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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • for Solo Violin by Diana Pascal, violin at Staunton Music Festival, Virginia on August 25, 2010. PERFORMANCES: Makh Tsu di Eygelekh from Poems from the Holocaust by Carrie Stevens, voice, Gabriel Dobner, piano, Anthony Manzo, contrabass at the Staunton Music Festival, Virginia on 8/24/10. Maggie, Milly, Molly & May by Greater Richmond Children's Choir directed by Hope Erb at First Baptist Church in Richmond on 5/2/10. Two Little Kittens by Greater Richmond Children's Choir directed by Hope Erb at the Richmond Children's Museum on 2/21/10. Introduction, Seven Vignettes, and Conclusion by Michael Ibrahim, alto saxophone; Andrew Kohn, contrabass at West Virginia University on 3/15/10. Duo for Bassoon and Piano by Sarah McKittrick, bassoon, Timothy Hoft, piano at the Peabody Consevatory on 4/3/09. ROBERT BOURY • • • NEWS: Robert Boury hosted the 25th Anniversary Songwriters Showcase in November, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and has created a "Best of Songwriters Showcase" CD. On 4/7/11, Boury celebrates his thirtieth year of teaching and serving as Resident Composer to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock . A concert of his art songs, piano music and chamber music will take place in the Fine Arts Concert Hall of his campus in Little Rock, AR. boury PREMIERES: Flight of the Monarch by the DDC Trio at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR on 9/22/10. PERFORMANCES: ULAR Spirit by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Concert Choir conducted by Bevan Keating, director in 5/10 and 12/10. American Names and John James Audubon by Ruth Sieber Johnson , soprano, at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL on 10/23/10. MICHAEL BRAZ • • NEWS: In his 24th year at Georgia Southern University, Professor of Music Michael Braz teaches theory and composition. Dr. Braz will be retiring from university teaching at the end of this academic year and has joined the Peace Corps to teach English in Armenia. PERFORMANCES: Choral works continue to be performed by choruses of all ages on various AllState and District Honor Choir concerts, as well as school, university, and community chorus performances throughout the U.S. and overseas. PUBLICATIONS: The Music in the Rainbow (3-part treble voices, piano), published by C.F. Peters in their InterAmerican Music Awards Publication Series. First braz premiered at the 2009 Sigma Alpha Iota National Convention in Chicago, the work is a setting of the Henry Van Dyke poem "Iris," contrasting the "bow of color" with the "bow of sound." RECORDINGS: A Past and Perfect Life and Fantasy on Honorary Member • • • • Beethovens Für Elise introduced on the album Love in a New Key are now available on iTunes, along with other selections from the album. ALLEN BRINGS PREMIERES: Getting Around for four- and five-part a cappella chorus by the Adesso Choral Society conducted by Margaret Collins Stoop in Ridgefield, CT on 5/23/10. PERFORMANCES: Five Poems of G.M. Hopkins by Jennifer Foster, soprano and Allen Brings, piano in New York, NY on 6/7/10. Duologue 7 by Thomas Read, violin and David Feurzig, piano in Montpelier, VT on 4/9/10 and in Colchester, VT on 4/11/10. Concert Piece for four flutes by Femmes Four in Wilton, CT on 10/4/09. Brass Quintet by the faculty quintet of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS on 3/26/10. Serenade for Orchestra, second movement, by the Pittsburgh Orchestra conducted by Thomas Hong in Pittsburg, PA on 4/20/10. Sonata a Quattro for percussion quartet by members of the Queens College percussion ensemble in Flushing, NY on 11/24/09. Peroration for Solo Horn by Jeanine Nagao in Stony Brook, NY on 12/20/09. PUBLICATIONS: Images for Flute, Clarinet & Piano; Due Canti, Due Scherzi for 2 horns and 2 bassoons; Three Masques for clarinet & cello; Two Encores for Piano; Three Airs on anonymous 18th century texts for two-part treble chorus & piano; Mountain Song and a Herrick Suite for four-part chorus of mixed voices & piano; O Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cor Jesu Trinitatis) for chorus of mixed voices a cappella and In Paradisum (May Angels Lead You) for solo voice or chorus, accompanied