The following is excerpted from an article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dec. 27, 1992. St. Louis Symphony's Andre Raphel Smith Likes Role Model Role

By Paul A. Harris come to everyone. And, because ofthis ap­ Andre Raphel Smith will allow that the preciation ofhis own opportunities. he has road leading from a Durham, N.C. public "Music is an avenue taken a prominent role in the St. Louis school to the Powell Symphony Hall podium for kids to go places Symphony's community outreach pro­ is not an easy one. Having made that jour­ grams. When he lectures and teaches in St. ney' the St. Louis Symphony's thirty-year­ they otherwise might Louis schools. he brings classical music to old assistant conductor wants to let young­ not be able to go." area students as well as serving as a role sters in the city's public schools know that model for them. successes like his are certainly possible ones. Smith believes it is critical that classical "It is very important for young people to music in particular, and the arts, in general, see that those who do not grow up in the do not disappear from the public schools. most affluent environment, but who work "Music is in great danger in the schools. One hard and apply themselves, can make it." ofthe reasons is that manypeople fail to see Smith began his musical career as a trom­ what music can do {or kids. For example, bonist. at age 11, and he traces his interest when I was in high school, I knew kids {or in classical music to the PBS series ofbroad­ whom the main reason for staying in school cast concerts byconductor Andre Previn and was the band. What we need to remember the Symphony ["Previn and the is that music is an avenue for kids that helps Pittsburgh"] that he watched in the early them to go places they otherwise might not 1970s. As he honed his skills on the trom­ be able to go. Through music they can ex­ bone, however. he began to set his sights on perience emotions and grow in ways that the conductor's role. other things - even sports- might not al­ "I was always very taken with the low them to. That's something that has conductor's ability to communicate not only slipped past many of us - or that We have with the orchestra. but with the audience as just forgotten." well," he explained, "to bring the composer's When he decided to become a conduc­ intentions across." tor, Smith didn't want to become an icon Smith spent ten years in school. He did - to be stereotyped as a 'young African­ his undergraduate work at the University of others have obviously opened a lot ofdoors American conductor.' "We all know that if Miami and earned his master's degree at for younger people such as myself. I can I weren't a good musician I wouldn't have Yale. He was awarded the Bruno Walter honestly say that, if anything, people have been hired bythe Symphony," he says. "But, Memorial Scholarship to Juilliard. where he been more open to me because I'm an Afri­ considering what's going on with America's received an advanced orchestral conducting can-American - because they were happy youth these days, it's very important for me certificate. and he holds a diploma from to see someone who was well-prepared and to remember that these kids need African­ 's Curtis Institute ofMusic. musical. They wanted to give a young per­ American role models. At the same time. I Soon to begin his third season with St. son a shot." need to be careful not to skew the {act that, Louis. Smith has also conducted the Hous­ Smith acknowledges that having an op­ first and foremost, I must be a good musi­ ton Symphony, the Savannah Symphony portunity to conduct a symphony orches­ cian, and that everydaywhen I wake up, my and the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia. tra - even on the college level- does not first goal must be to be a better musician." Although young have re­ cently risen to prominent roles in several American symphony orchestras. in assistant SYMPHONIUM CONTRIBUfORS or associate posts, the only black who is cur­ April 27 to August 9, 1993 renty the music director ofa major Ameri­ can orchestra is James DePreist of the Or­ Heal. Denton Ross. John Gordon egon Symphony. Among some black con­ Frazier. Sandra Rivers Smith, Grace Hobson ductors, especially those from older genera­ Freeman, Peggy V. Walton. George E. tions. there is a perception that racial dis­ Gilbert, Mathilda Young, Florence B. crimination occurs. Smith had this to say Happe. Patricia A. Hopper, Kenneth W. about whether he had felt discrimination: AND MANY THANKS Kennedy, Mr. & Mrs. Matthew W. "Each person's experience is going to be dif­ to Atty. Alan Z. Lefkowitz for Lorberbaum. Nora Bailey volunteerlegal assistance ferent. For me it (race) has only been to my Morgan, Mr. & Mrs. Willie D. ldvantage. Conductors like Henry Lewis Morrison, Laura J. [formerly music director of the New Jersey Pilot, Ann Hobson Symphony] and Denis de Couteau [music director of the San FranciBco Ballet1. and

