National Update The following is a preliminary schedule for SCI 98 at Indiana University.

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 8 pm. Indiana University Composition Department Student Recital

Wednesday, April 15, 1998 9-12 am. Papers, exhibits, and installations 1 pm. Chamber works by student composers performed by IU students and guests 4 pm. Chamber music by visiting composers performed by IU students and guests 8 pm. Indiana University Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 16, 1998 9-12 am. Papers, panel, exhibits, and installations 1 pm. Chamber works by visiting com­ Banker's Hours posers performed by IU students and guests I will always remember Stravinsky's 3 pm. Songs and vocal chamber music response to the amount of time he spent com­ 3 performed by IU students posing: "I keep bankers hours." So if Stravin­ 4:30 pm. Indiana University Concert sky were alive today, would he be writing Orchestra eight hours a day, nine if you include the drive­ 8 pm. Keynote Speech by Karel Husa. up window? 5 etitio11 ' Concert by IU Symphonic Band and Upon returning from our composer's cornP calls Wind Ensemble concert last Sunday, I found a box (which came from an auction in Illinois) sitting out­ 4 Grants, Friday, April 17, 1998 side of my door filled with rancid-sounding 9-12 am. Papers, panel, exhibits; and piano and organ music. This box also con­ installations tained music history books published at the 1 pm. Chamber works by visiting com­ turn of the century and a number of Etude posers performed by IU students and magazines, including the December 1950 is­ sue. In the latter, there is a Slonimsky transla­ guests tion of an interview with Tchaikovsky from 1 3 pm. Solo and chamber music per­ 1892, wherein I. T. admitted composing" ... from formed by IU faculty and featured IU 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. I chamber .ensembles never work late in the evening or at night." 4:30 pm. Indiana University Chamber That is six hours each day! Orchestra A few pages later in the same issue, 8 pm. IU New Music Ensemble there is an interview with Sigmund Romberg, who admonishes young composers " ... not to Saturday, April 18, 1998 think of yourself as a composer until you have 9:30 am. Chamber works by v1s1tmg actually written a great many songs. Two or composers performed by IU students and three tunes which your family and friends guests consider masterpieces aren't' infallible proof 10:30 am. Opera scenes produced by IU of talent. To be a composer you must write, Opera Works hop write, write-60, 70, 100 songs or more." 1 pm. Works for Choral Ensembles Some of us receive commissions (self­ 5:30pm.Banquet(reservation and ticket obtained or as gifts), when for a brief period we required) work like dogs, only to retreat into the drone of 8:00 pm. IU Opera: Falstaff(reservation doing what we can to keep the bank from and ticket required) repossessing our home. The hardest part is We have arranged our confer­ always to keep the fire hot after the last piece, usually, by starting the next work, whether we ence schedule to allow visiting compos­ feel like it or not. I think one effective way to ers the opportunity to attend an opera bridge that lull is to keep the same hours at the production by the internationally re­ same time of the day. Consider that time pre­ nowned IU Opera Theatre. Unfortunately cious, set it aside and protect it from the no new American opera is on this year's encroaching consumerism of our existence. season, but Falstaff, a scintillating en­ Such regularity is self-propellant. In time you semble opera, provides a chance to see find yourself writing music you could only IU Opera at its best. $20 tickets for the have dreamed to have written. It is an old April 18 performance of Falstaff are problem, and one that needs constant atten­ being held for SCI Conference regis­ tion. The answer? Keep banker's hours, but trants through March 15. feel free to ignore the drive-up window. Don Freund David Gompper

A publication of the Society of Composers, Inc. November 1997, xxvii:9 Forthpoming conferences CALL FOR SCORES SCI Welcomes New Members

