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The 2005 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission
BACKGROUND
In 1991, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the SEAMUS Board of Officers banded together to recognize a young composer from each national conference whose work showed great promise and potential. Thus was born the SEAMUS Student Composer Award. The prize consisted of a plaque, a small honorarium, and a guaranteed recording on the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series.
CALL FOR SCORES
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is announcing a call for submissions to the 2005 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission is a program to commission an electro-acoustic composition from a student composer. The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electroacoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers <http://www.ascap.com/> (ASCAP).
A selection committee appointed by the board of directors will review all submissions and select a group of finalists from which the winner(s) will be chosen. All finalists selected by the committee will have their works performed at the 2005 SEAMUS National Conference at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. During the conference, the SEAMUS Board of Directors will review the selected compositions and determine the winner(s) of commission(s).
Up to two prizes, first and second may be awarded. The first prize winner of the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission will receive the following: a commission for a new work in the amount of $1250 a performance of the work at the 2005 SEAMUS National Conference inclusion of a recording of the work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series a certificate in recognition of the commission If awarded, the second prize winner of the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission will receive the following: a commission for a new work in the amount of $750 a performance of the work at the 2005 SEAMUS National Conference inclusion of a recording of the work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series a certificate in recognition of the commission.
RULES FOR SUBMISSION
Composers may submit only one work for consideration. The work under consideration must be electroacoustic in genre, and adhere to the same content, instrumentation and length guidelines as the SEAMUS National Conference. That is, it should be no more than 12 minutes in length, written for performers available at the National Conference, or the composer must be able to provide necessary performers to present the work.
There are no submission fees for this competition. Materials will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.
MATERIALS TO SUBMIT
All submissions for the 2005 ACSAP/SEAMUS COmpetition must include the following:
1) A completed application form. You may downloasd one in pdf form by clicking here
2) Proof of student status (copy of student ID, transcript, etc.)
3) A self-addressed stamped envelope (only required if return of materials is desired)
4) A recording of the work submitted (CD-R only)
5) A score of the work (if appropriate) NOTE: The composer's name must not appear anywhere on the score or recording of the work. Submissions which do not adhere to this requirement will not be considered.
DEADLINE
Materials must be postmarked October 1, 2004 and arrive no later than October 8, 2004.
Send all materials to:
The University of Texas at Austin
Russell Pinkston
School of Music
1 University Station E3100
Austin, TX 78712-0435
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Competition finalists will be announced in December 2004. Finalists for the competition are expected to attend the 2005 SEAMUS National Conference, April 14-16, 2005, at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Competition winner(s) will be announced during the conference. The decision of the judges is final.
Please note that applying for the SEAMUS-ASCAP Student Commission is entirely different from submitting a work for performance at the SEAMUS National Conference, which requires a separate application.
For a summary of the 2004 Competition winners, click here