5 Fa111993 GA n;WAYS - Continued from Page 1 Clarinetist Eley Leads and critics alike, but their impact was having studied for what he said was forty Double Life eclipsed bythe fascinating prospect ofhear­ years. ing Farrakhan in this unexpected role. He "In manyways, itwas an astonishing per­ Duringthe Pittsburgh Symphonys spring did not disappoint. formance, and not only for the degree of tour to California,we had a too-briefchance Writing in the New York Times, music technical refinement, which was surprising. to chat with clarinetist Marcus Eey. Living critic Bernard Holland reported: "Can Louis Farrakhan played with mostly sure tone, now in Studio City, California, Mr. Eley not Farrakhan play the violin? Godbless us, he mostly in tune and with rhythmic incisive­ only enjoys a significant career as a per­ can. He makes a lot of mistakes, not sur­ ness. former, but he is currentlyworking for Rico prisingly for a man who had virtually aban­ "More remarkable was his personal fire. International, which makes reeds and other doned the instrument for 40 years and has At times it turned into athleticism, even accessories for clarinets and saxaphones. Al­ only owned one since 1974. Yet his sound roughness. But Farrakhan understands what though reeds made by Rico are used by stu­ is that ofthe authentic player. It is wide, deep being a soloist means, and this generated dents and jazz performers worldwide, the and full ofthe energy that makes the violin thoughts about where such poise comes companyhas developed a prototype reed for gleam. His thrustingsense ofphrase has mu­ from and just how far it can carry an ama­ professional symphonic use. In his capacity sical power to it, even though some of the teur in so specialized a situation. as a Rico representative, Eiey met with clari­ erratic movement kept Mr. Morgan and his "InFarrakhan's case it carried him far. He netists from the Pittsburgh orchestra to show musicians scrambling at times." had everyone's attention, and not just be­ them samples ofthe new product. Expanding on Holland's enthusiasm, cause ofthe novelty. One got the sense from He also brought along programs from Gordon Sparber ofthe Winston-Salem Jour­ this playing that he could do anything he set two recent recitals - one, on April 23, un­ nal writes: "The most interesting perfor­ his mind to. And if he has set his mind to der the auspices ofthe Irvine Valley College mance of the evening - and the one that the violin to inspire black youths to pursue School of Fine Arts - which he performed had thoughts erupting like firecrackers ­ this dying art, he will surely get results." with pianist Lucerne DeSa. Included on the was by Louis Farrakhan, who played the Plans for the next Gateways Festival are varied program was the 1986 Sonata by Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. alreadyin progress. Musicians interested in David N. Baker (Indiana University). "Farrakhan said that he has picked up the participating should contact Armenta On May 14, Mr. Eley, violist Karen Baine, violin, an instrument from his youth, only Adams Hummings, as soon as possible, at: and pianist Mark Neiwirth made their de­ in the last two years. Violinists spend their 2012 Milford Street but, as the California Trio, at the Weill Re­ lives refining such concertos, yet here was a Winston Salem, NC 27107. cital Hall, in , New York. That man with the confidence to do it after not Tel: (919) 788-7711 program included the world premiere of a work by Carl Byron. Marcus Eley, whose playing has been de­ From SYMPHONIUM's Mailbag ... scribed by critics as "expert, songful and straightforward" with "fine control of dy­ A newsy letter from violinist Nora Bailey but that you had created - singlehandedly namics and smooth handling of the Lorberbaum (formerly ofthe EI Paso Sym­ - a musical community where there had instrument's different registers," has per­ phony) arrived along with materials from been nonebefore. Dr. de Lerma agreed with formed throughout the , in the '93 Detroit Symphony/Unysis African­ me completely. I knowthat it's been true for Europe and China. He is a graduate ofIndi­ American Composers Forum, and aspeech, mylife, in mycase, and 1'd never have known ana Universityand attended the Hochschule "Thoughts on Black Music History," given about Detroit [Composers Forum) but for fur Musik as a student ofAlfred Prinz, prin­ in April at Lawrence University (Appleton, the work ofSYMPHONIUM." cipal clarinetist ofthe Vienna Philharmonic. Wisconsin) by musicologist Dominique­ Thanks, Nora! He has also studied with Robert Marcellus Rene de Lerma. ofthe Cleveland Orchestra and Clark Brody Nora describes a wonderful breakfast on From Dr. de Lerma himself comes news of the Symphony. He made his the last day of the conference. "It was my ofa new newsletter being established in con­ Weill Hall solo debut in March 1987. He can unexpected good fortune to spend some nection with the Ben Holt Memorial Con­ be reaced as follows: time with Dr. de Lerma, whom I had met cert Series. (Baritone Ben Holt, who sang Marcus Eley the day before. That was around 8:15 A.M., with the Metropolitan and 4211 Laurel Canyon Blvd. and it was about 11:15 before we got up to operas, and with orchestras around the Studio City, CA 91604 join the meeting. At one point, Phillip country, died of Hodgkin's lymphoma in Tel. (818) 753-8099 Greenberg [Music Director ofthe Savannah 1990 