Announcing the 2018 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition

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Announcing the 2018 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2018 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program. The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP): http://www.ascap.com

The submission deadline is OCTOBER 1, 2017.

To submit a work, visit the current submission site and follow the instructions: https://seamusonline.org/2018-ascapseamus-submissions/.

For more information, please visit the ASCAP/SEAMUS Competition information page: http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/.

Important Note: Works submitted for the ASCAP/SEAMUS student commission competition are not automatically considered for inclusion on the SEAMUS Conference, and vice-versa. These are separate submission processes using two different categories on the submission site. Students may or may not submit this same work to the SEAMUS National Conference via the conference submission page. Students may also opt to submit a different work for each adjudication category.

AWARDS
A maximum of two prizes may be awarded.  The decision of the judges will be final.
First Prize
    •    Commission of $1250 for a new work of electro-acoustic music
    •    Performance of commissioned work at the SEAMUS National Conference the following year
    •    Recording of the commissioned work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series
    •    Certificate of recognition
Second Prize
    •    Commission of $750 for a new work of electro-acoustic music
    •    Performance of commissioned work at the SEAMUS National Conference the following year
    •    Certificate of recognition

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants to the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition must be student members of SEAMUS and must be either currently enrolled in an academic program in the United States (high school through doctoral studies) or a United States citizen studying abroad. All completed submissions will be verified for student status against current SEAMUS membership records.

RULES FOR SUBMISSION
Note that the rules and procedures have recently changed. All submissions are to be made online, and only one work of electroacoustic music may be submitted.
General Guidelines
    •    Audio Files: music submissions should include a representative audio recording of the work. If a concert work, it must be the complete composition. Installations may be represented by an excerpted recording not to exceed 10 minutes in length. Judging of music submissions for ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Competition will be from audio files in the MP3 format. Multichannel works will be judged from a stereo mix, also MP3. Please assist us by submitting in MP3 format.
    •    Scores: for submissions involving a score, please submit an anonymized PDF score for review. Please do not mail in printed scores at this time.
    •    Video Submissions: note that for works involving video, only the audio portion will be considered for judging purposes. You must be the composer of the music for the video. Please submit an MP3 of the music as specified above.
    •    Only one (1) entry per student.

All finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition must attend the current SEAMUS National Conference.

Questions may be directed to eli [dot] fieldsteel [at] gmail [dot] com.

Sincerely,

Eli Fieldsteel
SEAMUS Member-at-Large