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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • SYDNEY HODKINSON NEWS: Bolcom Composer in Residence, University of Michigan, spring semester 2012. Composer in Residence, Indiana University March 7-12, 2012. PREMIERES: Organmusic Six Tableaux for Solo Organ (2009), Boyd Jones, 50th Anniversary Celebration of the P.R. Jenkins, Jr. von Beckerath organ, Stetson University, Lee Chapel, DeLand, FL, Nov, 4, 2011. Tres Vientos: seis bocaditos para trio de viento (2010), T. Phillips, flute, A. Adams, oboe, L. Musco, clarinet, Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, Aug. 24, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Requiescant (2001) for Chamber Ensemble, Collage New Music, D. Hoose, cond., Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, Jan. 28, 2012. Music of Hodkinson honoring Hodkinson, attending U. of Michigan as Bolcom Composer in Residence, U. of M Percussion Ens., J. Gramley/J. Ovalle, Directors, McIntosh Theatre, U. of M. School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 28, 2012. An Evening with S. Hodkinson Music: Contemporary Directions Ensemble, CJ Lees, Director, Britton Recital Hall, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 9, 2012. Monumentum pro umbris (2002), for Wind Ensemble, hodkinson Stetson University Wind Ensemble, D.L. Phillips, cond., Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, Feb. 10, 2012. Duae Cantatae Breves (1995), for Wind Ensemble & Vocalists, U. of Michigan Symphony Band, M. Haithcock, cond., Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI Feb. 3, 2012. Organmusic Six Tableaux for Solo Organ (2009), Boyd Jones, Organ, Central Synagogue, NYC, Feb. 14, 2012; also, Sounds New Concert, Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, Feb. 17, 2012; Boyd Jones, organ, Fannon Memorial Chapel, U. of Richmond, VA, March 16, 2012. Some Assembly Required (2010), New Music Ensemble, Elliottt Bark, cond., Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Auer Concert Hall, Bloomington, Indiana, March 6, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: SIX-Pack: A Divertimento for Symphonic Band (2011), Presser-Merion, Dec. 14, 2011. NEW RECORDINGS: Shredded Post Cards Drawings, Set No. 14 (2002), for violin, clarinet & persussion, O. Krysa, violin, K. Grant, clarinet, S Connors, percussion, TNC-CD-1559, March 2012. Brances Sonata for solo violin (1995), O. Krysa, violin, TNC-CD-1562-62, 5/12. Re-issue: Megalith Trilogy (1973) for solo organ, NWCRL 363, May 2012. Re-issue Valence (1997), for chamber orchestra, and Dissolution of the Serial (1967) for clarinet & piano, NWCFL 292, May 2012. Re-issue Dance Variations (1977) for piano trio, NWCRL 432, May, 12. KATHERINE HOOVER • • • • NEWS: Etudes was chosen as a winner the NFA's Newly Published Music Contest, bringing Ms. Hoover's total of winning pieces to 6. Ms. Hoover spent 2 weeks in Spain, where she gave classes and coached flutists in Barcelona and Cordoba. She was also invited to Appleton, WI where she taught at the University and participated in a concert of five of her works with faculty, students, and guests. PREMIERES: Ayres, Christopher Creviston, soprano sax, Hannah Creviston, piano, WMP hoover Concert Hall, NYC, Feb. 24, 2012; also, S. Methodist University, March 7, 2012; Oklahoma State U, March 8, 2012; Wichita St. U, KS, March 10, 2012; Portland St U., March 12, 2012; U.of Oregon, March 13, 2012. NY Premiere: Journey, Peter Kolkay, bassoon, Alexandra Nguyen, piano, Merkin Hall, NYC, April 2, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Summer Night, To Greet the Sun, Thin Ice (Suite for Saxophones), Clowning Around, faculty, students, and guests performing, Concert U. of WI, Appleton, Feb. 16, 2012. Incantations, treble chorus, flute, percussion, New York Treble Singers, V. Davidson, conductor, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC, April 10, 2012. Dream Dances, Mary Kathleen Ernst, pianist, St. Petersburg College, FL, March 2, 2012; also, U. South Florida, March 4, 2012; Women's Work Festival, Players' Theater, NYC, March 11, 2012; Eckard College, FL, April 29, 2012; Crocker Art Museum, CA, May 6, 2012. Divertimento, Pone Ensemble, New Paltz, NY. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Ayres, (Soprano Saxophone & piano), Etudes (flute), Toccata (piano), Clowning Around (flutes) all by Papagena Press (dist. by T. Presser Co.) NEW RECORDINGS: Katherine Hoover: Piano Works, Mirian Conti, pianist, Parnassus Records. Journey on Bassoon Music, Peter Koljay and Alexandre Nguyen, Concert Artists Guild Recordings. Mountain & Mesa, Mimi Stillman, fl, Charles Abramovic, piano, Odyssey, Innova Records. EDWARD KNIGHT NEWS: As Composer-in-Residence and Director of Music Composition at Oklahoma City University (OCU), Knight is at work on four pieces for wind ensemble. Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon will be premiered by the Oklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic on November 29, 2012, under the direction of Matthew Mailman. Joseph Missal and the Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble will premiere Inbox on February 21, 2013 and Peace and Light Rising, on April 11, 2013 in Stillwater, OK. Dr. Missal will lead the Japanese premiere of Peace and Light Rising at the 2013 Japan Band Clinic in Hamamatsu City, Japan with an additional performance at the Mushashino Academy of Music in Tokyo. Peace and Light Rising is to be a gift from the people of Oklahoma to the people of Japan, commemorating the thousands of victims of the tsunami and earthquakes of March, 2010. Mark Belcik and the Oklahoma City Community Band will premiere Beneath A Cinnamon Moon in Fall 2013. PREMIERES: Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon, Oklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, Matthew Mailman, cond., Subito Music, Inc., Oklahoma City Univ., Nov. 29, 2012. Inbox, Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble, Joseph Missal, cond., Subito Music, Inc., Stillwater, OK, Feb. 21, 2013. Peace and Light Rising, Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble, Joseph Missal, cond., Subito Music, Inc., Stillwater, OK, April 11, 2013. PERFORMANCES: Hit On All Sixes, Illinois State University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Steele, cond., Subito Music, Inc., Normal, IL, March 4, 2012; also, Oklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, Matthew Mailman, cond., Subito Music, Inc., OMEA Conference, Tulsa, OK, Jan. 18, 2013. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon, Subito Music, Inc. Inbox, Subito Music, Inc. Peace and Light Rising, Subito Music, Inc. ROBERT JAGER NEWS: In addition to his many published compositions, Robert Jager is now the author of a published children's Christmas book. ESAU: A Christmas Fable is the story of a young donkey who lives in the stable where Jesus is born, and who develops a special relationship to the Child, as well as becoming a kind of guardian and guide as Jesus is visited by the jager Shepherds and the Wise Men. The book is published by Trafford Publishers, and is available online at Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. August, 2012. PREMIERES: Of Things Remembered (string orchestra), Adrian Symphony Orchestra, John Thomas Dodson, conductor, Croswell Opera House, Adrian, Michigan, April 20, 2012. Fanfaranade, Troy University Wind Ensemble, Mark Walker, conductor, Southeastern U.S. Concert Band Clinic, Troy, AL, Jan. 31, 2013. PERFORMANCES: Concerto for Percussion & Band, T.K. Adam, percussion, Metropolitan Atlanta Community Band, Alfred Wyatt, conductor, Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, April 29, 2012. Epilogue: Lest We Forget, Banda Sinfonica Portuguesa, Rafa Aguldo Albors, conductor, Casa de la Musica, Oporto, Portugal, May 27, 2012. Concerto for Band, chosen to be the compulsory composition in the highest category for the 2012 Flicomo D'Oro International Band Competition in Riva, Italy, July 2012. Testament, Honors Ensemble of the Inaugural Cardiff International Wind Band Festival in Cardiff, Wales, John Frankish, conductor, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Oct. 27, 2012. Hebraic Rhapsody, Prelude on a Southern Hymn Tune, Third Suite, Testament, Chorale and Toccata, Symphony No. One, The Wall, and All-Jager Festival at East Tennessee State University by the ETSU Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, Dr. Christian Zembower, conductor. April 17–18, 2013. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Chorale and Toccata for band, Theodore Presser, Fall 2012. Of Things Remembered for string orchestra, Piedmont Music Corporation (Hal Leonard), Fall 2012. NEW RECORDINGS: Concerto for Bass Tuba & Band, Oystein Baadsvik, tuba, The Fanfare Band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments, Tijmen Botma, conductor, BIS Recordings (BISSACD-1965), April, 2012. WEBSITE: rjager.com sai-national.org winter 13 PP.indd 25 WINTER 2013 PAN PIPES 25 2/12/2013 2:15:31 PM