NE\VSLETTER THE AMERICAN SOCIETY

MARCH, 1972/VOL. 5, NO. 1 OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS

1972 CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE computers. Time for questions and comments from the The Seventh Annual National Conference of the Soci­ members present has been planned. The panel includes ety opens April 7 at the Peabody Conservatory. Robert David Cohen (Arizona State), Charles Dodge (Colum­ Hall Lewis (Goucher College and Peabody) is Conference bia), Hubert S. Howe, Jr. (Queens College, CUNY), Don­ chairman, aided by Jean Eichelberger Ivey (Peabody) and ald Macinnis (University of Virginia), and Barry Vercoe John Clough (). As in previous (M.I.T.). Conferences-New York 1966, St. Louis 1967, Philadel­ When one includes additional activities like a visit to phia 1968, Santa Barbara 1969, Hanover, N.H. 1970, and the Peabody Studio, a business meet­ Houston 1971-three days of concerts, panels, meetings, ing, a reception on Saturday afternoon, and a program of and informal discussions are planned. informal playing of tapes and exchange of scores, it is Baltimore offers an attractive setting. An old port city, readily apparent that the Society's Seventh Conference its location near Chesapeake Bay guarantees those who will be a working session. (Members of the National attend the Conference a chance to sample fine seafood, Council and Executive Committee begin their work Fri­ quaint and historic views, and-just possibly-a hint of day morning with a pre-Conference meeting.) The tradi­ early Spring. The first scheduled meeting of the Confer­ tion of excellent attendance by the membership- usually ence is at two o'clock on Friday, but you may wish to ar­ fully a third shows up at each Conference-argues that rive early. Information about nearby hotels will be avail­ once again the vital process of professional fellowship able when you register at Peabody Friday morning or among composers will be in operation in Baltimore. afternoon. The three concerts to be offered by the Peabody Con­ HOWA RD H. WILLIAMS temporary Music Ensemble will feature music by Bonde, Westergaard, Moss, Ivey, Lewis, Melby, Nelson, Taylor, The Society regrets the death on February 9 of Howard Kraft, Gamer, Brown, Tower, Hodkinson, Perera, and H. Williams, Associate Professor of Music at the Univer­ Wilson. Conference participants will have ample oppor­ sity of New Hampshire. Howard Williams had been a tunities for conversation with most of the composers rep­ long-time member of the Society; many of us had heard resented. his works performed at Society sponsored concerts in Panel discussions are slated for three topics. One is "A Durham, N.H., , and Houston. A memorial con­ Progress Report on the Index of New Musical Notation cert of his music will be given at the University this Project," chaired by Earle Brown, during which the views spring, and plans are being made to set up a collection of of the Society's members concerning specific notational his compositions in the University library. He studied issues will be solicited. Kurt Stone, Project Director, and with Seymour Shifrin at the University of California in Gerald Warfield will present the report. Members at­ Berkeley, where he received his M.A. He was buried in tending the Conference are encouraged to bring scores Auburn, California. that they think are of particular interest, especially un­ published scores. The New York Public Library will pur­ chase pertinent scores for the Notation Project, and these NEWS FROM THE REGIONS will become part of the Library's permanent collection. Region II held a meeting at the Graduate Center of the Stone and Warfield will be present during the Confer­ City University of New York on March 4 to discuss the ence to speak with individual members on notational is­ Contemporary Music Project with Leo Kraft as modera­ sues which may come up outside the panel discussion. tor and guest David Willoughby of CMP, author of the A second panel, chaired by Richmond Browne (Uni­ recently-issued Comprehensive Musicianship and Un­ versity of Michigan), has as its topic "The Role of the dergraduate Curricula. Composer as Theorist." Matters of theoretical import The Region plans a concert May 24 by the Cornell and the evolving profession of music theory will receive University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith directing. The equal attention. Panelists include program of works by ASUC composers who are members (Princeton), Carlton Gamer (Colorado College), Law­ of the National Association for American Composers and rence Moss (University of Maryland), and guest theorist Conductors will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Town Hall. All se­ Alien Forte (Yale). lections played will be added to the Ensemble's record "Compositional Approaches to Computer Music" is series. the topic of the third