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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • broadcast, May11. Still, in Remembrance, Elegy for Sept. 2011, Three Choirs Festival, Adrian Lucas, director, Worcester Cathedral, with live BBC Radio 3 broadcast, Worcester, England, Aug. 2011. Still, in Remembrance, Sept. 2011 Commemoration, Choir of Saint Mark's Church Locust Street, Matthew Glandorf, director, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Ghosts, toured in the UK by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, in London, in Oxford, March 2011, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. In Winter's Keeping, performed by Ensemble Gloriana, Andrew Raiskums, director, St. Mark's Church, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, June 2011; also, The Esoterics, Seattle metro area, Sept. - Oct. 2011. A Haunted Melancholy, toured by the German ensemble Musik Project Altmark West, Alexander Klopp, director, Lingen, Brome, Ahlbeck, Anklam, Aug.-Sept. 2011 in Bad Bevensen, Germany. Voices of Autumn, toured in Ireland, by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, Simon Carrington, conductor, Navan, Ennis County Clare, Louth Sept. 2011. Missa Brevis, choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, John Scott, director, and Tristis est anima mea, choir of Corpus Christi Church, Louise Basbas, director, NYC, April 2011. WEBSITE: jacksonhillmusic.com SYDNEY HODKINSON NEWS: Hodkinson continues teaching at Stetson University, Aspen Music Festival & School, and will be the Bolcom Composer-in-Residence at the University of Michigan Spring 2012. PREMIERES: Potpourri (2008), Sym. Orch., Stetson Sym. Orch., A. Hose, cond., Lee Chapel, Stetson University, Deland, FL., Sept. 2010. Faded Anecdotes (2009), Kristie Born, piano, School of Music, Lee Chapel, Stetson University, Feb. 2011. Eulogy (2009), for Symphonic Band, Stetson University Band, B. Adams, cond., Lee Chapel, Stetson University, Deland, FL, Feb. 2011. Some Assembly Required (2010), for Chamber Ens., Aspen Contemporary Ens., Hodkinson, cond., Aspen Music Festival hodkinson & School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO., Aug. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Stolen Goods, (2008), Four Preludes for solo piano, Barry Snyder, Second World Piano Conference, Isidor Bajic Music School, Novi Sad, Serbia, Aug. 2010. A Pilgrim's Counsel (2009), Four Ballads for voice and piano, E. Murphy, tenor, M. Rickman, piano, Lee Chapel, Stetson University, Deland, FL, Feb. 2011. Tsatskes (1984), Veritate Winds, Adams, oboe, Musco, clar., Heintzen, bassoon, Lee Hall, Stetson University, Deland, FL March 2011, also their tour of FL – Feb. 2011. Rush (2008), for solo violin, P.Szewczyk, violin, Lee Chapel, Stetson University, Deland, FL Sept. 2011. PUBLICATIONS: All Merion/Presser: Organmusic (2009), 6 Tableaux for solo organ. Faded Anecdotes (2009), 5 Images for Solo Piano. Night Watch (2010), for solo Bassoon. Night Rounds (2010), for Solo Horn. Eulogy (2009), for Band. Some Assembly Required (2010). Tres Vientos (2010) for flute, oboe, clarinet. WEBSITE: sydhodkinson.com 30 PAN PIPES WINTER 2012 sai-national.org ROBERT JAGER PREMIERES: The Lamb, First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, Dr. Linda Raney, conductor, Santa Fe, NM, May 2011. Esprit De Corps, Dayton Philharmonic, Neil Gittleman, conductor, Dayton, OH, May 2011. PERFORMANCES: Eternal Vigilance, Air Force Band of the Golden Gate, Joseph Hermann, guest conductor, San Francisco, CA, April 2011. I Dream of Peace, Bel Canto Boys Choir & Vocal Arts Academy, Emily Crocker, conductor, Milwaukee, WI, April 2011. Concerto for Bass Tuba, Daniel Perantoni, solo, Paula Holcomb, conductor, State University of New York, Fredonia, April 2011. Concerto #2 for Alto Saxophone, Mitch Way, solo, Grossmont College Concert Band, Russ Sperling, conductor, El Cajon, CA, May 2011. Symphony No. One, The Green Heart Wind Orchestra, Toshiro Yamamoto, conductor, Tokyo, Japan, May 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Three Scenes from "Penn's Woods" for concert band, Hal Leonard, Fall 2011. Esprit De Corps (orchestral version), Hal Leonard, Fall 2011. RECORDINGS: The Orchestra Music Of Robert Jager, The Omsk Philharmonic of Russia, St. Louis (MO) Children's Choir, Stephanie Winker, flute, Michael Lackey, narrator, and John Thomas Dodson, conductor. Naxos MP3. WEBSITE: rjager.com SAMUEL JONES NEWS: Samuel Jones stepped down after his fourteenth year as Composer in Residence of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in June 2011 and