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sai-natiOnal.ORg WintER 2014 PAN PIPES 1 • Features • 8 Composers Celebrated by pittsburgh symphony orChestra SAI Honorary Member, National Arts Associates spotlighted during season honorary member arroyo Celebrated by Kennedy Center Opera singer feted alongside international notables in December grammys reCognize maud powell Influential violinist given award from The Recording Academy riChard simpson: Composer lost, then Found A look at the man who created music for Shakespeare's sonnets iama Competition set For 2015 CyCle Composer-Judges, composition genre announced for convention A Publication of Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc., the charitable arm of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity Florence Rudin, Oak Park Alumnae Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity was organized in 1903 "to form chapters of music students and alumnae who have a sincere interest in music and uphold the highest standards of music; to further the development of music in America and throughout the world." Its journal PAN PIPES (ISSN-0889-7581) is published four times a year, in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer, by Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc., One Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Periodicals postage paid at Asheville, NC, and at additional mailing offices. The subscription price is $30.00 a year, $35.00 for Canadian and foreign subscriptions, $5.00 per single issue. Send subscriptions, correspondence of a general nature, and changes of address to the National Headquarters in Asheville. Printed in the United States of America. Postmaster: Send address changes to PAN PIPES, Sigma Alpha Iota National Headquarters, One Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Email to nh@sai-national.org. HEATHER LAM Editor GREGORY DICKENS Publications Manager and Art Director LESLIE ODOM MILLER SAI National President SHARON W. DOTY Chairman, SAI Philanthropies, Inc. RUTH SIEBER JOHNSON Executive Director and Business Manager pan pipes Contributors JAYNE I. HANLIN SUSAN COHN LACKMAN AMANDA MALDONADO LIANA vALENTE is a member/supporter of the following organizations: American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum Fraternity Communications Association International Alliance of Women in Music International Women's Brass Conference League of American Orchestras Maud Powell Society for Music and Education NAfME: National Association for Music Education National Federation of Music Clubs National Interfraternity Music Council National Music Council Professional Fraternity Association PAN PIPES S I g m A A L P h A I OTA P h I L A N T h R O P I E S, I N C . Winter 2014 Volume 106, Number 2 8 10 C O n t A C t S A i 12 • Departments • 3 Music Medley 24 Distinguished Members 27 Opportunities SAi Online: 15 22

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