panel, chaired by John Melby (Princeton). Panelists will offer examples of specific com­ Region V's new Chairman is Richard Hervig (Univer­ positional problems arising from their own work with sity of Iowa, Iowa City). Region VII gave a pair of concerts October 16-17 as Two Tributes for Solo Cello-to Stravinsky and Arthur part of a two-day meeting at the Colorado College, Colo­ Bliss-and Concertante No. 5 for piano and string quar­ rado Springs. Organized by Stephen Scott, the program tet have already come out, while in March his new began with remarks by National Chairman David Burge, Intrada for organ will be performed at the University of and included a colloquium on "New Approaches to Com­ Wales, Cardiff, followed in June by the premiere of position" with Scott, Carlton Gamer, and Gregory Biss Introitus for chamber orchestra in Canterbury Cathe­ as panelists. Music by Gamer, John Melby, Mary Lyon, dral. Scott, Robert Hall Lewis, Jacob Druckman, Biss, and Steve Reich was heard. Emmanuel Ghent's Phosphones was premiered in New York by the Mimi Garrard Dance Company. The work is really two pieces, both synthesized using the GRfOhio State University, Columbus) heard the piano. first performance of his Scherzo for Orchestra in Novem­ ber, at a recent concert of the Columbus Symphony. National Chairman David Burge (University of Colo­ rado, Boulder) is the recipient of a fellowship from the (Ithaca College) was honored by his school University freeing him for the 1972-73 academic year to with two December concerts of his music. Husa received prepare recordings of new piano music by American the New York premieres of two works recently: Music for composers. Burge would particularly like to receive Prague being played by the Cleveland Orchestra and scores (which he will reproduce) by ASUC members for Apotheosis of This Earth by the Carnegie-Mellon Uni­ consideration as part of his project. versity Symphony Band, the composer conducting. Both premieres took place in Carnegie Hall. Two new works Barney Childs (University of Redlands) was guest com­ have been first performed this season: Two Sonnets from poser for the New Music Weekend held at Arizona State Michelangelo by the Evanston Symphony Orchestra in University in November. His Concerto for Clarinet and January, and the Concerto for Percussion and Wind En­ Orchestra was performed by the Redlands University­ semble by the Baylor University Band in February. Community Symphony Orchestra in November with Phillip Rehfeldt as soloist, the composer conducting. Warner Hutchison (New Mexico State University, Las Peter Racine Fricker (University of California, Santa Cruces) recently participated in the Contemporary Music Barbara) is enjoying several premieres this season. His Weekend at Arizona State University in Tempe hosted by ASUC Regional Chairman David Cohen. Hutchison's Voices was first performed at the Wisconsin College­ hompiece I for French horn and tape was played by Conservatory. hornist John Barrows at the Weekend. Edwin London (University of Illinois) will conduct the Jean Eichelberger Ivey (Peabody) has taped an hour premiere of his opera Tala Obtusities at the Krannert broadcast devoted to her music for WKCR-FM, Colum­ Center for the Performing Arts (Urbana) in March. The bia University. Scheduled for airing March 28 at 10 p.m., work, on a text of Charles Dickens, is designed and di­ the program includes an interview of Mrs. Ivey by Martin rected by Wolf Siegfried Wagner and dedicated to the Bookspan and performances of six of her recent works. memory of Ludwig Zirner. Her Tribute: Martin Luther King for baritone and or­ chestra is available from Carl Fischer, Inc. The forth­ David Maslanka premiered his Trio for violin, clari­ coming 6th edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and net, and piano in February as part of a concert presented Musicians will contain an article on Mrs. Ivey. at SUNY Geneseo with the assistance of the Buffalo Cre­ ative Associates. The work and two others, City Tree and Ben Johnston (University of Illinois) was guest When the Bird Flies for women's chorus and harp, are composer-lecturer at the Eleventh Annual Contempo­ available from the composer. rary Music Festival of Sam Houston State University, held March 3-4 in Huntsville, . His Duo for Flute Robert Middleton's Vier Trio-Satze in romantischer and Double Bass (1963), Recipe for a Singer (1969), Manier for violin, cello, and piano, and vARIAzioni­ Knocking Piece for Two Players and Piano Interior variAZIONI for piano solo were given first performances (1968), Septet (1956-58), and L e gout de neant (1950) at Vassar College and Carnegie Recital Hall last spring. were featured. James Marks, chairman of theory and In October, his Piano Sonata was performed by Helen composition at SHSU, coordinated the Festival. Baldwin in Alice Tulley Hall, New York City.

