2009 Conference
SEAMUS Award Recipient

 



SEAMUS 2009 National Conference
Sweetwater in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 16, 17 and 18. Visit the Conference Web Site for an account of the conference.

2009 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 2009 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Award recipients.

 -- 1st Prize - Christopher Biggs
 -- 2nd Prize - Lance Montgomery
 -- Mention - Karen Power
 -- Mention - Peter Van Zandt

The Allen Strange Undergraduate Prize went to: Benjamin Dorfan

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.

The latest issue of the SEAMUS Newsletter is now ready for download.
In this issue of SEAMUS NEWS, we read about an intriguing series of concerts taking place at the new EMPAC concert space. As you may recall, last issue's cover story was on the opening of this beautiful new facility in Troy, New York. The concert series presented in the Fall of 2008 presented an impressively wide range of events, including film, video, and music.

Also, in this issue, we get a glimpse of the 2009 SEAMUS Conference - at least, the keynote speaker Larry Austin. I'm sure that most of you are familiar with him, but I've provided a short biographical statement. Larry will receive the 2009 SEAMUS Award.

Finally, we have a return of the Member News section of the newsletter.

-AC

Larry Austin

Composer Larry Austin writes: "I relish the experience and assimilation of all kinds of music and sound.  My pieces come into being, in fact, from a synthesis of these musics and sounds I hear and combine: hybrid musics.  Combining seemingly disparate compositional processes, sonic materials and mediums is the modeling process for much of my work.  Exploring new concepts, new materials and their interaction is essential to my work as a composer.  If my explorations take me to what turns out to be a rich vein of musical material, I experiment intensely with its creative potential.  The material derived instructs me in how the piece will form itself.  My technical explorations and experiments often develop from new and powerful music technology, not invoked for its own sake but at the service of my own musical imperatives that--it turns out--often cannot be achieved without advanced music technology to use as my modus operandi.   (More)

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:

1987 Vladimir Ussachevsky
1988 Les Paul
1989 Mario Davidovsky
1990 Otto Luening
1991 Robert Moog
1993 John Chowning
1994 Max Mathews
1995 Milton Babbitt
1996 Charles Dodge
1997 Louis (post.) and Bebe Barron
1998 Morton Subotnick
1999 Pauline Oliveros
2000 Paul Lansky
2001 Herbert Brün
2002 Don Buchla
2003 Jon Appleton
  2004 Barry Vercoe  
  2005 Wendy Carlos  
  2006 Alvin Lucier  
2007 Joel Chadabe
2008 Miller Puckette
2009 Larry Austin

SEAMUS in the MIX

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.

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