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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • SAMUEL JONES NEWS: Samuel Jones continues for his sixteenth year as Director of the Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop. He was a faculty member of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina in June, 2012. His next commission is for a Violin Concerto for Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, to be premiered by her and the All-Star Orchestra in August, 2013 and recorded for television performances on PBS stations. PREMIERES: Suite from "A Christmas Memory" (for Orchestra), Northwest Symphony, Anthony Spain, conductor, Seattle, Washington, April 28, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Tuba Concerto, David Moen, Tubia, Asturias Symphony, David Lockington, conducting, Avilés and Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, May 31, 2012; also, June 1, 2012. Cello Concerto, Julian Schwarz, Cello, All-Star Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conducting, NYC, recorded Aug. 30-31, 2012 for broadcast on PBS stations, Spring, 2012. Hear the Music (for Orchestra and Children's Voices), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot, conducting, used to open and close all Discover Music concerts throughout season. Cello Sonata, The Fischer Duo (Norman Fischer, cello, and Jeanne Kierman, piano), Rice University Centennial Concert, Shepherd School of Music, Houston, TX, Oct. 14/12. Janus, Bob Jones University Orchestra, Christine Lee, conducting, April 21, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Suite From "A Christmas Memory", For Orchestra, Campanile Music Press, Carl Fischer, exclusive agent. NEW RECORDINGS: Cello Concerto, Julian Schwarz, Cello, All-Star Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conducting, to be released as a DVD in addition to the television program, above. WEBSITE: samueljones.net. LORI LAITMAN • • • • NEWS: Conducted a master class at West Chester University, West Chester, PA. Dec. 27, 2012. PREMIERES/COMMISSIONS: Todesfuge, commissioned and premiered by baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello, Austrian Cultural Forum, Feb. 21, 2012, NYC; also, Austrian Embassy, Feb. 23, 2012. The Earth and I, a choral song cycle setting 3 poems by Emily Dickinson, commissioned and premiered by The Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, Artistic Director, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, Dec. 18, laitman 2011. 1st Act of Ludlow (new opera), workshop production, The University of Colorado's New Opera Works Program, run by Leigh Holman, David Mason, libretto, Beth Greenberg, director. Dark Spring, song cycle setting Eugenio Montale, translated by Dana Gioia, Salon of the Galleria Nazionale Palazzo Sipnola di Pelliceria, Genoa, Italy, Chris Elliott, tenor, Bernadette Bartos, piano, June 1-3, 2012. RECORDINGS: Building A House, setting of Joyce Sutphen poem, commissioned by Opera America, Summer 2012, The Opera America Songbook CD set, with soprano Jennifer Check and Lori Laitman. Also, published by Schott. I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Sept. 2011, Signum Records, Hila Plitmann, soprano, Julian Bliss, clarinet. PERFORMANCES: I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Susanna Phillips, soprano, Todd Levy, clarinet, Chamber Music Milwaukee Series, Milwaukee, WI, Jan. 25, 2012. The Music of Lori Laitman, Lori Laitman, Megan Monaghan, soprano, Vale Rideout, tenor, Randall Scarlata, baritone, opera scenes directed by Beth Greenberg, The Shenson Series at The National Museum of Women in The Arts, Washington, DC, March 14, 2012. Four Dickinson Songs and Dreaming, Jessica Jones, soprano, Danielle Hahn, piano, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 25, 2012. Four Dickinson Songs, Round and Round, Days and Nights, The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs and Between The Bliss and Me, Center Stage at Utah State University, March 27, 2012. The Music of Lori Laitman, Faculty Recital at The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, May 25, 2012. MARVIN L. LAMB NEWS: Marvin Lamb served Guest Composer Residencies in 2012 at the University of Tulsa (OK) & Butler University (IN). He served also as judge for the 2011-2012 OMTA Composition Contest. He was one of the organizers & adjudicators for the 4X4 Symphony Orchestra Competition at the University of Oklahoma. PREMIERES: