Entries for the 2025 American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) Annual Elsie M. Bennett Contemporary Accordion Composition Contest will close on April 12th, 2025. Winners will be notified by email after July 1st, 2025.

The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) cordially invites all interested composers to participate in the 2025 competition. Entries are welcome from all countries.

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 o Elsie M. Bennett by Faithe Deffner.

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

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

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.