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The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association (SEIMA) announces its annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Concert will be taking place on Saturday November 4 th 2023 at the Gibson Theater in Batesville 6pm. The awards show will feature live performances and a night of story-telling by hosts and inductees. This year’s event will feature performances by local favorites My Brother’s Keeper, along with a special performance by Jamie Johnson (of the Grascals) and Dennis Parker from (Ricky Skaggs/Kentucky Thunder) and more! This year’s ceremony marks a special celebration inducting musicians and music educators for the class of 2023.

The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association Inc. is pleased to announce the winners of our 2023 SEIMA Project. The SEIMA Project is a music grant initiative created by the organization in an effort to subsidize and promote the next generation of musicians in each of the five counties we represent, Dearborn, Ripley, Franklin, Ohio, and Switzerland for young musicians ages 14-19 years old.

The Southeastern Indiana Musician’s Association will be providing performance opportunities and $2000 in cash awards ($1000 each) to two up and coming young musicians in our local area. The “SEIMA PROJECT” (Inspiring Local Music) is created to give young musicians,14 to 19 years of age, a helping hand to achieve their dreams and goals. The participants may be an instrumentalist and/or a vocalist. They must also be a resident of Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley or Switzerland counties in Indiana to enter.

     The Association is inviting you, or someone you know, to please help us make contact with those serious and passionate young individuals who want to improve musically, ages 14-19 living in Dearborn, Ripley, Franklin, Ohio, and Switzerland Counties and encourage them to fill out the application and submit their video. Deadline for video submissions is March 31st, 2023.

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony! The event will take place at the Gibson Theater in Batesville Indiana on Saturday November 5th. Doors open at 6pm. This years event features live performances by Wade and Murphy, Rachel Holt, and London Scholle. All proceeds go to our SEIMA Project, arts grant for aspiring local musicians ages 14-19. We greatly appreciate your support… Congratulations to all of this years inductees… Listen to the music! For more information or to purchase your advance tickets.

The Southeastern Indiana Musician’s Association will be providing performance opportunities, mentorship and $2000 in cash awards ($1000 each) to two up and coming young musicians in our local area. The “SEIMA PROJECT” was created to give young musicians,14 to 19 years of age, a helping hand to achieve their dreams and goals. Participants can be an instrumentalist and/or a vocalist and must be a resident of Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley or Switzerland counties in Indiana…

It is with sadness to announce the passing of our founder, 1st president, and dear friend Ken Jackson.

Ken founded the Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association in 2001 and served in many capacities including our first president and was inducted into The SEIMA Hall of Fame in 2006.

The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association(SEIMA) announces its annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Concert will be taking place on Saturday November 6th 2021 at the Gibson Theater in Batesville 6pm. The awards show will feature live performances and a night of story-telling by hosts and inductees. This year’s event will feature performances by local favorites My Brother’s Keeper, along with a special performance by Rachel Holt. This year’s ceremony also marks a special celebration inducting musicians from both the class of 2020 and 2021.

Southeastern Indiana Musician's Association Inc. (SEIMA) is excited to announce our 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees at the upcoming Whiskey City Summer Fest event, on August 21, at the Lawrenceburg Civic Park in City of Lawrenceburg, featuring music from The Kentucky Headhunters, The Georgia Thunderbolts, The Renegades and Jessie Strassell Music on 8/21 starting at 5pm Visit the SEIMA booth at and register for a chance to win an Epiphone Acoustic Guitar signed by all of the Whiskey City Summer Fest artists courtesy of Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne Indiana, no purchase necessary to win, winner will be announced during the concert.

We are pleased to announce that Southeastern Indiana Musician's Association Inc. has been recently awarded a Grant for our SEIMA Project thanks to the generosity of Matinée Musicale Cincinnati. The SEIMA Project is an arts endowment fund that will grant annual cash awards, mentorship and performance opportunities to local musicians between the ages of 14-19 to help them with their pursuit of a career in the musical arts. More information about the SEIMA Project application and audition process will be posted on our website www.seimusic.org soon! Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to get the latest updates. Thanks to everyone at Matinee Musicale Cincinnati for supporting the future of local music!

On behalf of the Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association: After much deliberation and feedback from both Board Members and 2020 Inductees, we have made the decision to postpone our Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony at The Gibson Theatre - Batesville Indiana originally scheduled for November 7th 2020. It was not an easy decision to make, but we believe it will be better for everyone to reschedule the event tentatively for Spring 2021. We look forward to hosting our event and paying honor to all of our 2020 Inductees as we do each year, at a time when everyone can feel comfortable getting together to celebrate local music in an indoor setting without restrictions. We appreciate everyone's understanding in this matter and will be reaching out to all inductees with updates as soon as we have them.

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The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association has made the difficult decision to delay the SEIMA PROJECT (Inspiring Local Music ​ ) by one year. We truly appreciate all of the positive feedback we have received from individual Musicians, Schools, Churches, Private Instructors, Home School Students and Parents. We want to assure you that THE SEIMA PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE. But we need to make adjustments to our plans and schedules. Our goal at this moment is to keep in contact with everyone. This includes all of you that have made contact with us already and those of you who still wish to participate.

