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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • KATHERINE HOOVER • • • • • PREMIERES: Turner Impressions by Plymouth Symphony conducted by Nan Washburn on 3/5/11. PERFORMANCES: Double Concerto by Linfield Chamber Orchestra conducted by Michael Gesme in Linfield, Oregon on 10/22/2010. To Greet the Sun by Jennifer Page on the Faculty Showcase at the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN on 10/25/10. Masks by Julie Maisel, flute, Colman Pearce, piano on the Faculty Recital in the John Field Room at the DIT Conservatory, Dublin, Ireland on 8/24/10. Summer Night by Third Chair Chamber Players on the "Music for the Senses" Series at Net Studio One, Lincoln, NE on 1/28 and 1/30/11. Kokopeli by Palisades Virtuosi at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NJ on 10/23/10 and by Valerie Watts at Oklahoma University, Pittman Hall on 10/24/10. RECORDINGS: Hoover, String Quartets 1 & 2, Trio (violin, cello, piano) by the Colorado Quartet, and Rogeri Trio; issued by Parnassus Records on 10/10. Podcasts: Dream Dances (piano) Winter Spirits (flute) St Quartet 2, Clarinet Concerto, and El Andalus (cello & piano) at http://khedgecock.podomatic. com/entry/2010-07-03T17_09_12-0. Kokopeli, Thin Ice, Double Concerto 1, Canyon Echoes 3, 4 at classicalpodcasts.com; search Katherine Hoover. KAREL HUSA PREMIERES: Four Bohemian Sketches by Marlen Vavrikova, oboist and Jun Okada, piano at the Festival of Czech and Slovak Music and related Arts, hosted by Grand Valley University, Allendale, Michigan on 4/23 – 4/25/10. Music for Prague 1968 by the GVSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted by Barry Martin and Postcard from Home by Jonathan Nichol, saxophone, and Jun Okada, piano at the Festival of Czech and Slovak Music and related Arts, hosted by Grand Valley University, Allendale, Michigan on 4/23 – 4/25/10. PERFORMANCES: Sonata for Piano No. 1, performed by Justin Krawitz, piano at the 28th Conference of the College Music Society, Ball State University, Muncie, husa Indiana on 3/20/10; and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison on 4/27/10. Mr. Krawitz will also introduce the Sonata in Europe at the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia 8/26 – 8/31/10, and at the 32nd EPTA International Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 10/27/10. 8 Bohemian Duos for piano four hands by the Westhuizen Duo on tours in the U. S. and South Africa, and will record the composition with other piano-duo music by contemporary composers for the AMP Recordings. PUBLICATIONS: Sinfonietta for Orchestra score; Cesky Rozhlas Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic. Three Studies for solo clarinet; Edition Baernreiter Praha, Prague, Czech Republic. Concerto for Wind Ensemble, score and parts; AMP/G.Schirmer, USA. Cheetah for Wind Ensemble, score and parts; AMP/G.Schirmer, USA. String Quartet "0" op. 2, score and parts; Cesky , Rozhlas Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic. 4 Bohemian Sketches for oboe (or clarinet, sax) and piano; Schott Music, Mainz, Germany. Honorary Member • • • • RECORDINGS: Evocations de Slovaquie for clarinet, viola, and violincello, Russell and Leslie Harlow, Jesus Morales (performers); Sonolumina Isomike 2007. Elegie et Rondeau for alto saxophone and piano, Harry Kinross-White, Todd Sisley (performers); Cantate/ musicaphon M5683. Landscapes for brass quintet, Western Brass Quintet, Games for Brass; Summit records DCD 536. Three Studies for Solo Clarinet, Irvin Venys; ArcoDiva, UP 0106-2 131 MICHAEL ISAACSON NEWS: Film and TV composer, composer and lecturer on Jewish music, conductor and educator, Michael Isaacson invites you to visit his webpage. WEBSITE: michaelisaacson.com ROBERT JAGER PREMIERES: Three Scenes From "Penn's Woods" commissioned and premiered by the Buxmont Honors Band, Quakertown, PA with Robert Jager conducting on 1/28/11. PERFORMANCES: Jubilate by Kounou Wind Ensemble conducted by Yasuhiro Tsujima, conductor at the Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan on 5/16/10. Benediction by Chancel Choir conducted by Linda Raney at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, NM on 5/16/10. Concerto for Bass Tuba, Esprit De Corps by Colorado Wind Ensemble and Michael Dunn, soloist conducted by Matthew Roader at the Littleton United Methodist Church in Littleton, CO on 5/29/10. Symphony No. One For Band by United States Air Force Academy Band (Fall Tour), LtCol Larry Lang, Commander & Conductor