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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • H. LESLIE ADAMS NEWS: H. Leslie Adams participated in a live composer interview on the Weekend Morning Show on WKYC-TV Channel 3 with Kim Wheeler, host. The program was telecast throughout Greater Cleveland, OH on 02/20/10. PERFORMANCES: Hymn to All Nations was introduced by the Nathaniel Dett Choir of the Cleveland School of the Arts, with William Woods conducting in Cleveland, OH on 02/07/10. Ecstasy of Love was performed by Eliesha Nelson, violist, and Dianna White-Gould, pianist at the Seifullah Art Gallery in East Cleveland, OH on 02/15/10 and on the NANM Regional Concert at the Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, OH on 04/16/10. Creole Girl, Prayer, Since You Went Away, For You There Is No Song, and Amazing Grace were performed by Darryl Taylor, countertenor at Gerald Daniel Recital Hall at California State University Long Beach on 2/15/10. PUBLICATIONS: Etude in C# Minor. In: Piano Music of Africa and the Africa Diaspora. Vol. 5. Oxford University Press. Offertory. In: King of Kings: Organ Music of Black Composers: Past and Present, Vol. I. GAI Publications. ELIZABETH AUSTIN • PREMIERES: Prayer for a Christian Burial for soprano & piano (organ), poem by Bede Jarrett, O.P.; premiere date 11/7/10 in Windham, CT by Deborah Russel, soprano with composer at organ. RECORDINGS: Frauenliebe und-leben (A Woman's Love austin and Life), for soprano and piano, poem by Adelbert Chamisso. Eun-Jung Auh, soprano; Teresa Crane, pianist. Duration: 15:01; on CD: "Spectra, A Concert of Vocal Music by Connecticut Composers, Inc." Arizona Univ. Recordings CD 3148 , WEBSITE: elizabethaustinmusic.com JAN BACH NEWS: Concerto for Tuba and Chamber Orchestra was the final hurdle for the solo tuba competition, professional division, at the 2010 ITEA Convention in Tucson, AZ. PREMIERES: Transcription of Concert Variations (originally for euphonium and piano) for Euphonium and Orchestra. Tokyo, Japan in January, 2010. PERFORMANCES: Rounds and Dances by the US Army Band Brass Quintet at the Annual EuphoniumTuba Workshop, Fort Meyer, Arlington, VA in January, 2010. Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra with Liam Teague, soloist and Christopher Wilkins conducting the Akron bach Symphony in Akron, OH on 2/20/10. Foliations for brass quintet by members of the Florida West Coast Symphony in Sarasota, Florida on 2/25/10. Skizzen for woodwind quintet by the University of Northern Iowa Woodwind Quintet at Luther College in Decorah, IA on 3/11/10, Wartburg College in Waverly, IA on 3/30/10, University of 22 PAN PIPES WINTER 2011 sai-national.org National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA on 3/31/10. Oompah Suite for horn and tuba with James Wilson, horn and Jay Hunsberger, tuba at ITEA (International TubaEuphonium Association) convention in Tucson, AZ on 5/10. PUBLICATIONS: Several original brass works being prepared by Cimarron Music Press for late release in 2010. RECORDINGS: Foliations for brass quintet, Stockholm Chamber Brass,"Foliations," BIS CD 1438, Nov. 2009. CAROL BARNETT • • • • PREMIERES: American Kaleidoscope by the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra conducted by Jere Lantz at the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis, MN on 7/4/10. Angelus in Virginem (arrangement of the 14th century hymn) by the National Lutheran Choir conducted by David Cherwein at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, MN on 12/10 – 12/11/10. PERFORMANCES: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass by the Ames Chamber Artists, Iowa State Singers and Monroe Crossing, BARNETT conducted by Dr. James Rodde on 1/24/10 (Ames), 4/11/10 (Ames), 4/18/10 (Randall), and 5/10/10 (Ames). Also performed by the Northwestern University Chorale conducted by Robert A. Harris at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall at Northwestern University on 3/6/10 and by the New Classic Singers conducted by Lee Kesselman at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, IL on 5/8/10. Oh, Yes! (spiritual arrangement) by the Ausburg Choir conducted by Peter Hendrickson in WI, MN, Beijing, Guilin, Zhuhai, Hong Kong, China, 4/10 – 5/12/10. Snow (excerpts) by Otterbein College Department College of Music at the Battelle Fine Arts Center, Otterbein College in Westerville, OH on 5/27/10. American Kaleidoscope by the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra conducted by Jere Lantz at the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis, MN on 7/4/10 and 8/1/10. WEBSITE: carolbarnett.net JOHN BEALL PREMIERES: Righteous Fire, for Concert Band (2010) by the West Virginia University Wind Symphony conducted by John Hendricks, Music Director on 10/5/10. PERFORMANCES: Sonata for Viola and Piano (2004) by Stephen Beall, viola and Carol Beall, piano at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX on 4/1/10. Quintet for Piano and Strings (2009) by Frederic McKee, violin, Stephen Beall, viola, Michelle Cho, cello, Man-Wie Che, bass, and Chao Hwa Lin, piano at the University of North Texas on 4/1/10. Raven Rock (2001) by the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Rafel, music director at Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, WV on 11/5/10. PUBLICATIONS: New works now available from Theodore Front Music Literature, Inc. (tfront.com) BEALL Member Laureate • • • • • RECORDINGS: Symphony No. 2 "Spruce Knob" (2005) by the Millennium Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Ian Winstin on E.R.M. Media series, Made in America. Release date TBA. WEBSITE: johnbeall.net ELIZABETH RUTH BEESON NEWS: Beeson gave a lecture on American Women Composers this season. PERFORMANCES: The Days In New England and The New Birth at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, TX on 10/18/09. The Seventh Trumpet and A Land Of Fortune at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, TX on 10/25/09. Passing Thoughts at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, TX on 10/26/09. LAUREN BERNOFSKY PREMIERES: First Snow for string orchestra by the Orquestra Joven de El Puerto de Santa Maria conducted by Ricardo Vega at the Teatro Munoz Seca, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. Abendstern for string orchestra by the Ad Hoc Orchestra conducted by Paul Mauffray in Merrill Hall at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. PERFORMANCES: Suite for Brass Quintet by Spanish Brass Luur Metalls at the SBALZ festival in Alzira, Spain. Prayer of Shantideva for SATB choir, oboe and strings by The Rheinland-Pfalz International Choir conducted by Patrick Casey at the Christuskirche in Kaiserslautern, Germany. House of Untold Horrors for narrator and string orchestra by the Bennet's Mill Middle School Orchestra conducted by Lauren Bernofsky in Fayetteville, GA. Fantasia for solo trumpet by David Cooper and Lakeland Band Camp in Plymouth, WI. Misirlou from Two Folk Dances by the Orquestra Joven de El Puerto de Santa Maria conducted by Ricardo Vega in the Monastery of La Victoria in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. PUBLICATIONS: Double Trouble and The Red Iguana Rhumba both for string orchestra by the FJH Music Co. Dinosaur Damage by Grand Mesa Music Publishers. Trio for Brass by Balquhidder Music. RECORDINGS: Trio for Brass on Brass Trios by The U. of Maryland Brass Trio, Albany Records, TROY 1222. WEBSITE: laurenbernofsky.com CHARLES BERRY NEWS: In collaboration with Comcast Cable in Philadelphia, Charles Roland Berry is creating a 24-hour Classical Music video channel. Various performing artists from around the U.S. will presented in concert, as well as full-length operas and symphonic concerts from Italy, England, Sweden and other places as videos become available.Because there is so much air-time to fill, there will be room to present videos on music education, specifically to encourage music education on a national level. Comcast currently has 27 million cable subscribers and is the largest of the U.S. Cable providers. Mr. Berry sees this as an opportunity to promote Classical Music and music education which has never existed before. Negotiations may be completed as early as November 2010, with the first programs airing in January 2011. PUBLICATIONS: String Quartet No. 5, Sigma Alpha Iota ALLAN BLANK • • • PREMIERES: Duo Concertante by Jeremy McIntire, flute, Charles Hulin, piano on 1/24/10. Three Studies

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