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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Association Conference in Austin, TX on 7/10. PERFORMANCES: From the Diaries of Adam and Eve for baritone, mezzo and chamber ensemble in Nacogdoches, TX on 10/10. Vocalie for tuba and piano by J. D. Salas and James Pitts at the International Tuba-Euphonium Association Conference in Tuscon, AZ. Mélange of Neumes by the Columbia Flute Choir in Alexandria, VA on 4/10. Where Am I This Time? was performed with choreography at the 60x60 Dance event in Piccadilly Circus in London, UK. Ebullience for trumpet ensemble was performed at the 2010 Texas Music Educators Conference in San Antonio, TX. PUBLICATIONS: Vocalise for tuba and piano is available through Cimarron Press. Mélange of Neumes is available from Alry Publications. RECORDINGS: Songs of a Sourdough is available from Centaur Records on the CD Songs by Stephen Lias, Michael Patterson and Lee Hoiby performed by Scott LaGraff and Andrew Hudson. WEBSITE: stephenlias.com DAVID LIPTAK PREMIERES: Constellations by Zuzanna Szewczyk, piano in Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY on 2/16/10. Preludes by Chien-Kwan Lin, alto saxophone, Michael Burritt, marimba in Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY on 2/16/10. PERFORMANCES: Giovine vagha, i' non sent, for instrumental sextet by Collage New Music in Boston, MA on 1/24/11. Northern Light by the BGSU Philharmonia for the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music New Music Festival conducted by Emily Freeman Brown on 10/23/10. Piano Roll Blues, for piano seven-hands, as part of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland on 7/23/10 and the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia on 8/20/10. PUBLICATIONS: Folgore's Months, as part of The Donald Hunsberger Wind Library of Belwin-Mills Publishing. RECORDINGS: Ice Flowers, for violin and koto, by the duo "vio-LINK-oto," Pia Liptak, violin, and Ryuko Mizutani, koto. Centaur Records CRC 3056. Songs for Persephone, for soprano, flute, and guitar. Featuring Kathryn Lewek, soprano, Bonita Boyd, flute, and Nicholas Goluses, guitar, on the album Quicksilver, released by Albany Records TROY 1186. DAN LOCKLAIR • • NEWS: Composer Dan Locklair was a feature on the WDAV-FM 89.9 radio/Internet program, Biscuits and Bach, 3/28/10 and 8/15/10. Dan Locklair's A Spiritual Pair (A Diptych for Organ) was featured the Week of 7/10/10 on the nationally syndicated program Pipe Dreams (APM). In mid-2010 Dan Locklair's music was inducted into the International Museum of Peace and Solidarity, Samarkand Republic of Uzbekistan where Locklair scores and records are now permanently on display. A concerto for organ and orchestra, commissioned by the Greater Greensboro Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, with funding from Robert A. Bearden and David C. Ratchford, for the 2011 AGO Regional Convention Greensboro, North Carolina. Performers: EMF Festival Orchestra (Gerard Schwarz, conductor) with organ soloist, Susan Bates. PREMIERES: Arise in Beauty: An Evening of Music by Dan Locklair, on 10/16/10 as a part of the 2010-2011 Peter Pelham Series of the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA, will feature chamber, choral and Honorary Member • • • • organ music of Dan Locklair, including the World Premiere of the commissioned choral work, Arise in Beauty. PERFORMANCES: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by the Montreal Boys' Choir Course conducted by Malcolm Archer at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, Canada on 8/8/10. Salem Sonata for organ by Rhonda Edgington, organ at Unser Lieben Frauen Kirche in Bremen, Germany on 5/14/10. Glory and Peace (A Suite of Seven Reflections for Organ) by Thomas Murray, organ at the 2010 National Convention of the Organ Historical Society in the Harbison Chapel of Grove City College in Pittsburgh, PA on 6/23/10. Dream Steps (A Dance Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp) by Laura Gilbert, flute; locklair Jonathan Bagg, viola; Jacqueline Bartlett, harp at the Weymouth Center in Southern Pines, NC on 4/11/10. Sonata da Chiesa (1998) for flute and organ by Jessica Hull-Dambaugh, flute; Greg Homza, organ for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival at Grace Church in Charleston, SC on 5/31/10. RECORDINGS: Rubrics by Alan Morrison, organ Label: aca digital (Albany) (On CD entitled "Opus 76" on the Philadelphia Verizon Hall Organ) Released: 6/10. The Music of Dan Locklair by Marilyn Keiser, organ Label: Loft/Gothic (Contains five of Dan Locklair's organ works : Rubrics; Salem Sonata; PHOENIX; The Æolian Sonata; In Mystery and Wonder [The Casavant Diptych]) Released 2/10. WEBSITE: locklair.com SAMUEL MAGRILL • • • NEWS: SAI National Arts Associate Samuel Magrill is a Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) School of Music in Edmond, Oklahoma. In the fall of 2010, he received his 23rd consecutive ASCAP Award. He is currently the Board Member for Composition for the College Music Society. PREMIERES: Fanfare for a Broncho Band (2009) by University of Central Oklahoma Wind Symphony conducted by Dr. Brian Lamb at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK on 10/13/10. A Saxy Tango (2010), for saxophone quartet by the Chisholm Saxophone Quartet at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK on 2/28/10. Tango Fagotto for bassoon quartet (2009) was premiered by The Becerro Bassoon Ensemble at the University of Texas at Arlington on 11/14/10. Whole Flute Canon Quartet (2010) for flute quartet by Tieracy Brown, Montana Morgan,Ethan Richie, Randy Summers, Elizabeth Bunting, Kennedy Essmiller, Katie Kersgieter, Lucia Kim, Bennett Cook, Erin Goldman, Abigail Shuler, Julianne Janeway, flutes and conducted by Emily Butterfieldat the 2010 Flute Camp Recital in Evans Hall at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK on 6/10/10. PERFORMANCES: Odyssey Etude (2001) by Emily Butterfield, flute, and Sam Magrill, piano at the Oklahoma City Pianists' Club October meeting in Oklahoma City, OK on 10/6/09. Tango Cellito (2002) for cello ensemble was performed by the UCO Cello Member Laureate • • • • • Ensemble: Bogdan Asanovic, Katie Bowles, Kara Middleton, Julie Keeton, Brian Cook and Kristen Dixon, cellos on Bogdan Asanovic's Junior Recital at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK on 2/7/10. Double Concerto (2001) for two cellos and chamber orchestra by the UCO Chamber Orchestra, Tess Remy-Schumacher, cello and Kirsten Underwood, cello, Hong Zhu, music director, and John Clinton, guest conductor on 2/23/10. Tango Guitello (2001) for cello and guitar by Tess RemySchumacher, cello and Stefan Grasse, guitar at Fortuna Kulturfabeik Höchstadt / Aisch, Germany on 6/5/10. East West Duo (2004) for violin, cello and mridangam was performed by Hong Zhu, violin, Tess Remy-Schumacher, cello and Zoe Sherinian, mridangam on a recital An Evening of Dances and Music of India at the Pegasus Theater, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK on 8/21/10. BRUCE MAHIN • • NEWS: Developed an iPhone application Mosaic New Music for Parma Recordings to promote the 2010 compact disc release of music by composer members of the Society of Composers, Inc. available free at the Apple iTunes app store. Guest composer at the UNC-Greensboro New Music Festival 9/21 – 9/23/10. Paper presentation on the Mosiac New Music iPhone application at the National Conference of the Society of Composers, 11/11 – 11/14/10 at the University of South Carolina School of Music. PREMIERES: Waves of Amber by J.W. Turner, cello at Radford University on 10/30/10. PERFORMANCES: Waves of Amber by Jeffrey Krieger, cello at Radford University on 4/1/10. Le Sens by Castillon Trio at Stamford (England) International Music Festival on 7/27/10. For Every Season by Anthony Taylor, clarinet at UNC-Greensboro New Music Festival on 9/21/10. Waves of Amber by J.W. Turner, cello, at Appalachian State University and Winston-Salem State University on 11/5 and 11/15/10. Le Sens at Society of Composers Region 4 conference at UNC-Greensboro on 2/4/10. WEBSITE: radford.edu/bmahin JULIE MANDEL NEWS: Blues For Paul, a recording of a performance by Paul Taub, flute, and Blanche Abram, piano, was aired on 6/29/10 on the Canary Burton show on WOMR in Provincetown, MA. String Quartet #6, a recording of a performance by The Stony Brook String Quartet was aired on 7/24/10 on Station KMFA Austin, TX on the Kathryn Mishell show. PREMIERES: Conversations for flute, oboe, horn, bassoon by the Englewinds Quartet at The Puffin Cultural Forum on 5/23/10. PERFORMANCES: Solitude In The City for flute and cello, by mandel Lauren Ausubel, flute and Peter Howard, cello at The Tuesday Morning Club of Douglaston, NY on 2/23/10. Blues For Paul for Flute and piano, by Paul Taub, flute and Christina Valdes, piano at The Bloedel Reserve in Seattle, Wa on 7/25/10 and at The Chapel Performance Space in Seattle and on 7/27/10. Two In 5/4 by the Astoria sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 31

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