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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • a dinner in his honor, followed by a reception and mini-recital of his music. He was then presented with the 2012 Artists Award by Governor Herbert. PREMIERES: Fanfare for a Joyous Day, Stephanie Tuck, commissioned by Bob and Nancy Tuck for granddaughter's Senior Recital at the University of Indiana, April, 2012. From My Heart to Yours, Jacob Kenison, Doris Brunatti, commissioned by Madison House Autism Foundation for use in programs and presentations on autism, April 12, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Full Program of Crawford Gates Works celebrating his 90th birthday at Monument Park Chapel, Salt Lake City, UT January 7, 2012. From My Heart to Yours, Jacob Kenison, Doris Brunatti, Utah State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, UT, April 12, 2012. Shenandoah Caprice, Kelly Parkinson, violin, Larry Gee, piano, Governor's Mansion, Salt Lake City, UT, May 16, 2012. Sails, Winds and Echoes, Utah Honors Glue Choir, International Flute Convention, Las Vegas, NV, Aug. 9, 2012. Timpanogos Suite, Marcia Foxgrover, organ, Nelson Hall, Cheshire, CN, Nov. 2, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Ring Out Wild Bells (for violin and viola), an arrangement of a Crawford Gates hymn. Jackman Publications, Orem, Utah THOM RITTER GEORGE PREMIERES: English Dance Variations, CN 269, Wisconsin premiere, Lawrence University Symphonic Band, Thom Ritter George, conductor, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, March 8, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Tubamobile, CN 348, Tuba/ Euphonium Ensemble, Thomas Stein, director. Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, March 5, 2012. Quintet No. 1, CN 218, U. S. Naval Academy Brass Quintet, Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD, April 15, 2012. Sonata for george Tuba and Piano, CN307, Garrett Karlin, tuba, and Angela Miller-Niles, piano, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 21, 2012. First Suite in F, CN 285, Brown University Wind Ensemble, Salomon Center, Brown University, Providence, RI. Aria and Dance, CN263, David Jackson, solo trombone, University of Michigan EuFouria Trombone Quartet, Ann Arbor, MI, May 23, 2012. ARTHUR GOTTSCHALK NEWS: Commissions have been keeping me close to the piano and writing desk since returning from Bogliasco, Italy, at the end of last year. I have nonetheless managed to get some travel in, including two trips to San Diego and one to Dallas in my role as National Board Member for Music Composition for the College Music Society. Additionally, I did a residency at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and another in Ann Arbor. I worked for the College Boards in Cincinnati this summer, and traveled to New York for the theater and Mackinac Island for the scenery. My cello sonata, In Memoriam, was recorded by Ovidiu Martinescu for Parma Records in August, and my Sonata for Alto Saxophone was recorded by Mario Ciaccio in September for Editions Delage. I am looking forward to my two trips to Cuba this winter, during which I will work with Enmanuel Blanco, of the Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica. PERFORMANCES: gottschalk Sonata for Bass Clarinet, Sauro Berti, clarinet, Naomi Fujiyama, piano, Teatro Masini, Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, March 4, 2012. Sonata for Alto Saxophone, Mario Ciaccio, saxophone, Simone Miotto, piano, Societa' dei Concerti, Prato, Umbria, Italy, March 9, 2012. Sonata for Cello and Piano, Norman Fischer, cello, Jeanne Kierman Fischer, piano, St. Gaudens Historical Site, Cornish, NH, Aug. 12, 2012. The Kaleidoscopic Pocket Hockets Boogaloo!, Los Angeles Clarinet Choir, Ovations Concert Series, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 28, 2012. Recuerdos de México, Merrie Siegel, flute, Milton Laufert, piano, College Music Society National Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov. 17, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Brodwick Songs, for tenor and double bass. Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra. Suite Nothings, for clarinet choir. Benny, Zoot, and Teddy, for clarinet, bass clarinet, and piano. NEW RECORDINGS: Stations, Matt McClung, solo percussion with electroacoustic sounds, "Electronic Music Masters, Vol. I", Ablaze Records ar-00011. O, More or Less, Mario Ciaccio, tenor saxophone, Sauro Berti, bass clarinet, Edizioni Edipan (Italy). Recuerdos de México, Merrie Siegel, flute, Milton Laufer, piano, "Flute Music of the Americas, Vol, II", Beauport Classical BC41111 DONALD J. GRANTHAM NEWS: Grantham orchestrated the music for a 45 minute video game, Lococycle. Score by Matt Chaney, orchestration by Donald Grantham; recorded by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, May 2012, release in Fall 2012. PREMIERES: Tuba Concerto, Charles Villarrubia, tuba, UT Wind Symphony, Robert Carnochan, conductor, San Antonio, TX, College Band Directors National Association Regional Convention, March 30, 2012; also, Western Washington University Wind Symphony, Christopher Bianco, conductor. Bellingham, WA, May 18, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Kentucky Harmony, Indiana All Campus Band, David Woodley, conductor, April 18, 2012. Baron Cimetiére's Mambo, Indiana University Symphonic Band, Jeff Gershman, conductor April 19, 2012. J'ai été au bal, Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Pratt, conductor, April 19, 2012; also, Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor, Dallas, TX, April 13, 2012. PUBLICATIONS: All of the above works published by Piquant Press: piquantpress.com RECORDINGS: Music of Subotnick & Grantham, Seven Choral Settings of Poems of Emily Dickinson, UT Chamber Singers, Morris Beachy, conductor. La noche en la isla (baritone, horn, piano), William Rhodes, Wayne Barrington, David Garvey. CRI (reissue of 1981 recording). Starry Crown, included on the album New Wine in Old Bottles, Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble, Stephen L. Gage, conductor, Naxos, Ag. 28, 2012. WILLIAM G. HARBINSON • • • NEWS: Sparkle (original composition for wind ensemble) was listed as one of the "Top 100 Compositions of 2011-2012" by Bandworld Magazine (ASBDA Publication). PREMIERE: Of Fire and Ice, University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Newark, March 19, 2012. PERFORMANCES: River Songs of the South (Alfred Publishers), Hot Springs Concert Band, Hot Springs, AR, July 9, 2012. Concerto for Trumpet and Winds, James Stokes, trumpet, Appalachian harbinson Wind Ensemble, ASBDA National Conference. Asheville, NC, Sept. 20, 2012; also, Boone, NC, April 25, 2012. Sparkle (Alfred Publishers), Ohio Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble, Delaware, OH, March 25, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Catawba Crossing, Carl Fischer Publishers. Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Alry Publications. JACKSON HILL NEWS: A Haunted Melancholy, was toured in Germany in the summer of 2012 by the ensemble Musik Project Altmark West. Ma fin est mon commencement, commissioned by the New York Polyphony is currently being toured by that ensemble. Voices of Autumm was toured recently by the Paramabiria choir in Indonesia, and In Winter's Keeping, was given several performances recently by the The Esoterics, Eric Banks, director, in the Seattle area. Hill retired from Bucknell University in 2008 and is at work on various commissions. PREMIERES: Ghosts, Fitzwilliam String Quartet, US Premiere, Rooke Recital Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, hill Feb. 7, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Ma fin est mon commencement, New York Polyphony, Broadcasts WQXR New York, Feb. 19, 2012; NPR Deceptive Cadence, Feb. 21, 2012; London BBC Radio 3, April 15, 2012; also, New York Polyphony, St. George's Church, Nashville TN, Oct. 2, 2012; Artemis Concert Hall, Las Vegas NV, Oct. 7, 2012. Voices of Autumn, Chanticleer, BBC Radio 3 Broadcast UK, March 10, 2012. In Winter's Keeping, Chanticleer, Broadcast Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 3, 2012. Remembered Love, Osaka Goben no Hana, Riko Kobayashi, dir., Yokohama, Japan, June 17, 2012; also, Kobe, Japan, Aug. 4, 2012. Ma fin est mon commencement NEW RECORDINGS: Ma fin est mon commencment, New York Pholyphony, BIS records BISSACD1949, February 2012. 24 PAN PIPES WINTER 2013 sai-national.org winter 13 PP.indd 24 2/12/2013 2:15:30 PM

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