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2020 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commissioning Program Announced!

2020-04-09

Dear SEAMUS Members,

While I am disappointed to miss the opportunity to deliver the results of the 2020 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commissioning Program and Allen Strange Award in person, I am nonetheless delighted to be able to announce the results via email. As is typically the case, we received a large number of extremely impressive student works, and I am always happy to see that our organization has no shortage of young, active, and talented electro-acoustic composers.

The results of the 2020 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commissioning Program:

1st Prize: Kelley Sheehan – Talk Circus
2nd Prize: David Q. Nguyen – Weight Stranding
Finalist: Nicolas Chuaqui – Memories
Finalist: Rodney DuPlessis – Dimensionless

The results of the 2020 Allen Strange Award:

Rachel Gibson – Skyscapes // The Night Shines for You

I would also like to take a moment to recognize the 1st and 2nd Prize ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Winners from 2019, who have delivered a pair of excellent new works:

1st Prize: Nathaniel Haering – to facilitate friction – solo violin and live electronics
2nd Prize: Elliott Lupp – Erase-Repeat – for the experimental music duo: MOUTHS

Finally, I would like to extend a huge and special thanks to our six ASCAP/SEAMUS/Allen Strange judges, who worked long and tirelessly to review every submission:

Elizabeth Baker
Brian Belet
Akiko Hatakeyama
Seth Shafer
Carla Scaletti
Tom Williams

Due to the cancellation of SEAMUS 2020, we will plan to present the compositions of the 2019 1st and 2nd Prize ASCAP/SEAMUS Winners and the 2020 Allen Strange Winner (Nathaniel Haering, Elliott Lupp, Rachel Gibson) at SEAMUS 2021.

Please join me in offering these student composers a hearty congratulations for their remarkable achievements!

Eli Fieldsteel
SEAMUS Member-at-Large

Filed Under: Announcements, Newsletter

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