SEMMEA Composition Competition 2017
Thank you all for a great year. I want to thank all that submitted pieces and those that came to the clinic. Special thanks to John Mackey for a great session. We are very sorry that the snow prevented some from making the clinic and for cancelling the concert. The snow and other extenuating circumstances made having the concert impossible. We are very sorry but hope to see you all again next year. Below are recordings of this year's winners and photos from the clinic. Thank you and keep composing.
1st Place 2017
Fantasia
For Flute and Piano
Justin Moczynski - Hingham High School
2nd Place 2017
Song for Ashley
For Piano
Michael MacDonald - Norwood High School
3rd Place 2017
Song of the Caged Dove
For Flute, Oboe, and Horn
Michaela Kelly - Duxbury High School
It is the goal of the SEMMEA composition competition to offer the opportunity for students to engage in musical composition, share their pieces with others, and advance their compositional learning and craft. Although, awards are given to the top 3 pieces, we hope that all students will involve themselves of the opportunity to come to our clinic.
The clinic takes place after rehearsals at 5:00 on the Friday of the Senior Festival. Every year we bring in a different clinician to talk to the composition students. All those in a district group can make plans to be picked up by a parent or guardian at 6:30 after the clinic. Those students not in a performing group need to be driven to and from the clinic by a parent or guardian.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners receive recognition and awards just before the concert at the SEMMEA Senior District performance. Student's scores and score sheets are available for pickup at the clinic. Those that cannot attend will be emailed their score sheets after the clinic, but their musical scores will be discarded.
Submission Guidelines
1. Students must be from the South Eastern District and a member of a participating high school.
2. Students will present their pieces for adjudication at the SEMMEA senior district auditions at King Philip High School.
2. Pieces can be in any style and for any instrumentation, but must be an original work created by the student. Collaborations are accepted, however both students will need to pay the registration fee.
3. All entrants must bring a full score and audio recording; midi representations are acceptable. Scores will be kept until the clinic and discarded if you do not attend the clinic, so do not bring the only copy of your score.
4. Pieces should be no longer than 10 Minutes.
5. Midi recordings should be exported as an audio file and all recordings are best brought on a flash drive, though CD's are fine. Students should not play their piece from websites or from their own computers. Technology and internet issues may prevent proper playback. A PDF of the score with the recording is helpful, but not required.
6. Pieces need to be submitted in as detailed and accurate a score as possible.
7. All pieces must be marked with the title and the student's name, email, phone number, and school.
8. All submissions will be judged according to the composition adjudication form below. Although there is no requirement for style or genre of music, points are more easily awarded by the rubric to music in traditional forms. There are no point values for production, lyrics, etc.... Due to this, some popular music styles, although brilliant and creative, would not yield as high a score as more traditional styles.
- Directors must register composition students with the other instrumentalists from their school. These students should be registered as a composition audition by selecting composition in the fields marked for both group and instrument.
- These students will be registered for an audition time, just as other instrumentalists at the Senior Auditions at King Philip Regional High School. For this audition, the students should come to the site with their score and recording, and be prepared to discuss their music.
- We encourage all students to submit pieces no matter what style or length, as any student who submits a piece is invited to attend our composition clinic. There is no limit to the number of students that can submit pieces or attend the clinic.
- At the auditions students can meet the composition adjudicator at the registration desk or go right to the library and wait outside until called by the adjudicator. At the festival clinic, upon arrival, students should follow the signs to the clinic room.
- Students may double register for composition and an instrument.
- Students that double register should plan to audition on their instrument first before doing their composition adjudication.
1. Students must be from the South Eastern District and a member of a participating high school.
2. Students will present their pieces for adjudication at the SEMMEA senior district auditions at King Philip High School.
2. Pieces can be in any style and for any instrumentation, but must be an original work created by the student. Collaborations are accepted, however both students will need to pay the registration fee.
3. All entrants must bring a full score and audio recording; midi representations are acceptable. Scores will be kept until the clinic and discarded if you do not attend the clinic, so do not bring the only copy of your score.
