The 2025 American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) Annual
Elsie M. Bennett Contemporary Accordion Composition Contest
Now Open for Entries.

The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) cordially invites all interested composers to participate in the 2025 Elsie M. Bennett Accordion Composition Competition.

Contribute to the growth of contemporary concert works for accordion. Open to all composers whether they are accordionists or not.

For entry requirements and application form, go to https://www.ameraccord.com/bennett.php

Elsie Bennett established the AAA Composers’ Commissioning Committee (CCC) in 1954. See the memorial tribute to Elsie M. Bennett by Faithe Deffner.

For further information about the AAA list of commissioned works, visit http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions.php

Past Bennett Composition Competition winners and their works may be seen and, in some cases, heard at http://www.ameraccord.com/bennett.php

Entries are welcome from all countries. The entry closing date is April 12, 2025. Winners will be notified by email after July 01, 2025.

For non-accordionist contestants unfamiliar with the accordion, study the manual “Composers Guide to the Piano Accordion” by Robert McMahan at
http://www.ameraccord.com/commissions/ComposersGuide.pdf
for assistance.