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PAN PIPES WINTER 2015 saI-NaTIONal.ORg 22 OPPORTUNITIES Musical America Career Center Musical America, the leading resource in the performing arts, has a Career Center offering a place to find jobs in the performing arts. Set up a free job seeker account and search today! Website: jobs.musicalamerica.com International Women's Brass Conference IWBC exists to educate, develop, support, and inspire all women brass musicians. For over 20 years, IWBC has successfully worked towards its mission by: • Hosting seven international conferences • Supporting outstanding musicians through the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition, many of whom have moved on to successful careers in the music field. • Commissioning new pieces for brass • Publishing NoteWorthy, the biannual newsletter of the IWBC Website: myiwbc.org/ Chamber Music Competition The 2015 Savvy Musician in ACTION Chamber Music Competition seeks ensembles that feature artistic excellence and innovative event design. The event is sponsored by the University of South Carolina in collaboration with Chamber Music America. Artistic excellence entails extremely high level playing and programming, and innovative event design means anything that stretches or expands the traditional concert format, including choreography, multimedia elements, and costuming. The first place winner receives a one-year trial management, a paid weeklong residency at the university. All applications are received online. Deadline: March 15, 2015 Website: sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/ Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition A $1,000 grand prize will be awarded to the female student composer who submits the winning musical composition in the 2015 Biennial Blackburn Memorial Composition Competition, sponsored by the SAI Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter. Membership in Sigma Alpha Iota is not required. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college, university or graduate music program in the 2014-15 academic year. Compositions should be for a small ensemble of no less than two instruments, which may include voice, and no more than twelve instruments, including voice. Works for instruments and electronic sounds, digital media, CD, interactive compositions or works for electronic sounds alone can be included. No published scores will be accepted. Deadline: March 31, 2015 Website: sai-pittsburgh-alumni.weebly.com SAI National Convention Make plans to attend the 47 th National Convention in St. Louis July 23-27, 2015. 5th Solo Harp Composition Contest The Composition Contest for the USA International Harp Competition takes place prior to the triennial performance competition. It was established in 2003 to promote the harp as a solo instrument and to encourage composers to write new works for the harp. To date over 250 composers from 40 countries have been Composition Contest participants. The winning composition will be included in the 2016 USA International Harp Competition's required third stage repertoire. It will also be performed by the Gold Medalist at 10th Competition-related debut recitals. The composer will receive $2,000. The winning composition will be published by Lyon & Healy Harps. Deadline: Oct. 30, 2015 Website: usaihc.org Marilyn L. Allen Emily D. Andonian Emily Stevens Baumann Alice F. Berman Christine D. Bruns Mary Alice C. Clark Fran Cartier Creasy Marilyn P. Daggett Margaret May Damen Marie E. English Elizabeth D. Franklin Daryle J. Gardner-Bonneau, Ph.D. Tracy Reinhardt Goss Ruth Gould-Mohr Rev. Mae Goulet Griffin Peggy L. Hall Marian Henry Mary DeLoache Jennings Virginia A. and Bill Johnson Ruth Sieber Johnson Janet Jones Karen S. Kimball E. Melba Kirkpatrick Kate Slaboch Kirkpatrick Anne L. Kleve Dr. Mildred Koger Kees Kooper and Mary Louise Boehm Dr. Jocelyn E. Mackey Donna Malyszko Lisa A. Marchal Meliné A. Markarian Helen Byrn May Lorna J. McCormick Patricia S. Miller Leslie & Roger Nelson Mary J. O'Toole Melanie Margaret Passler Dianne Pope Lela Putney Joan Reddy E Jane Ruby Amy H. Saylor Loryce A. Sivertson Beth E. Stanberry Barbara Staton Elsie W. Sterrenberg Viola M. Stoskopf Eleanor Tapscott Aileen Todd Betty J. Vlasnik Dr. Deborah R. Volker Margaret Wheeler Joan S. Willis T he Board of Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. is pleased to to acknowledge the names of the members who have included SAI Philanthropies in their estate plans, becoming part of PAN'S LEGACY. By making a gi to SAI Philanthropies through your estate, you can provide perpetual support for future projects designed to carry out the ideals of SAI. e scholarships and grants that are awarded to individuals and music institutions create ongoing inspiration for the next generation of musicians and teachers, and your gi will make that possible. All donors making a documented commitment in their estates are entitled to be listed as PAN'S LEGACY. National Headquarters features a mural with brass plaques bearing the names of those who are a part of PAN'S LEGACY. A Statement of Intent may be downloaded from the SAI website, sai-national.org. P A N ' S L E G A C Y The Pan's Legacy mural and roster of donors at National Headquarters.

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