at the age of 34.) Mr. deLerma hopes Fax (818) 504-9207 Symphony] joined us. Later, Mama [Portia that this new publication will provide the H. Thomas Bailey-Beal, well-known music same kind ofservice to the African-Ameri­ Although SYMPHONIUM is supported educator) joined us - with stories ofTeddy can, Hispanic and Native American commu­ entirely by contributions, it does not have tax­ Wilson, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Carol Brice, nity of singers that SYMPHONIUM pro­ exempt status. Therefore, yourcontributions Dean Dixon, et al. It was a most extraordi­ vides to instrumentalists. are not tax-deductible as charitable expenses. nary morning. For more information you can write to We are sorry ifthis has caused any confusion "At some point during the discourse, I Dr. de Lerma at 8615 Central Park Ave., or misunderstanding. SYMPHONIUM's fi­ nancial records are open to anyone who said that your contribution had been not Skokie, IL 60076-2933. 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SYMPHONIUM 6 Teen Virtuoso Executes Kwame Awards Honor Carol Porter Named Ravel "Double Play" Arts Achievers Arts Director A few days after his sensational perfor­ The Nevilla Ottley Singers, Inc., of Carol Porter, whose progress toward a mance of Ravel's Concerto in G Ma­ Takoma Park. Maryland. presented its sec­ career in arts management SYMPHONIUM jor with the Denver Chamber Orchestra last ond annual Kwame· Awards May 16 at the has been following for the last couple of January 29, pianist Terrence Wilson rede­ UniversityofMaryland in College Park. The years, has been named director ofthe Com­ fined the terms "double play" and "save" by awards are given to outstanding classical art­ munityArts Program ofthe Mississippi Arts substituting for the injured Richard Fields ists of color and those who have promoted Commission in Jackson, Mississippi. in a Black History Month performance. Feb. and supported such artists. In her new capacity, Carol will provide 3. with the Indianapolis Symphony and The awardees for 1993 are Todd Duncan, technical assistance in the form of work­ guest conductor Leslie Dunner. baritone, first African-American to sing with shops, conferences and occasional site visits Following his Denver performance, con­ a major American opera company; Doris to arts agencies across the state, and she re­ ducted by Paul Lustig Dunkel. the 17-year Jones, prima ballerina and founder of the ports: "So far, I'm having fun observing, old Terrence went back to his twelfth grade Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in Wash­ reading and learning about all of the con­ classes in New York City's Professional ington; Everett Lee, conductor and founder fusing government policies." Children's School, only to be recruited, the of the Little Symphony in New York City, Originally a pianist, Carol Porter has a very next day, to substitute for Fields. who currentlydirector ofthe Bogota Symphony; degree in piano performance from the Uni­ had been scheduled to play the Gershwin Sylvia Olden Lee, coach ofmajor operasing­ versity of Southern Mississippi. This past Concerto. ers; Ulysses Kay, composer, whose orches­ spring she earned a master ofarts degree in Reviewers in Denver and Indianapolis tral works earned him an American Broad­ arts administration from ColumbiaUniver­ lauded the young man's maturity, presence casting Award in 1946 and the Gershwin sity. Through Columbia,she worked for the and appeal as a soloist. According to one: Award in 1947; and Ruby Dee and Ossie Community School of Music and Arts in 'Technically Wilson was on top ofeveryline, Davis, award-winning actors. Mountain View, California, and she gained phrase and note. from the smart whip-snap The awards concert, led by Music Direc­ hands-on experience working as marketing of the first movement to the finale's last tor Nevilla Ottley, featured the Takoma Park and public relations coordinator for the New bang...He mayhave the touching confidence Symphony, the Ebony Strings and the York Philharmonic. In 1992, she was a del­ ofyouth but he also has the moving artistry NeviIJa Ottley Singers in a program ofsig­ egate for the International Visitors Center ofage." nature roles and works ofthe honorees. of Jackson's Mississippi/Germany music Terrence Wilson began his musical stud­ The Nevilla Ottley Singers, established in exchange. ies at the age ofeight, his interest piqued by 1982. perform primarily within the Wash­ Carol is in the process ofcompiling a list hearing classical music on the radio in his ington, D.C. area. The organization func­ ofAfrican-American artists who have roots home in the Bronx. A student ofYoheved tions to broaden public awareness of out­ in Mississippi. Ifyou have any information standing works by lesser-known and "mi­ that might help her in this effort, you can nority" composers. write to her at the following: ·Kwame is a Ghanian word that means "'Child of the Crmtor. " The award itself is a bronze bust of Mississippi Arts Commission the uplifted face ofa smiling youth. representing 239 N. Lamar St., Suite 207 apeaation and fulfillment, designed by Maryland Jackson, MS 39201 sculptor Norman Greene. (601) 359-6036.