Walter S. Kimmel (Moorhead State College, Minne­ Robert Miller's December 2 program of new music for sota) received 2nd prize in the 1971 Oregon College of piano at Pace College included Salvatore Martirano's Education Kinetic Theatre Competition for his A Just Cocktail Music (1962), George Crumb's Five Pieces and Lasting Piece and a silver medal from the 24th (1962), Charles Wuorinen's Piano Sonata (1969), Mario Cannes Amateur Film Festival for his electronic score Davidovsky's Synchronisms No. 6-Piano and Electronic General Motors Enters Into Heaven. Kimmel's Eight Sounds (1970), Yehudi Wyner's Three Short Fantasies Minimal Pieces, tape for a light-show, was presented as a (1963-1971), and Aaron Copland's Piano Variations commission for the National Council of Arts and the (1930). North Dakota Arts Council's Imagination 71. His The Harold Oliver (Duke University) has two spring pre­ Dickens, What? was commissioned by KFME-TV, part mieres: that of his Concerto for Chamber Ensemble and of the public broadcasting network. Orchestra by the Duke Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Bone, and a later performance of Reflections Jonathan D. Kramer (Yale) has had his orchestra for a Pierrot Lunaire Instrumental Ensemble and Per­ piece, Requiem for the Innocent, scheduled for playing cussion at Hunter College. by the University of California (Santa Cruz) Orchestra. Kramer's For Broken Piano, Truck, Shaving Cream, Blythe Owen, whose 3 Piano Pieces-Serially Serious Fruit Salad, Toilet, Wife, San Francisco, Color TV, and were published in December, is spending the spring term (1969-70) was performed recently at Yale and Harvard. as visiting teacher of composition at Avondale College, Cooranbong, N.S.W., Australia. Edward Laufer's recent premiere of an orchestral work Ronald Pellegrino (Oberlin), working with sculptor by the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra of Halifax has led to Robert A. Raetze, produced his Metabiosis IV' A Light a commission for another orchestral work from the Ca­ and Sound Environment in December in Oberlin's Fair­ nadian Broadcasting Corporation. child Chapel. The six-hour production utilizes an inter­ action system wherein Moog, Arp, and Putney synthe­ Arthur Layzer's Morning Elevator, a short film setting sized sounds affect air currents on which lenses control­ of a poem with computer synthesized music and com­ ling projected light are floating. Other sensors allow puter graphics, was performed at the American Academy changes in light intensities to in turn control sound pat­ for the Advancement of Science "Computer Theater and terns. The work was made possible as part of a grant Music" concert held at the University of from the Ohio Arts Council to Oberlin's New Directions December 29. His computer synthesized Piece for Six Recital Series. John E. Price (Florida Memorial College) had a televi­ Nico~asF agello, Benjamin Lees, Charles Wuorinen, sion premiere of his Carol III for womens' trio, alto solo, Howard ovtcs, , and Ludmila Ulehla. chorus, and piano in Miami. His new songs Identity and Two Typed Lines will be premiered in April by Miriam S. T e Michigan State University Percussion Ensemble Green at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Price's and New Musical Arts Ensemble, Mark Johnson direc­ Scherzo I for Clarinet and Orchestra was performed by tor, will perform April 8 and May 13 in East Lansing. the Atlanta Symphony in January, Robert Shaw con­ The earlier concert features music by Richard Fitz, ducting, during the Atlanta Afro-American Music Sym­ Amadeo Roldan, Michael Udow, Michael Colgrass, posium. , and Roberto Gerhard; the later one will present works of Edgar Varese, Lou Harrison, Robert Stern (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and George Crumb. received several performances of his commissioned Play­ ground for orchestra and magnetic tape in February by An experiment in kinetic art and theatre will be pre­ the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Robert Gutter con­ sented on the campus of New Mexico State University on ducting. April 23-24. ASUC composers Warner Hutchison, Barney Childs, and David Cohen are appearing, with Clifford Taylor (Temple