National Jay C. Batzner(KS) Region IV April 16-19, 1998 Doug Bristol (AL) Indiana University Georgia State University Don Freund-host Arcangel Castillo-Oliveri (OH) February 20-21, 1998 Cheong Leong Chuah (CA) Nick Demos, host Region Ill Andrea Clearfield (PA) DEADLINE: October 17-18, 1997 Allen Cohen (NY) Elizabethtown College December 15, 1997 (postmark) James Haines, Simon Andrews-hosts Jose Carlos Diaz (CA) Region IV issues a Call for Scores for i~s Paul Elwood (NC) Region IV 1998 Regional Conference. Composers are invited to submit works for any combination Matthew H. Fields (Ml) February 20-21, 1998 of the following: fl (2), ob, cl (2), bn, trbn (2), Sheila Forrester (FL) Georgia State University Nick Demos-host vn (2), va, vc, pf, harp, and perc. Composers Ryan Fraley (NY) who can provide their own performers or Ellen Golden (CA) perform their own pieces are encouraged to Region VI Kendrick Goode (LA) submit. Students are encouraged to submit February 26-28, 1998 James L. Haines (PA) University of Texas, Arlington works for 2 student concerts-preference George Chave-host will be given to students providing their own Emil Harnas II (NY) performers. Please send scores and cassette James Hartway (Ml) Region VII or CD recordings to: Dr. Nick J. Demos, Brian Heller (CT) School of Music, Georgia State University, November 7-9, 1997 James S. Hoch (MN) Cal. State, Fresno Box 4097, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4097, Jack Fortner-host tel : (404) 651-1728 fax: (404) 651-1583, Linda L. Holland (CA) email: [email protected]. Submissions Ping Hu (MD) Members' Activities Column should include: a brief biographical sketch John Kaefer (NY) (including SCI affiliation) and a SASE for Please send information on your activities to Daniel Kellogg (PA) return of materials. Composers whose works the following address: Stephen Kemp (AR) SCI Newsletter are programed are expected to attend the Sinae Kim (KY) University of Iowa conference and become members of SCI. School of Music Richard D. Kroot (NY) Iowa City, IA 52242 SCIMEMBERS Martin Kutnowski (NY) Colby Leider (NH) The SCI Newsletter The SCI discussion list SCIMEMBERS Mei-Fang Lin (IL) is available for queries and exchanges John Allemeier & Jon Southwood, Ryan W. Lott (GA) among members. To join, send a message editors M. Ray McFerron (MO) to: Timothy Melbinger (MA) Circulation: 1200 [email protected] ca. uiowa. edu Annual Subscription Rate: $50 consisting only of the text: Justin Merritt (TX) Frequency of Publication: Monthly, except June/ SUBSCRIBE SCIMEMBERS Gregory Mertl (CT) July and August/September. Edited and printed on the first line of the message. Leave the at The University of Iowa. Send articles and Joseph Reinsel (CT) member activities to: subject field in the address section blank. Robert T. Reno (CA) Do not put any other text in the message. The University of Iowa Eric Schwartz (OH) School of Music Peggy Still (GA) Iowa City, IA 52242 Persis Parshall Vehar (NY) (319) 335-1626; (319) 335-2637 FAX Look at our record! Mark Warhol (MN) For other business: • 4525 member compositions performed at Robert Wehrman (HI) Martin Gonzalez - Exec. Secretary Society of Composers, Inc. SCI concerts Dan Welcher (TX) • 1529 member composers performed PO Box 296, Old Chelsea Station Kristin Wendland (GA) New York, NY 10113-0296 • 124 member composers performed in Phone/fax: (212) 989-6764 1996-97 alone Saundi Wilson (NY) E-mail: [email protected] • 744 concerts sponsored in 123 different Michael E. Woods (IN) URL: http:l/www.utexas.edu/cofa/music/ems/sci cities Yehuda Yannay (WI) • 93 member composers published in the Copyright © 1997 SCI Journal of Music Scores Howard Yermish (CA) by the Society of Composers, Inc. • 89 member compositions recorded on LPs Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (OH) All rights reserved. and CDs

