The SEAMUS Award (renamed from the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award) acknowledges the important contributions of its recipients to the field of electroacoustic music. The recipient is selected by the Board of Directors of SEAMUS. The prize was first awarded in 1987. The winners have been: 1987 Vladimir Ussachevsky 1988 Les Paul 1989 Mario Davidovsky 1990 Otto Luening 1991 Robert Moog 1993 John Chowning 1994 Max Mathews 1995 Milton Babbitt 1996 Charles Dodge 1997 Louis Barron and Bebe Barron 1998 Morton Subotnick 1999 Pauline Oliveros 2000 Paul Lansky 2001 Herbert Brün 2002 Don Buchla 2003 Jon Appleton 2004 Barry Vercoe 2005 Wendy Carlos 2006 Alvin Lucier 2007 Joel Chadabe 2008 Miller Puckette 2009 Larry Austin 2010 Curtis Roads 2011 Laurie Anderson 2012 George E. Lewis 2013 Laurie Spiegel 2014 Barry Schrader 2015 Dave Smith 2016 Pamela Z 2017 Carla Scaletti 2018 Scott A. Wyatt 2019 Gordon Mumma 2020 Annea Lockwood 2022 Maggi Payne References American music awards Lifetime achievement awards Awards established in 1987 1987 establishments in the United States