on 10/10. Chorale and Toccata by Westmoreland Symphonic Winds conducted by Dr. Jason Worzbyt at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA on 11/20/10. PUBLICATIONS: Symphony No. One For Band (reedited and re-released edition of the 1964 "Ostwald Award" winner) - Summer, 2010. Alfred Music Publishers, Van Nuys, CA. RECORDINGS: TAD Wind Ensemble, Takayoshi Suzuki, conductor. Windstream Recordings, Vol. 9. The Orchestra Music of Robert Jager – Kokopelli Dances, Suite From "Edvard Munch" The Pied Piper Of , Hamelin, Like A White Daisy Looks, I Dream Of Peace. The Omsk (Russia) Philharmonic, John Dodson, conductor. Stephanie Winker, flute soloist, the St. Louis Children's Chorus. WEBSITE: rjager.com LYNN JOB NEWS: The composer received her 10th ASCAP Award in 2010. Her work, Six Wings North, was selected by Vox Novus (NYC) for Mickel Smithen, Amici Dance, "60x60 International Dance," to open the Olympic & Paralympic Games 2012 Village, Stratford Circus, London: "Open Weekend, 2-year Countdown Launch (July 24, 2010)," and selected for Jessica E. Stack's choreography (Pres., Missouri Dance Organization) at the opening weekend of the 1st annual "American Arts Experience,""60x60 International Dance," The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO (October 3, 2010)with live NEC-TV/internet. PREMIERES: Six Wings North (electronica) job Member Laureate • • • • • introduced in choreography at the 4th Annual New York City Dance Parade and Dance Fest within "2010 60x60" (ICMC Sanguine Mix) on 5/22/10. Woods Walker (solo marimba & sound track) by percussionist Aaron Ragsdale, the international consortium commission premiere, at 2010 Percussion Arts Society International Conference, a Focus Day event Indianapolis, IA on 11/11/10. PERFORMANCES: House of Jatamansi" (flute / organ) by Due Solisti at the Philadelphia Cathedral on 1/26/10. Malachi-Messenger (60x60/2009 International Mix) continued to tour in various dance, film, and audio formats to OutSound New Music Summit in San Francisco, Electric LA-Tex 2009 Conference (Texas A&M University), Kentucky New Music Festival (Lexington), Sonic Art Oxford Festival (England), Loop Video Art Festival – Ink the Sky (Barcelona, Spain), and the University of WisconsinGreen Bay. Six Wings North was installed in audio at the 2010 International Computer Music Conference at both Stony Brook University and the Electronic Music Foundation in NY on 6/1 – 6/5/10. PUBLICATIONS: Two Sacred Motets in the style of the 16th century (BMP 1-1, women, and BMP-1-2 men) released as composer arrangements by request for the library of the Harvard Choral Fellows, Appleton Chapel, Memorial Church. Buckthorn Music Press also released: Woods Walker (BMP-71); Wild Olive (BMP-101); Sunesis Falls (BMP-105); Six Wings North (BMP-103); and Strange Fire (BMP-102). RECORDINGS: The Sixth Night, on New Lullaby (Boston: Six String Sound, 2010) (SSS-888-01) by Aaron Larget-Caplan (guitar). House of Jatamansi, on Jatamansi (Richmond, Virginia: Raven Recordings, 2010) (OAR) by Due Solisti (flute / organ). MalachiMessenger on 60x60 2008-2009 (New York: Vox Novus, 2010) (VN-003) (electronica). WEBSITE: music-usa.org/nacusa DONALD O. JOHNSTON NEWS: Johnston has been re-elected to serve as president of the nonprofit Ars Nova Press, music publishers, for 2010 – 2011. PERFORMANCES: The Throne of Jehovah, for organ and choir, by Nancy Kern, organist, and the Christ Church Choir of Seattle was performed in a special concert (A Musical Offering) on 5/21/10. SAMUEL JONES NEWS: Samuel Jones will serve for his fourteenth year as Composer in Residence of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 season. He served as Director of the Young Composers Workshop sponsored by the Seattle Symphony and as an adjudicator for the Bellevue Youth Symphony's Young Composers Competition. His next commissions are for Reflections: Songs of Fathers and Daughters for the Seattle Symphony, to be performed by the Seattle Symphony in 6/11, and Meditations (for A Cappella Chorus), to be performed by the Millsaps Singers in 4/11. PREMIERES: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra by Julian Schwarz, cello, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz in Seattle, Washington on 9/11/10. Organ Benediction by Joseph Adam, organ, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz in Seattle, Washington on 10/23/10. PERFORMANCES: Symphony No. 3 (Palo Duro sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 29

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