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and dissemination of new and contemporary music. Society of Composers, Inc. Dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding, and dissemination of new and contemporary music. About SCI What is SCI? Why SCI? SCI Bylaws Regional Structure From the President SCI Officers SCI Archive Membership Membership Types Join or Renew Member Directory Publications SCI News SCION SCI Email List SCI Newsletter SCI Journal of Music Scores Recordings SCI Composers’ CD Series SCI Performers’ CD Series SCI Mixtapes ASUC Record Series SCI Jazz Competition Conferences Upcoming SCI Conferences 2023 SCI Region V Conference Past SCI Conferences 2023 SCI Online National Conference 2022 SCI Online National Conference For Students SCI Student Chapters Student Chapter Webpages Student and Early Career Mentorship Program Past SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competitions Choosing a Graduate School in Music Composition Calendar mySCI SCI Super Regional Winter Mixtape – Results! February 23, 2024 by Carolyn Borcherding SCI is pleased to announce the results of the Super Regional Winter Mixtape of 2023-2024! Congratulations to our final selections and honorable mentions outlined below. To listen to the mixtape and learn more about the composers and their work, please visit the mixtape page at http://wp.societyofcomposers.org/sci-super-regional-winter-mixtape-2023-2024/ Final Selections Pedro Lopes Baptista – Abstração Dinah Bianchi – Magenta Sunset Benjamin Damann – Herbstlied Eric Davis – Chacchoben Ruminations Xinyuan Deng – Magic of Snow Jeremy Esquer – Reflexiones de la Naturaleza Op. 1, No. 2 Ocean Will Judd – Until I Came Home Pak Hei Leung – from:/to: home Wenbin Lyu – Galactic Playground Daniel Swartz – Speak a kind word Shahrzad Talebi – Instinctual Thank you to Anruo Cheng for producing and mastering the mixtape and to the adjudicators for their time and effort in this selection process! Adjudicators Cory Brodack Eric Delgado Arjan Dogra Indigo Knecht Yi-Ning Lo Hanee Park Sepehr Pirasteh Leah Tracy Filed Under: SCI News SCI Super Regional Summer Mixtape – Results October 4, 2023 by Carolyn Borcherding SCI is pleased to announce the results of the Super Regional Summer Mixtape! Congratulations to our final selections and honorable mentions outlined below. To listen to the mixtape and learn more about the composers and their work, please visit the mixtape page at http://wp.societyofcomposers.org/sci-super-regional-summer-mixtape-2023/ . Final Selections Cory Brodack – Human Becoming Arjan Dogra – Dil-e-Nadaan Indigo Knecht – highly volatile Solomon Kim – Destroy the Reified Abstract Concrete Superstructure of Doom! Yi-Ning Lo – Alien, Cabbage, and Me Ky Nam Nguyen – The Boat and the Sea Hanee Park – EO DOOG SHI NI Sepehr Pirasteh – When They Broke Down the Door Dmitri Volkov – Xenexhibition Honorable Mentions Ian T. Jones – Sagittarius A* Kevin Leysath – Introspection Sami Seif – Orientalism Helkin F. Sosa – Take it Easy (from Jazz + Emotion”) David Vess – Rift Justin Weiss – Multitudes Additional thank yous to the adjudicators for their time and effort in this selection process! Adjudicators Anruo Cheng Wan Heo Molly Joyce Joshua Mallard Treya Nash Armando Torrealba Leaha Villarreal And additional thank yous to Anruo Cheng for her mastering work on the mixtape! Filed Under: SCI News SCI Super Regional Winter Student Mixtape | Call for Recordings August 23, 2023 by Carolyn Borcherding The Society of Composers, Inc. is excited to announce a call for recordings for our Super Regional Winter 2024 Student Mixtape. For this mixtape, there are no restrictions on style or ensemble and may be live, studio, or solely fixed-media recordings. The mixtape will have a duration of approximately 60 – 90 minutes in total and will feature composers from Regions V through IX. Selected works will be promoted on the SCI website, social media, and other platforms. Composers that submit works may receive testimonials and/or reviews of their music. See the following parameters: 1) Composers must be a student (high school, undergraduate, or graduate) in one of the following regions: a. Region V: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, and Ontario. b. Region VI: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. c. Region VII: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii, and California. d. Region VIII: Arkansas, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. e. Region IX: Areas outside of North America. 2) Composer must be a member of SCI to be featured on the mixtape. However, membership may be obtained after notification of acceptance. a. Membership fees are $15 with complimentary membership for composers identifying as BIPOC 3) MIDI renderings and VSTi productions are prohibited. 4) Works may be 15 minutes or less in length 5) Works with high quality recordings will be given preference. 6) Works must be submitted via a Google Drive, Dropbox, Soundcloud, YouTube, Vimeo, or another streaming link. a. Multimedia works (video, interactive web interface, etc) will also be considered. b. Multichannel recordings may be submitted as a binaural stereo reduction. 7) Finalists and Honorable Mentions will be included in the announcement. Selected composers may also receive a testimonial or review from an adjudicator. See the Society of Composers website for more information on previous mixtapes. To submit, please complete the Google Form below. Please note that recordings should be submitted in mp3 format unless the work is for multimedia or a streaming link. https://forms.gle/gZYBgVAuU33t84RdA Please send all questions to ˈtoʊ-drɔ-ˈki at composertodroki@gmail.com with the subject line Question | Super Regional Mixtape.” Submissions are due by November 25th at 11:59 PDT. Applicants will be notified of their status by December 14 th , 2023. We look forward to reviewing your submission! ˈtoʊ-drɔ-ˈki Filed Under: SCI News 2023 SCI Online National Conference Schedule May 29, 2023 by SCI On behalf of the SCI Officers , we are excited to share the Schedule of Events for this year’s Online National Conference! Saturday, June 3, 2023 Concert I (via the SCI YouTube Channel ) at 11:00 (11am) EDT Featuring performances by guest artists Dawn Padula (mezzo-soprano), Isaac Bray (baritone), and pianists Jessica Hall and Laura Artesani SCI General Membership Meeting (via Zoom, with link sent June 3, 2023 via the SCI Google Group) at 13:00 (1pm) EDT Hosted by Beth Wiemann, SCI President and Chair of the SCI National Council, and Frank Felice, SCI Vice President and Chair of the SCI Executive Committee Concert II (via the SCI YouTube Channel ) at 15:00 (3pm) EDT Featuring performances by guest artists Madeleine LaFollette (soprano) and Michael McAndrew (piano) Sunday, June 4, 2023 Concert III (via the SCI YouTube Channel ) at 11:00 (11am) EDT Featuring performances by guest artists Jennifer Page (flute) and Eric Salazar (clarinet) of Forward Motion Ensemble Concert IV (via the SCI YouTube Channel ) at 13:00 (1pm) EDT Concert V (via the SCI YouTube Channel ) at 15:00 (3pm) EDT Please visit the conference page to explore all pertinent information related to the five concerts and their respective programs. Filed Under: Conference , SCI News SCI Graduate Mentoring Program Special Citations April 11, 2023 by Carolyn Borcherding SCI is pleased to announce special citations for four of the graduate level composers who participated in the SCI Competition and Mentoring Program, Graduate Cycle: Anuj Bhutani, First Place, for On Letting Go (cello and live electronics) Anuj is a 1st year MM student at USC, currently studying with Ted Hearne. He is in SCI Region 7. Paul Novak, Second Place, for almostdances ( string quartet) Paul is a 3rd year PhD in Composition, UChicago, currently studying with Augusta Read. Thomas. He is in SCI Region 5. Susanna Payne-Passmore, Honorable Mention,...