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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • PERFORMANCES: Suite for Marimba, Jane Boxall, marimba, Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, Vermont, Aug. 2011. Twelve Pieces for Piano on One to Twelve Notes, Vol. I, Night Journey, Lento for Piano, Fantasy Pieces for Piano, Lament for Bali, and Sonata for Piano, third movement, Ruth Spindler, piano, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, Austria, May 2011. In the Shadow of the Glen, chamber opera, Rachel Carreras, soprano, Matthew Skibo, baritone, Dierdre Brenner, piano, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, April 2011. Six Etudes for Solo Violoncello, Meaghan Burke, cellist, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, May 2011. Three Bagatelles for Four Horns, Oct. 2011, Institute for European Studies, Vienna, Oct. 2011. NEW PUBLICATIONS: All published by Vienna Masterworks; Five Autumn Scenes for solo piano. Hamlet, an opera in five acts, 2 volumes, full score. Hamlet, piano-vocal score. NEW RECORDINGS: Hamlet, an Opera in Five Acts, a 2-CD set, Vienna Modern Masters (VMM 4008), Dec. 2011. Nancy Van de Vate, Chamber Music Vol. 9: String Quartet No. 2, Music in Five, three and Seven, Six Etudes for Solo Violoncello, Two for Two for two marimbas, A Quiet Piece for soprano Saxophone, and Suite for Marimba. Vienna Modern Masters (VMM 2055). Six Etudes for Solo Saxophone performed by Bill Perconti and released by Centaur Records WEBSITE: nancy-vandevate.at PERSIS PARSHALL VEHAR • NEWS: Nickel City Opera Company named Vehar Composerin-Residence and will premiere her 6th opera based on the assassination of William McKinley for their 5th Anniversary Season in 2013. Dr. Judith vehar Wolf commissioned nd the opera. The 2 Annual Persis Vehar Competition for Excellence in Composition winners' compositions will be performed at Canisius College in March 2012. PREMIERES: Trilogy for St. Ann, David Snyder, organist, Fall, 2011; commissioned by Chris Snyder for his 60th birthday. Song cycle for tenor, clarinet, and piano (untitled), commissioned by Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico for the November 2012 PMTNM Conference. PERFORMANCES: The Cathedral of The Universe (SATB & organ), 10th Anniversary Concert for Sept. 2011, Heather Buchman, Conductor, St. Paul's Cathedral, Syracuse, NY, Sept. 2011. To Music Amberg Quartet (Betsy Reeds, flute, Anna Mattix, oboe, John Fullam, clarinet, Vehar, piano), Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, Oct. 2011. Through Another Season, song cycle for soprano, flute, oboe, cello, and piano, St. Rose Camerata, College of St, Rose, Albany, NY, Oct. 2011. Edges, (SSAA & piano), SUNY Fredonia Women's Chorus, Justin Pomietlarz, conductor, Fredonia, NY, Dec. 2011. Eleanor Roosevelt (Opera), Syracuse Society for New Music, Heather Buchman, conductor, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. WEBSITE: persisvehar.com ROGER C. VOGEL NEWS: Roger C. Vogel was the recipient of the University of Georgia 2011 Albert ChristJaner Creative Research Award. PREMIERES: Pas de deux, Lisa Bartholow, flute, and Maureen Horgan, trombone, vogel 2011 Southeastern Composers League Forum, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, March 2011. Music Becomes Me, Ellen Ritchey, soprano, Angela Jones-Reus, solo flute, University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, John Lynch, conductor, University of Georgia, April 2011. Six Cameos, Amy Marinello, bassoon, University of Georgia, April 2011. PERFORMANCES: Love Letters for voice, violin, and piano, Talisker Players Chamber Music Series, Toronto, Canada, Feb. 2011; also, Carolyn Povolny, soprano, Joe Welch, piano, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Nov. 2010. Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Lawrence Gwozdz, saxophone, and Libby Vanatta, piano, Texas A&M University, Commerce, April 2011. One Flesh, Krzysztof Biernacki, baritone, and Denise Wright, piano, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Nov. 2010. Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Lawrence Gwozdz, saxophone, and Libby Vanatta, piano, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattisburg, Sept. 2010. PUBLICATIONS: Six Cameos for solo bassoon, and Solar Lights for trombone and bass trombone duo, both Lakeland, FL: Howard J. Buss Publications, 2011. RECORDINGS: Soliloquy for solo soprano saxophone, "High Notes: New Music for the Sopranino Saxophone," Farrell Vernon, saxophone, Centaur (CRC 3142), 2011. WEBSITE: rogvogel.myweb.uga.edu P. KELLACH WADDLE PREMIERES: Four Church Pieces for Solo Double Bass: The Righteousness of Jacob: Reverie-Hymn after Psalm 99; Supplication-Benediction for the Souls of the Lady Adamses ; A Feast of Unaged Wines Strained Clear; Hymn after Isiah 25:6; The Enduring Faith Of A Lonely, Rejected and Unwanted Cornerstone; Impression After Chapter 21 of the Book of Matthew. All premiered by the composer as part of the October services at Ascension Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas, Oct. 2011. As I Was Dreaming During the Daytime Lightning: Tone Poem for Orchestra, The University of Texas at Arlington Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Clifton Evans, conductor, Arlington, Texas, April 2012. Three Pieces for Bass and Double Reeds: At 1200 to 1400 Degrees Diamonds Will Actually Burn ; Trio Drammatico for Bassoon, Bass and Piano: Of Brahms and The Mississippi River; Impression: Trio for Contrabassoon, Bass waddle and Piano: Six Colors of Amontillado; Sonata in Forma di 6 Impression: Bagatelles for Bass and Bassoon, Brad Balliett, bassoon/contrabassoon, Doug Balliett, Bass, PKW Productions'"When Texas Meets Manhattan #2," New York, New York, Winter 2012. The Last Glance of The Chelsea Winterview : Sonatensatz, Lied for Oboe, Bass, Viola and Bassoon, Doug  Balliett, contrabass, Anthony Paro, oboe, Nathan Burke, viola, Brad Balliett, bassoon, conducted by the Composer, PKW Productions'"When Texas Meets Manhattan #2," NYC, April 2011. Wrecks, and Their Aftermath: ImpressionSatz for Solo Bass, P. Kellach Waddle, contrabass, K.N.O.B New Music Festival, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 2011. RECORDINGS: Shadows: Fantasia for Solo Bass, Wrecks, and Their Aftermath; Impression: Satz for Solo Bass, recorded for the limited edition CD accompanying Wayne Alan Brenner's Publication entitled Minerva's Wreck #3, Television Candelabra, Dec. 2011. WEBSITE: classicalmatters.com/pkwaddle.htm WANG AN-MING • • • PREMIERES: The Homeless Child Ballet Suite Movements I & Il with choreography by Kate Johnson, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethsda,MD, Nov. 2011; also, The Dance Place, Washington, DC, Dec. 2011. PERFORMANCES: Lux Aeterna, Bethesda Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, LeeAnna McQueen, conductor, also, Alleluia, Denise Young, soprano, LeeAnna McQueen, piano, Oct. an-ming 2011. Mystic Moments, Calvert Johnson, organ, First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, GA, March 2011. Suite for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano, Michael Bowyer, flute, Nency Genovese, clarinet, Amy Rothstein, piano, Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC; also, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, Dec. 2010. DAVID WARD-STEINMAN NEWS: Commission: Philharmonic Winds of Singapore, Leonard Tan conductor, for performance in 2013. Ward-Steinman was the "Featured Contemporary Composer" on the cover of Directions in Sounds for December 2011 (a monthly publication of WFIU, Bloomington, IN), which included an article about his music. Published an article, "On Composing: Doing It, Teaching It." Philosophy of Music Education Review, 19, #1 (Spring 2011). He was also featured in a book chapter, "The Composer." David Baker - A Legacy in Music, ed. Monika Herzig. (Indiana University Press, 2011) PREMIERE:  Jewels, Daniella Carvalho, soprano, Martin Hennessy, piano, Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall), NYC, Jan. 2012. PERFORMANCES: Improvisations On Children's Songs, Erica Mineo, piano, Rolling Hills Estates CA, June 2011. Cinnabar, recording by Karen Elaine, viola, David Ward-Steinman, piano, featured on nationally broadcast Composers Datebook (from American sai-national.org WINTER 2012 PAN PIPES 37

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