YRM Submission Policy

If you would like to submit your choral compositions to us in consideration for publication, please follow these guidelines:

FOR ALL CURRENT YRM WRITERS AND THOSE SUBMITTING MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME:

1) DIGITALLY NOTATED SCORES

Please submit printed copies of your scores which must be digitally notated using either Finale or Sibelius. Manuscript or partial manuscript/digital scores will not be considered. We expect that the scores would be as close to "camera ready" as possible. Music may be rejected just on the basis of "sloppy" scores alone. Be sure that the music is carefully notated and presented, and that it includes all essential tempo and dynamic markings.

2) TEXT PERMISSION

If your music uses a text not in the public domain, you MUST include documentation of permission to use the text from the writer or copyright holder. Please remember that sales and royalties are shared between composers/arrangers and lyricists. Music will not be accepted for publication without proper documentation for permission to use texts not in the public domain.

3) RECORDINGS

An audio recording of each piece submitted must be included on a CD. It is vastly preferred that the recording be done by a live chorus to prove that the piece has been worked through by actual performers and to showcase your music in the best possible way. MIDI realizations are acceptable, but keep in mind that merely outputting the audio from your Finale or Sibelius file oftentimes doesn't capture musical expression very well, and choral/vocal sounds/samples tend to sound unwieldy.

4) PROGRAMS

Please note that it is extremely beneficial to submit programs documenting performances of the pieces being submitted for publication consideration. This is particularly true for every piece with a MIDI realization included rather than a recording done by an actual chorus. If the piece was performed, but a recording just wasn't possible, then please submit a copy of the concert program.

5) QUANTITY OF SCORES SUBMITTED

If you do not have music published by YRM, please send us no more than five scores, and no fewer than two. At least one piece MUST be an original composition (not an arrangement). If you already have choral works published by YRM, and would like other pieces to be considered for publication, please send no more than three scores per year.

PLEASE NOTE THAT INCOMPLETE SUBMISSION MATERIALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION.

We encourage you to browse through our catalog in order to get an idea of the kinds of topics we publish. As the leading publisher of LGB-specific themed choral music, we are extremely interested in considering works along those lines. And if they are upbeat and/or humorous, all the better!

We also have a keen interest in publishing original holiday music (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice). Arrangements of existing songs are also welcome as long as they are in the public domain and are not the more common and popular holiday tunes. We don't need to see another setting of Silent Night, for example. And again, if the piece is upbeat and/or humorous, it will receive an even stronger consideration.

Yelton Rhodes Music has a considerable catalog of sacred music and our customer base tends to respond best to spiritual topics that are more generally inclusive than not. And when it comes to sacred music, we are always looking for topics that have a unique and intriguing perspective, and aren't so typical.

Vocalises and music that uses Latin texts are the lowest on our priority list for publication consideration.

We do NOT accept songs/lead sheets meant for the music recording industry. We are a publisher of CHORAL music primarily meant for the concert stage.

Please send your materials, along with a short bio, to:

Yelton Rhodes Music
1717 N. Ogden Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90046-2129

If you include your e-mail address along with your submission materials, we will gladly send you a note acknowledging the receipt of your music. Our review process begins in late spring and typically takes 6 weeks to complete. Please allow for some flexibility with that time-line. Letters will be issued upon the completion of the submissions review indicating whether or not a piece has been selected for publication. We will not return submissions unless they are accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.

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