Page 2 The SCI Newsletter XXV!l:9 flaying the Odds Composerver http://compose rver. sss. arts.ohio-state . edu SCION Student Commission Update Contact: Reynold Weidenaar, Editor Tom Wells, Composerver Bryan Burkett, Associate Editor The SCI/AS CAP student composition com­ School of Music mission project begins its first round of The Ohio State University SCION, SCI's on-line electronic news, judging this weekend at Region III' s confer­ 1866 College Road provides information on opportunities for ence at Elizabethtown College, alas, with a Co lumbus, Ohio 43210 composers. News items, announcements, [email protected] total of eight compositions submitted! Up to comments, and other material for publica­ three works will be chosen to be sent on to tion may be sent via e-mail to: the National Conference. Three out of eight­ [email protected] not bad odds. Composers from the other Have you considered becom­ Mail, telephone calls, and fax messages regions should be as fortunate. Neverthe­ ing a lifetime member of SCI? should be directed to: less, this is the first year of the project, and the first adjudication. I suspect that the num­ Reynold Weidenaar, SCION Editor ber ofresponses will increase as we continue Department of Communication the commission each year. Naturally, you William Paterson College will spread the word to your students as the 1998 National Conference Wayne, New Jersey 07470-2152 various deadlines approach for the remain­ Telephone: 201-595-2540 ing regional conferences (see box below). Works selected for Symphonic Fax: 201-595-2486 Band NEW OR CHANGED E-MAIL AD­ REMAINING DEADLINES DRESSES of members in good standing Indiana University Symphonic Band who are receiving or who wish to receive REGION IV Stephen W. Pratt, conductor SCION, should be e-mailed to the SCI AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN Lamont Downs-DDA40X Office at: Deadline: February 13, 1998 Carlton Macy-Summer Solstice [email protected] Karel Husa-Concertino for Piano and REGIONV Wind Ensemble SCION is distributed to every current SCI IL, IN , IA , MI. MN. ND. SD. OH. WI (ON, MB) (with Edward Auer, piano) member who has joined or renewed for Deadline: February 6, I 998 1997 and who has indicated an e-mail REGION VI Works selected for Wind Ensemble address on the membership form. AR , KS , MO, NE, OK, TX Member news is not published in SCION, Deadline: February 20, 1998 Indiana University Wind Ensemble Ray E, Cramer, conductor but these items are most welcome in the REGION VIII Richard Willis-Sun Circles SCI NEWSLETTER: AK, WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, WY (BC, AB, SK) Jack Gallagher-Proteus Rising from the jallemei@blue. weeg.uiowa. edu Deadline: January 31, 1998 Sea and [email protected] Send all submissions to : John Harbison-Olympic Dances The Society of Composers, Inc. (with the IU Ballet Theatre, Jacques P.O. Box 296, Old Chelsea Station Cesbron, choreographer) Visit our Web page New York, NY 10113-0296 Opera scenes produced by IU Tom Lopez, a graduate student in com­ Please indicate on the outside of your package the Opera Workshop region in which you reside. All submissions must be position at the University of Texas, is received hy the dates indicated below. helping to construct the SCI web page. Larry Austin-Euphonia 2344 The URL is: John Beall-Ethan Frome http://www.utexas.edu/ Larry Christiansen-Antigone cofa/music/ems/sci Alert! Donna Kelly Eastman-The Mirror If you teach in a department or school of Phillip Rhodes-The Magic Pipe Please visit the page and make your sug­ music, please ensure that concert pro­ Edwin Penhorwood-Too Many Sopranos gestions on the information you would grams presented by your university are like members and non-members to access. being collected and sent to ASCAP and Choral works selected Should SCI offer, for a fee, individual web BMI each on a regular basis. Each agency, sites? What order of priority should the which relies on these programs, extracts Dorothy Hindman-/ Have Heard page serve: members, non-members, per­ performance information and determines Scott Robbins-Sliver Moon formers, clients, enthusiasts, or others? the amount of royalty credited to each Herbert Bielawa: Rants II Inform Tom or Martin in the main office composer based on a sample rate. Stephen Suber: Soleil with your suggestions.

