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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • also, Anderson University, IN, Feb. 2012; University of Memphis, April 2011. Jayhawk Overture, Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 2011. The Lighthearted Lovers, Columbus State U. (GA) Chorale, Nov. 2010; also, Webster U. Choir, St. Louis MO, Oct. 2010; Jewish Community Alliance, Jacksonville, FL, April 2010; Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, April 2010; Woodland (CA) Chamber Singers, May 2010; Peninsula Cantare (CA) May 2011; Cantabile Singers, San Jose CA, May 2011. Seven Joys of Christmas, chorus and orchestra (or harp), hundreds of performances, Dec. 2010. WEBSITE: kirkemechem.com JOSHUA MISSAL NEWS: Entire catalog, once contracted by Fountain Park Music, has been taken over by Tempo Press in Michigan. It consists of works for two pianos, viola quartet, string quartet, string orchestra and any new works in the future. PERFORMANCES: Invocation and Dance for cello quartet, Quatracelli Quartet, on tour 2010-2011 season. Passing for orchestra, West Valley Symphony Orchestra, date TBA. ALICE A. MOERK • NEWS: Appointed Composer-in-Residence, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Holmes Beach, FL. Contributor: As It is Written, Peppertree Press, Gulfcoast Writers. Audio-lecture: "Mood and Motive in the musical An Appalachian moerk Mother Goose," Convention of Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2011. PREMIERES: Songs of the Court, SAI Musicale, Francesca Veglia, soprano, David Stasney, tenor, Alice Moerk, piano, Bradenton, FL, Nov. 2011. Songs of the Middle Ages, SAI Musicale, Sarita Roche, soprano, Mary Webb, piano, Bradenton, FL, Nov. 2011. Gloria Dei for organ, for dedication of new organ at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Holmes Beach, Florida, Alice Moerk, organ, Oct. 2011. Rhosymedre, SATB/piano, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church choir, Holmes Beach, FL, Feb. 2011. Magnificat, voice and piano. Jacquelyn Familiant, soprano, Alice Moerk, piano, Dec. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Muse and Sky Dreams, Estelle Schultz, flute, Alice Moerk, piano, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Feb. 2011. Elegy: All That is to Come, Elenita Musgrove, cello, Alice Moerk, piano, Commemoration of September 11, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Holmes Beach, FL, Sept. 2011. Wheel of Life, Carole Cornman Fetterman, soprano, AylssaMcKeithen, English horn, Church of the Annunciation, Holmes Beach, Florida, Oct. 2011. Alianor, excerpts from the opera Alianor, Carole Cornman Fetterman, soprano, Bonnie Wolfgang, piano, SAI Musicale, Bradenton, FL, Nov. 2011. Four Portraits, Alice Moerk, piano, Sarasota Music Club; also Florida State Conference of the National League of Pen Women, Sarasota, Florida, Oct. 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Novels: Frozen Music, Peppertree Press; Ain's Song, Peppertree Press. JAMES NIBLOCK PREMIERES: Concerto No. 3 for violin, clarinet, and orchestra, Walter Verdehr and Elsa Verdehr, soloists, Blue Lake Festival Orchestra, composer conducting, July 2011. PERFORMANCES: Eight performances of the chamber opera The Last Leaf, based on a story by O. Henry and libretto by Helen Niblock; opera performed by Blue Lake Opera Cast and Blue Lake Orchestra, conducted by the composer, Summer 2011. Soliloquy for violin and string orchestra, Walter Verdehr, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, July; Michigan State University, Sept. 2011. Symphonic Overture, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Portland, Oregon, Salvador Brotons, conducing, Oct. 2011. Concerto No. 2, Walter Verdehr, violin, Elsa Verdehr, clarinet, University of Montana Symphony Orchestra, Luis Millan, conducting, The University of Montana Oct. 