (s), a specific description of the work or performance submitted, and documentation of the submitted work (CD or link to a website). We prefer electronically submitted proposals, but will accept hard copies at the address below. Composers must provide the performers for proposed performances.

Please contact us at people@thingamajigs.org with proposals or questions, or send proposals to Thingamajigs.org, P.O. Box 9826 Oakland, CA, 94612,USA.