The SCI Newsletter XXVII:9 Page3 Competitions, Grants and Calls ______

The following listings are condensed and may not orchestra, or large wind/brass ensemble (with liturgy, or Jewish life cycle events. Submit have complete information. You are encouraged or without soloists and/or chorus) and not ted works must not have been professiona to contact the sponsoring organizations directly previously performed professionally, may performed, recorded, published, or commis­ for submission guidelines, particularly if anony­ be submitted. The submissions are anony­ sioned. Submissions are anonymous. Prize: mous submission is required. mous. Prize: $5000 plus supplementary funds $1000 in each category, plus performance to encourage first professional performance and professional digital recording. Entrance 3rd Pacific Centuries Conference of prize-winning score. Deadline: Nov. 15. fee: $50 for each song or composition. Dead­ Deadline: November 15 For information, contact: Frances Richard, line: Jan. 2. For further information, contact: Composers and performers are invited to Director, Symphony & Concert Department, The Jewish Music Commission of Los An­ submit scores and proposals for concerts for The ASCAP Foundation/Rudolf Nissim geles, 15739 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, the 3rd Pacific Centuries Conference. En­ Composers' Competition, ASCAP Build­ CA 91436. semble 20/21 will present a concert of music ing, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY from throughout the Pacific area by compos­ 10023, tel (212) 621-6329. International Gaudeamus Music Week ers and performers of diverse cultures and 1998 background. The intent of this concert is to 1997 Newly-Published Deadline: January 31 present recent works which demonstrate the Music Competition Fee: 50 Dutch guilders interaction of musical ideas from around the Deadline: December 1 The Gaudeamus Foundation announces In­ Pacific. Music for small to medium chamber The National Flute Association announces ternational Gaudeamus Music Week 1998, ensemble with or without electronics is pos­ the 1997 Newly-Published Music Competi­ "a composers' competition for the young sible. Performance proposals by specialist tion. Deadline: Dec. 1. For complete guide­ generation." Composers born after Sep. 13, performers will also be considered. Works lines contact: Department of Music, c/o Dr. 1967 may enter works in the following cat­ calling for specific non-Western instruments Wendell Dobbs, Coordinator, Newly-Pub­ egories: 1) chamber music for 1-16 perform­ are encouraged, but the composer may need lished Music Competition, Marshall Uni­ ers,; 2) orchestra music/choir music (tenta­ to assist in locating performers. The Confer­ versity, Huntington, WV 25755-2232. tive). The submitted works may already have ence, to be held at the University of the been performed, but must have been com­ Pacific April 24-26, is a multi-disciplinary Billboard Eighth Song Contest posed during the past three years. Submis­ conference designed to illuminate the evolu­ Deadline: December 15 sions are anonymous. The selected wor' tion of both trans-Pacific and intr-Pacific Fee:$20 will be performed during the Music We relationships, leading to a better understand­ Billboard, in conjunction with the Okla­ 1998 (Sep. 7-13). Composers whose works ing of the long-term international exchange homa City University School of Music and have been selected will be hosted by the involving island and continents touched by Performing Arts Music Entertainment Pro­ Gaudeamus Foundation, including accom­ the Pacific Ocean. Sessions will be held gram, announces the Billboard Eighth Song modation and meals. Following the perfor­ focusing on the migration and exchange of Contest. Categories in this contest include mances, one work will be awarded the musical culture, instruments, and ideas within jazz, pop, rock, etc. Grand Prize: $5000, Gaudeamus Prize of Hf!. 10.000, as a com­ and across the Pacific area. Composers, per­ si ngle song publishing contract, and other mission for a new work to be premiered formers, ethnomusicologists, and others are awards. Additional prizes will be awarded. during the 1999 Music Week. Entry fee: 50 invited to propose papers for this session. Entry fee: $20 per song entered. Deadline: Dutch guilders. Deadline: Jan. 31. For infor­ Deadline: Nov. 15. Include a copy of your Dec 15. For information, contact: Billboard mation and entry forms, contact: Gaudeamus score or description of your paper and a brief Song Contest, P.O. Box 60628, Oklahoma Foundation, Swammerdamstraat 38, NL- resume. A self-addressed, stamped enve­ City, OK 73146-0628, fax (405) 523-4815. 1091 RV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel lope is required for the return of materials. 31-20-6947349, fax 31-20-6947258, e-mail Submit proposals to: Dr. Robert Coburn, 11th Annual Competition For New gaud@ xs4all. nl. Conservatory of Music, University of the Jewish Music Pacific, Stockton, CA 954211 , tel (209) 946- Deadline: January 2 Wayne Peterson Prize In Music Compo­ 2186, e-mail [email protected]. Fee:$50 sition The Jewish Music Commission of Los An­ Deadline: March 1 ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim geles announces the 11th Annual Competi­ Fee:$25 Composers' Competition tion for New Jewish Music. Composers may The San Francisco State University Music Deadline: November 15 submit works in the following categories: 1) Department, in joint sponsorship with the ASCAP announces the ASCAP Foundation song form, to be submitted in lead-sheet San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, RudolfNissim Composers' Competition. All form with melody, lyrics, and chord sym­ announces the Wayne Peterson Prize in living concert composer members of AS CAP bols, and 2) non-song form, to include in­ Music Composition. Composers who ar~ who have not previous won this competition strumental and/or vocal compositions which age 35 or youngeras ofJan. 