4. Pieces should be no longer than 10 Minutes.
5. Midi recordings should be exported as an audio file and all recordings are best brought on a flash drive, though CD's are fine. Students should not play their piece from websites or from their own computers. Technology and internet issues may prevent proper playback. A PDF of the score with the recording is helpful, but not required.
6. Pieces need to be submitted in as detailed and accurate a score as possible.
7. All pieces must be marked with the title and the student's name, email, phone number, and school.
8. All submissions will be judged according to the composition adjudication form below. Although there is no requirement for style or genre of music, points are more easily awarded by the rubric to music in traditional forms. There are no point values for production, lyrics, etc.... Due to this, some popular music styles, although brilliant and creative, would not yield as high a score as more traditional styles.
- Directors must register composition students with the other instrumentalists from their school. These students should be registered as a composition audition by selecting composition in the fields marked for both group and instrument.
- These students will be registered for an audition time, just as other instrumentalists at the Senior Auditions at King Philip Regional High School. For this audition, the students should come to the site with their score and recording, and be prepared to discuss their music.
- We encourage all students to submit pieces no matter what style or length, as any student who submits a piece is invited to attend our composition clinic. There is no limit to the number of students that can submit pieces or attend the clinic.
- At the auditions students can meet the composition adjudicator at the registration desk or go right to the library and wait outside until called by the adjudicator. At the festival clinic, upon arrival, students should follow the signs to the clinic room.
- Students may double register for composition and an instrument.
- Students that double register should plan to audition on their instrument first before doing their composition adjudication.
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For more information contact
Joe Pondaco
[email protected]
130 St. George St. Duxbury MA 02332
2781-934-7650 X573
Joe Pondaco
[email protected]
130 St. George St. Duxbury MA 02332
2781-934-7650 X573
We want to thank all the students who have submitted music to previous competitions. All of our student composers submitted great music. Below are recordings from previous winners and pictures from our previous clinics.
1st Place 2016
Atlantic Tempest
For Full Orchestra
Justin Moczynski - Hingham High School
1st Place 2015
An Experiment
For Winds and Percussion
Jake O'Connor - Duxbury High School
An Experiment
For Winds and Percussion
Jake O'Connor - Duxbury High School
1st Place 2014
Galavanting Through a Summer Wood
For Wind Ensemble
Maria D'Ambrosio - Plymouth North High School
Galavanting Through a Summer Wood
For Wind Ensemble
Maria D'Ambrosio - Plymouth North High School
1st Place 2013
Twenty Feet Away
For Wind Ensemble
Alex Olsen - Foxboro High School
Twenty Feet Away
For Wind Ensemble
Alex Olsen - Foxboro High School
1st Place 2012
Untitled
String Quartet
Rachel Walker - Sandwich High School
Untitled
String Quartet
Rachel Walker - Sandwich High School
The SEMMEA Composition Competition is very thankful to number of great composers that have come to clinic our composition students.
2017 - John Mackey - Osti Music
2016 - Anthony De Ritis - Northeastern University
2015 - Andrew Smith - Boston
2014 - Julia Scott Carey - Boston
2013 - Nathan Childers - New York
2012 - John MacDonald - Tuft University
2011 - Jeff Holmes - UMASS Amherst
2010 - Andrew Boysen Jr. - University of New Hampshire
2009 - Samuel Headrick - Boston Univeristy
2008 - Thomas Duffy - Yale Univeristy
2017 - John Mackey - Osti Music
2016 - Anthony De Ritis - Northeastern University
2015 - Andrew Smith - Boston
2014 - Julia Scott Carey - Boston
2013 - Nathan Childers - New York
2012 - John MacDonald - Tuft University
2011 - Jeff Holmes - UMASS Amherst
2010 - Andrew Boysen Jr. - University of New Hampshire
2009 - Samuel Headrick - Boston Univeristy
2008 - Thomas Duffy - Yale Univeristy