2008 Conference
Lifetime Achievement Honoree
 


 

In Memoriam

Allen Strange

1944 - 2008

 

 

 



The SEAMUS 2008 National Conference will be held at the University of Utah, April 3rd - 5th, 2008. The conference host, Miguel Chaqui, invites you to visit the to visit the official conference site.

Conference Registration is now online, click here to register.

Here is information about the
ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission.


 
The latest issue of the SEAMUS Newsletter is now ready for download. The focus of this first issue of 2008 is on our organization’s annual election. The Board of Directors urge all members to participate in shaping the future course of SEAMUS by voting in this election. This year, three board members will be elected including: Vice President for Membership; Member-At-Large; and President. Inside, you’ll find the job descriptions for each of these positions alongside brief campaign statements and biographies from candidates. 

Voting will begin on February 1, 2008 here at SEAMUS Online.
Please check back soon for updates and voting instructions. 

 Also inside this issue you’ll find an update on SEAMUS 2008 from our conference host at the University of Utah, Miguel Chuaqui; a fascinating interview with the composer Jonathan Harvey (reprinted with permission from the Composer’s Notebook Quarterly); updates on activities of our members; and announcements and contact information so you can stay in touch with the Board. 

SEAMUS 2007 National Conference

The 2007 SEAMUS National Conference was held March 8-10, 2007 at Iowa State University and was an overwhelming success. Congratulations to Christopher Hopkins and his staff and many thanks for a fantastic SEAMUS experience.

For those of you who could not attend the conference and for those of you who would like to re-experience portions of it, here are a few of the highlights.

Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Joel Chadabe
Listen to an mp3 excerpt from Joel's composition "Solo".

 Conference Program
The beautifully crafted conference program is available as a PDF.

Music    

(mp3 versions)
John R. Akins Striking Resemblance
Ivico Ico Bukvic Structured Improvisation 1 - Chalybs
Miguel Chuaqui Mareas
Brad Decker Bembero
Orlando Jacinto Garcia Paisaje del Sonido (Soundscapes) I
Douglas Geers Ripples
John Gibson sLowlife
Christopher Hopkins The Mirror of Enigma
Hubert Howe Macro Structure 2
Joseph Klein Three Poems From Felt
Orlando Legname Schizotronics
Tom Lopez Dirge For Memory
Scott Miller  Chimera No. 2.1
Michael Rhoades Release!
Paul Rudy November Sycamore
Mitchell Turner A La Feminisca Berio Remix 2
Tom Williams Smallcoombe Spring
Mark Zaki Down Every Company of Dreams

Videos   

(Quicktime versions)
Sylvia Pengilly Unperceived Dimensions (Part 3)
Maurice Wright OCTET

Papers                       (pdf versions)
Arne Eigenfeldt
Encoding Musical Knowledge in Software Performance Tools

David Kim-Boyle
Spectral and Granular Spatialization with Boids

Joseph Koykkar
 An Exploration of Cosmic Code

David Wetzel
Building a Sustainable Repertoire
 

2007 ASCAP / SEAMUS Student
Commission Award Recipients

On behalf of ASCAP and the entire SEAMUS membership , the Board of Directors would like to recognize and congratulate our 2007 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Award recipients. There are mp3 versions of their compositions below.
Alexis Bacon - 1st Prize - Cradle
Kirsten Volness - 2nd Prize - Gaia

2007 National Conference Sponsors

SEAMUS would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Genelec and Sweetwater Music Technology for sponsoring the 2006 SEAMUS National Conference:



Hosting a National Conference

The annual SEAMUS National Conference is the cornerstone of the organization's yearly schedule. If you and your institution are interested in hosting one of these prestigious events, download the SEAMUS National Handbook for guidelines.

Miller Puckette
Miller Puckette obtained a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT (1980) and Ph. D. in Mathematics from Harvard (1986). He was a member of MIT's Media Lab from its inception until 1987, and then a researcher at IRCAM (l'Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Musique/Acoustique, founded by composer and conductor Pierre Boulez). There he wrote the Max program for MacIntosh computers, which was first distributed commercially by Opcode Systems in 1990 and is now available from Cycling74.com . In 1989 Puckette joined IRCAM's "musical workstation" team and put together an enhanced version of Max, called Max/FTS, for the ISPW system, which was commercialized by Ariel, Inc. This system became a widely used platform in computer music research and production facilities. The IRCAM real-time development team has since reimplemented and extended this software under the name jMax, which is distributed free with source code.

Puckette joined the Music department of the University of California, San Diego in 1994, and is now Associate Director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA). He is currently working on a new real-time software system for live musical and multimedia performances called Pure Data ("Pd"), in collaboration with many other artists/researchers/programmers worldwide. Pd is free and runs on Linux, Macintosh, and Windows systems. In 1997 Puckette joined the Global Visual Music project. Since 2004 he has performed with the Convolution Brothers.

Every year, the Board of Directors selects the recipient of the SEAMUS Award, in recognition of lifetime achievement and contribution to the art and craft of electro-acoustic music. The award is presented at the SEAMUS National Conference.

The previous award winners are listed below. Click on the recipient names for a bio:
u 1987 Vladimir Ussachevsky
u 1988 Les Paul
u 1989 Mario Davidovsky
u 1990 Otto Luening
u 1991 Robert Moog
u 1993 John Chowning
u 1994 Max Mathews
u 1995 Milton Babbitt
u 1996 Charles Dodge
u 1997 Louis (post.) and Bebe Barron
u 1998 Morton Subotnick
u 1999 Pauline Oliveros
u 2000 Paul Lansky
u 2001 Herbert Brün
u 2002 Don Buchla
u 2003 Jon Appleton
  2004 Barry Vercoe  
  2005 Wendy Carlos  
  2006 Alvin Lucier  
2007 Joel Chadabe

 SEAMUS in the MIX

The SEAMUS 20th anniversary was recently recognized in the May edition of Mix Magazine. For anyone who may have missed it in print, the article is still featured on MIXonline: go here

 Music From SEAMUS, Vol 13

The 13th edition in the Music From SEAMUS CD series has been released. Taken from works presented at the 2003 National Conference at ASU, this compilation includes Mark Applebaum, John Appleton, Larry Austin, Benjamin Broening, Konstantinos Karathanasis, Elainie Lillios, James Mobberley, Noel Paul and Russell Pinkston. click here to order.

 Get Involved
The contents of SEAMUSONLINE is open to its membership. Your contributions are welcomed and encouraged. If you have an event, a news item, link or anything else you would like considered, contact the webmaster here. The contents of your proposed addition should be sent within the body of your email.
 SEAMUS Member Releases

Christopher Bailey - Music for Piano and Electronics
Amazon

Alex Shapiro - Notes from the Kelp
Alex Shapiro

Mark Zaki - Everything We Say is Deformed
CDbaby

Paul Rudy - In lake'ch
iTunes

Lydia Ayers - Virtual Gamelan
Albany Records

Timothy Polashek - Wood and Wire
Albany Records

 Eric Lyon • Ex Cathedra
Centaur

 Scott Smallwood • Electrotherapy
Deep Listening

 David Ozab • Tempo Ficta
Cdbaby

 Michael Rhoades • Anaphasics
Perception Factory

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