1, 1998 and w are eligible. A score of one published or do not adhere to a popular song form. Themes are citizens or legal residents of the us ano unpublished concert work requiring a con­ must be derived from or suggested by the its territories may submit one unperformed ductor, scored for full orchestra, chamber Jewish Bible, rabbinic literature, synagogue orchestral work, composed after August 1994 Page 4 The SCI Newsletter XXVl/:9 for the following maximum instrumenta­ The Sabeth Trio Basel tion: 33'33 4331 timp, perc(5), hrp, pf(cel), Deadline: none given SCI National Council (1997-98) str. Works utilizing electronics, tape, cho­ The Sabeth Trio Basel (fl, va, hrp) seeks new David Gompper, President rus, or soloists will not be considered. The works for possible performance. In addition University of Iowa Eric Sawyer duration should be 10-15 minutes. Submis­ to performing regular concerts throughout MIT (I) sions are anonymous. Prize: $5000 and a Europe, the Trio presents special youth con­ Brian Hulse premiere performance by the San Francisco certs with commentary, therefore they also Harvard (I) Symphony Youth Orchestra. Fee: $25. Dead­ seek "pedagogical" material for the same Andrew Simpson line: Mar. 1. For information, contact: Wayne combination of instruments. For informa­ SUNY, Potsdam (II) Peterson Prize, Music Department, San Fran­ tion, contact: Sabeth Trio Basel, Matthias Samuel Pellman cisco State University, 1600Holloway Ave., Ebner, Schweizergasse 58, CH-4054 Basel, Hamilton College (II) San Francisco, CA 94132, tel (415) 338- Switzerland, tel/fax 41-61-2817233. Simon Andrews Franklin and Marshall College (III) 1431. Bruno Amato Ensemble "Laboratorio Novamusica" Peabody Conservatory (III) 1998 Ascap Foundation/Morton Gould Deadline: none given Kari Henrik Juusela Young Composers' Awards The Ensemble "Laboratorio Novamusica" Stetson University (IV) Deadline: March 15 of Venice seeks works for future perfor­ Vernon Taranto Jr. The ASCAPFoundation announces the 1998 mances. The instrumentation of the ensemble Tampa Bay Composers' Forum (IV) ASCAP Foundation/Morton Gould Young is as follows: ti (picc, a fl), sax (s, a, t, bar), James Chaudoir Composer Awards. The Foundation awards vn, va, elec gtr, 2 pf. The ensemble is also University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (V) $20,000 to talented young composers, pro­ interested in combinations using non-tradi­ Rocky J. Reuter Capital University (V) viding encouragement, recognition, and re­ tional instruments such as sho, harmonica, Daniel Adams muneration to gifted, emerging talents. Com­ ocarina, etc. For information, contact: Texas Southern University (VI) posers who are citizens or permanent resi­ Giovanni Mancuso, Cannaregio 3482, 30100 Samuel Magrill dents of the US and who have not reached Venice, Italy, tel/fax 39-41-5241903 or University of Central Oklahoma (VI) their 30th birthday by Mar. 15, 1998 may Mauro Lanza, calle Zugna 4, S. Elena, 30132 Marshall Bialosky submit one composition. For guideline and Venice, Italy, tel 39-41-5288652, fax 39-41- Cal State University, Dominguez Hills (VII) official submission forms, contact: Frances 5289589, e-mail [email protected]. Glenn Hackbarth Richard, Director, The ASCAP Foundation/ Arizona State University (VII) Morton Gould Young Composers' Awards, Writer/Librettist Charles Argersinger Washington State University (VIII) ASCAP Building, One Lincoln Plaza, New Deadline: none given Cindy Cox York, NY 10023, tel (212) 621-6329. A writer/librettist seeks a composer for col­ University of California, Berkeley (VIII) laboration on a new opera. The opera, for 3rd International Festival Of New which a draft libretto has been written, is Executive Committee (1997-98) Music For Orchestra about a conflict involving fishermen, real tors, Reynold Weidenaar, Chaimum Deadline: April 15 and Native Americans in Maine. The libret­ Editor, SCI Online News The Vienna Modern Masters' 3rd Interna­ tist envisions a comic opera with lyrical and William Paterson College tional Festival of New Music for Orchestra farcical elements. For information, contact: Greg A. Steinke, President Emeritus will be held in Olomouc, The Czech Repub­ Ron Singer, English Department, Friends Jon Southwood & John Allemeier, Editors of lic, from June 15-28. The Festival will fea­ Seminary, 222East 16th St., New York, NY Newsletter The University of Iowa ture the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. 10003, tel (212) 979-5035 ext 410, e-mail Bruce J. Taub, Editor of Journal of Music Scores Composers of any age or nationality are [email protected]. C. F. Peters Corporation eligible for consideration. Deadline: Apr. Richard Brooks, Producer of CD Series 15. All selected works will be performed by Nassau Community College the orchestra,on concerts in Philharmonic William Ryan, Submissions Coordinator James Paul Sain, Student Chapters Hall. Inclusion in the Festival requires that . . . Univers\ty of Florida the music be recorded for CD release and Tom Lopez, Webmaster international distribution on the Vienna Bryan Burkett, Associate Editor, SCION Modern Masters label at a special subsidized Kristine H.'Burns, Listserv Coordinator cost to the composer of $450 per minute of Barton McLean, lndep. Comp. Representative music. All participating composers receive, Dorothy Hindman, Representative for Local in addition to the performance, recording, Chapters and Affiliate Groups production, release, and distribution of their David Vayo, Membership Chair music, five copies of the CD. For informa­ Illinois Wesleyan University tion, contact: Clyde Smith, Ph.D., President, Fred Glesser, Editor of Monograph Series Vienna Modern Masters, Margartenstrasse Thomas Wells, Audio Streaming Project Manager 125/15, A-1050 Vienna, Austria, tel 431- Ohio State University Gerald Warfield, General Manager 545 1778, fax 431-544 0785, e-mail Martin Gonzalez, Executive Secretary [email protected]. The SCI Newsletter XXVII:9 Page5 1998 SCl/ASCAP Student Composition Commission