For Franco/ Delicatissimo, JCFA Composers Orchestra, Frank Felice, conductor, Jordan College of Fine Arts, Butler University, Indianapolis IN, March 22, 2012. Fantasy for Viola & Piano, Mark Neumann, viola, Anna Ho, piano, IVC 2012, Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY, May 30, 2012. PERFORMANCES: In Memoriam, Benjy, G4 Quartet, Sondermusic, Norman OK, July 9, 2012. Rime Music, Andrea Isaacson, piano, Sondermusic, Norman OK, July 9, 2012. Lamentations for String Quartet, Bradshaw Quartet, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Dec. 4, 2012. Ballad of Roland for Alto Saxophone & Acme Siren, Michael Christiensen, New Century Ensemble, Norman OK, April 26, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: All with Carl Fischer, Inc.: Lamentations for String Quartet; House of Dawn for Viola Ensemble; Grappelli Dreams for Alto Saxophone & Viola Duet; PABLO/ SAUL for Mixed Chamber Ensemble (Picc/ Fl; Eb Bb & BbB Cl; Vln; VC; Piano & 6 Percussion). SUSAN COHN LACKMAN • NEWS: SAI Composers Bureau Director, also, workshop How to Listen to Music, SAI Triennial Convention, Atlanta, August 2012. Session Chair, China Goes Global Conference, Harvard University, October, 2012. PREMIERE: Abby's Processional (wind ensemble), Whittemore House, Washington, D. C., 9/8/12. PERFORMANCE: Admiral of the Endless Seas, Gloria Cook, piano, Rollins College, Feb 2013. lackman SAMUEL MAGRILL • • • NEWS: Samuel Magrill is a Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) School of Music in Edmond. Almost all of Samuel Magrill's works are available through Lynn Morse Publishing, 1725 Westwood Lane, Edmond, OK 73013. PREMIERES: BVP Trio (2012), Ralph Morris, viola, Lori Wooden, bassoon, Sallie Pollack, piano, concert honoring President Don & Susanne Betz, Radke Fine Arts Theatre,University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, April 17, 2012. Agate (2012) (the third movement of "Stone Poems"), Natalie Syring, flute, Samuel Magrill, piano, UCO Jazz Lab, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, Sept. 25, 2012; also, complete Stone Poems (Jade, Ruby, Agate), Oklahoma City Pianists' Club Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, Oct. 2, 2012. PERFORMANCES: Tango Flauto (2006), UVA Flute Ensemble: Samantha Clark, Courtney Fox, Christina Horner, Christine Meng, Leah Naidorf, Jessie Tosto, flutes, Kelly Sulick, director, Woodwind Chamber Ensembles, Brooks Hall Commons, magrill University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Oct. 23, 2011; also, Mallory Phillips, Grace Ho, Valerie Goforth, Laura Hanson, flutes, Music Assembly, in Petree Recital Hall, Oklahoma City University, Nov. 1, 2011. Fiddle Tune (2011), Kirsten Underwood, cello, and Vignettes (1991), eight songs for soprano and piano on poems of Donald E. Hines, commissioned jointly by the Oklahoma Music Teachers' Association and the Music Teachers' National Association, Pamela Richman, soprano, Samuel Magrill, piano, on an Oklahoma Composers Association Composers Salon Concert at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, Oct. 27, 2011. Stone Poems (2011) for flute and piano, written for Natalie Syring, Natalie Syring, flute, Samuel Magrill, piano, on the Ladies Music Club Annual Composers Program at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Feb. 15, 2012 and on the Oklahoma Flute Society Members' Recital in Sharp Hall, Catlett Music Center, the University of Oklahoma, June 3, 2012. Fanfare for Peace (2000-2002) for trumpet ensemble, Movement I, combined trumpet ensembles of McMurry University and Abilene Christian University, Mark Wilcox, Director, Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, TX, May 2, 2012. Tango Cellito (2002), Violins of the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Christy Fine, Director, Santa Fe High School Auditorium, Edmond, OK, May 14, 2012. NEW PUBLICATIONS: All Lynn Morse Publishing: "BVP Trio" (March, 2012) for bassoon, viola and piano, written for the inauguration of Don Betz as the 20th President of the University of Central Oklahoma; "Agate" (August,2012) for flute and piano, written especially for Natalie Syring. "Jade", "Ruby" and "Agate" together form a work entitled Stone Poems (2011-12). BRUCE PHILIP MAHIN • • NEWS: Bruce Mahin has been invited to reside at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris during 26 PAN PIPES WINTER 2013 sai-national.org winter 13 PP.indd 26 2/12/2013 2:15:32 PM