Festival Program
National Association of Composers, USA 2010 National Festival Hosted by Cascadia Composers March 10-12, 2010, Portland, Oregon page 3..........Day One: Wednesday, March 10 page 4..........Day Two: Thursday, March 11 page 5..........Day Three: Friday, March 12 page 6..........CONCERT ONE PROGRAM NOTES & COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES page 8..........CONCERT TWO PROGRAM NOTES & COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES page 12........CONCERT THREE PROGRAM NOTES & COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES page 16........PERFORMER BIOGRAPHIES page 18........SYMPOSIA ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES all SYMPOSIA convene at Sherman Clay & Moe’s Pianos 131 Northwest 13th Avenue; Portland, Oregon This festival is supported in part by grants from the National National Association of Composers, USA and Meet the Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program. Leadership support for Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections pro- gram is generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Amphion Foundation, Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, BMI Foundation, Inc., Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Jerome Foundation, The Media Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd. Additional generous gifts from Denise Senn and Rachel Bernstein are graciously acknowledged, and generous use of facilities by Sherman Clay & Moe’s Pianos. Day One: Wednesday, March 10 SYMPOSIUM ONE Sherman Clay & Moe’s Pianos 131 Northwest 13th Avenue; Portland 11:00 am-12 noon - Tomas Svoboda Performs at the piano, selections from his soon-to-be-released CD: “Charms” for harp 12:00 noon - lunch 1:30-3:30 pm - Gary Noland Discusses his ninety-minute work in progress: Forty Minus One Variations on an Original Theme for piano (Op.
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