or unaccompanied with English translations by Joseph Machlis. All published by Mira Music Associates. RECORDINGS: Two Songs for Soprano and Violin, by Amanda Page Smith, soprano and Justin Smith, violin; Three Sonnets after the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) for alto voice, violin & bassoon, by the Corelli Trio; released by Arizona University Recordings on AUR CD 3148. Quintet for clarinet & strings by Ales Janecek, Antonin Hradil, Vit Polashek, Evzenie Brezinova & Yan Polaskova, released on an enhanced disc entitled "harmonious dissonance" by Navona Records. JEANNE ROWLEY BURULL • PREMIERES: The Peter Rabbit Song by the composer at the 4-H Drama and Music Fest in LaCrosse, WI. PERFORMANCES: How Did All of These Years Go By? by Ruth Sieber Johnson in Asheville, NC in 2/10. burull CANARY BURTON NEWS: Canary Burton has composed a piano / violin piece and a piece for string orchestra called String Theory. This music has not yet been performed because the commissioner had a heart attack. The Menninger Trio, from Germany, (flute, bass and piano) have asked for several pieces of music for their next album. Ms. Burton is translating all of her music into computer speak and has secured a place for them at the Wellfleet Library. PREMIERES: Chopin Slept by Elisabeth Deletaille, Member Laureate • • • • • violin, Bruno Ispiola, cello, and André Grignard, piano. Commissioned by Daniele Baas, Brussels, Belgium. Chopin for Belgium in Abbaye de Dieleghem, Brussels, Belgium on 10/23/10. RECORDINGS: Women in Harmony CD. Tempus Floridum, a 10 women choral group directed by Joan Yakkey in Florence, Italy. Mixes Yakkey's compositions and Burton's plus some traditional tunes. For sale at CDBaby.com. WEBSITE: seabirdstudio.com HOWARD J. BUSS NEWS: During 2010 Howard Buss received an ASCAPlus Award for significant performances of his music in noncommercial media. His compositions have been recorded on the Bottega Discantica (Italy), Crystal, Capstone, DUX (Poland), Equilibrium, HoneyRock, PL Productions, and C. Alan Publications labels. PREMIERES: Showdown by the University of TexasAustin Trombone Choir directed by Nathaniel Brickens at the International Trombone Festival on 7/5/10. Four Minatures for two bassoons by Arnold Irchai and Tama Kott at Southwest Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO on 3/9/10. Cosmic Portraits for flute, clarinet, alto sax and tenor sax by Shelley Binder, flute, Gary Sperl, clarinet, Nathan Keedy, alto sax, and Mark buss Tucker, tenor sax at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN on 2/28/10. Venetian Memoirs for solo flute by Elena Cecconi at the the Florida Flute Association's Annual Convention in Orlando, FL on 1/30/10. PERFORMANCES: Chutzpah! for piccolo and piano by Danielle Plocar and Ina Selvelieva in Morphy Recital Hall at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI on 10/2/10. Prelude and Intrada for flute choir by the Session Choir conducted by Ellen Burr during the National Flute Association Convention in Anaheim, CA on 8/13/10. Spanish Memoirs for trumpet and percussion ensemble by the Texas Tech University Percussion Ensemble with Trumpet Artist, Will Strieder, conducted by Lisa Rogers at the International Society for Music Education Conference in Beijing, China on 8/2 and 8/4/10. Hurricane! for solo flute by Elena Cecconi in Gabbiana – Castellucchio – Mantova, Italy on 11/2/09. Trombone Concerto for trombone and piano by Zach Stowe, trombone, and Rachel Carlson, piano, at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO on 4/13/10. PUBLICATIONS: Showdown for 10-part trombone choir; Turbulent Times for flute, oboe and bassoon; Venetian Memoirs for solo flute; Brom Bones for 10-part brass choir; Four Minatures, version for two bassoons; Four Minatures, version for trombone and bass trombone (or tuba); Diversions for flute and trombone; Cosmic Portraits, version for flute, clarinet, alto sax and tenor sax; Cosmic Portraits, version for woodwind quartet; Fuga VII (WTC-II) by J.S. Bach transcribed for double reed quartet or ensemble. All are published by Brixton Publications. WEBSITE: brixtonpublications.com/ howard_j_buss-2.html sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 23

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