University) enjoyed excellent Childs as guest composer. Hutchison's contribution is a reviews for the premiere of his Symphony No. 2 as played new environmental, multi-media work created in collab­ by the Philadelphia Orchestra December 17. oration with sculptor Thomas Rose. Cohen's Sound Image I for tape is also programmed. David Ward-Steinman (University of South Florida, Tampa) has received a commission to write a piece for Temple University, Philadelphia, will offer a new grad­ the Chicago Symphony. His Antares for orchestra, syn­ uate fellowship in the fall of 1972. Clifford Taylor an­ thesizer or tape, ad-lib gospel choir, piano, celeste, harp, nounces the $2700 award, to be given to a gifted student and percussion, commissioned by the Florida Center for in composition who wishes to work toward the DMA with the Arts, was premiered by the Florida Gulf Coast Sym­ emphasis on computer programming and technology. phony. The Temple University Music Institute will hold a June 19 to July 30 Festival at the Ambler Campus of the John White (Kent State University) has published his University. A special highlight of the Institute for student Variations for Clan.net and Piano through the Galaxy composers is the week of July 24-30, when the Press. The piece is recorded on the Advent label. Symphony will be in residence. It is planned that student chamber works will be rehearsed and taped by segments Marilyn J. Ziffrin's Haiku for soprano, viola, and of the Pittsburgh group during that time. harpsichord has been awarded the 1972 Delius Composi­ tion Award. Miss Ziffrin has been commissioned by West Chester State College, Pennsylvania, presented a Harriette Richardson, organist of Colby Junior College February concert with music by ASUC members John (New Hampshire), to write a Sonata for Organ and Cello. Melby and Larry Nelson, director of the College's elec­ tronic music studio.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ON CAMPUS

The University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber NEW MUSIC EVENTS Players and the Ineluctable Modality will be in residence in Hawaii during summer 1972 for the Festival of Arts in The 1972 Spring concert season of the ISCM-League This Century. of Composers, New York Chapter, opens March 6 in the The University of Kansas Symposium of Contempo­ McMillin Theater, Columbia University with music by rary American Music plans concerts of choral, chamber, Bruce Hobson, Carman Moore, Paul Lansky, Jean­ and orchestral music as part of its Fourteenth Annual Claude Risset, Miriam Gideon, and . On presentation, May 1-3. Symposium committee member April 11 in Town Hall a Birthday Concert benefiting Edward C. Mattila has announced that Gunther Schuller Stefan Wolpe will be held in Town Hall by the League. will be guest composer of the Symposium. May 22 is the date of the League's third program, with Benjamine Boretz, Anton Webern, Elaine Barkin, A March concert of compositions by members of the Hubert S. Howe, Jr., and Emmanuel Ghent receiving faculty of the Manhattan School presented works by performances at McMillin. All concerts begin at 8:30. The New Wing for Contemporary Music played the the Philadelphia Composer's Forum, and Josef Sekon music of Ursula Mamlok, Bruce Levine, William Heller­ (University of Illinois). Yannay, a graduate of the Acad­ mann, and Wlodzimierz Kotonski, with Bruce Levine, emy of Music in Tel-Aviv, Brandeis, and the University oboe and English horn, and Ursula Mamlok, piano, solo­ of Illinois, directs Wisconsin's "Music-From-Almost­ ists in a March 10 concert at St. Bartholomew's Audito­ Yesterday" series and its "Synth-ln" series, presenting, rium, New York City. respectively, new instrumental music and live-electronic improvisations in multi-media concerts. Write Yehuda The Donnell Library concerts of the Composers' Yannay, Department of Music, University of Wisconsin­ Forum continue this season with the music of Alfredo del Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. Monaco and Frederic Rzewski on March 18. The final Mauricio Kagel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stock­ 1971-72 concert falls on April 22; Marc-Antonio Consoli hausen, Christian Wolff, and Iannis Xenakis