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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • JERRY CASEY • NEWS: The Western Pennsylvania Ministers Chorus commissioned Jerry Casey to write an anthem in memory of Rev. Paul and Claire Halstead, the group's longtime director and accompanist. The work, Shine as a Light (SATTBB and Piano) will be premiered in the spring of 2011. PREMIERES: What Shall We Bring? (SSAATTBB a cappella) by the Otterbein University Concert Choir directed by Gayle Walker at the Battelle Fine Arts Center in Westerville, OH on 2/27/10. Mrs. Casey was named semi-finalist in 2008 Sorel Medallion Choral Composition Competition for this work. Yet I Will Rejoice (SSATB with Baroque Orchestra) by the Otterbein University Concert Choir and the Otterbein University Orchestra directed by Gayle Walker at Cowan Hall in Westerville, OH on 6/5/10. November (poetry of William Cullen Bryant) for soprano and cello quartet by Dr. Cynthia Mahaney, soprano and the Columbus Cellos at the Columbus Spring Composers Forum on 5/1/10. Three Moods by casey Henryk Sienkiewicz, horn and Robert Coleridge, piano at the 13th London New Wind Festival, St. Cyprian's Church, London, England on 9/28/10. Autumn (SSAATB a cappella) by the Otterbein University Concert Choir directed by Gail Walker at the Battelle Fine Arts Center in Westerville, OH on 11/21/10. PERFORMANCES: O, Death, Rock Me Asleep by Tamara Seckel, soprano and Cole Dachenhaus, violin at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH on 1/31/10. Gli intrighi D'amore (The Intrigues of Love) by the Konza Winds at the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region VI Conference in Manhattan, Kansas on 3/26/10. We're Marching to Zion (an arrangement of the hymn tune for organ) by Glenna Metcalf at 4th Annual Kentucky New Music Festival at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY on 10/24/10. November by Dr. Cynthia Mahaney, soprano and the Columbus Cellos in the Huntington Recital Hall at Capital University on 10/24/10. The Lord God Almighty Is His Name for SAB Choir, Piano, and Trumpet and Come, Light Serene for two-part women's chorus by the Otterbein University Concert Choir directed by Gayle Walker in the Battelle Fine Arts Center on 11/21/10 and in the Westerville Community United Church of Christ on 11/28/10. PUBLICATIONS: We're Marching to Zion (an arrangement of the hymn tune for organ). Jerry Casey Music RECORDINGS: Yet I Will Rejoice, containing choral and vocal chamber music of Jerry Casey, will be released by CD Baby in January, 2011. AUGUSTA CECCONI-BATES • NEWS: Augusta Cecconi-Bates is currently composing for two new plays to be performed in 2011. PREMIERES: Dr. O, a new play by author Jim Argo with music by Augusta Cecconi-Bates at Tyendinaga Mohawk Art Center in Ontario, Canada on 12/10/10. Music for the new play War of 1812 by Betty Giles is scheduled for 4/2/11 at Clayton, NY. PERFORMANCES: Molly of the Mohawks is scheduled 24 PAN PIPES WINTER 2011 sai-national.org National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • at St. Regis Territory on 4/11. PUBLICATIONS: Dales Tango by MSBPub; Sonatina 1981 by T.W.O. Pub. RECORDINGS: Molly of the Mohawks by Rivershack Recording ROBERT CEELY PREMIERES: Metamir by Jonathan Engle, alto flute, Aaron Boyd, viola, Carol McGonnell, bass clarinet, conducted by David Fulmer at the American Composers Alliance Festival on 6/17/09. Trio by Second Instrumental Unit with Danielle Kuhlmann, horn, ceely Jeff Missal, flugelhorn, Stephen Dunn, trombone, conducted by David Filmer at the American Composers Alliance Festival on 6/10. WEBSITE: ceelymusic.com EDMUND CIONEK PREMIERES: Bad Robots was commissioned and premiered by Eight Strings and a Whistle at the Tenri Center in New York City, NY on 11/10. American Overture was commissioned and premiered by the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerald Steichen on 10/10. Marcel (SSA a capella) by The Janes and Veni Creator Spiritus Boogie-Woogie by Christopher Johnson, piano at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, New York City, NY on 3/10. RECORDINGS: Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra, Spirit of the Lake, Gerard Reuter, oboe, The Bar Harbor Music