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

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

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

2004 SEAMUS/ACSAP Student Commission Winners

The 2004 ASCAP / SEAMUS Student Commission winners have been announced. Congratulations to Per Bloland (1st prize) for 'The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude'' and Chris Staefe (2nd Prize) for 'Freefall' full story

ElectroAcoustic 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

Barry Vercoe presented with the 2004 SEAMUS
Lifetime Achievement Award

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:

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

Meet the Performer Database

The Performer Database is a new initiative for SEAMUS members planned for the fall of 2004 which will focus on connecting composers of Electroacoustic Music and performers who either specialize in our music, or are interested in performing EA music. This flexible user-driven database will be a part of our planned web enhancements.
Seamus Election results

We are pleased to announce the results of the recent Seamus elections:

President - Russell Pinkston
Vice President of Membership - Brian Belet
Member-At-Large - Paul Koonce
2005 National Conference

We are excited to announce that the 2005 National Conference will take place April 14-16 at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. More details will be released as soon as it's availible - keep your browsers pointed to SEAMUSONLINE for more information.

SEAMUS Membership Directory

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.


Music from SEAMUS Vol 12

The 12th compilation CD of music for instruments and electronics by members of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States is now available. The compositions include Tom Lopez's 'Curvatures' (2001); Kristi McGarity's 'so many days to be here' (2002)*; Stephen Andrew Taylor's 'seven microworlds' (2000); Suk-Jum Kim's 'Gaesim' (2002)*; Mei-Fang Lin's 'Interaction' (2000). Scott Wyatt's 'Night Visitors' (2002) and David Taddle's "mutant' (1999) go here

*commisioned through the SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Commission Award

SEAMUS 2004 National Conference

The 2004 National Conference of the Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the United States was held March 23-25, 2004 at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, hosted by Joseph Waters. 2004 Conference website

SEAMUS 2004 Membership Survey

SEAMUS recently conducted a survey among its membership to determine the priorities and needs the society must address in the coming years. The Board of Direcotors wishes to thank all who participated and to inform you all that the results of that evaluation wil be posted on SEAMUSONLINE in the next few weeks . full story

SEAMUS would also 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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ElectroAcoustic Music Month 2003

2003 SEAMUS Electro-acoustic Music Month was a huge success with 70 total events (16 more than 2002). 17 of those events were outside the United States and 45 events were listed on the poster. Click here for event archives EAMM

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.

Thank you

We would like to thank Genelec for providing the multi-channel loudspeaker system for the 2004 conference.
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Comments? Questions? Contact?

email the President, Russell Pinkston
email the VP of Membership, Brian Belet
email the SEAMUSONLINE webmaster