make up and Ronald Roxbury are featured composers. the composition staff for the 1972 "Internationale Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik" at Darmstadt. Participants The Group for Contemporary Music at Manhattan in the July 19-August 6 seminar may apply for admission School finishes its season March 13 with a concert pre­ (and financial aid, if necessary) by writing to the Interna­ senting music by , Otto Luening, Raoul tionales Musikinstitut, D 61 Darmstadt, Germany, Pleskow, Carl Ruggles, Seymour Shifrin, and Harvey Nieder-Ramstadter Strasse 190. Sollberger. Directed by Sollberger and Charles Wuor­ inen, the Group is in its tenth season. The University of Iowa Center for New Performing Arts is an interdisciplinary project embracing the areas The International Rhythm and Blues Association of Art, Creative Writing, Dance, Film and Television, (founded in 1966) invites musicians interested in pre­ Music, and Theatre. Begun under a pilot grant in 1969, serving the vital heritage of r & b to join its membership. the Center is now in a five year expansion program sup­ Information is available from the I.RB.A., 2630 East ported by the University and the Rockefeller Foundation. 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60649. The CNPA's basic purposes are to support the creative arts through performance, and to encourage a significant A concert of interest was presented December 29 for interchange of concepts, methods and interests between the American Association for the Advancement of Sci­ art-oriented media. To this end, there are resident per­ ence meeting in Philadelphia. Called "An Evening of forming groups of professional caliber within the CNPA, Computer Theatre and Music", the program included a body of creative artists, a visiting artist and performer Phosphones, a dance by the Mimi Garrard Dance Com­ program, as well as laboratories and facilities to encour­ pany with computer music and light composition by age experimentation and production. In addition, a tour­ Emmanuel Ghent, and computer light control by James ing program in Iowa and the near Mid-West makes pos­ Seawright, Charles Keagle, and Emmanuel Ghent; sible the presentation of works outside of Iowa City and Olympiad, a film with computer images by Lillian the University of Iowa campus. For further information Schwartz and Ken Knowlton and computer music by write William Hibbard, Director, Center for the Per­ Max Mathews; Computer Suite from "Little Boy", by forming Arts, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Jean-Claude Risset; Computer Music for Percussion and 52240. Tape by Lejaren Hiller and G. Allan O'Connor; and Jean Eichelberger Ivey, founder and director of the Requiem, created with the GRVEreal-time program Peabody Conservatory Electronic Music Studio, has de­ which makes use of a small computer controlling an ana­ scribed the studio in an article, "The Electronic Music logue sound synthesizer, by Richard Moore. Studio in a Conservatory", to be published in the forth­ coming Volume 5 of the Society's Proceedings. In 1967 NEW PROGRAMS Mrs. Ivey gave what is believed to be the first summer course in electronic music for school music teachers. The Yehuda Yannay, composer-conductor on the faculty of course is described in her article "Electronic Music the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has received a Workshops for Teachers" in the Music Educators Jour­ grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities nal of November, 1968, an issue since published as a to conduct a "Workshop in Contemporary Music for book, entitled Electronic Music, by the National Educa­ High-School and College Music Educators" on the Mil­ tion Association. Mrs. Ivey has repeated this course waukee campus from June 12 to July 9, 1972. Twenty fel ­ annually, and will offer it in 1972 during the week of June lowships for outstanding performer-teachers on all in­ 19. ASUC members attending the Baltimore Conference struments including voice will be available on a competi­ April 7-9 will have an opportunity to visit the Peabody tion basis. Guest faculty includes Joel Thome, director of Studio. IMBRIE RECEIVES AWARD Pauline Oliveros, Daniel