SCI, in conjunction with ASCAP, announces the first of a series of annual commissions to be awarded to three student composers. The winners will be selected from a pool of finalists from each region, and their music will be subsequently premiered at the National Conference and recorded on the SCI CD Series.

Prizes 1st place-$1250; recorded in SCI CD series; published in SCI Journal of Music Scores. 2nd place - $750; recorded in SCI CD series. Send all submissions to: 3rd place - $500; recorded in SCI CD series. The Society of Composers, Inc. P.O. Box 296, Old Chelsea Station New York, NY 10113-0296 Admission process •submit both a score and a cassette tape or CD of one work for any combination of instruments, Please indicate on the outside of your package the voices, and electronics. The work must show competency in writing for the chosen medium. region in which you reside. All submissions must be Regardless of medium submitted, the subsequent commission may be limited to a particular received by the dates indicated below. instrumentation (to be negotiated with the host of the National Conference). The recording you submit can be of a studio session, a live performance or a sequenced format. See the map REGION I to the right for your region and receipt deadline. ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, MA (NF, NS, NB, PQ, PE) •all entrants must be SCI members at the time of submission. The student rate is $22.50 per year. Deadline: October 17, 1997 If your institution has an SCI student chapter*, then membership dues are $15. •official submission form, found below. REGION II •composers can be of any age and nationality, but they must be either a) a full-time student in NY, NJ, PR a college or university composition degree program, orb) studying privately with a Deadline: October 31, 1997 recognized professional composer but not enrolled in a degree program (min. age 18). Send proof by submitting either a) a copy of your current transcript that clearly indicates REGION III your degree program orb) a letter from the composer confirming that the entrant is their PA, WV, VA, MD, DE, DC student. Deadline: October 10, 1997

REGION IV Each work will be adjudicated at one of the eight SCI regional conferences that take place AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN in the Fall and early Spring. Up to three winners will be selected from each region and Deadline: February 13, 1998 sent to the National Conference for the final round of adjudication. At the final round, three composers will be chosen to write works that will be performed and recorded the REGIONV IL, IN , IA , MI, MN, ND, SD, OH, WI (ON, MB) following year. If there is no national conference1 then a regional conference will be chosen for the performance. Additionally, the composer is not restricted to having the Deadline: February 6, 1998 premiere performance placed on the CD, and may have the option to find his/her REGION VI performers for the final CD recording. SCI reserves the right to choose the CD on which AR, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX the winners will be produced (either on the regular SCI CD series, or a special issue every Deadline: February 20, 1998 other year). All rights will remain with the composer. REGION VII NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM, HI, CA Deadline: October 31, 1997 *SCI student chapters at the time of press: Indiana University, University of Florida, University of Miami and Stetson University. Please write or phone James Paul Sain at the University of REGION VIII Florida for more information about student chapters: (352) 392-0223 x 240; 0461 (w/fax); e-mail: AK, WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, WY (BC, AB, SK) [email protected] Deadline: January 31, 1998

1998 SCl/ASCAP Student Competition Commission Entry Form Submit to SCI, P.O. Box 296, Old Chelsea Station, NY, NY 10113-0296. Scores must be received by the deadline indicated.

