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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • the Heartlands, both found on the CD: "2010 Music for Concert Band" 4/10, The Cleveland Symphonic , Winds, Loras John Schissel , conductor. Of Dreams, Dragons, and Heroes, found on the CD: "2009 District Honor Bands Concert" 12/09, Shhhh Productions, , Middle School and Junior High Concert Band, Donna Pavelski, Director. The Great, Awesome Go Cart Race, found on the CD: "The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic 2009" 1/10, Mark Records, The , Syracuse, New York Central Winds, Andrew Perry, Conductor, 1/10. GLENN SPRING PREMIERES: Tageslied for violin and piano, recital by Kathleen Spring and Donna Levene for Zeta Zeta Chapter, Delta Omicron, Denver, CO on 10/17/10. PERFORMANCES: In Memoriam Georgia O'Keeffe for harpsichord was a featured work on Larry Palmer's Limited Edition Concert in Dallas, Texas on 2/26/10. Trifles for harpsichord by Gwen Blumenschein at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Denver on 4/6/10. Larry Palmer also performed Trifles numerous times including at Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene on 7/26/10; and at Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas on 8/30/10. Alpine Suite for horn and piano by Karl Kemm and Dinzin Broñola-Rada on March 30 and 31 in Wolfe spring Recital Hall on the Del Mar College campus in Corpus Christi, Texas on 3/30 – 3/31/10. Saying Grace (SATB, piano, and percussion) by Salem, Oregon's McKay High School Concert Choir directed by Gretchen Longwell at the Mission Mill Museum Spinning Room on 3/7/10; at the Salem/ Keiser Advanced Choral Festival on 3/8/10, and at the OMEA District IV Choral Competition at Willamette University on 4/6/10. CARL STAPLIN • • • PERFORMANCES: Advent Prelude on the Name of St. Mark (for organ) as part of a joint organ concert honoring my former concert manager, Phyllis Stringham, at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin on 9/19/10. Members of her concert staplin agency and former students joined in presenting this memorial concert. GREG A. STEINKE NEWS: Co-winner of 5th NACUSA Texas Composition Competition for my From ARMGART for Soprano and Piano, 2/27/10. One of 6 finalists for RAM 2010 call for scores (for saxophone quartet) with my In Memoriam – Sacagawea, 3/6/10. Notified of renewal of ASCAP Standard Award for 2010 – 2011. Commissioned work: 4/10 - 5/10 El Grillo, arrangement of madrigal by Josquin des Prez for Guitar Quartet for Corona Guitar Kvartet of Denmark - Tierra del Mar Music. Music for Desmond for Piano, 4/10. In progress Honorary Member • • • • commissioned work, 5/10, Lifschey Cards I for Oboe and String Quartet - Tierra del Mar Music. PREMIERES: From Armgart by Juli Wood, Soprano and Eric Thompson, piano at the 5th NACUSA steinke Texas Composition Competition in San Marcos, TX on 2/27/10. Van Gogh Vignettes (Image Music XXII-B) version for Flute & Viola at the NACUSA Cascade Chapter Concerts in Hillsboro and Portland, OR on 10/29 – 10/30/10. PERFORMANCES: Moments at Canyon De Chelly (Image Music XXVI) by Sonja Giles, flute and Kevin Schilling, oboe at the Iowa Composers Forum Fall Festival, Ames, IA on 10/15/10. A Vortex Of Urgent Winds (Image Music XIII) by Paul Reilly, guitar at Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival inTerre Haute, IN on 10/29/10. Van Gogh Vignettes (Image Music XXII-B) by Dawn Weiss, flute, Victoria Gunn Pich, viola, NACUSA Cascade Chapter Concerts in Hillsboro & Portland, OR on 10/29 – 10/30/10. To Get To Fresno by Kathleen Kasdorf, soprano, Diane Tucker, flute and Miles Graber, piano at the NACUSAsf Composers Performing Ensemble Concert in Palo Alto, CA on 11/6/10. In Memoriam: Sacagawea – Aria for Generic Ensemble by CYE ContemporarY Ensemble in Malmö, Sweden on 11/14/10. WEBSITE: gregasteinke.com ROBERT STERN NEWS: Recipient of an ASCAP PLUS AWARD/Concert Division. PERFORMANCES: Cradle Song, I Sit With My Dolls, From Tomorrow On, Al Tif Gi Vi, and Numi Numi by Rebecca Bell,soprano and David Ballena, piano at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland School of Music on 4/10. GLORIA WILSON SWISHER • • • • • PREMIERES: The Legend of Poker Alice, opera, libretto by Willy Clark, by Campus Theater of Shoreline Community College (WA), directed by Susan Dolacky, Charles Enlow and Andrew Seifert, orchestra conducted by Teresa Metzger Howe on 2/18 – 2/20/10. Yuki Guni (Snow Country) for koto and orchestra by Shiho Kurauchi, soloist with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anthony Spain at the Highline Performing Arts Center on 4/23/10. PERFORMANCES: Unto Thee, O Lord by Christ Church Choir, Linda Donaldson, soprano, directed by Nancy Kern at A Musical Offering in Seattle, WA on 5/21/10. PUBLICATIONS: swisher Psalm 150 and Let Us Celebrate, both SATB with two trumpets, timpani and piano, by Ars Nova Press. Member Laureate • • • • • MARY JANE TASHIRO NEWS: I was happy to compose music commissioned by Mr. Thomas Robb who specifically asked me to compose for his outstanding students. The 6 hands, one piano, High Steppin' Shoes was intended for the 2 students and the teacher, Mr. Robb to join in to have a crowd pleaser at the end of the program. The special request for the graduating twins, Timothy and Jonathan Ng, both pianists playing a 2nd instrument, Alto Sax and Vibraphone was a refreshing change for me. Remembering became something the title signifies with the dulcet sounds of the sax, beautifully played by Timothy. PREMIERES: High Steppin' Shoes, Op. 47, 6 Hands One Piano by performers, Rosemary Li, Kelly Yang, and Thomas Robb at St. James Episcopal Church, Scarsdale, NY on 4/6/10. Hope, Op. 46, (S/A/T/B) and Joyous Day, Op. 50 (S/SS/A) premiere of choral works in Osaka, Japan on 10/10/08. Remembering, Op. 56 Alto Sax and Vibraphone by performers, Timothy and Jonathan Ng at St. James Episcopal Church, Scarsdale, NY on 6/21/09. Waves of Love, Op. 48, (S/A/T/B) and Like a Little Babe Op. 49, (S/SS/A) premiere of choral works in Osaka, Japan on 10/3/09. PUBLICATIONS: High Steppin' Shoes, Op. 47 (2008). Remembering, Op. 56 (2009). Songs Of Joy, title of book that includes Joyous Day, Hope, Waves of Love and Like a Little Babe (2008). WEBSITE: sky.prohosting.com/mjtmusic AUGUSTA READ THOMAS • • • • NEWS: For two years: 2009-2011 she is teaching and mentoring high-school aged composers in the state of Connecticut. Each young composer will have his or her new piece premiered by members of the New Haven Symphony, conducted by William Boughton, on 5/15/11. The American Academy of Arts and Letters has elected Augusta Read Thomas to membership. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is an honor society of 250 architects, composers, artists, and writers. The honor of election is considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States. PREMIERES: Violin Concerto Number 3, cocommissioned by Festival Présences with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the BBC Proms, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown, and the National Symphony Orchestra,conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on 6/9 – 6/11/11. World premiere: As part of holding the McIlroy Family Visiting Professorship in the Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Arkansas' J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the Walton Arts Center for the 20102011 academic year, she has composed Floating Temples -- Bashō Haiku Settings for chorus and orchestra on 4/24/11. Radiant Circles for orchestra commissioned by the New Haven Symphony, with support from the Music Alive program of the League of American Orchestras and Meet the Composer and the Barlow Endowment conducted by William Boughton on 3/10/11. Finland Premiere: Daylight Divine for solo soprano, choir, and orchestra will be performed by Vox Aurea and the Sinfonia Finlandia (Lasse Allonen, general manager) conducted by William Boughton on 2/16/11. PERFORMANCES: Jubilee, Movement #4, Gambol, for orchestra, by Cliff Colnot's DePaul University Orchestra conducted by Michael Lewanski on sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 37

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