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Thank you both! I contacted the organizer.

Hi I have some questions for you @Maarten Bauer or for anybody who knows about this issue. I'd like to write something for solo sax, after studying (watch and listen) to your examples of the repertoire, and some others I found. It's about transposition. If I write something tonal, or something that fits in a key signature, I thing it's better to write in transposition. What happens if I want to write something atonal? Or in some scale that don't fit in usual tonal key signatures? Is it better to write in transposition or in concert pitch? I thing in transposition, but not sure. And, this is more "complicated". Let's suppose I want to work on a piece using some exotic scale that can be represented by a non standard key signature. For example, If I'm going to use C double harmonic = C - Db - E - F - G - Ab - B...., and I'm going to stay there for a section or the whole piece... How would you use the key signature? In Finale you can design your own key signatures (which is a nightmare, by the way, at least for me). I don't know Sibelius. But in Dorico (which I'm trying) is quite easy. In this case it would be as I show. This would mean I'll have to write in concert pitch. Thanks, I find this interesting ...

It may mean the percussionist will bring whatever you need for the piece, as long as it's standard sorts of stuff that they have already, but I agree, it might be a good idea to ask. Most percussionists seem to enjoy amassing large collections.