The Southeastern Indiana Musician’s Association is pleased to announce that we will be providing performance opportunities and cash awards to up and coming young musicians in our local area this fall. The “SEIMA PROJECT” (Inspiring Local Music) has been created to give young musicians, 14 to 18 years of age, a helping hand to achieve their musical dreams and goals. The participants may be an instrumentalist and/or a vocalist, and must be a resident of Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley or Switzerland counties in Indiana. More information coming soon. Stay Tuned

The official Induction and annual awards ceremony will be taking place on Saturday November 2nd 2019 at the Gibson Theater in Batesville. The awards show will feature live performances and a night of story-telling by inductees. This year’s event will feature Nashville artist and hit songwriter Radney Foster. Foster’s career includes thirteen songs on the Billboard Hot Country Charts and 2 Top Ten hits with “Just Call Me Lonesome” 1992, and “Nobody Wins” 1993. His songs have been recorded by Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Keith Urban, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Jack Ingram. Foster’s longtime sideman and guitarist Eddie Heinzelman(2019 Franklin County inductee) will be performing with him.

SEIMA is excited to announce that we are launching a new scholarship fund raiser and raffle in conjunction with the Whiskey City Summer Fest event at Lawrenceburg Civic Park this summer. We have an incredible commodity in the music of our region, and the City of Lawrenceburg has presented a tremendous opportunity and investment in that with the new Civic Park and stage; not only showcase local music talent, but also by hosting various events attracting more people to downtown Lawrenceburg. Our rich music heritage is cause for celebration and we are proud to be involved. We are selling commemorative t-shirts in conjunction with the concert at upcoming area events, in our store, and at the show. All proceeds from the shirt sales go directly to the scholarship fund. There is also an acoustic guitar signed by all of the Whiskey City Summer Fest artists being raffled off at the event. (No purchase necessary to win, Free Contest entry sign up will be available at the event on July 13th. Must be present to win.) The Class of 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees will be announced along with the winner of the guitar at the show by Hall of Fame member Jim Helms that evening. The deadline for 2019 Hall of Fame nominations is May 31st. 

The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association is expanding our community outreach and Hall of Fame coverage this year. Since the organization was founded in 2001, it has stood to honor, support, and promote exemplary musical talent from our area including musicians and music educators in Dearborn, Ripley, Ohio, and Switzerland counties, by inducting them annually into the Southeastern Indiana Musicians’ Hall of Fame. We are pleased to announce that we now are including the many talented musicians of Franklin County to be recognized by our organization.

The Gibson Theatre was filled to overflowing Nov. 3 with over 300 supporters who all love music, crave music. They were there for the first Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association Hall of Fame ceremony to be held in Batesville after 17 years at the Aurora Farmers Fair.

It was a classy evening reminiscent of the best Grammys shows with a blend of heartfelt introductions and acceptance speeches and three masterful performances, including an amazing acoustic set by Ron Hollowell while attendees found their seats and bought snacks and a powerful closer by former Grascal Jamie Johnson with two Nashville songwriters, wife Susanne Mumpower and Shawn Byrne.

We are humbled by the outpour of support in the community for this years inductees and the tremendous success of hosting the event at the Gibson Theater in Batesville. A most sincere thank you to Kim Powell and the entire Powell family for your support and all of your help with the event. Thank you to all who came out to the show for supporting local music. Thank you to all of the performers; Ron Hollowell, Josh Brock and Patrick Lynch, Jamie Johnson,

The Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association Inc. is proud to announce its 18th annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies. The 2018 Induction ceremony will take place at the Historic Gibson Theater located at 107 North Main Street in Batesville, IN.  Please join us in a celebration of local music as we welcome in this year’s class of Hall of Fame Inductees along with our 3 2018 Distinguished Inductees, Jim Helms,   Kenzie Bentle & David Kling. Featuring live performances by 3 time Grammy Nominee, local musician, and Southeastern Indiana Musicians Hall of Fame member, Jamie Johnson from the Grascals performing with Nashville songwriters Susanne Mumpower & Shawn Byrne also with acoustic performances by Ron Hollowell, and Josh Brock from 90 Proof Twang. Doors are at 6pm, ceremony begins at 7pm

Well folks the time has come again for the Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association to announce our Class of 2018 Hall of Fame inductees. For the first time, we will be honoring three distinguished individuals for their lifetime of contributions to music in Southeastern Indiana Music community. It is with great honor and pleasure pleasure that we are presenting this award and much deserved recognition to Jim Helms, Kenzie Bentle, and David Kling. They have influenced generations of musicians and entertained countless residents of the community not only as performers but as band leaders,

As the Southeastern Indiana Musicians Association enters its 18th year for inductees, the organization has taken a new direction with regard to their award ceremonies. historically the awards have taken place during the Aurora Farmers Fair on Wednesday nights. "We are grateful to the Aurora Lions and Farmers Fair for their support all of these years, but this year we are going to change things up," says Andy Jackson SEIMA board member.