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Concerto No. 3 for violin, clarinet, and orchestra. String Quartet. Quintet for oboe, French horn, violin, viola, and violoncello. Pentangle for flute, English horn, and guitar. Aria and Rondo for violin and piano. Three Miniatures for oboe and violoncello. Symphonic Overture for orchestral. All publication are by Brotons and Mercadal editions Musicals, Barcelona, Spain. WEBSITE: msu.edu/~niblock bassoon, Jure Rozman, piano, University of North Texas, College of Music Building, Denton, Jan. 2010. PERFORMANCES: Sonata para violino e piano No.3, Op. 36, Duo Alexander-Soares, James Alexander, violin, Luciana Soares, piano, University pitombeira of Chichester, England, March 2011. Japan, Op.47a, Gonçalo Marques, euphonium, Bruno Melo, clarinet, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Portugal, Feb. 2011. Brazilian Landscapes No. 6, Op. 103, Brennan Sweet, violin, Victoria Stewart, violin, Mark Holloway, viola, Susannah Chapman, cello, Anthony Scelba, double bass, Enlow Recital Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ, July 2010. RECORDINGS: Upcoming CD with the five violin sonatas, Duo Alexander-Soares, Centaur Records. WEBSITE: pitombeira.com MAGGI PAYNE NEWS: Liquid Amber was awarded the 2011 Amsterdam Video Festival Van Gogh Award for Best Environmental Film. I shot, edited, and composed the music for this work. PREMIERES: Quicksilver, electroacoustic with video by the composer, Mills College, Oakland, CA, Feb. 2012. PERFORMANCES: Fountain (one day installation), Garden of Memory Walk-Through Event #14, New Music payne Bay Area Chapel of Chimes, Piedmont, CA, June 2011. Arctic Winds, Liquid Amber, Glassy Metals, Survival Music were presented at the University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, May 2011. WEBSITE: maggipayne.com LIDUINO PITOMBEIRA (IAMA Winner 2006) PREMIERES: Cordel No. 3, Op. 158, Orquestra de Câmara Eleazar de Carvalho, Craig Fuchs, conductor, Theatro José de Alencar Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Nov. 2010. Brazilian Landscapes No. 10, Op. 155, James Alexander, violin, James Ryon, oboe, Regina Mushabac, cello, Gabriel Beavers, bassoon, Centro de Convenções Raymundo Asfora, Campina International Music Festival, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil, May 2010; also, Piotr Szewczyk, violin, James Ryon, oboe, Regina Mushabac, cello, Gabriel Beavers, bassoon, First United Methodist Church, Southern Illinois Music Festival, Carbondale, IL, June 2010. Hénon, Op. 146, James Ryon, oboe, Gabriel Beavers, EUGENIE ROCHEROLLE NEWS: Eugenie Rocherolle was part of the panel of composers at the session "From the Pen to the Premiere" featuring her MTNA commissioned work, Crescent City Connection, MTNA Annual Convention, March 2011, Milwaukee, WI. She has received a commission for an SATB choral work from the Greater Middletown Chorale of Middletown, CT. She performed several of her Jazz Improvisations on Chopin Preludes on a concert given by The Musical Club of Hartford, Inc., The Hartt School, West Hartford, CT, Oct. 2011. PREMIERES: Crescent City Connection, trio for piano, oboe & bassoon, Martin Schuring, oboe, Theodore Soluri, bassoon, Andrew Campbell, piano, Music Teachers National Association Convention, Milwaukee, WI, March 2011. PERFORMANCES: Century Music: Piano Trio No. 3, Ms. Sakurako Waseda, violin, Mr. Masanori Taniguchi, cello, Mrs. Yasumi Taki, piano, Pre-Concert Chichibu Music Festival, Chichibu, Japan, Jan. 2011. An American Rhapsody: Piano Trio No. 2, Waseda, Taniguchi, and Taki, Music Treasure Box, Tokyo, Japan, April 2011. Mon Beau Monsieur, Susan Von Reichenbach, soprano, Joseph E'Eugenio, piano, Program Celebrating the American Songbook, The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, CT, May 2011. Selections from Continental Suite, also Jazz Improvisations on Chopin Preludes, Eugenie Rocherolle, composerpianist, joint piano rocherolle program with Brian Ganz, Cecelia M. Wyatt Conservatory, Annapolis, MD, May 2011. Selections from Simple Pleasures, Gerald Martindale, carillon, Lake Waban Carillon Concerts, Wellesley College, MA, July 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Continental Suite, original piano solos representing six different European countries; sai-national.org WINTER 2012 PAN PIPES 33