Lentz, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, James Tenney, Robert Moran, Composer Andrew Imbrie has been selected to receive Robert Ashley, Charlie Buel, Steven Mosko, John Bis­ the first Walter Hinrichsen Award for Composers. choff, Ivan Tcherepnin, a long essay by Harry Partch re­ The Hinrichsen Award, "to honor and encourage printed from a 1946 Circle magazine, and a review by composers in mid-career," was established at Columbia Dick Higgins of Schoo/time Compositions by Cornelius University earlier this year. To be given annually, it will Cardew. take the form of a commission for a new work or the recording or publication of an existing composition. Issue #2 will feature solely the work of two pioneer The $3,000 award, presented in a special ceremony composers of the century, Dane Rudhyar and Harry December 15 on the Columbia campus, will be used to Partch. Included will be a very interesting essay by record one of Mr. Imbrie's works. Rudhyar, The Relativity of our Musical Conceptions, Professor Chou Wen-Chung, chairman of the music first printed in 1923, a work for piano by him, a short division of Columbia's School of the Arts, in announcing essay, A Somewhat Spoof. by Harry Partch, along with the award, said Mr. Imbrie "has to his credit an impres­ the publication of a major work, Barstow (available on a sive list of works consistently distinguished by serious­ Columbia LP). ness of purpose, creative resourcefulness and technical finesse." Address all correspondence, subscriptions, inquiries The Hinrichsen Award recipient is selected on the to: Peter Garland basis of his entire work rather than for a single composi­ 15102 Polk Street tion. The Award winner is chosen by a jury of three dis­ Sylmar, California 91342 tinguished composers, who remain anonymous until the award is announced. A preliminary list of nominees for this year's award was proposed to the jurors, but the jury COMPOSITIONS AVAILABLE was not limited in its selection to the names proposed. For future candidates, recommendations will be sought The Newsletter will publish notice of ASUC members' from composers, performers, teachers and others across works available whenever space is free. Send particulars­ the country. title, instrumentation, timing, terms, etc.-to the Editor. This year's jurors were Elliott Carter, Seymour Shifrin, and . CLAIRE POLIN The Walter Hinrichsen Award for Composers was es­ tablished by the widow of the late president of the music Cader Idris, landscape for brass quintet; winner of publishing firm of C. F. Peters. Mr. Hinrichsen died in Georgia State Brass Symposium 1970; ca. ten minutes. 1969. Administration of the Hinrichsen Award is vested From G. Schirmer, New York. in the music division of Columbia's School of the Arts. Journey ofOwain Madoc, for brass quintet, piano, and Professor Jack Beeson, chairman of the University's percussion; 15 players; 12 minutes. Commissioned 1971 Music Department, is consultant to Professor Chou. by Georgia State University. Avaifable from the com­ poser, Rutgers University, College of Arts and Sciences, Camden, New Jersey 08102. NEW PUBLICATION Margoii, for solo flute; eight minutes. Available from the composer. "Soundings", a new quarterly devoted to contempo­ rary music, will appear in January of 1972, and hence in April, July, and November. Each issue will contain scores POSITIONS AVAILABLE (in many different styles of notation) and essays by composers. An oblong, 11 x 81/2 magazine, each issue will The University of Maryland Baltimore County an­ contain 64-80 pages of work by a wide spectrum of nounces a full-time opening in Music beginning in Sep­ people involved in music today. Another special feature tember, 1972. Responsibilities in the 9 hour/week teach­ will be the documentation of the work of men active ear­ ing schedule include the teaching of courses in twentieth­ lier this century, yet still generally unappreciated by the century music, composition and other musical eras re­ larger public. Single copies sell for 2 dollars and one lated to the candidate's field(s) of specialization; in addi­ year's subscription will cost 7 dollars. tion, the candidate must harbor a bona fide interest in cross-disciplinary studies correlative with Music (e.g. Issue #1 contains scores by men/women currently ac­ esthetics, film scoring, multi-media theatre, etc.) and be tive in California, including music by Harold Budd, willing to engage in research and teaching in conjunction with both faculty and students from other academic EDITORIAL COMMENT areas. Possession of a Master's degree is required; fur­ ther academic study, teaching experience and, in partic­ My thanks to the many members who sent in items of ular, proven success as an actively published and interest for this issue of the Newsletter. My apologies for performed composer, however, is strongly desired. Rank the lateness of the issue. My advice: don't get the Hong and salary are open although the appointment is pres­ Kong flu. You spend a day thinking you may die; two ently anticipated at the Associate or Full Professor level. days wishing you had; and three or four weeks suspecting U.M.B.C. is presently in its sixth year offering under­ you did. graduate and graduate programs to a diversified student I would appreciate suggestions from any of you for new body, which, it is projected, will reach 5,000 in 1972-73 departments to add to the Newsletter. Should we print and over 15,000 by the 1980's. Teachers are salaried for reviews? Member's letters? Short papers? Recipes? I'll Fall and Spring semesters; additional income may be see many of you (I hope!) in Baltimore-give me your earned by those teaching courses in the January Winter advice! Term and/ or during Summer Session. An undergraduate music emphasis is projected to commence in Fall, 1972, Richmond Browne, Editor coincidental with the opening of a new Fine Arts Com­ ASUC Newsletter plex on campus. School of Music Qualified candidates should direct letters of applica- University of Michigan tion, placement files, and tape recordings to: Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 Dr. Arthur R. Tollefson, Chairman Department of Music U.M.B.C. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 5401 Wilkens Avenue OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS, INC. Baltimore, Maryland 21228 A non-profit corporation in the state of New York. Musicians. We need you. We are a community school c/ o Department of Music in mountainous country in Virginia. We are struggling to Columbia University make ends meet while at the same time creating a stimu­ New York, N.Y. 10027 lating, evocative environment for kids to grow up in. We work with our students, farm organically, do our own construction, think about ecology, write poetry, milk Executive Committee goats. We have a bunch of musical kids but no resident Richmond Browne, University of Michigan musician. We seek a voice teacher, a pianist, flutist, Barney Childs, University of Redland, California cellist. . . If you have practical skills in addition to your John Clough, University of Michigan music, if you are interested in experimental community, Paul Lansky, if you can accept responsibility for children, if you have a John Rothgeb, University of Texas (Austin) minimum of $200 cash, maybe you'd like to join us. If Nicolas Roussakis, Columbia University not, please come here to practice with your ensemble for , Columbia University a week-end in the country. Write Nethers Community Barry Vercoe, M.I.T. School, Box 41 , Woodville, VA 22749 or phone (703) Gerald Warfield, Princeton University 987-9011.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS National Council I John Rogers, University of New Hampshire Benjamin Boretz, 97, The Reddings, Mill Hill, II Allen Brings, Queens College London, N.W.7, England (1971-72 academic year). III Robert Hall Lewis, Goucher College, Johns Hopkins University Larry A. Nelson, School of Music, West Chester State IV Donald Macinnis, University of Virginia College, West Chester, Pa., 19380. V Richard Hervig, University of Iowa Frank G. Stewart, Music Department, Mississippi VI Jeffrey Lerner, University of Houston David Burge (Chairman), University of Colorado State University, Box 5261, State College, Miss. 39762. VII VIII Richard Bunger, California State College Gerald Warfield, 144 West 71st Street, Apt. A-2, New at Dominguez Hills York, N.Y. 10023. IX Homer Keller, University of Oregon