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA David Zinman, Music Director Announces two vacancies for VIOLIN One permanent position One temporary through May 22, 1994 Auditions: November 21 & 22 Finals: November 22 or 23 Application deadline date: Oct. 21, 1993 A refundable deposit of $100.00 payable to the Symphony Orchestra must accompany your resume. No repertoire lists will be given over the telephone. The Audition Corrmittee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards. Employment to begin immediately or may be negotiated pending availability of candidate. Highly Kaplinsky since 1989. he also takes music­ qualified musicians are asked to send resume and refundable $100 check to: related courses in the preparatory division George Aranow, Personnel Manager )f the Manhattan School of Music. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall From material written by Margaret Stookesberry, 1212 Cathedral Street Drover Chamber Orchestra. - Baltimore, MD 21201 7 Fall 1993 WAVE - Continued from Page 1 NEA Music ChiefHandy For many years. Bruce Wade was a member ofPro Musica Rara Retires and the Notre Dame Chamber Ensemble. His hobbies included what he described as manic compact disc collecting, caring for hi? beau­ After nine years with the music tiful cat, Julia, gardening, bike riding and visiting Baltimore's fine program of the National Endow­ dining establishments. ment for the Arts, D. Antoinette Among the organizations where contributions in Bruce Wade's Handy, director of the memory maybe sent are the following: Endowment's music program, re­ tired on July 31. A graduate ofthe The Bruce L. Wade African AIDS Action Baltimore New England Conservatory and Youth Ensemble Fund 2501 N. Charles St. Northwestern University, Ms. c/o Carolyn Foulkes Baltimore, MD 21218 Handy has been an active per­ 2106 Dobler Ave. former - she is a flutist - and is Baltimore, MD 21218 HERO, Medical Arts Bldg. well known as an author, teacher, 101 W. Read St. adjudicator and lecturer. She is a Joseph Richey Hospice Baltimore, MD 21201. regular contributor to a nwnber 8328 N. Eutaw St. ofscholarlypublications and is the Baltimore, MD 21201 WBJC-FM Radio author ofBlack Women in Ameri­ 2901 Liberty Heights Ave. She is currentlyfinishing work on a new can Bands and OrchestTas. Moveable Feast, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21215 book about black conductors. P.O. Box 38445 In recognition ofher many years ofservice and pending retire­ Baltimore, MD 21231 WJHU-FM Radio ment, Ms. Handy has been honored in a variety ofways. Perhaps 2216 N. Charles St. the most interesting occurred on May 15, at the conclusion of a Baltimore, MD 21218 meeting of the National Council on the Arts (which advises the NEA). Jacqueline Trescott of the Washington Post describes what took place: "And just to drive home the point that the NEA is no Editor's note: I will never forget a wonderful evening ofmerriment run-of-the-mill governmentagency, a world-class concert took place and music, back in 1976. at the home ofa flutist friend from music after the morning business. To salute Antoinette Handy, the retir­ camp days, who lives in Baltimore. I was in town to play solo with the ing musicprogramdirector, a council member burstinto song. That Baltimore Symphony. Many members ofthe orchestTa were at the party, member happened to be Roberta Peters, star ofthirty-four seasons participating in impromptu music-making, including Bruce Wade who at the . The meeting room became La Scala, as brought along his beautiful baroque violin and thrilled us with his Peters' soprano shattered the air with two Mozart arias. The sur­ virtuosity. It was obvious that evening that Bruce, still fairly new to prise tribute had everyone crying by the end." the orchestra, was much loved by his colleagues. Those bonds were strengthened as the years went by. SYMPHONIUM extends to Antoinette Handy every good wish as I spoke at length with Bruce a couple oftimes during the last year. she leaves the nine-to-five rat race. She is retuming to her home base He exhibited remarkable courage and used every bit ofpositive energy ofJackson, Mississippi, where she will have more time to devote to he could muster to fight his i/lness. Ifpositive energy could have saved writing, and to pursue her interest in identifying and supporting ~al­ him, it would have. 1know that his death leaves a void in the lives of ented youngAfrican-Amen'can musicians. The value ofher assistance those who knew him. to SYMPHONIUM, especially in its infancy, has been considerable, Pat Jennings and we look forward to many more years ofassociation.

