Stained Glass Music Publishers

Submissions Guidelines

Twin Elm Publishing publishes sacred and secular choral music of moderate to challenging difficulty, including the William Wells Belan Latin Choral Series, as well as instrumental music for string ensembles.

We will not consider submissions that are (1) not consistent with other works in our catalogs or (2) sent to more than one publisher at a time.

All works submitted for consideration must be accompanied by:

1. A statement that the music and lyrics (if any) are original compositions, or

2. Documentation that the non-original portions are in the public domain, or

3. A signed and dated agreement from all other copyright holders both

a. granting permission to use or arrange their copyrighted work(s) and

b. specifying how any royalties are to be divided

Please send one of the following (1) a Finale™ or Sibelius™ file on a CD or DVD or (2) a PDF file and/or (3) a neat and clear hard (print) copy to the address below. A recording on CD or cassette is appreciated, but not required, and recordings will not be considered without a print or digital print file.

SUBMISSIONS
Emerson Music Publishers, Inc.
4650 Arrow Hwy, Suite D1
Montclair, CA 91763
U.S.A.

Submissions may also be made by e-mail to orders@emersonmusic.com provided that (1) the subject line contain “SUBMISSION” and the title of the work AND (2) the body of the message include your contact information (address and telephone number) and a description of the work included in the attachment. If the work being submitted is larger then 1.5 MB as an attachment, it should be sent by regular mail. E-mail submissions not meeting these requirements will be discarded unread with the hundreds of spam messages we receive daily.

We will review your submission to see if it may be appropriate for one of our imprints:

· Chalice & Flame Music

· Emerson Music

· Golden Music

· National Music Publishers

· Stained Glass Music

· Twin Elm Publishers

Materials submitted will not be returned unless you include return shipping.

We normally respond within 90 days with either acceptance and a contract or a letter indicating that we have elected to not publish the work. Due to varying workloads during the year, please contact us before submitting the work to another publisher.

Thank you,

Parker G. Emerson
President
Emerson Music Publishers, Inc.

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Revised April 2, 2009