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2007 Past Events

Annual Post-Holiday Party
Janauary 27, 2007
at the Columbia Winery

Save the date for our annual Post-Holiday Party at the Columbia Winery. We will have delectable food, a silent auction of some excellent items, and Korby Sears will once again dazzle us with his trivia contest. This year some SCA swag, an SCA logo coffee mug, is included in your ticket price.

The silent auction is shaping up nicely, including some cool music software, PNWFS classes discount coupon, and Steve Allen's “home brew” wines. Thanks to those of you who have donated or helped get donations for the auction. If you have items which you would like to donate for the silent auction, please email Penny with the details. The silent auction will be throughout the evening with the final results announced after Korby Sears has  s t r e t c h e d  our minds.

Hope to see you there!

Score Salon: Geoff Ogle on John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine
February 20, 2007
at Soundbridge at Benaroya Hall

Geoff Ogle will lead a discussion of John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine from his Two Fanfares for Orchestra.

March Meet and Greet
March 19, 2007

Come join us for the first "Meet and Greet" of the year, at Mr. Villa Mexican Restaurant. One of our members, Doug Zangar, will provide music to schmooze by. Hope to see you there!

When All Were Asleep
A film by Fereydoon Hasanpour, with music score by SCA member Saeed Shahram
April 20, 2007
at the Northwest Film Forum, on Capitol Hill, Seattle

After waiting for so many years, Bibi Salimeh—the village's midwife—is about to go to Mecca. While she was getting ready to leave and saying good-bye to the villagers, bad news comes: she is not allowed to go. Nobody wants to tell her the bad news, except Mash Karim. Two children (Taleb, Ghasem), Nasir and Golnar (Mash Karim's sister) decide to make Bibi's dream come true and take her to Mecca themselves.

A Q and A session with film composer Saeed Shahram will follow the screening. Saeed is a noted composer with over 24 feature length movie sound tracks to his credit since 1983. He studied music composition and electronic music with Master Pour Tuorab and Master Karmi. Saeed moved to the United States in 1994 and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Max/MSP Workshop
May 29, 2007
at Soundbridge at Benaroya Hall

Max/MSP 101: History and mechanics of the lingua franca of electro-acoustic music and programming for interactive installations. Max/MSP is a cross platform graphical development environment for music and multimedia developed and maintained by software company Cycling ’74.

The presentation will include examples of completed works, as well as brief step by step tutorials for building patches in both Max and MSP. The presentation will also include resources for learning more about Max/MSP and electro-acoustic programming in general. Come and ask your questions, learn something new, and share ideas.

The workshop will be led by SCA member David Reeder, who has presented live Max/MSP works in Darmstadt, Germany and New York.

Laptop Composing
June 19, 2007
at Microsoft Studios

Laptop composing—whether performing live or composing away from your studio, find out what gear and software make it possible. Join LaptopBattle.org founder Kris Moon, Dave Peck and Justin Almquist for an evening exploring the art and craft of live performance on laptop computers. They'll do a live laptop battle, and then delve into the software and hardware involved.

SCA Members’ Picnic
September 9, 2007
at Dr. Jose Rizal Park, Seattle

Reconnect/connect with fellow musicians at Dr. Jose Rizal Park on Beacon Hill On Sunday, September 9, 2007 for food and conversation. The park is located at the very north end of Beacon Hill across the street from Amazon.com (the former Pacific Medical Center). A nice little park (capacity 75) with stunning views of downtown and the ball parks. The SCA will provide meat, buns, condiments, drinks (no alcohol is allowed in the city parks), cutlery, plates, napkins and cups. Attendees are asked to bring salads, desserts and chips. We will have a few lawn games (boce ball, croquet, badminton), but if you have some to share, bring them along.

Harmonic Approaches for Working Composers
September 18, October 16, November 6, November 20, 2007
at Soundbridge at Benaroya Hall

Back by popular demand, Hummie Mann on Harmonic Approaches for Working Composers. He will cover advanced concepts in chord progressions and analysis; chord/scale relationships; modal Interchange; voicing concepts and techniques.

Annual General Meeting
October 22, 2007
at the Northwest Film Forum, on Capitol Hill, Seattle

SCA members only. We will elect the new board at this meeting.