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Vol 6, No, 2 For and About the Professional African-American Symphony Musician Spring 1994 Northwest Post for St. Louis Symphony Musicians Share IN i Conductor Harvey Felder I UNISON Concert With Andre Watts Harvey Felder, assis­ On April 13, as part of the St. Louis Symphony's IN UNISON outreach program, four tant conductor musicians from the orchestra joined pianist Andre Watts in a performance ofthe Quintet ofthe Milwau­ for Piano and Strings by Cesar Franck. The participants in the concert, held at the Wayman kee Symphony AME Church, were violinists Charlene Clark and Darwyn Apple, violist Leonid Gottman Orchestra and ceHist Robert Silverman. Also on the program was the string quartet in G Major by since 1991, Mozart. has been ap­ The IN UNISON program is designed to enhance participation by the St. Louis com­ pointed music munity, especially the black community. in St. Louis Symphony Orchestra programs. Con­ director of the certs take place in local churches. This year the total number ofIN UNISON churches has Tacoma (WA) Symphony Orchestra, begin­ increased to twelve, with a total membership of 13,000. ning in September. The program offers major ticket discounts and delivers a wide variety of concerts and Mr. Felder began his tenure with the Mil­ music-related services to groups and individuals in the churches. Several St. Louis Sym­ waukee Symphony in 1988 as an Affiliate phony members have participated in a number of concerts and performances at IN UNI­ Artist conductor and was named assistant SON churches. The orchestra's assistant conductor, Andre Raphel Smith, is music director conductor in 1991. He has been described of the IN UNISON program. by the Milwaukee Sentinel as "a thoughtful and sincere musician with a stylish, poised

I podium presence." On his first MSO sub­ , scription concerts, in 1991, his reading ofthe Shostakovich Fifth Symphonywas described as "dramatic and vivid" by the Milwaukee Journal. A graduate of the University of Wiscon­ sin at Madison and the UniversityofMichi­ gan. Harvey Felder has enjoyed many career . highlights. including his Carnegie Hall de­

I but. with the American Symphony Orches­ tra, in a series of young people's concerts during the "Carnegie Hall at 100" celebra­ tion in 1991. Since then he has conducted the Chicago, Baltimore, New Jersey, North Carolina and National symphonies and the Orange County Philharmonic. The 1993-94 sea~on has seen him in return assignmen ts with the Chicago and National symphonies I and debut engagements with the Atlanta and IN UNISON participclIIts DClrwy" Apple, Leonid Gottman, Charlme Clarlc, Kansas City symphonies. Rollert Silverman and Arldre Warts Mr. Felder currently serves on the Kennedy Center Commission. a non-parti- i The program was designed by Brenda Jones. director ofthe orchestra's Black Outreach san body organized to study the role of the program. OfAndre Watts' involvement, she says, "Andre Watts volunteered to perform in arts in educational reform. The one of our IN UNISON churches this year after he saw the program in action during his commission's findings will be used by the last concert date with the orchestra." Secretary ofEducation in the planning ofthe Stating that Blacks feel less than completely comfortable at Powell Hall, where the or­

"America 2000 and Beyond" program. I chestra makes its home, she has made it her job to give Blacks the keys to Powell Hall by FELDER - Continued on Page 3 ST. I.OUlS- Continued on Page 3 '''fp"""i • During June and July, conductor Kay George Roberts will con­ • Cellist Alvin McCall. a fixture on the New York City music scene for the last several years, has won a position with the St. Louis Sym­ duct the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Festival Or­ phony Orchestra beginning in September. McClll, who has been chestra, and the Lugano Festival Orchestra in Switzerland, where seen by many on PBS Television performing with the ~1ostly :-'101art she will lead the European premiere ofFrederick Tillis' Festival Jour­ Orchestra, was a finalist in the 1982 International Tchaiknwsky ney with Max Roach. In January, she conducted the Cleveland Competition. Orchestra's ;\1Jrtin Luther King concert, and she made her Sever­ ance Hall debut on April 8 conducting the Cleveland in a Friday • The Virginia Beach Beacon recently ran a two-page photo fea­ ;\1atinee subscription concert. In February she led the Savannah ture about Beverly Kane Baker, principal violist ofthe Virginia Sym­ Symphony in the world premiere of Wendell Logan's Runagate, phony Orchestra. The 35-year-old mother of three has been with Runagate, with tenor William Brown as soloist. the orchestra since 1983 and was promoted to the