Festival String Festival Orchestra, Francis Fortier, conductor. SONDRA CLARK • • NEWS: I am even more convinced that music is truly a collaboration between the composer and performer, and it is only through the love and genius of its performers that a composer's music finds its life. PREMIERES: Celebration Suite (commissioned for 8 pianists) at the Monster Piano Festival at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA on 1/10. Two Scenes from New Orleans by the Mission Chamber Orchestra at St. Mark's Church in Palo Alto, CA on 5/10. White clark Water Suite by the Duo Pianistico di Firenze at the Kurosawa International Music Festival in Saratoga, CA in 6/10. Nora's Waltz by the Ruslan and Raffi Duo at the San Francisco International Music Festival in 7/10. American Rhapsody at the 2010 Music Teachers Association of CA Centennial Convention in Los Angeles, CA on 7/4/10. PERFORMANCES: South American Dances (two pianos, eight hands) by the Fabulous Four at the Congregational Church of San Mateo, CA on 2/10. Scenes from New Orleans by the South Bay Brass Ensemble at Cribari Hall in San Jose, CA on 5/10. White Water Suite by the Duo Pianistico di Firenze in Pistoia, Italy on 6/10. Muir Woods for organ and Member Laureate • • • • • piano by the Welch-Hancock Duo at the 2010 OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, OK on 6/10. American Rhapsody by the Bradshaw Duo for the Music of Monterey County series concert in Carmel Valley, CA on 10/10. JAMES COHN • • • PREMIERES: The Song of the Waters by Chinese Youth Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Liang at the Lincoln Center in New York, NY on 5/22/10. PERFORMANCES: Sonata for Oboe & Piano by Winnie Lai, oboe and Emi Kagawa, piano in New York City, NY on 8/16/10. Sonata for Violin & Piano by Eric Grossman, violin and Lida Lopez Mancheva, piano at the Performing Arts Center of Union City, NJ on 9/17/10. Baroque Suite for Flute Alone by Kenneth Chia, flute in New York City, NY on 9/23/10. Arkansas Reel by Woodwind Quintet of the Americas at Natives Theater in Jackson Heights, NY on 9/26/10. Symphony in F (Symphony #2) and No Trick here - Only Treat by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Armstrong in Brooklyn, NY on 10/31/10. RECORDINGS: A new CD of chamber music will be released on the MSR Records Label. The anticipated release date is April, 2011. 9 chamber works will be recorded. LINDA ROBBINS COLEMAN • • • • • NEWS: SAI Member Laureate Linda Robbins Coleman has been active in music composition, poetry, and American history during the past year. She is currently completing three music composition commissions for chamber, wind, and vocal ensembles. Her music is licensed through BMI, Inc. In 2011 Coleman Creative Services celebrates its 35th anniversary of service to the cultural community. She was recently named an COLEMAN IAMA composer-judge for the 2012 SAI National Convention in Atlanta. PREMIERES: Elegy For The Greatest Generation by the Des Moines Community Orchestra directed by Carl B. Johnson on 2/28/10. It was given a second performance by the Dayton Philharmonic in Dayton, OH under the direction of Neal Gittleman on their annual Memorial Day Concert. PERFORMANCES: Concertino Mediterraneo by Center For New Music at the University of Iowa on 10/09. Hibernia Suite by the Maia String Quartet on the Iowa Composers Forum / Society of Composers, Inc. annual festival of new music on 10/09. For a Beautiful Land by the Westmont Orchestra conducted by Michael Shasberger in Santa Barbara, CA on 2/10. Lunatics and Lovers suite for orchestra by Orchestra Iowa conducted by Timothy Hankewich in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City on 2/10. PUBLICATIONS: Lunatics and Lovers, the Overture and Bacchanalia suite for full orchestra is now available for performance, as is the tone poem, Elegy for the Greatest Generation. These along with a complete listing of new orchestra, chamber and solo publications by Linda Robbins Coleman can be viewed at her web site, and all music and recordings are available through Coleman Creative Services. RECORDINGS: Journeys featuring Coleman's orchestra works was re-issued on 5/10, and now includes her

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