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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • piano, conducted by Neal Gittleman. Scheduled for a Spring 2011 international release on Harmonia Mundi is Rain Has Flown (2009) for soprano and chamber orchestra by the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, Julia Kogan, soprano, conducted by Jeffery Meyer. WEBSITE: schellemusic.com Honorary Member • • • • Schwartz, piano at the University of Cardiff inWales, UK on 11/16/10 and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, UK on 12/3/10. The Seven Seasons (piano); Spectrum (horn, cello, tuba); Souvenir (clarinet & piano); Prelude, Memorial and Aria (cello & piano) on an All-Schwartz recital at the University of Cambridge (UK) on 11/27/10. WEBSITE: schwartzmusic.com HAROLD SCHIFFMAN NEWS: Harold Schiffman was a special guest composer on the UNCG School of Music faculty composers' concert, on 2/23/10. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro archive of Harold Schiffman's music, and the Egon Wellesz Contemporary Music Collection (a gift from Harold Schiffman and Jane Perry-Camp, with additions from Julia Rosenthal) are now online. For the Wellesz, visit: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/Wellesz.php For the Schiffman, visit: libcdm1.uncg.edu/Schiffman.php PREMIERES: Serenata Concertante for Ten Instruments by The North/South Chamber Orchestra conducted by Max Lifchitz at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in New York, NY on 5/18/10. PERFORMANCES: Blood Mountain: A Song Cycle by Gayle Seaton, soprano and Jane Perry-Camp, piano atThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music in Greensboro, NC on 2/23/10. RECORDINGS: Duo Concertante for clarinet and violin by Richard Goldsmith, clarinet; Aaron Boyd, violin. Fantasy Suite, for viola solo by Ah Ling Neu, viola. Blood Mountain: A Song Cycle for soprano and piano by Gayle Seaton, soprano and Jane PerryCamp, piano. Seven Bagatelles for flute and oboe by Lisa Hansen, flute and Gary Hamme, oboe. Sonata No. 1 for Piano by Max Lifchitz, piano. North/South Recordings N/S R1053, Harold Schiffman At 80! Released 1/10. WEBSITE: haroldschiffman-composer.com ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ NEWS: Elliott Schwartz held a week-long visiting professorship at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in October 2009, and spent the fall 2010 term as visiting Fellow at Robinson College, University of Cambridge (UK). PREMIERES: Collage Concertante (clarinet, trumpet, guitar, percussion, piano, electronic sounds) by the Bowdoin New Music Ensemble at the American Composers Alliance Festival (Symphony Space) in New York NY on 6/19/10. Darwin's Dream (melody instrument, piano, narrator, electronic sounds, projected visual images) by the Basso Moderno Duo, & composer as narrator at the Bar Harbor Music Festival in Bar Harbor, ME on 7/15/10. Diamond Jubilee (orchestra and projected visual images) by the Portland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Moody in Portland, ME on 1/25/11. PERFORMANCES: Chamber Concerto V: Water Music (bassoon solo & chamber orchestra) by Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong conducted by Jean Thorel at the Musicarama Festival in Hong Kong on 10/24/09. Chamber Concerto III: Another View (piano solo & chamber orchestra) by New Juilliard Ensemble conducted by Joel Sachs at the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center, New York NY on 9/25/10. The Facebook Chronicles (soprano, trumpet, trombone, guitar, two percussionists, piano) by Robinson College Music Society at the University of Cambridge (UK) on 10/30/10. Four Maine Haiku (piano solo) by Elliott JAMES SCLATER NEWS: Sclater has retired from Mississippi College where he served as Professor of Music for 40 years. His departure was highlighted by a concert of his music given in his honor on 4/11/10 in Clinton, MS. The new chamber music series inaugurated at the college in the fall of 2010 was named in his honor. PREMIERES: Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble by Elizabeth Moak, piano and the University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble conducted by Dr. Thomas Fraschillo in Hattiesburg, MS on 4/29/10. Celebrations for Orchestra by USM Orchestra conducted by Dr. Jay Dean in Hattiesburg MS on 9/23/10. Reflections in the Mirror of Childhood by Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Viola Dacus, mezzo-soprano conducted by Crafton Beck in Jackson, MS on 3/11/11. PERFORMANCES: Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble by Angela Willoughby, piano and the Mississippi Wind Symphony conducted