I'm pleased to report that Mobile I for violin and electronics was one of four finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition, which I'm told had an unprecedented number of applicants this year.  Having heard the works of the other finalists, I'm honored to be in such good company:  Beeri Moalem's Harold in California was a wonderfully organic piece for viola and electronics; Chikashi Miyama won second place with Piano Chimera, a really compelling work using recorded piano sounds with synchronous video; and Chester Udell won first place with Brass Alchemist for trombone and electronics, which cleverly used the resonance of the piano as a link between acoustic and electronic sound.

(I saw a lot of other great stuff this week too, but unfortunately it would take a much longer post to properly summarize all of it.)