principal posi­ tion two years ago. Music Director JoAnn Falletta says of Baker, • From oboist Oscar Petty comes word ofsuccessful performances "She's a terrific principal, and in the last couple ofyears the section in March with the Billings Symphony Orchestra, as well as the re­ has responded to her leadership and understanding - they're more cording ofa commercial CD, the orchestra's second, featuring works engaged, more committed, and it's fantastic to see that transforma­ for oboe and orchestra by Haydn, Howard Hanson, Ulysses Kay, tion." Beverly Kane Baker is a native of Hampton, Virginia. Billings Music Director Uri Barnea, and Mario Lombardo. The re­ cording, funded by Fredrick J. Urbaska and Miriam and Joseph • Entering his third season as Affiliate Artist/NEA Assistant Con­ Sample, is due for in ductor ofthe Minnesota Orchestra, William Eddins will be in charge release November. of two concert series during the 1994-95 season - the family-ori­ • Le Trio Noir is a newly formed ensemble, which made its debut ented Adventures in Music, and the Thursday evening Casual Clas­ in April 1993 at the NAACP National Headquarters in Baltimore. sies. He makes his subscription concert debut in November and Flutist Norman Brendey. a graduate ofOberlin College and Catho­ will also lead the '94-95 Kaleidoscope series. During the summer he lic University, is a soloist in the U. S. Army Band and teaches at the closes the Cabaret Pops season with "Romancing the Classics," and Duke Ellington School ofthe Arts in Washington. Clarinetist Mario he will play the dual role of conductor and chamber music pianist Hunter is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and on the orchestra's CARNIVAU summer series. the University of Michigan. He is with the Baltimore Public School • The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presented the Anderson System. Bassoonist Cheryl Morris is a graduate of Norfolk State String Quartet as part of its 1994 Outreach Program. The concert, University, West Virginia University and the Peabody Institute. She March 20 at the Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, included quar­ teaches music history at the Notre Dame Preparatory School in tets by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich. The Anderson Quar­ Towson, Maryland, and bassoon and clarinet in the TW.I.G.S. pro­ tet, formerly the Chaminade Quartet. was the winner of the 1991 gram at the Baltimore Schoo} for the Arts. Cleveland Quartet International Competition. • Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Keyboard Patricia Prattis • Detroit SymphonyAssociate Conductor Leslie Dunner guest-con­ Jennings is set to play the "Rhapsody in Blue," December 3D, 31 ducted the Canton (OH) Symphony Orchestra on April 17 with and January I, with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Assis­ Juliette Kang as soloist in the Prokofiev VIOlin Concerto No. I. In tant Conductor David Mairs, formerly a member ofthe Pittsburgh addition to his duties in Detroit, Dunner IS principal conductor of Symphony horn section, will conduct the gala New Year's weekend the Dance Theatre ofHarlem, musIC director ofthe Dearborn Sym­ Big Band concerts. Jennings' Gershwin has been variouslydescribed phony Orchestra and music advisor for the Harlem Festival Or­ as "inspired," "unusually spontaneous," and "like hearing the mu­ chestra. When he isn't conducting, ~1r. Dunner composes and per­ sic for the first time." forms as a clarinetist. • Nancy Williams Jackson has been named a member ofthe Phila­ • Michael Morgan, former assistant conductor ofthe Chicago Sym­ delphia Orchestra's Education Advisory Council. The job of the phony and current music director of the Oakland (CA) East Bay council is to facilitate an exchange of ideas which will strengthen Symphony, guest conducted Pittsburgh Symphony subscription ties between the orchestra and the community. Mrs. Jackson. a concerts March 11, 12 and 13. The program included the Walton graduate ofFisk University and Combs College ofMusic, is a former Violin Concerto, with soloist Christian Altenburger, Mendelssohn's Fisk Jubilee Singer. As a 1988 Philadelphia Fellow for Independent rarely heard Symphony No.1 and the Pittsburgh premiere of the Study, she authored "Are the Contributions of African Americans rousing Jazz Symphony by George Antheil. Your editor had the good in Music Being Recognized, Preserved and Revived?" Among the fortun~ of having dinner with Mr. Morgan and was delighted to sponsors of the study were the National Endowment for the Hu­ meet hIS parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie D. Morgan, who came from manities and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Washington for the weekend's festivities.

