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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • HOWARD J. BUSS NEWS: Howard J. Buss has received a 2012 AscaPlus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in recognition of significant performances of his music in noncommercial venues. His composition Dragon Flight for flute and piano was named a finalist in the 2012 Newly-Published Music Contest of the National Flute Association. PREMIERES: Imagination (Brixton Publications) Gene Berger, horn, John Seidel, trombone, Matt Lyon, tuba, Liz Beth Seidel, piano, Sursa Performance Hall at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, August 28, 2012. Jazzical #4 (Brixton Publications), Gene Berger, horn, John Seidel, trombone, Matthew Lyon, tuba, and Lizbeth Seidel, piano, International Horn Society Symposium, School of Music, University of North Texas in Denton, May 16, 2012. Crossroads (Brixton Publications), University of South Florida Trombone Choir and USF Percussion Ensemble, Robert McCormick, director, School of Music at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Jan. 21, 2012. Awakening for solo harp, Paola Devoti, harp, buss Teatrino "La Scala della Vita" in Milan, Italy, Jan. 22, 2012; also, in Sala Concerti del Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppi Nicolini," Piacenza, Jan.27, 2012; Chiosco Santa Caterina-Finalborg in Finale Ligure, July 8, 2012. (Brixton Publications) PERFORMANCES: (All Brixton Publications). Night Flight, for piccolo, clarinet and piano, Touchstone Trio (Rita Geor, Debbie Grohman, Willie La Favor), Chautauqua, NY, Music Festival, Aug.16, 2012. Cosmic Portraits, Giuseppino Munno, flute; Antonio Fraioli, clarinet; Caterina Villari, alto sax; and Angelo Cuozzo, tenor sax, Maiori-Salerno (Capo d'Orso Hermitage), Italy, June 21, 2012. Midnight Omen, Wesley Brockman, sax, First United Methodist Church, McKenzie, Tennessee, April 24, 2012. Seaside Reflections, Ryan Espinosa, clarinet, Jillian Risigari-Gai, harp, California Institute of the Arts, . 25, 2012. Zoom, Lucas Kaspar, bass trombone, Sarah Crocker, harp, University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Feb. 18, 2012 . NEW PUBLICATIONS: All by Brixton Publications (ASCAP) Imaginations for horn, trombone and piano; Jazzical #4 for horn, trombone, tuba, and piano; Crossroads for trombone choir and percussion ensemble; Night Tide for horn and marimba. NEW RECORDINGS: Awakening, Paola Devoti, solo harp, on the CD Jewish Memories, Bottega Discantica (Milan, Italy) BDI 248. WEBSITE: brixtonpublications.com ELIZABETH R. BEESON • NEWS: Elizabeth Beeson gave a lecture on "Educational Practices in Music Curriculum," Oct. 18, 2011, Houston. In addition to this season, Beeson has given lectures on the following topics, also in Houston: "Development of Church Chant," "Early Polyphony," "Forms and Genres in Medieval Music," "Musical Contributions in Liturgy," and "The Development of Vocal Chamber Ensembles and Choral Polyphony." In performance, she has given one organ concert in Houston this year, as well as numerous piano concerts, Sugarland, TX, featuring classical, religious, and entertainment styles. She also organized an instrumental ensemble beeson and gave seven performances playing piano with the ensemble in local locations. Beeson keeps a busy schedule of teaching applied music and music history to middle school and high school students as well as playing organ for weekly church services. She has also actively given classical piano concerts. PERFORMANCES: Modal Suite, Beeson, organ, Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church, Houston TX. Celestial Sounds, Beeson, piano, Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church, Nov. 13, 2011. Spanish Waltz in C Major, The New Birth, Beeson, piano, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Houston, Jan. 1, 2012. A Time to Remember, Beeson, piano, Vosswood Nursing Center, Houston, Aug. 26, 2011. St. Sava Cathedral, NYC, May 31, 2011. Columbus Music Teachers Association featured works of Jerry Casey, Oct 31, 2011: Our Love Mirrored (world premiere), David Niwa, violin, Mariko Kaneda, piano; Celebrate 25! Leonid Polonsky, violin, Cora Kuyvenhoven, cello, Nina Polonsky, piano; One, Yet