Read Nickitas Demos’s article “Atlanta in Distress & Why You Should Care” in the SCI Newsletter (XLIV: 6).

It is with great pleasure that SCI announces the works that have been selected for the next SCI CD, Volume 29:

Mark Zanter: PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
Shawn Crouch: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
Kai-Young Chan: IGNIS FATUUS
Anne Neikirk: GANGREL
Ferdinando De Sena: BETWEEN LOGIC AND RHETORIC
Federico Jes Bonacossa: RIVIR
Kyong Mee Choi and Timothy Ernest Johnson: TENSILE STRENGTH
Christopher Biggs: GREED
Chi-hin Leung: UTMOST ATTACK
Andrian Pertout: ECHOES FROM THE PAST

Congratulations to our winners!

Many acknowledgements and thanks go to our judges: Mei Fang Lin, David Carpenter, Andy Walters, Natalie Williams, Elizabeth Vercoe, and Brian Bevelander. Thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to adjudicate this call!

Looking for more information about the SCI Composers’ CD Series? Click the link!

Read Michael Zapruder’s article “Composing in the Wilderness” in the SCI Newsletter (XLIV: 5).

For many SCI Members, it’s time to renew your membership. Simply click the How to Join and follow the instructions.

Read Max Giteck Duykers’s article “Quantifying MIDI Use for Instrumental Composers” in the latest issue of the SCI Newsletter.

Issues #50 and #51 of the SCI Journal of Music Scores have been published. Works included are:

Volume 50

• Federico Bonacossa – Rivir
• Bryce Cannell – Refractions
• Eric Guinivan – Aspen Winds
• Corey Keating – As the Night Blooms
• Philip Schuessler – Monochrome Variations

Volume 51

• Jay C. Batzner – Silhouettes, Receding
• Eric Guinivan – Prelude: Hymn and Snowfall
• Jessica Rudman – First Praise
• Nolan Stolz – Princess Ka’iulani
• Jacob Walls – Thirst

Congratulations to Eric Fegan and Texu Kim on winning the 2014 SCI/ASCAP Commission Competition! Read more here.

As the new Student Chapters Coordinator Natalie Williams is one of the newest members of the SCI Executive Committee. Many thanks to her for taking on this role, and much appreciation to Nick Demos, the outgoing coordinator, for his many years of extraordinary service to the SCI membership. Learn more about each of these outstanding composers by visiting their mySCI Webpages: