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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • DAVID WARD-STEINMAN NEWS: Bard-Alan Finlan has completed a doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern Califronia, Los Angeles, on the subject David Ward-Steinman and his oratorio The Song of Moses: an appreciation and analysis. David Ward-Steinman was listed among 100 Distinguished Graduates (one of two in music) of Florida State University by the FSU Alumni Association on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the university in 2009. (Centennial Commemorative issue of Vires, the alumni magazine). Commission: Speak Like a Native, comic opera/Singspiel in English and German, libretto by Beaumont Glass (Leyerle Publications, NY). Articles accepted for publication: Composition As a Metaphor for Life, Philosophy of Music Education Review (2011). David Baker: The Composer, Chapter 6 in forthcoming biography of David Baker, ed. Monika Herzig (Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press). PERFORMANCES: Skyline for jazz piano by David Ward-Steinman at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club in Melbourne, Australia on 2/23/10. Prisms and Reflections for piano and Skyline for jazz piano by David Ward-Steinman at Victorian College of the Arts, School of Music, Melbourne, Australia on 3/25/10, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia on 3/19/10, International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, Helsinki, Finland on 6/12/10. Scorpio for Wind Ensemble by Indiana University Wind Ensemble directed by Stephen W. Pratt at Indiana University, Bloomington on 4/6/10. PUBLICATIONS: Derry Airs (Rondo for Jazz Piano), Theodore Presser Company. Latter-Day Lullabies for piano, E. B. Marks Music Corp., c/o Theodore Presser Company. Moiré for piano and chamber ensemble, E. B. Marks Music Corp. Fantango No. 2 for Clarinet & Piano, E. B. Marks Music Corp. (in prep.). RAYMOND WEIDNER NEWS: Raymond Weidner maintains a vigorous compositional schedule while serving as Director of Music and Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, Virginia. He was recently named a winner in the Greensboro North Carolina Chapter's (American Guild of Organists) search for new organ works in its up-coming publication, The Greensboro Collection which will be premiered at this summer's regional AGO convention. He has also composed four hymns (texts and tunes) for congregational use. PREMIERES: Divertimento in the French Style (for organ) by the composer at his church in the fall along with Elevation and Amid the Calm of Winter's Rest. The Sonata Capriccioso received its Lynchburg area premiere in a recital at Court Street Methodist Church in 10/10. PERFORMANCES: Jesus Loves Me and Steal Away to Jesus at First Presbyterian Church on 5/10, and From the Rising of the Sun on 11/10. His organ and choral works continue to be performed by various church choirs throughout the U.S. PUBLICATIONS: Accepted for publication are: Elevation (Wayne Leupold Editions) and From the Rising of the Sun (Paraclete Press). weidner Honorary Member • • • • ELIZABETH GRIEGER WIEGAND • PREMIERES: Carol of the Angels for Organ at St. Peter Church on 9/5/10. PERFORMANCES: The Child's Name Was Jesus at St. Peter Church, La Porte, IN. The Answer is in Jesus at St. Anthony wiegand Memorial Hospital, Michigan City, IN, weekly performance. PUBLICATIONS: Music Plus, with Accent on Faith. Autobiography. Roses 'n' Velvet, pubishers. ASCAP, NY. Available at National Federation of Music Clubs. Association Convention at LAX Marriott in Los Angeles. Sonare Alla Mente for solo piano by James Giles at Nancyphonies Festival, Hotel de Ville, Nancy, France. Vaudeville for trumpet and piano by Iskandar Akmadullin at International Trumpet Guild International Convention, Sydney, Australia. PERFORMANCES: Fantasie Brillante for solo piano by Adam Wodnicki at University of Insubria, Varese , Italy. Vaudeville for trumpet and piano by Iskandar Akmadullin at Moscow Conservatory. Sonare Alla Mente for solo piano by James Giles at North Carolina Music Teachers Convention. RECORDINGS: Etude Francaise for Flugelhorn and Piano. John Holt Crystal Records. WEBSITE: se.edu/faculty/jwintle DAVID ASHLEY WHITE • • • PREMIERES: Bishop Richardson, set to the text, Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston on 11/15/09. The work was commissioned by Nell Richardson in memory of her father-in-law, Milton Richardson, Fifth Bishop of Texas, 1965-1980. The motet, Holy Harmony, for mixed chorus a cappella, at Chapel of the Cross in Madison, MS, on 1/17/10. Come, Join in Cana's Feast, for mixed chorus and organ, by Ernest Plunkett, Organist-Choirmaster at St. David's Episcopal Church in Roswell, GA on 1/17/10. If Ye Love Me by The University Singers at the University of St. Thomas, directed by Brady Knapp in Houston on 5/4/10. PERFORMANCES: The Amarillo Canticles (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis), for mixed chorus and organ by Graham Eccles, organ conducted by Lee Dunleavy at the Royal School of Church Music's Chester Area Festival in Chester Cathedral, Chester, England on 10/31/09 and by Mr. Dunleavy's Choir of Girls and Men from All Saints Anglican Church, Northampton, England at Christ Church Cathedral, Church of Ireland, Dublin on 8/12/10. Hymn from Triptych for brass quintet and organ by the Brass Roots Quintet and Donald Sutherland, organ at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD on 2/21/10. The Moores School of Music, University of Houston, honored Dr. White with a concert that included some of his choral, solo vocal, and solo piano music on 12/6/09. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation, for mixed chorus, brass, and organ at the Ordination and Consecration of Bishops, The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, held at Long Beach Convention Center on 5/15/10. PUBLICATIONS: E. C. Schirmer, Boston, MA: Saw Ye My Savior, for mixed chorus a cappella, fall 2009; Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, for mixed chorus a cappella, spring 2010. St. James Music Press (The Sewanee Composers Project Series, Vol. 16), Hopkinsville, KY: Come, Pure Hearts, for mixed chorus, flute, handbells, and organ; summer 2010. Selah Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA: Mass for a Celebration, for congregation, brass, and organ, 2009; Christ, Who Knows All His Sheep, for mixed chorus and organ; Are You Weary of Your Burden, for mixed chorus and violin or keyboard; To Thee O Comforter Divine, for mixed chorus and organ; Come, Join in Cana's Feast, for mixed chorus and organ; spring 2010. JAMES WINTLE PREMIERES: Scherzino for solo piano by Joseph Banowetz at the California Piano Teachers Member Laureate • • • • • DONALD REID WOMACK NEWS: Received a commission for a work for piano, by Ron Levy. Lunacy will be included on Mr. Levy's upcoming CD title New Moon. Received a commission from the Noble Obligé Ensemble for a new work shakuhachi, cello and koto, to be premiered in Tokyo on 11/10. Received a commission from koto virtuoso Erina Matsumura for a new work, to be recorded for her upcoming CD. Organized and hosted a weeklong Honolulu residency by AURA-J, one of Japan's premiere new music ensembles. The group, which performs new music for traditional Japanese instruments, played four concerts and gave numerous educational workshops for audiences ranging from schoolchildren to senior citizens. PREMIERES: Towa No Chigiri, for shakuhachi, flute, cello, koto, bass koto, and percussion by the Noble Obligé Ensemble in Tokyo. PERFORMANCES: After, a 34-minute double concerto for shakuhachi and koto, was performed in Tokyo's storied Suntory Hall by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, conducted by Maestro Kazuhiro Koizumi, with soloists Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi) and Reiko Kimura (koto). In its review, Ongaku no Tomo magazine declared it the "most rewarding piece" of the concert. Three Blues by the Triple Helix Piano Trio, in Boston. 3D, for alto saxophone and piano by Paul Bro and Marilyn Shrude at the World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Strange Places to Be (shinobue, 2 shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, percussion, 2 koto, bass koto) and Bend (shakuhachi, shamisen, koto) were both performed in Honolulu by Tokyo-based new music ensemble AURA-J, with the composer conducting the first work. Water (falls) by pianist Ron Levy in Philadelphia and Ridgewood, NJ. RECORDINGS: Walk Across the Surface of the Sun was released on Albany Records. The CD features eight of my works for violin, cello, piano, shakuhachi, koto and other Japanese instruments. SCOTT A. WYATT NEWS: Scott Wyatt continues to serve as director of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios where he teaches composition. Professor Wyatt was also an invited speaker to present the Technology behind Risky Business at the 2010 SEAMUS national conference on April 10, 2010. Professor Wyatt will be the featured guest composer for the Ball State University New Music Festival on 2/24 – 2/26/11. PERFORMANCES: In addition to numerous other performances of his compositions, his piece, Risky Business, for electroacoustic music, live continuum sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 39

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