How does MATA define "early-career composer?"

  1. Working with MATA will provide you with an opportunity that you have not yet had in your career and/or…

  2. You have not had access to certain opportunities and resources due to the systemic oppression of socio-economic, geographic, racial, gender-biased gatekeeping and/or…

  3. The way you approach music-making isn’t supported widely and/or…

  4. You are just branching out into composition/sound creation for the first time, even if you are an established professional musician

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