SY:Y1PHONIC:Yl (ISSN 1052-7MR) is an tn,kpendem puhlicallon tn no way Care to COLLAGE? See Page 8 connected to Ihe American Symphony Orchntra Leaj(ue,ICSOM. the N:1l10nal Endowment (or Ihe Arts or the MUSIC ASSl\I;lOce Fund EdJlor Patncla PrattlS lenntnp SYMPHONIUM PHOTOS EdJlonaJ ASSistance Darlys Ford If anyone has submitted photos to SYMPHONIUM, requested ElectronIC Puhltshtng Prose & Con Spinto. Inc. their return and they have not been returned, please let us know Pnnltng Apple Prtnltng and we'll return them posthaste. Otherwise, all photos will be kept Lahels ral SzcepanskJ. Manchesler Craftsmen" GuilJ on file for future use. SYMPHONIUM 2 ST LOUIS-Contznued from [JIlIiC 1 FROM THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY: opening the doors of area churches. Of the IN UNISON program. Music Director Flutist Judy Dines S~1YS, .. I had no idea ofthe integral parr that music plays in the church Entering her third year as sec­ se~vices. ~\'lusic hJS true meaning for the congregations and reJches ond flutist of the Houston Sym­ them on a level thJt we could only dream about at Powell HaiL" phony Orchestra is Judy Dines, a Washington, DC, native who be­ Darwyn Apple gan to play the flute at the age of Since his debut with the De­ SIX. troit Symphony at an eJrly age. Although there wasn't a music Darwyn Apple (SYMPHO­ program in the Catholic schools NIUM Vol. 2 No.1) has been where she was educated, Judy at­ steadily gaining recognition as a tributes her success not only to soloist/recitalist in this country her family, all of whom are suc­ and abroad. He has performed cessful professionals, but to the before audiences in Europe and well-known discipline of Catho­ made solo appearances with lic education. many American orchestras, in­ She participated for several cluding St. Louis, New Orleans. years in the National Symphony Orchestra's Youth Fellowship Toledo and Detroit. Program and is the first graduate of that program to be hired by a The former Fulbright scholar has also served on the faculties of major American orchestra. several institutions, including Principia College. Webster Univer­ Winner ofa number ofcompetitions, Judy Dines won the Na­ sity, Lindenwood College, the University ofMissouri, St. Louis Uni­ tional Symphony's Young Soloist Competition in 1991 and has versity, and Wayne State University in Detroit. This past January, twice appeared as a soloist with that orchestra. Apple, a 23-year veteran of the first violin section of the St. Louis She is a graduate ofTemple University and the Peabody Con­ Symphony, performed during the Presidential Inaugural festivities servatory. in Washington. Charlene Clark FELDER-Continued from page 1 St. Louis Symphony violinist Charlene Mr. Felder has distinguished himself as a performer and peda­ Clark began her violin studies at the age gogue. He is equally comfortable conducting classical subscription oftive. As a youngster she participated in concerts or addressing young people's concert audiences. Response programs at several music camps, includ­ to his approach of teaching to people ofall ages has been extremely ing the American Federation ofMusicians favorable and he is in much demand as a conductor of young Congress ofStrings at Michigan State. people's concerts around the country. Before joining the St. Louis Symphony Since 1990 Mr. Felder has also been the music director of the in 1968, Ms. Clark taught instrumental Fox Valley (WI) Symphony, a post in which he will continue through music in the S1. Louis County school sys­ May 1995. tem. In addition to performing with the orchestra and the Amichi Quartet, she has given numerous recitals MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA and performed as a soloist throughout the St. Louis area. EDO de WAART, Music Director Andre Raphel Smith EIJI OUE. Music Director Designate Announces the following vacancy Gets Philly Orchestra Post SECTION SECOND The has an­ nounced the appointment of Andre VIOLIN Raphel Smith as their new assistant con­ ductor beginning in September. Smith, a Employment will begin September 1995, or as the winner's availability graduate ofthe University of Miami, Yale and the Minnesota Orchestra schedule allow. University, the and Curtis Institute, has been the assistant conduc­ Only highly qualified musicians should apply tor ofthe St. Louis Symphonysince 1990. Immediately by sending a resume to: He will return to St. Louis for a few guest _____ appearances next season, including a ma- Julie Haight, Orchestra Personnel Manager Minnesota Orchestral Association jor orchestral concert next January featuring Hannibal Petersen's 1111 Nicollet Mall African POHn/its. He will also continue some of his Youth Orches­ Minneapolis, MN 55403 tra duties and, as music director of the SLSO's IN UNISON pro­ gram. make a few community outreach appearances. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

