<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Apologies for cross-postings.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Please forward as appropriate.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">SEAMUS is pleased to announce the 2007 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program, with the help of Frances Richard and the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) <<A href="http://www.ascap.com">http://www.ascap.com</A>>. The commission includes an honorarium for a new electro-acoustic composition, a stipend for copying and material costs, a plaque, a recording on the annual conference CD, and a performance at the SEAMUS 2008 National Conference.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">You must be a student currently enrolled in an academic course of study that leads to a high school diploma, or baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral degree in music or electro-acoustic music, or a program that includes electro-acoustic music and related fields. This competition is open to student members of SEAMUS, US citizens, or legal residents of the United States.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">The postmark deadline is October 15, 2006.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">For more information, including the application form:</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;"><A href="http://seamusonline.org/ascap.html">http://seamusonline.org/ascap.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>IMPORTANT: applying for the SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Commission is entirely different from submitting work for performance at the SEAMUS National Conference, which requires a separate application.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sincerely,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tom Lopez</DIV><DIV>SEAMUS/ASCAP Commissioning Program Coordinator</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>77 W. College St.</DIV><DIV>Oberlin Conservatory of Music</DIV><DIV>Oberlin, Ohio 44074 USA</DIV><DIV>(440) 775-8748</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>