We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Lawrence Fritts has agreed to serve as our first Director of Conferences. Full Story below

In their first collaborative effort in 31 years under the auspices of Fripp & Eno, prog-rock guitar virtuoso Robert Fripp and ambient pioneer Brian Eno have released an album of new music entitled The Equatorial Stars on the Discipline Global Mobile and Opal labels

The Equatorial Stars is preceeded by the legendary No Pussyfooting (1973) and Evening Star (1975) albums, the former considered by many as the first use of loops and ambiental techniques in popular music.

Larry is an Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Iowa, where he directs the electronic music studios. As many of you know, he also directed a terrific SEAMUSconference at Iowa in 2002, so he brings a wealth of experience to this important job.

You can read more about Larry here.

The SEAMUS Director of Conferences is responsible for serving as the primary liaison between the SEAMUS Board and our conference hosts - current, future, and potential. He will also chair a subcommittee whose mission is to study the results of our recent member survey, solicit input from past conference directors, and use that information to revise and update our conference handbook. I believe that Larry is an outstanding choice for this position and a great addition to our Board of Directors. Please join me in congratulating him and welcoming him to this important responsibility.ubmission deadline for all materials for the 2005 Conference has been set for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2005. More submission details will be released on SEAMUSONLINE in mid July.

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. For more information and application guidelines, click here

Seamus 2005 comes to the 'crossroads of America' for its 2005 National Conference. The conference will take place at Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana, April 14-16, 2005. Full story, click here

Submission deadline for all materials for the 2005 Conference has been set for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2005. More submission details will be released on SEAMUSONLINE in mid July.

For information regarding the 2005 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission competition, scroll down or click here

Will Rice has announced that he will be stepping down as editor of the Journal SEAMUS. On behalf of the SEAMUS Board of Directors, and all of our membership, I would like to express our profound gratitude to Will for the outstanding job he has done as editor since 1998. Under his guidance, the Journal SEAMUS went from being an ad hoc collection of submissions by members to being a formal, juried journal whose content has improved with every issue. It has also acquired a new, much more professional appearance and layout. Will has put a tremendous amount of hard work and creative thought into this job for the past six years, and we have all benefited greatly from those efforts, as well as from his contributions as a member of the Board of Directors. I have asked Will to stay on temporarily, until such time as we have found a new editor for the Journal, and he has agreed. But it is now time to search for his replacement, which brings me to the
following announcement:

The SEAMUS Board of Directors is inviting applications for the position of Editor in Chief of the Journal SEAMUS. The Journal Editor is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the SEAMUS Board of Directors. Responsibilities include:

1. Solicit materials for publication from the SEAMUS membership and other parts of the international electroacoustic music community.

2. Recruit and organize readers for the journal jury.

3. Enlist members to review books, DVDs and CDs.

4. Edit submissions for clarity and style, establishing a consistency of voice for the journal.

5. Oversee layout, printing, and mailing of each edition of journal.

6. Maintain an archive of back issues.

7. Answer inquiries from libraries and publishing distribution houses.

8. Serve on SEAMUS Board of Directors.

For more information, please contact me directly by email. If you are interested in applying for this position, please send Russell Pinkston an email summarizing your experience and qualifications.

Electro-Acoustic Music Month 2004

The SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month is November of every year. Plan your 2004 event now and join the growing world community of electroacoustic music. To ensure listing on the poster, submit your event to the EAMM database by July 1st, 2004. more info

SEAMUS Celebrates 20th Anniversary

2004 marks the 20th anniversary of the Society for Electro-Acoustic for the United States. From its original 10 members, SEAMUS has grown into one of the premiere national societies for electro-acoustic music. Take a moment during your visit to reflect on where we've been - in photos and forethoughts by SEAMUS founder, Barry Schrader. full story

Mark Applebaum (b. 1967, Chicago) received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at San Diego where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Joji Yuasa, Rand Steiger, and Roger Reynolds. His solo, chamber, choral, orchestral, and electro-acoustic work has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia including performances at the Darmstadt summer sessions, ICMC in Beijing, Italy’s Festival Spaziomusica, the Young Nordic Music Festival in Sweden, Sonic Circuits in Hong Kong, Amsterdam’s Great Virtuoso Slugfest and at Electronic Music Midwest where served as the 2002 visiting artist.

Applebaum is assistant professor of composition and theory at Stanford University. Prior to his current appointment, he taught at UCSD, Mississippi State University, and Carleton College where he served as Dayton-Hudson Visiting Artist. For a full biography, visit Mark's website here

An innovative and refreshing anthem to the process of composing, Applebaum's Pre-Composition (2002) was released on the Music From SEAMUS Volume 13 and remains as one of the highlights of the 2003 National Conference at ASU.

Partial Discography

The Janus Remixes (1999) • Innova Recordings CD532
The Applebaum Jazz Piano Duo (2002) • ACF/Innova Records
Intellectual Property (2003) • ACF/Innova Records CD602
SEAMUS Volume 13 (2004) Seamus EAM2004
Catfish (2003) . Tzadik Records . TZ7094

The SEAMUS MEMBER FOCUS is an ongoing news feature of SEAMUSONLINE. which randomly spotlights individuals from it's fellowship. Members are asked to keep their webspaces current...you could very likely be next!

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.

The Society recently conducted a survey among its membership to determine the priorities and needs the society must address in the coming years. Top level results of that survey can be seen here

SEAMUS wishes to congratulate Barry Vercoe as the recipient of the 17th Annual Seamus Lifetime Achievement Award on April 24th

Barry Vercoe, Professor of Music and Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, and Assoc Academic Head of the Program in Media Arts & Sciences has been awarded the recipient of the 2004 SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award. full story

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 16 previous award winners are listed below. Click on the recipient name for a bio:

SEAMUS would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following companies in sponsoring the 2004 member survey: Native Instruments, Bias and Sonic Foundry/Sony.

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The New SEAMUSONLINE

Welcome to Seamus' new face. Along with it being redesigned, over the course of 2004 we will see SEAMUSONLINE supercharged to provide on-line secure transactions, a wealthy Seamus members portal and a host of other new features. full story

The SEAMUS Webpeople are currently updating the contact information of the Members Listings section of SEAMUSONLINE (go here). If you are not currently listed or if your link is incorrectly listed, drop them a line here. Current SEAMUS members may request either a website or email link, not both.

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