by Dr. Craig Young in Ridgeland, MS on 6/22/10. Brass Quintet #1 by Capital Brass in Clinton MS on 8/27/10. When the Saints go Marching In by James Sclater, clarinet and Judy Sclater, organ at Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, MS on 9/17/10. RECORDINGS: Vocalessence ensemble conducted by Philip Brunelle will include Sclater's The Piping Carol on a retrospective collection of new choral works to be released in fall of 2010. JUDITH SHATIN NEWS: Judith Shatin has received a Fromm Foundation commission to create a piece for amplified string quartet and electronics for the Cassatt Quartet. She has completed The Jumblies (SSA+ piano) commissioned by The Peninsula Women's Chorus with conductor Martin Benvenuto. She has also composed a piano piece, To Keep Away the Dark, commissioned for pianist Gayle Martin Henry, for whom Shatin also composed her piano concerto, The Passion of St. Cecilia. PREMIERES: Jefferson, In His Own Words, a shatin co-commission of the Charlottesville & University Symphony and the Illinois, Richmond and Virginia Symphonies by the Illinois Symphony conducted by Karen Deal on 2/122/13/10, and then by the Charlottesville & University Symphony conducted by Kate Tamarkin on 4/244/25/10. The Jumblies (SSA + piano) by The Peninsula Women's Chorus at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA on 12/4/10. PERFORMANCES: Spring Tides (amp. fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno, interactive electronics) was featured on the Beyond the Machine Festival at Juilliard, where it was Member Laureate • • • • • performed on 3/25, 3/26, and 3/27. Cherry Blossom, Wrapped Thing, After Hokusai, Spring Tides on the Gamper Contemporary Music Festival at the Bowdoin Festival on 8/1/10. Amulet (SSA) and Shapirit Y'fehfiah (SSA) by Concerto Della Donna conducted by Iwan Edwards at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal on 5/30/10. Grito del Corazón (variable ensemble + electronics with optional video) by Michael Strauss, saxophone; Dana Jessen, bassoon, at the Logos Foundation in Ghent, Belgium. Widdershins, Icarus, Tower of the Eight Winds, Penelope's Song, and Fledermaus Fantasy, by the Borup-Ernst Duo at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Charlottesville on 5/8/10. PUBLICATIONS: Jefferson, In His Own Words (narrator + orchestra), and The Jumblies (SSA + piano), both by Wendigo Music. RECORDINGS: Tower of the Eight Winds (CD of Shatin's music for vln/pno/electronics), Innova (#770); Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing; After Hokusai (amp. cl/electronics) on a CD of clarinetist F. Gerard Errante on the Aucourant label (AUREC 1001); and Ockeghem Variations (wind quintet plus piano) on The Dutch Connection, recorded by the Dutch Hexagon Ensemble for Etcetera records. WEBSITE: judithshatin.com MARILYN SHRUDE • NEWS: Marilyn Shrude's works Fantasmi and Trope were featured at the Thailand International Composition Festival 2010, Bangkok on 7/12 – 7/16/10, Mahidol University on 7/15/10, and the Taiwan Saxophone Camp 7/20 shrude – 7/24/10. Performers included John Sampen, Shyen Lee, Chia-Hsiu Tsai, PoYuan Ku, Wen-Chun Chang, and Po-Fang Chang. PREMIERES: River Song by John Sampen, saxophone at the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu, China on 5/19/10. It is dedicated to Professor Li Yusheng. Caritas by John Sampen, saxophone and Marilyn Shrude, piano at the Shanghai Conservatory on 5/15/10. It received its US premiere by James Bishop, saxophone and Joseph Kreines, piano at Stetson University in DeLand, FL on 7/12/10. The work was commissioned by Bishop's students. PERFORMANCES: Lacrimosa by William Street, saxophone and Roger Admiral, piano, on their Fall 2009 tour, which included University of Alberta (Edmonton), University of Dayton, Gustavus Adolphus College, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, Millikin University, Stetson University, Colorado State at Fort Collins, University of Illinois, Lawrence Conservatory and Wright State University. Passage of Years by the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra directed by Octavio Mas-Arocas on 10/23/09. La chanson du printemps by the University of Puget Sound String Orchestra directed by Christophe Chagnard on 10/28/10. Trope for alto saxophones and pre-recorded saxophones by John Sampen, James Fusik and Jeffrey Heisler at Bowling Green State University on 2/3/10, at the 2010 Biennial Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance at The University of Georgia, on 3/3/10 and by The Royal College of Music Ensemble sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 35

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