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62 ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emanuele Arciuli, piano. Innova 715 CD 15. WEBSITE: annmillikan.com JOSHUA M. MISSAL NEWS: Celebrated 95th birthday in April by writing short but happy piece for piano in memory of Dimitri, my 16 year-old flamecolored Siamese cat. He was a carefree and loyal friend. I miss him. PERFORMANCES: missal Passing written in memory of beloved wife, Pegge (SAI), for orchestra. Southern Mississippi Symphony conducted by Jay Dean in Late fall 2010, or early spring 2011. ALICE A. MOERK • NEWS: Two new novels have been published by Peppertree Press, The Piper of T'P'S'L, and Frozen Music. PREMIERES: A Mountain Mother Goose, excerpts from the musical by Carole Cornman Fetterman, moerk soprano, Alice Moerk, piano presented to the National Council of Teachers of English in Orlando, FL on 11/10. A Mountain Mother Goose, musical, presented at the WV FolkLife Center, Fairmont (WV) State University, Spring 2011. PERFORMANCES: Peace by Alice Moerk, piano for the National League of American Pen Women in Sarasota, FL on 10/10. Little Babe - Christmas Carol: Manchester, England at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Holmes Beach, FL on 12/10. Forge, Petroglyph, and Peninsula - piano meditations by Alice Moerk, piano at the Sarasota, FL Music Club on 10/10. LAWRENCE K. MOSS NEWS: New Paths was written on a commission from the Barlow Foundation. PREMIERES: New Paths for Oboe, Viola and Piano by Left Bank Concert Society artists Mark Hill, oboe; Katherine Murdock, viola; Audrey Andrist, piano at the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center on 3/28/09. The Winds for Woodwind Quintet by The Capitol Woodwind Quintet in Temple Micah, Washington, D.C. KENT A. NEWBURY NEWS: Kent continues his composition efforts with both choral and instrumental works. His recent compositions show the influence of his love of jazz and his experience as a jazz pianist. PUBLICATIONS: Behold, I Stand at the Door 11812, Behold Your God Will Come 11650, Blessed Are Those Who Believe 11655, Break Forth Into Joy 11904 and For We Have Seen His Star 11533; G. Schirmer. RECORDINGS: Psalm 150 (SATB) has been recorded on a CD entitled "By the Rivers of Babylon" by the Gloria Dei Cantores chorale. This CD features psalm settings by such esteemed composers as A. Honorary Member • • • • Schoenberg. V. Thomson, S. Adler, and J. Berger. Sing to the Lord a New Song by the University of Arizona Symphonic Choir. WEBSITE: KentNewbury.com JAMES NIBLOCK PREMIERES: Clarolin for clarinet and violin by Walter and Elsa Verdehr, soloists at the American Embassy in Beijing, China. PERFORMANCES: Aria and Rondo, violin, piano by Igor Klanin at Yale University. Canto, double bass, piano by Tod Leavitt at Valdosta State University. Concerto No. 2, violin, clarinet, orchestra by Walter and Elsa Verdehr, soloists, Blue Lake Festival Orchestra. Soliloquy, solo violin, string orchestra by Anie Jodry, soloist in Paris, France. PUBLICATIONS: Rondino for Concert Band. Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals, SL. Fanfare for Brass and Percussion. Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals, SL. Elegia for string orchestra. Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals, SL. MOLLIE O'MEARA PREMIERES: New Orleans Sketches, five short movements for viola and bass clarinet by the chamber group, Musaica with Bruce Owen, viola and John Reeks, clarinet at the Munholland Methodist Church in Metairie, LA on 5/11/10 and at Loyola University 5/13/10. PERFORMANCES: Kyrie, Have Mercy, Lord, was performed at Paradise Hills Methodist Church in Albuquerque, NM on 6/13/10. The composer was both vocal soloist and accompanist; she also composed the text, a paraphrase of Psalm 51. Mountain Spirit, for solo cello by Drew Owen in Arlington, VA on 8/22/10. WEBSITE: mollieomeara.com MAGGI PAYNE PERFORMANCES: Solar Wind, Ahh-Ahh and Resonant Places used for Regions, choreographed and performed