About the Society of Composers

The Society of Composers, Inc. is a professional society dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music.

Composition Seminar Upcoming Important Dates

Nov. 14 - Friday Student Concert Series - Performance Opportunity!
Nov. 15 - Carol Underwood's Junior Recital - Come out and support a fellow composer!
Nov. 21 - SCI Student Composer Concert - Performance Opportunity!
Nov. 25 - NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 27 - NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break

Website and Chapter News
23-OCT-2008 - Website Updated - Pictures are now working
The Pictures section has been updated. Please contact the webmaster with any comments.
2-OCT-2008 - Website Updated for Events in October
The website has been updated with events for the month of October.
The new website design was also deployed.
Please contact the webmaster with any comments.
18-SEP-2008 - Website Updated for Fall 2008
The website has been updated with all the new officers and members. The calendar has been updated as well as the syllabus.
02-APR-2008 - More Website updates for Spring 2008
A picture of some members of the local chapter with composer Christopher Theofanidis has been posted in the "Pictures" section.

Also, the important dates and events have been updated for the Spring 2008 semester.

12-JAN-2008 - Website updates for Spring 2008
The important dates and events have been updated for the Spring 2008 semester. Also, the syllabus and complete calendar PDFs have been uploaded.
30-NOV-2007 - SCI Student Composers Concert
The Fall semester Student Composers Concert was held on November 30th in the Kopleff Recital Hall. The works featured were as follows (not in program order):
  1. Brent Milam - "Dark Expanse (Dying Pulsars)" for electronic sounds
  2. Brent Milam - "Maquina Quebrada" for cello and marimba
  3. Carol Underwood - "Frozen Metropolis: II. Ghosts in the Machine" for viola and piano
  4. Brian Chamberlain - "Lost Hollow Road" for flute and classical guitar
  5. Brian Chamberlain - "When Atlas Fails" for solo classical guitar
  6. Jason Sherwin - "Sonata for Keyboard, Poco Allegro" for solo piano
01-NOV-2007 - CD contest results announced
The selections for the CD contest have been announced. We would like to thank Dr. Steven Harper and Dr. Mark McFarland of the GSU School of Music, and Dr. Jason Freeman of the Georgia Tech School of Music for adjudicating the contest. The rankings were as follows:

  1. Brent Milam - "Muzsika Canopy"
  2. Brent Milam - "Maquina Quebrada"
  3. Carol Underwood - "Three Monster Faces"
  4. Jason Sherwin - "Nadine's Piece (String Quartet, movement 3)"
  5. Diego Cubero - "Marcha Boruca, movement 1"
  6. Diego Cubero - "Fifths for Four"
  7. Brian Chamberlain - "Thursday Mourning"

The recordings will be completed by the end of January, and the CD will be released shortly thereafter.