Different, (string quartet) David Niwa; Mako McEldowney, Ken Matsuda, Ruruko Makino; Seven (A Suite for Piano), Madeline Karn, piano; Fiesta, (piano four-hand): Laura Flowers Benson, Nightengale Chen; By Request, Laura Flowers Benson, piano; O, Death, Rock My Asleep, Jessica Kahn, soprano, Henry Ma, violin; Out of the Depths (2009 Marilynn Etzel Piano Commission by the Iowa Composers Forum), Kathleen Sadoff, piano; Swingin' Suite for Two Cellos, Renee Goubeaux and Cora Kuyvenhoven, NEW PUBLICATIONS: (All Jerry Casey Music) Our Love Mirrored (Violin and Piano); Christ Is Risen! Alleluia! (SAB with piano); A New Light Is Coming (SATB with piano); Short Suite for Two Flutes; Brethren, We Have Met to Worship (Holy Manna) (Hymn Tune arranged for Flute Quartet). NEW RECORDINGS: Yet, I Will Rejoice featuring the choral and vocal chamber music of Jerry Casey was released by CDBaby in February, 2011. JERRY CASEY • PREMIERES: Pilate's Wife (a chamber opera in progress), Act I, Scene 2, Jerry Casey, soprano, Janis Nelson, mezzo soprano, Eileen Huston, piano, Worthington, OH, Music Club, Oct. 29, 2012; also, Saturday Music Club, Community of Christ Church, Worthington, OH, Nov. 3, 2012; Women in Music – Columbus, Powell, OH, Nov. 6, 2012. "Rome! Caesarea! Jerusalem!" Pilate's Wife, Jerry Casey, soprano, Eileen Huston, piano, Women in Music – Columbus, May 8, 2012. Shine As a Light, commission by Ministers' Chorus of the Western Pennsylvania United Methodist Conference, in memory of Paul and Claire Halstead, the founders and longtime leaders of the Chorus, Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church, Dawson, PA, April 28, 2011. PERFORMANCES: Oh, Death, Rock Me Asleep (poetry of Anne Boleyn, for soprano and solo violin), casey International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM) Annual Concert 2012, Ensemble Pi, Livewire Festival of Contemporary Music, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Oct. 28, 2012. Three Moods for French horn and Piano, Helen Doerring, horn, Phyllis Byard, piano, "Sundays at the Huntington" Concert Series, Huntington Recital Hall, Capital University, Columbus, OH, Nov. 4, 2012. Psalm of Praise and Hope, Belinda Andrews-Smith, soprano, Leslie Maaser, flute, Sarah Ramsey, piano 2011 Tutti New Music Festival, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, March 4, 2011. Celebration 25! (1995), winner of Composers Concordance competition for composers 70 or older; Members of the ensemble Circadia, Performing Center of SONDRA CLARK • • NEWS: Especially in 2012 I've discovered that my music is being performed in far more countries around the world than I personally have visited, and I feel so lucky to have fabulous musicians here, at home, as well as abroad, who champion my music. In my series of articles written for The California Music Teacher, I try to encourage composers to write, giving more thought to engaging their players and audiences. In 2011 and 2012, I've been taking more time to perform my works for piano duo, and I'm positive this sharing experience has made me a more effective composer. PREMIERES: Caribbean Dances, Kardontchik/Clark Piano clark Duo, National Assoc. of Composers Series, Covenant Church, Palo Alto, CA, February, 2012. Three Forecasts Kardontchik/ Clark Duo, Riding the Rogue River and Rafting the Rainforest, Rocklin/Chang Duo, Palo Alto Two Piano Club concert, Stanford, CA, April ,2012. Two California Treasures, Delphi Trio, National Assoc. of Composers Series, Covenant Church, Palo Alto, CA, June, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Angel Falls, Lam/Kai Duo, U.S. Open Music Competition Winner's concert, Oakland, CA February, 2012. Nora's Waltz, Kharahanyan/ Gejdmane Duo, Opening Concert of the 2012 International Piano Competition in Riga, Latvia, April, 2012. Caribbean Dances, Kardontchik/ Clark Piano Duo, National Assoc. of Composers, Foothill Presbyterian Church Series, San Jose, CA, April, 2012. Latin American Dances, Kardontchik/ Clark Duo, Cribari Hall Benefit Concert, San Jose, November, 2012. Three California Landscapes, Paul Rosas, organ, Carolyn Lamcke, piano, Annual 20 PAN PIPES WINTER 2013 sai-national.org winter 13 PP.indd 20 2/12/2013 2:15:23 PM

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