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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • The Starry Band by Interlochen Intermediate Youth Symphony on 7/13/10. PUBLICATIONS: Converse Fantasy (Concert Band) Carl Fischer, Inc., 2010. Kallalanta (Symphony Orchestra) Alfred Publishing, 2010. LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN PREMIERES: On 12/17/10, the Badger State Girls Choir will premiere a new work for treble choir in Menasha, WI. The choir will take the work on their tour to Italy in late December, where it will be performed at the Vatican, among other places. Partners in Praise Girls Choir will premiere a new work for treble choir and solo violin in 2/11 at the MMEA Convention in Minneapolis, MN. PERFORMANCES: Anne Frank: A Living Voice by the Ursuline Academy Treble Choir in Cinncinnati, OH on 3/16/10. Transformations of Darkness and Light by the St. Olaf Orchestra conducted by Steven Amundson in Northfield, haugen MN on 4/25/10. An Uncommon Hero by Minneapolis Civic Orchestra conducted by Cary John Franklin in the Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, MN on 5/16/10. Selections from Anne Frank: A Living Voice by the Mahtomedi High School Women's Choir conducted by Robert Pontious at the Chautauqua Fine Arts Center at Mahtomedi High School, Mahtomedi, MN, on 5/25/10. Fable of Old Turtle by Keith Bear, Native American Flute and the Dakota Valley Symphony conducted by Stephen J. Ramsey on their 25th Anniversary Concerts at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center on 10/17 – 10/18/10. PUBLICATIONS: An Empty Place for string orchestra; Will She Wish to Marry Me?, an aria for bass, If I Am to Be Remembered, an aria for soprano, and Love Duet for soprano and bass, all from the opera Pocahontas. For SATB chorus: A Quiet Place; Children of Light; The Eternal God; Domine Deus, Agnus Dei; You Are Worthy, Our Lord and God; Lizzy Lindsay. For treble choir: Holy, Holy, Holy; It is the Silence; Grandmother. To be released in early 2011: Sunshine and Cloudless Sky for treble choir. All works have been published by Ephraim Bay Publishing. WEBSITE: lindatutashaugen.com A. OSCAR HAUGHLAND PERFORMANCES: Chorale Prelude by Gregory Ceurvorst at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Downers Grove, IL on 3/25/09. Hjertehjem Halling and Gill's Rock Stoneware Saraband (which are from Door County Suite) plus Blaz's Galop (which is from Petite Suite for my Grandchildren) by William Goldenberg, piano at Carlsen Center Recital Hall, Kansas City, Kansas on 3/16/09, Fine Arts Academy, Anchorage, Alaska on 4/10/09, and Skagway Arts Council, Skagway, Alaska on 4/12/09. NORMAN M. HEIM NEWS: Norman Heim's new compositions and arrangements involve the clarinet for church performances. PERFORMANCES: Christmas Arabesque for 2 clarinets at Asbury Methodist Villages on 12/22/10. O Sing 28 PAN PIPES WINTER 2011 sai-national.org National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • a Song of Bethlehem, flute, clarinet, piano at Asbury Methodist Villages on 12/22/10. PUBLICATIONS: Technical Development for Clarinet by Mel Bay. Baroque Music for Clarinet and Piano by Mel Bay. International Music for Clarinet and Piano by Mel Bay. 20 Clarinet Duets from the Baroque to the 20th Century by Mel Bay. JENNIFER E. HIGDON NEWS: Jennifer Higdon is the 2010 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto, commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and Curtis Institute of Music. She higdon won a 2010 Grammy® in the category of Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto. PERFORMANCES: Blue Cathedral by the Chattanooga Symphony conducted by Sarah Hicks at the Tivoli Theater in Chattanooga, TN on 1/13/11. On A Wire for sextet and orchestra by Eighth Blackbird and the Akron Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Wilkins at the E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron, Akron, OH on 1/15/11. Percussion Concerto by Colin Currie, percussion soloist and the Oregon Symphony conducted by Carlos Kalmar at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR on 1/29/11. Sky Quartet by the Serafin Quartet at the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA on 2/4/11. Soprano Sax Concerto by Gunnery Sergeant Steve Temme and the U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra