SEAMUS 2021
About
Founded in 1984, The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is a non-profit national organization of composers, performers, and teachers of electro-acoustic music representing every part of the country and virtually every musical style. Electro-Acoustic music is a term used to describe those musics which are dependent on electronic technology for their creation and/or performance.
SEAMUS is committed to facilitating member interaction and the dissemination of their work through an annual national conference, juried recording projects, and the publication of Journal SEAMUS.
Composer Adam Vidiksis served as Technical Director for the 2021 SEAMUS virtual national conference, in addition to presenting numerous works as a composer and collaborator. Below, works that Vidiksis presented as a composer and collaborator are highlighted.
To view the full conference proceedings, please visit: https://www.seamusonline.org/seamus2021digitalconference/
04/22/2021, 6-7PM: PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT: SCREENING AND ARTIST TALK
Co-Curators Drs. Adam Vidiksis and yaTande Whitney V. Hunter will screen their new collaborative work “Recursive Presence” created in collaboration between the Temple Dance Ensemble (TDE) and The Boyer College Electroacoustic Ensemble Project (BEEP). Co-Curators will be joined by Lela Aisha Jones of FlyGround to screen and discuss the collaborative process of her work “Plight Release and the Diasporic Body.” Curators will be joined by TDE and BEEP members.
04/23/2021, 12PM-12AM: TWELVE
Adam Vidiksis, Stephanie Sherriff, Julie Zhu, Bradley Robin, Marc Ainger, Omar Fraire, Samuel Wells, The Core, Cathleen Grado, Seth Shafer, Modality, Nick Virzi, Jean-Francois Charles and Will Yager, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, Ted Moore, Steven Kemper, Brad Decker, duoB. Vs. viDEO sAVant, Cecilia Suhr, Daniel McKemie, Jiayue Cecilia Wu, Scott Miller/Dilate Ensemble, Jean-Paul Perrotte, Jeremy dePrisco
Curated by CCRMA at Stanford University, TWELVE is an interdisciplinary durational performance event that begins at 12pm, 04/23, and ends at 12am, 04/24, featuring artists and musicians from around the world.
04/23/2021, 4-5:30PM: Futuring the Past: Contemporary Explorations of Traditional Performance Practice In Technology (Panel)
Topic: In what way can we imagine the future informing the past?
An open discussion w/ Artists and Audience. Co-curators Drs. Adam Vidiksis and yaTande Whitney V. Hunter invite guests to discuss ways we can imagine the future informing the past specifically as it relates to “Contemporary Explorations of Traditional Performance Practices in Technology.” The “Big Room” is structured around three grounding questions presented to the “room.” An allotted duration will be provided as a frame for the responses before moving along to the following question.
Moderators: Drs. yaTande Whitney V. Hunter and Adam Vidiksis, Temple University
Guest Artists: Alice Blumenfeld, Marjani Forte, Manjunan Gnanaratnam, Aurie Hsu, Lela Aisha Jones, Rajeev Maddela, Everett Saunders, and Alex Shaw
04/23/2021, 10-11PM: INSTALLATIONS “GALA”
Tour of virtual installations on AltspaceVR platform
Brian Alexander | HVAC Sonification Project
The Einstein Collective: Sara Mast, Jessica Jellison, Christopher O’Leary, Cindy Stillwell, Jason Bolte, Charles Kankelborg, Nico Yunes, Joey Shapiro Key | Black (W)hole
Courtney Brown, Melanie Clemmons, Ira Greenberg, Brent Brimhall | Skin Hunger
Miles Friday | for loudspeakers, contact microphones, and motors
Akiko Hatakeyama | ちとせ ももとせ — chitose momotose
Simon Hutchinson and Paul Turowski | Rhythmcremental
Nate Krebs | all Your death belongs to us
Daniel McKemie, Ernesto Cárcamo Cavazos, Esteban Ruiz-Velasco | El movimiento en la quietud
Mark Micchelli | Roll ‘Em
Ted Moore, Katherine Balch | Aluminum Forest
Kory Reeder | Chimes
Margaret Schedel, Nick Hwang, Rob Cosgrove, Brian Smith | Rhumb-Line
Mark Vaughn | b i r d
Adam Vidiksis, Sam Wells | Translucent Cartography
Sam Wells | Four Winds
Additional works by Ruth Anderson and CIME composer colleagues
04/24/2021, 1:30-3:15PM: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Panel
Suzanne Thorpe, Sabrina Peña Young, Erin Busch, Adam Vidiksis, Silen Wellington
Cultivating a diverse and inclusive field of electroacoustic music practices has been one of the central focuses for SEAMUS in recent years. The past year of 2020 has highlighted and brought forward, locally and globally, the many systemic inequalities embedded within the human society, and prompted many discussions in regards to combating these issues as one sees in their immediate community. The 2021 Conference provides an unique opportunity for our own community to gather virtually to discuss some of the collective actionables we can initiate to bring about changes.
04/24/2021, 8:30-9:45PM: CONCERT: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: FUTURING THE PAST
Currency Audio | Improvisation
Currency Audio — electronic drum set
Aurie Hsu & Alice Blumenfeld | shifting reflections
Aurie Hsu & Alice Blumenfeld — dance
Aurie Hsu — music composition
yaTande Whitney V. Hunter and Adam Vidiksis | Recursive Presence
Boyer College Electroacoustic Ensemble Project (BEEP) — music
Temple Dance Ensemble — dance
Adam Vidiksis & BEEP — music composition
yaTande Whitney V. Hunter & TDE — choreography
Cameron Bridgers — costumes
Hannah Borczon — lighting
Addison Marie Christiansen — editor and lighting
Moriah Ella Mason — videography
Marjani Forté-Saunders | Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT
Conceived of and based on the performance work of Marjani Forté-Saunders
Everett Saunders — music composition
