Society of Composers

Dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding, and dissemination of new and contemporary music.

Competition Announcement!

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SCI is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competition:
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Undergraduate Competition:
Commission Winner:
Alex Berko (Aftershock)

Honorable mentions in undergraduate competition
(alphabetical order)
Ryan Lindveit (Spinning Yarns)
Frej Wedlund (Half-light on desolation)
Guang Yang (Immortelle)

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Graduate Competition:
Commission Winners:
(alphabetical order)
Thomas Kotcheff (bang Z)
Michael Seltenreich (Sparks and Flares)

Honorable mentions in graduate competition
(alphabetical order)
Andrew Babcock (Ventriloquy)
Jay Hurst (Still Lives for orchestra)
Charles Peck (Rift & Shade)

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Please join us in congratulating these young composers on their well-earned achievement!

2016 SCI Student National Conference

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The 2016 Society of Composers, Inc. Student National Conference solicits submissions for compositions, installations, and papers. The conference will take place at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, November 17–19. Any full or half-time student currently enrolled in a high school or university may submit works for consideration!

Prize: Performance at Conference
Deadline: 2016-07-20
Receipt Type: Digital Only
Fee: None to enter
Open To: SCI Student Composers
Submission: http://www.musicavatar.org/categories/30079.html 

2017 SCI National Conference: Call for Works

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The Western Michigan University School of Music is thrilled to announce the call for scores for the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, taking place Thursday, March 30th through Saturday, April 1st at WMU in Kalamazoo, MI. Composers, scholars, and installation artists are invited to submit works.

Prize: Performance at 2017 SCI National Conference
Deadline: 2016-06-15
Receipt Type: Digital Only
Fee: None to enter
Open To: SCI Members

Call for Recordings

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We are pleased to announce a call for Volume 31 of the Society of Composers, Inc. CD Series.  The winning entries will be released by Navona Records, a label under PARMA Recordings.
Deadline: May 31, 2016, 11:59 pm EST.
Prize:  Inclusion on Volume 31 of the SCI CD Series, professionally released by PARMA Records.
Fee: None to enter. Selected composers must pay production costs of $90 per minute for music selected.

SCI Student Chapter at BSU

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Kyle Jones and Ben Mossler sold cookies to raise money for the SCI Student Chapter at Ball State University during the 46th Annual Festival of New Music. Interested in starting a student chapter at you school? It’s easy! See this page for more information.

SCI Region III: Congratulations!

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Many thanks and congratulations to Mark Zanter, host of this year’s SCI Region III Conference, for curating such a fantastic series of events at Marshall University!