<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">(apologies for cross-postings)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2015 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">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) <<a href="http://www.ascap.com/"><span style="color: rgb(4, 49, 250);">http://www.ascap.com</span></a>>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">The submission deadline is October 31, 2014.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">For more information, please visit the ASCAP/SEAMUS Competition information page <<a href="http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/">http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/</a>>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">To submit via the online application, please visit the current <a href="http://www.seamusonline.org/2015-ascap-seamus-submissions/"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 117, 163);">submission site</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 117, 163);">.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">Please note that you must be a current member of SEAMUS to submit to the competition. You can join or renew your membership at the newly redesigned SEAMUS website, <a href="http://www.seamusonline.org/">http://www.seamusonline.org/</a>. Joining takes only a few minutes. You must supply your seamusonline username to complete your submission. (Your seamusonline username is independent of your Start Conference, submission username.)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">If you submitted to the 2014 SEAMUS Conference at Wesleyan, your Start Conference submission username and password are still valid.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">RULES FOR SUBMISSION</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"> All submissions are to be made online, through the <a href="http://www.seamusonline.org/2015-ascap-seamus-submissions/"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 117, 163);">submission site</span></a>. Only one work of electroacoustic music may be submitted, which must adhere to the following guidelines:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• 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. Audio files must be prepared as a single LastnameFirstname_audio.MP3. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Scores: for submissions involving a score, please submit an <b>anonymized</b> PDF score for review. Please do not mail in printed scores. Score submissions must be prepared as LastnameFirstname_score.PDF.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• 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.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Only one (1) entry per student. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><b></b><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"><b>Other than the filename, please make sure to remove your name from all files, including MP3 metadata and PDF scores. Please limit the total size of all files to 40MB.</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">This same work may be submitted to the SEAMUS 2014 National Conference via the conference submission page. All finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition must attend the SEAMUS 2014 National Conference. Submissions by High School and Undergraduate students will automatically be considered for the Allen Strange Memorial Award as well.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">AWARDS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">A maximum of two prizes may be awarded. The decision of the judges will be final.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">First Prize</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Commission of $1250 for a new work of electro-acoustic music</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Performance of commissioned work at the 2016 SEAMUS National Conference</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Recording of the commissioned work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Certificate of recognition</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">Second Prize</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Commission of $750 for a new work of electro-acoustic music</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Performance of commissioned work at the 2016 SEAMUS National Conference</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">• Certificate of recognition</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">ELIGIBILITY</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">Applicants to the 2015 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.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">Per Bloland</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">SEAMUS Member-at-Large</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><br></div></body></html>