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SCI/ASCAP Student Competition Commission

This is the first year of the student competition, supported by funds provided by ASCAP with many thanks to Frances Richard. Except for Regions V and VIII, all adjudications took place at the regional conferences. Up to three students were selected from each region for a national round of judging that occured at Indiana University. See below for a full list of winners.

The judges decided to award two second place winners rather than a third place winner. Their criteria were in three catagories: imagination, craft and the potential to write a new work. The national judges had no knowledge of the regional identification of each entrant. Beyond the three winners, seven students were selected for honorable mention.

Guidelines for the 1999 Student Contest will be mailed out by the middle of May, 1998. Changes include:

a) Students must submit their works within the region they are studying;
b) Students can be members at any level of SCI, from student chapter to full;
c) Regional adjudication will take place during the spring of 1999 in order to have one deadline for all regions. The deadline will be Friday, January 15, 1999 (postmark).
d) There will be no age limit. The only requirement is that students be enrolled in a college or university composition degree program, or show proof they are studying with a composer.
e) Region V will be divided into two smaller regions for two separate judging: East (MI, OH, IN) & West.

National Winners

First Place:
Howard Yermish, USC
(Five Images, fl, cl, perc, pn, vn, va, vc)

Second Place (tie):
Stefan Freund, Eastman
(dodecaphunphrolic, cl, vn, vc, pn)

Emily Doolittle, Indiana U
(Weather Songs, S, fl, vn, vc, pn, perc)

Honorable Mention

Karim Al-Zand, Harvard (String Quartet)
Christopher Arrell, UT Austin (Crippled Muses, 15 players)
Andrea Clearfield, Temple (Spirit Island, fl vc, pn)
Daniel Kellogg, Curtis (Whitening Fury, piano quintet)
Hye Kyung Lee, UT Austin (Sonatina, s sax, pn)
Joy Spainhower, Cleveland Institute (Tagebuch, tpt, 3 vn, va, vc and strings)
Daniel Worley, U Michigan (Beat (Primal Invention), small orchestra)

SCI/ASCAP Student Competition--List of Winners and Honorable Mention

Regional Winners

REGION I

Karim Al-Zand
Timothy Melbinger
Ken Ueno

Judges
Linda Dusman and Noel Zahler

REGION II

Stefan Freund
Daniel Koontz
Howard Yermish

Judges
Greg Wanamaker and David Heinick

REGION III

Andrea Clearfield
Daniel Kellogg

Judges
Bruno Amato, Simon Andrews, Evan Chambers

REGION IV

Kawai Shiu
Joy Spainhower
J.J. Hudson

Judges
Nick Demos, Kari Jueesla, Robert Thompson

REGION V

Emily Doolittle
Gabriela Lena Frank
Daniel Worley

Honorable mention

Ching-chu Hu
Anthony D. Moore
Peter Roubal

Judges
James Chaudoir, Daniel McCarthy, Rocky Reuter

REGION VI

Christopher Arrell
Rob Smith
Hye-kyung Lee

Judges
Scott Robbins, Ken Bales, Paul Siskind

REGION VII

Renee Arakaki
Pamela Madsen
Linda Holland

Judges
Charles Argersiner, Marshall Bialosky, Glenn Hackbarth

REGION VIII

Christopher Merrifield