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Letter from the Editor P Dear Readers, PAN PIPES is always accepting new article submissions and ideas, so please feel free to start working on them immediately. AN PIPES is proud to present to you the 64th Annual Contemporary American Music Issue. The talented members of the SAI Composers Bureau who have been featured in our American Composers Update have been working tirelessly to create new music for soloists and ensembles to perform on concerts and musicales throughout the world. From classical compositions to electro-acoustic digital performances, the creativity displayed by these artists has helped to elevate the music of American composers to a whole new level. I sincerely hope you have an opportunity to attend some of the premieres and performances of these compositions during the upcoming year. On a personal note, I'm extremely excited to have been selected as Editor of PAN PIPES. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to serve SAI in this capacity, and Deadlines for submission are as follows: Summer: April 15 Fall: August 15 Winter: November 15 Spring: January 1 There is no specific text limit to each article, but it is highly recommended that you contact me prior to article submission if you have any questions about text length or potential article content. Also, if there's something new that you'd like to see in PAN PIPES, I'd love to hear about it, and can be reached directly via e-mail at PlayDSax2@aol.com. Thank you for your continued support for this magazine, and I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Heather Davis, Editor want to be an instrumental part in helping the magazine grow and develop in the future. I would encourage you to send correspondence about your favorite features within the magazine, so that I can continue to bring you the articles you love to read each issue. The People-to-People Project: A Brief Haiti Update D ue to the dedication of the members of SAI, our Haiti Redevelopment Fund has received donations exceeding $15,500 since its launch on February 14, 2010. Since then, the People-to-People Project has been able to send materials to our friends at Holy Trinity School in Port-au-Prince and to the Zanmi Lasante Band in Cange. Plans are already underway for another shipment of instruments to Zanmi Lasante Band this spring. The People-to-People Project now has a new partner in Haiti: Bright Hope International. With home offices in Illinois, Bright Hope assists missionaries in South America, Africa, Asia and Haiti. Through a recently created cooperative agreement, our project has sent a pallet of materials destined for Ebenezer Glenn Orphanage in Dessalines on a Bright Hope freight ship. Materials donated for the orphanage came from individuals, college chapters, and alumnae chapters and included guitars, music stands, clarinets, flutes, an alto sax and a great deal of music. Each donation the Project receives has a profound impact on a student musician abroad. Thanks to all who have contributed to the Haiti Redevelopment Fund. For those interested in supporting the project with a monetary donation, we ask that you please contribute to the general Peopleto-People fund so that your dollars can then be used to assist musicians around the world. To donate, make your check out to SAI Philanthropies, Inc., and write "People-to-People Project" in the memo line. SAI Philanthropies greatly appreciates your generosity. Mail your donation directly to: SAI National Headquarters One Tunnel Rd, Asheville, NC 28805. — Dr. Liana Valente, People-to-People Director 2 PAN PIPES WINTER 2011 sai-national.org P2P PE O PLE TO -PE OP LE Music Brings Hope Back to Haiti People-to-People donated musical instruments and accessories to The Fanfar of Cange, a musical ensemble including doctors and community members from the Partners in Health (Zanmi Lasante) site in Cange, Haiti. "Special thanks from all us lucky Cangeois who get to hear the music, and even more, to see the joy of the youngsters who have the means of making it." — Jackie Williams, assistant, Eglise Bon Sauveur Don't Delay, Donate Today! Giving the Gift of Music Around the World An SAI Philanthropies, Inc. Project www.sai-national.org