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PAN PIPES Fall 2018 49 Arts. e UNLV Chamber Chorale tours have encompassed the southwest as well as itineraries in Hawaii, New York, Mexico, and Canada. He has conducted major choral-orchestral works as well as over 60 staged operettas and Broadway classics. He is also the artistic director and conductor of the Las Vegas Master Singers (the chorus-in-residence for the Las Vegas Philharmonic) and is a principal conductor for the College Light Opera Company. He holds degrees from Occidental College in Los Angeles and the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, with additional studies at California State University, Fullerton; the Oregon Bach Festival; Westminster Choir College; the University of Oklahoma; the University of Nevada, Reno; and Carnegie Mellon University. David Wozniak David Wozniak was initiated as a Friend of the Arts by the New York Alumnae Chapter in June. David is a soloist, teacher, conductor, chamber musician, and repair technician. He's performed across the country in various ensembles and as a guest artist, and is member of a number of professional organizations. He studied saxophone at the University of Southern Mississippi and Fredonia State University, but the sax isn't his only expertise; he's skilled on all woodwinds, and has also studied wind conducting. He teaches at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in addition to his private music studio. An avid proponent of new music, David collaborated on an album of new music titled American Fusion on Emeritus Records. He's been a long-standing supporter of SAI, quick to offer the chapter his instrumental expertise — including repair work! — and has performed at numerous musicales. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, North American Saxophone Alliance, and International Double Reed Society. Barbara York Barbara York was initiated as a Friend of the Arts by the Alpha Kappa Chapter at Pittsburg State University in April. She has been working in both Canada and the U.S. for over 45 years as a concert accompanist, choral and theatrical music director, and composer. Her score and lyrics for the Canadian musical Colette won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981. She has received commissions from two Canadian symphony orchestras, the Boise State University Symphonic Winds, the Boise State Symphony Orchestra, plus numerous private groups and soloists. She has presented compositions at three World Saxophone Congresses and at two International Double Reed Symposia. Her 50-minute scripted children's piece, A Butterfly in Time, was nominated for a Canadian Juno Award for recordings in 2006. Conversations for Euphonium, Alto Saxophone, and Piano won the Harvey Phillips Award for Euphonium in Chamber Music at the 2006 International Tuba Euphonium Congress and has been recorded by Adam Frey, its commissioner. Her Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra was recorded by Tim Buzbee with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Barbara works as a Staff Accompanist at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS. Wozniak DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS York VINCENT PERSICHETTI: GRAZIOSO, GRIT, AND GOLD Andrea Olmstead. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. V incent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of this esteemed American composer, bringing together thorough scholarship by Andrea Olmstead and contributions by prominent performers. Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative of the composer from his early life and musical training, starting with his early career in Philadelphia during the 1920s and '30s through his teaching at Juilliard and death in 1987. The book sheds light on Persichetti's personal and professional life, the multiple forces that shaped his musical development, and his far-reaching influence on the modern American composition scene. In addition to Olmstead's biographical and analytical treatment of the composer, notable performers bring fresh insights to individual pieces—among them C. Matthew Balensuela (solo wind Parables), Geoffrey Burleson (Concerto for Piano Four Hands, and Piano Quintet), Mirian Conti (Poems and Frog Dance for piano), Andrew Mast (Divertimento for wind ensemble), and Larry Thomas Bell (Harmonium song cycle, Piano Concerto, and Ninth Symphony). Andrea Olmstead, an SAI National Arts Associate initiated by at the Boston Conservatory, is the author of a history of Juilliard, four books on the composer Roger Sessions, the e-book Who Was F. Scott Fitzgerald's Daisy?, and chapters in five other books. She has held three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, four writing fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and ten visiting scholar residences at the American Academy in Rome. Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold will be available in hardcover and ebook in November 2018, with 551 pages, including 110 music examples and photographs. Pre-orders at a 30% discount are available now to SAI members who visit www.Rowman.com and enter the discount code: RLFANDF30. Read more at: http://andreaolmstead.org REVIEWS

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