conducted by Captain Michelle Rakers at Schelsinger Hall, Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, VA on 2/6/11. RECORDINGS: Classic Structures with the University of Michigan Symphony Band and Nancy Ambrose King, soloist performing Oboe Concerto. (2010) Equilibrium – EQ 97. WEBSITE: jenniferhigdon.com JACKSON HILL NEWS: Jackson Hill has recently received a commission from the Three Choirs Festival (UK) for a work commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11 for the Worcester Festival in 2011, including live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He has also received a commission from Paris-based countertenor Ryland Angel for a work for solo voice and string quartet for late 2010, and is at work on a collaboration with five Yaddo writers' colony poets for premiere in 2011. PREMIERES: Ghosts for string quartet by Fitzwilliam String Quartet in Manchester Cathedral Manchester, UK on 5/27/10. Ma fin est mon commencement by ensemble New York Polyphony at the Oslo Cathedral (European Premiere) in Oslo, Norway on 8/7/10. Where cross the crowded ways of life by choir of Centenary Methodist Church directed by Stanley Baker in Richmond, VA on 10/17/10. (Bicentennial commission) PERFORMANCES: When Spring Is Born at Last by Orpheus Chamber Choir directed by Don Krehbiel at First United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX on 5/2/10. Ghosts by Fitzwilliam String Quartet, national broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and performances at the Member Laureate • • • • • Ryedale Festival in Yorkshire, London, UK on 6/13/10. Tango-no-Tango, Kaoru Tashiro, piano, Museu Nacional Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal on 6/17/10 and at The Culture Center, Nara, Japan on 8/20/10. Klavierstücklein für Kai by Kai Schumacher, piano at Volksbank Kaiserslautern in Kaiserslautern, Germany on 9/3/10. Ma fin est mon commencement by ensemble New York Polyphony at the Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA on 11/13/10. RECORDINGS: In Mystery Veiled, choir of Exeter College Oxford, Alistair Reid, director. Regent Records (UK) REGCD332. WEBSITE: jacksonhillmusic.com JOHN STANLEY HILLIARD PREMIERES: Piano Concerto No. 3 by James Madison University Symphony Orchestra, Lori Piitz, soloist with Robert McCashin conducting, at the 30th Annual Contemporary Music Festival of JMU in the newly completed arts complex of the Forbes Center of the College of Performing Arts at JMU on 10/12/10. The second movement of the concerto will be performed again on 11/13/10 for the Virginia Music Teachers Association annual conference held at JMU. WEBSITE: jmu.edu/ music/faculty_areas/ theory_composition hilliard SYDNEY HODKINSON PREMIERES: String Quartet # 5 (2002) by Jupiter String Quartet at Chamber Music Festival in San Miguel, Mexico, 9/13/2009 (Mexican Premiere). Stolen Goods: 4 Preludes for Solo Piano by Barry Snyder, piano at Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas, Austin, TX on 11/16/09. A Pilgrim's Council (2009) by Ernest Murphy, tenor, Michael Rickman, piano at Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, Deland, FL, on 2/7/10. Rush (2008), by Piotr Szewczyk, violin in Hicks Auditorium, Jacksonville, FL on 5/18/10. PERFORMANCES: Epsidoes, (2007) Five Thoughts for solo piano by Michael Rickman in Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, Deland, FL on 10/20/2009. Five Bagatelles (2008) for Saxophone Quartet by Stetson Sax Quartet, Elizabeth Hall at Stetson University, Deland, FL on 11/3/09. Minnie Rag – Kwazy Kilt for Minnie Mouse's Birthday (1990) by Tony Caramia, piano at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY on 2/7/10. Stolen Goods (2008) by Barry Snyder, piano at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY on 1/27/20 and at Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, Deland, FL on 3/12/10. Allez-y: Scherzo Frenetique, hodkinson for violin and piano (2004), Routa Kroumovitch, Violin, M. Rickman, piano, Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, Deland, FL on 2/5/10. PUBLICATIONS: Eulogy, for Symphonic Band (2009) Merion/Presser 8/10. Potpourri, for Symphony Orchestra (2008) Merion/Presser 8/10. RECORDINGS: Re-issue: Skitter (1998) for lute, harp, viola. Klavier K11180 WEBSITE: sydhodkinson.com

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