Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is a nonprofit US-based organization founded in 1984 that aims to promote the performance and creation of electro-acoustic music in the United States.[1] In particular, the organization aims:

  • To encourage the composition, performance of, and research about electro-acoustic music in the United States
  • To foster a network for technical and artistic information exchange
  • To attract a wide diversity of members (i.e., practitioners of a diversity of experimental practices and practitioners manifesting a diversity of racial and gender identities and ages) from both in and outside of academic institutions
  • To seek to remove structural and economic barriers to the creation, performance, documentation, and dissemination of electro-acoustic music
  • To share SEAMUS activities with members, and with the larger artistic and academic communities
"SEAMUS" redirects here. For other uses, see seamus (disambiguation).

SEAMUS (/ˈʃeɪmʌs/ SHAY-muss) comprises composers, performers, and teachers of electroacoustic music representing every part of the United States and is known for its annual conference, which provides a venue for the presentation and performance of electro-acoustic music from around the world. The organization was formed in 1984 as a U.S. chapter of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM) which had been formed 2 years prior in Bourges, France. The U.S. representative to ICEM, Jon Appleton, suggested to composer Barry Schrader the formation of such a chapter in 1983 and the inaugural meeting was held at the California Institute of the Arts in November 1984. Significant supporters have included CalArts, ASCAP, and The Alexander Family Foundation.[2]

Current board of directors
  • President: Elizabeth Hoffman
  • Vice President of Programs: Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh
  • Vice President of Membership: Abby Aresty
  • Member-at-large: Eli Fieldsteel
  • Treasurer: Margaret Schedel
  • Secretary: John Gibson
  • Director of Communications: Mark Vaughn
  • Director of Recordings: Scott Miller
  • Director of Technical Development: Becky Brown
  • Diversity Officer: Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner
  • Editor, Journal SEAMUS: Drake Anderson
  • Editor, SEAMUS Newsletter: Jiayue Cecilia Wu
  • Immediate Past President: Ted Coffey [3]

Conference and awards
SEAMUS National Conference
GenreElectroacoustic music

In 1987, the society began giving the SEAMUS Award to acknowledge people who have made significant contributions to electro-acoustic music. The award is presented at the SEAMUS National Conference, held annually. SEAMUS has also, in cooperation with The University of Texas, established a national archive for electro-acoustic literature and compositions. The society also established EAMM (SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month) which is a worldwide celebration of electronic, computer and electroacoustic music which occurs in November of every year.

List of SEAMUS Award Winners

Publications
  • Music from SEAMUS
  • Journal SEAMUS[4]
  • SEAMUS Newsletter

Other international electroacoustic organisations
  • ACMA — Australasian Computer Music Association
  • CEC - Canadian Electroacoustic Community
  • CIME/ICEM — Confédération Internationale de Musique Electroacoustique / International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music
  • DeGeM — Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V. (Germany)
  • DIEM — Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music
  • EMS Network - Electroacoustic Music Studies Network
  • EMS — Elektroakustisk Musik i Sverige (Sweden)
  • EMSAN - Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Asia Network (France - East Asia)
  • ICMA — International Computer Music Association
  • HELMCA — Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (Greece)
  • IRCAM — Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (France)
  • NEAR — Netherlands Electro-Acoustic Repertoire Centre
  • NOTAM — Norsk nettverk for Teknologi, Akustikk og Musikk
  • SAM — Sound and Music (UK)
  • 60x60 — 60x60 produced by Vox Novus

See also

References
  1. http://www.seamusonline.org/. Accessed: February 3, 2011.
  2. https://seamusonline.org/history/
  3. https://seamusonline.org/board/
  4. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 16375650.
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