2024

Grant 1 Awardee: Brad Decker

Project: 2025 Napoleon Electronic Media Festival

The SEAMUS CREATE grant provided funding for additional resources to help support the 2025 Napoleon Electronic Media Festival (NEMF2025), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Illinois, on February 4, 2025. The grant allowed us to pay for a catered reception (food and beverage) for participants, between concerts. This satisfied the goals: to provide some financial support for those traveling to our festival, to provide an opportunity for conversation between students and artists, and to reinforce a sense of shared community and inclusion. – Brad Decker

Grant 2 Awardee: Byungkyu Lee

Project: Anthesizer V

Anthesizer V blends art, science, and technology by transforming the movements of ants into a dynamic sound experience. This installation introduces 8-bit organic computing, where the natural activity of ants generates complex soundscapes using MaxMSP. – Byungkyu Lee

Grant 3 Awardee: Greg Cerveny

Project: Sound Community Music Series | Electro-Acoustic Takeover

Greg Cerveny is organizing an inaugural electro-acoustic concert and workshop for the Sound Community Music Series in Midland, Michigan, in collaboration with Dr. Colin Wood and Dr. Joo Won Park. The event will feature a student workshop designed for beginning electronic music performers, followed by a concert showcasing introductory electroacoustic performances alongside seasoned practitioners. This project aims to spark interest in electronic music practices and establish regular programming of electronics-mediated works within the community.

Grant 3 Awardee: Michael Gaspari

Project: Noise & Buttons

Noise and Buttons is a pioneering music education project that aims to make early music education more accessible for neurodivergent students by integrating sensory-friendly hardware and software interfaces.  At the heart of Noise and Buttons is a sandbox-styled application featuring a user-friendly music engine controlled by four buttons.  These buttons enable users to manipulate different musical elements, being tempo, rhythm, timbre, and harmony. – Michael Gaspari