by Molissa Fenley at the Joyce Soho in New York City, NY on 11/4 - 11/7/10. Liquid Amber screened at Ear to the Earth for Electronic Music Foundation on 10/28 - 11/1/10. Liquid Amber screened, Cinesonika, SIAT-SFU (School of Interactive Arts + Technology and Simon Fraser University on 11/12 - 11/21/10. Arctic Winds diffused, Nuit Blanche, Festival Futura 2010, Crest, France on 8/29/10. Liquid Amber screened, Intermedia Festival, Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI (Informatics and Communications Technology Complex at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), IN on 4/23-4/25/10. RECORDINGS: Arctic Winds CD (seven electroacoustic works: Fluid Dynamics, Distant Thunder, Apparent Horizon, Arctic Winds, System Test (fire and ice), Glassy Metals, and FIZZ) released on Innova label (10/2010). MARGA RICHTER PREMIERES: Soliloquy for Piano, with composer at piano, at Parrish Art Museum, Southampton NY on 10/16/10; and at Steinway Piano Gallery, South Huntington NY on 10/22/10. Serenade No. 2, for guitar and piano at Sorce-Lodge Duo in Wading River, NY on 11/5/10; and Bellport, NY on 11/21/10. Reveries on a Mountainside, solo clarinet by Lars Wouters Van Den Oudenweijer in Enkhuizen, Netherlands on 11/13/10. PERFORMANCES: Quantum Quirks of a Quick Quaint Member Laureate • • • • • Quark No. 3 by Michael Skelly, piano at the South Huntington Library, Huntington Station, NY on 6/11/10. Remembrances; Sonata for Piano by Richard Zimdars, piano at Mercer University, Macon, GA on 10/10. Soliloquy for Piano in Wading River, NY on 11/5/10; and in Bellport, NY on 11/21/10. Thredony for String Trio at The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library in Cutchogue, NY on 12/5/10. PUBLICATIONS: Soliloquy for Piano; Serenade No. 2; Reveries on a Mountainside; all by Shrewsbury Press. JOSEPH L. RIVERS • • • NEWS: Joseph Rivers completed the film score to Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Bo Bergstrom, with a soundtrack album to be released in the next year. He was also commissioned to compose a piece for the Starlight Band of Tulsa by Mark Watson and Friends of the Starlight Band in honor of Tulsa flutist Debbi Turner. PREMIERES: Overture for Debbi by the Starlight Band on 6/29/10. The rivers Wanderings of Ayumi by Lise Glaser, oboe and Lorelei Barton, harp at a concert sponsored by the Oklahoma Composers Association, the University of Tulsa and St. John's Episcopal Church on 10/25/10. PUBLICATIONS: The Fundamentals of Tonal Music, was published in 2010. The music theory textbook consists of both "basic" and "advanced" fundamentals, with music examples accessible online. RECORDINGS: Echoes of War-Visions of Piece by the Kiev Philharmonic was released by ERMMedia on Volume 15 of its "Masterworks of the New Era" series. His CD album Nuova Avventura was also released, consisting of piano compositions in various styles, along with flute, violin, clarinet, or string quartet for some of the tracks. WEBSITE: josephrivers.com EUGENIE ROCHEROLLE NEWS: Eugenie Rocherolle presented her latest publications on the Hal Leonard Publishers Showcase at the Music Teachers National Association conference on 3/23/10 in Albuquerque. She received another ASCAPlus Award in 2010. She was invited to attend The World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia. The 2011-2013 Federation Festivals Bulletin of the National Federation of Music Clubs will include 23 of her piano compositions and selections from a piano trio collection. She has received a commission from the Music Teachers National Association to write a piano trio featuring wind instruments, to be premiered at the March national conference in Albuquerque. Another commission for a piano solo from the Cooperative Vincent –d'Indy of Montreal, is to commemorate the organization's 25th anniversary. PERFORMANCES: All You Peoples Clap Your Hands (SATB and piano) by the Western rocherolle sai-national.org WINTER 2011 PAN PIPES 33

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