they presented a special concert of his chamber music in celebration of his 75th birthday on June 2011. He will continue as Director of the Seattle Symphony's Young Composers Workshop and serve as an adjudicator for the Bellevue Youth Symphony's Young Composers Competition in 2012. He was a faculty member of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina in June 2011. His next commission is for Petite Suite from A Christmas Memory for the Northwest Symphony, to be performed by that orchestra in April 2012. PREMIERES: Meditations, Millsaps Singers, Timothy Coker, conducting, Jackson, MS, April 2011. Reflections: Songs of Fathers and Daughters, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conducting, Seattle, WA, June 2011. Hear the Music, (for orchestra and children's voices), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot, conducting, Oct. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Jeffrey Fair, horn, Northwest Symphony, Anthony Spain, conducting, Seattle, WA, April 2011. Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, James Decker, trombone, Britt Festival Orchestra, Peter Bay, conducting, Jacksonville, OR, Aug. 2011; also, Lubbock (TX) Symphony, Pavel Baleff, conducting, Oct. 2011; also, Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, trombonist, Amarillo Symphony, Kimbo Ishii-Eto, conducting, Feb. 2011. Samuel Jones Celebration, (75th Birthday Concert, Seattle Symphony Musicians and Guests, Seattle, WA, March 2011: Piano Sonata, Four Haiku, Cello Sonata, Soprano Excerpts from A Christmas Memory, Janus (Chamber Version). PUBLICATIONS: All Campanile Music Press, Carl Fischer, LLC, exclusive agent: Hear the Music, for symphony orchestra and children's voices, Large Orchestra Version and Small Orchestra Version. Reflections: Songs of Fathers and Daughters, for symphony orchestra. RECORDINGS: Echoes, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, contains Benediction, by Samuel Jones. Naxos CD 8.559679. June 2011. WEBSITE: samueljones.net WILLIAM KRAFT • • • PREMIERES: Concerto for Timpani and Symphonica Wind Ensemble, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz, conductor, Richard Christian, soloist, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, Feb. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Concerto for Timpani and Symphonic Wind Ensemble: (1) Hearts and Minds Wind Ensemble, Shinichi Ueno, soloist, Kenichi Ozawa, conductor, Tokyo, Japan. (2) California State University Fullerton, Todd Miller, solo, Mitchell Fennell, conductor. Vintage Renaissance and Beyond – HEAR NOW Ensemble, Venice, CA. Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Joseph Pereira, solo, John Adams, conductor. PUBLICATIONS: Encounters XVI for flute and percussion. Thou Shall Love the Lord for chorus. Concerto for Timpani and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, New Music West, publisher. RECORDINGS: The Complete Encounters I through XV (minus XI), Cambria Records (3-CD set). JOANNE KYHL • PREMIERES: SAI a Mile High, 70th Anniversary Song for the Denver Alumnae Chapter, March 2010. PERFORMANCES: Soliloquy for Horn and Harp, SAI Recital, Denver, Jan. 2010. Psalm Cycle (130, 121, 100) for choir, horn, clarinet, violin, and organ, Church of the Ascension, Denver, Nov. 2010. Marian Cycle (Ave Maria, Salve Regina, Ave Maris Stella) for voices and keyboard, Denver, CO, Jan. 2012. To David Our King, for children's choir, percussion, keyboard, Denver, March 2012. SUSAN COHN LACKMAN • NEWS: Dr. Lackman spent the Fall 2011 semester as professor at Shanghai, China, Jiao Tong University teaching courses in music business and in the arts and society. PREMIERES: Three Haiku, River of Words Project, Bruce Cain, baritone, David Asbury, guitar, multiple lackman performance tour (FL, TX, TN, GA, VA, DC), Aug. 2011-Spring 2012. Admiral of the Endless Sea, Joni Roos, violin, Gloria Cook, piano, Rollins College, Oct. 2011. LORI LAITMAN • • • • NEWS: The Grove Dictionary of American Music will include an entry on Laitman in their 2012 edition. Opera Colorado announced that it will present the professional world premiere of Laitman's opera, The Scarlet Letter, May 2012. Act I of Laitman's next opera, Ludlow, in workshop, Colorado University's New Opera Works, June 2012. PREMIERES: What You Wanted, commissioned by soprano Cynthia Vaughn, NATS Intern Program, Lori Cruciani, piano, The University of WisconsinEau Claire, June 2011. Dark Spring, Chris Elliott, tenor, Bernadette Bartos, piano, Ducal Palace, Genoa, Italy, Nov. 2011. The Earth and I (choral song cycle), commissioned by Washington Master