Name:

City: ______State: ___ Zip: _____ Phone: (

Title of work: ______Instrumentation: ______Duration: ___

Institution (if app): ______Degree: Composition teacher: ______

SCI Region: _____ SCI Student Member? Yes 0 No O If no, include $22.50, payable to the Society of Composers, Inc. MEET THE NC/EC

Reynold Weidenaar Editor of SCI Online News William Paterson College

Biography

Reynold Weidenaar, composer and video producer, received degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and New York University. Since 1982 he has produced 7 concert videos; these have received over 75 honors and awards, over 350 live performances, and over2,500 screenings and broadcasts in tape-alone versions. He has been awarded Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships in video and an NEA Composer Fellowship. He is Assistant Professor of Communication at William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey.

SCION

I founded SCION (SCI Online News) nearly five years ago and have served as editor since its inception. SCION is an electronic newsletter that provides information about professional opportunities to composers. Earlier this year, Bryan Burkett took on the newly created post of associate editor, doing the lion's share of compiling and assembling items for publication. On the first Monday of every month, SCION us emailed to all SCI members who have email addresses. Each issue provides announcements of competitions, festivals, conferences, calls for works, seminars, workshops, employment listings, and similar events. Because the format is electronic and not constrained by print limitations, details can be fairly complete and comprehensive. A special feature is the repeated publication of every item every' month until its deadline has expired. This way, members do not have to search through prior issues to learn of opportunities that are currently available. SCION is designed to be timely, complete, and conveniently available without members having to take time to search a website. The only ownside is that the issues are voluminous, about 100 to 125 kilobytes in length-equivalent to 20-25 pages of 9-point type. Some email providers, e.g., Juno, do not allow receipt of documents this long. Interested members who have email addresses but who do not receive SCION would therefore need to switch to another email provider. Many members have commented on having found SCION to be the best single source of its kind for composers, and to be important benefit of SCI membership

My other position for SCI is chair of the Executive Committee. This entails coordinating and facilitating the work of the various members of the EC. We meet in New York every two· months or so and di scuss the progress of the various programs that are supervised by EC members, as well as to consider possible new projects. It is a welcome challenge to provide maximum value and opportunity to as many SCI members as possible while working within severe budget constraints. It is a tribute to the imagination and dedication of our EC members, all of whom are volunteers, that SCI is able to offer its membership a wide range of programs to foster professional growth and career development.

Members' Activities Column: (please mail to: SCI, Univ. of Iowa, School of Music, Iowa City, IA 52242)

Activities (for performances, include title of work, date(s), performers, location and if premiere):

If your address is not correct, please indicate corrections to the right of the label.

The SCI Newsletter XXVl/:9 Page 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS ofcontests, MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION calls for scores and other solicitations appear in the SCI Newsletter as a service to SCI FULL MEMBERSHIP ($50/YR): Eligible to submit scores to the National Conferences, members. While every effort is made to regional conferences, SCI Record Series, SCI Journal ofMusic Scores and will receive the assure the accuracy of these announcements, SCI Newsletter. Eligible to vote on Society matters and in elections for the National Council. SCI cannot accept responsibility for errors, misrepresentations or misinterpretations. JOINT MEMBERSHIP ($65/YR): Same benefits as for full members, but couple receives only one copy of the Newsletter and other mailings.

WHY NOT GO FIRST-CLASS? SENIOR MEMBERSHIP ($25/YR): Open to those 65 years of age or older, or retired. Same First-Class Mail instead of the slower Bulk­ benefits as full members. Rate, send $8 to cover postage and handling ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP ($22.50/YR): Open to performers and other interested profession­ for one year to the New York Office. als. Receives the Newsletter and can participate in the national and regional conferences.

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LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP ($950 OR $11 O/YR FOR 10 YEARS): Benefits the same as full PUBLICATIONS include the SCI members, for life. Newsletter, CD Series, Journal of Music Scores, Monograph Series and SCION-the SCI AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP ($45/YR): Open to members of music organizations that are On-line newsletter. institutional members of SCI, except libraries and archives. Same benefits as for full members.

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