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SCA Monthly Meetup: 7:30pm Wed. July 13th @Blue Star Cafe!

July 7, 2016

Are you a composer or songwriter? Or someone who’s looking to work with a composer or songwriter? Or someone who just wants to hang out with composers and songwriters? We want to meet you! Seattle Composers Alliance invites you to a casual gathering at the Blue Star Cafe in Wallingford, beginning at 7:30 PM on […]

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Demo Derby Sunday June 26th 3-5PM

June 22, 2016

Demo Derby is Sunday June 26th from 3-5pm Seattle Film Institute 3210 16th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119 (just north of Dravus across from the QFC). Seattle  Composers Alliance hosts a Demo Derby the last Sunday of each month – that’s this coming Sunday! Those of you who attended Penka Kouneva’s talk at ArenaNet last month […]

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Several SCA Events in April and May!

April 26, 2016

Springtime at the Seattle Composers Alliance has been full of activity and we’re just getting started! We’ve got so much going on that we wanted to send you the condensed calendar of events to help you keep track of what we are offering, and what you should Save the Date for.   Tonight, Tuesday, April 26th– […]

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4/26/16 The Seattle Composer Alliance’s Second Annual Call for Scores with NOCCO String Quartet

April 23, 2016

This coming Tuesday, April 26th,  7:30pm! Location: Home of the Good Shepherd 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Ste 341, S Seattle, Washington 98103 The Second Annual Call for Scores, presented by the Seattle Composers Alliance, in conjunction with the NOCCO String Quartet and the Wayward Music Series. Our hearty congratulations to this year’s winners listed below […]

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Composers Contest and Link to Cue on Vimeo, 4/17/16 deadline approaching!

April 6, 2016

A Composers Contest! The SCA is hosting a contest at the Northwest Film Forum, NWFF  as part of our monthly Composer Derby program. This contest and the event are free and open to anyone who wants to participate. The top 20 entries will be screened at the NWFF where the director of the scene will […]

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The Recording Academy Presents: April 2

March 30, 2016

GRAMMYPro FutureNow Saturday April 2, 2016 1 – 7 p.m. JBL Theater at EMP Museum 325 5th Avenue N Seattle, WA 98109This panel features  members of the Seattle Composers Alliance, Howard Mostrom and Andrew Joslyn. Discover the tools to achieve success from influential tastemakers and thought-leaders in the industry 1:00 PM – Video Game Music: […]

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Trumpeter and Composer Brian Chin Presents “Brass Techniques and Orchestration”

March 28, 2016

Brian Chin will present an evening of insights into Brass writing, articulations, mutes, voicings, and tessituras. He will also show music from the literature and explain what works and very often, what doesn’t so that the working composer or orchestrator can make better decisions for stage and recording work. Everything related to brass techniques will […]

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Sky Muse Master Class hosted by Ron Jones, March 29th.

March 23, 2016

Ron Jones, Emmy and Grammy nominated American composer who has written music for TV shows, including Star Trek:  The Next Generation, Duck Tales, American Dad!, and Family Guy. and Seattle Composers Alliance board member, had a  Master Class recently at DigiPen which featured L.A. session players Dave Tull and Brad Dutz last week. His  next […]

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THE SEATTLE COMPOSERS ALLIANCE’S SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SCORES WITH THE NOCCO STRING QUARTET

February 1, 2016

The Seattle Composers Alliance announces the finalists of its Second Annual Call for Scores, instrumentation of which was specified for a combination of players up to and including string quartet and not to exceed seven minutes in length. Entries are guaranteed anonymity in the judging process. Participants ranged geographically from the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, […]

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January 2016 Newsletter

January 4, 2016

Happy New Year from the Seattle Composers Alliance!  Greetings from the SCA. We’re thrilled to be launching the new year with some exciting news: Closing the submission for the Second Annual Call for Scores: On December 14, 2015, we closed for submissions with the expectation of being able announce the finalists by the new year. […]

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