3 Spring 1994 Baltimore's Fitzgerald Helps Guide What's New With Milwaukee's "Musical Explorations" Laura Snyder? Trumpeter It's hard to believe that it's been four years since we've touched Langston base with Laura Snyder, who is heading into her twenty-fourth sea­ Fitzgerald of the son as a member of the bass section of the Milwaukee Symphony. Baltimore Sym­ .'>lulti-talented Laura is not only a bass virtuoso, but her singing phony is a partici­ talents are such that she has been a vocal soloist with the Milwau­ pant In the kee orchestra on a number of occasions. orchestra's "Mu­ She has recently presented middle and elementary school clinics sical Explora­ in the Milwaukee area and in April she was invited to speak on mo­ tions" program, tivation at the convention of the American String Teachers Asso­ ~..~'_ which takes music ciation/Music Educators National Conference (ASTA/MENC) in l~~ and musicians . More recently she spoke on "What Music Means to Me" into area schools. at the Black Expo in Milwaukee. "We all have our own ideas on why we do this," says Fitzgerald, Laura is married to Fred "but we are all interested in giving something back to the commu­ Snyder, who for several years was nity. We want these students to be the concertgoers of the future, a bassoonist in the Milwaukee even though we all realize that the education system is shutting the Symphony. Fred has since be­ door on these kids." come a minister and is the ad­ Fitzgerald, who has participated in the program for two seasons, ministrative pastor of the 6000­ often relates his own experiences as a classical musician to the stu­ member Elmbrook Non-de­ dents he visits in the hope they might be inspired one day to pursue nominational Church in musical careers themselves. As a child, he discovered a trumpet in­ Waukesha, Wisconsin. side a box buried in the back of a closet in his parents' home. Al­ The Snyders will soon cel­ though his father had once played the instrument. his parents in­ ebrate their twenty-second wed­ sisted that he begin his musical studies with the piano. "Fortunately ding anniversary. Daughter for me, my piano teacher died," Fitzgerald quipped, "and I was al­ Jenny, 20, is a violist who will be spending six weeks this summer at lowed to study trumpet. Of course, when I talk to kids, I just tell the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, . Son Jon heads for Bra­ em that my piano teacher moved away." zil to participate in a Teen Mission program. And eleven-year-old Langston Fitzgerald, a native ofChapel Oak, Maryland, is a gradu­ Jared. who plays the piano and cello, will be honing his skills at ate of Howard University. He is approaching his twenty-fifth sea­ Interlochen. son as a member of the Baltimore Symphony. For the first time in many years, Laura and Fred will have two Portions a/theprecedingwere taken from the Baltimore Symphony's weeks to do a bit of traveling without the children. Among their Overture magazine. stops will be the Canadian side of Niagara Falls and Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater, near Pittsburgh.

CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Peter McCoppin, Music Director

Announces a vacancy for the following position, employment Please send typed one-page resume and cover letter to: to begin September 1994: David Daugherty, Personnel Manager PRINCIPAL BASS Charlotte Symphony Orchestra one-year position 214 North Church Street, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28202 1994-95 season: 40 weeks, including an optional (to musician) 2-week summer season; three weeks paid vacation, fully paid A SSO DOLLAR REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WILL BE RE­ healthlinstrument insurance; pension plan. Principal pay is QUIRED OF ACCEPTED APPLICANTS. 5708.00 per week. You may send your resume and cover letter by fax (704) 332­ All openings are pending local auditions. National auditions 1963. We will process your application quickly and fax the will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 25, 1994. Finals repertoire on request. may extend to Tune 26th. Only highly qualified applicants should apply. Please mention this advertisement in your letter.

The Charlotte Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SYMflHONIUM 4 Donald Dillard Wins Detroit Unisys Roanoke Symphony Premieres Composers Competition Kennedy Work Philadelphia native Donald Dillard is the winner of the 1994 Sketches for Solo Violin. Jazz Unisys African-American Composers Forum. Dillard's winning Trio and Orchestra by Pitts­ composition, Childhood Scenes, was performed by the Detroit Sym­ burgh native Joe Kennedy, Jr. phony Orchestra, led by Music Director Neeme Jarvi, on concerts was glven its first performance April 8th and 9th. on March 21 by the Roanoke The three other finalists' works also were performed, each on a Symphony with Music Director single weekend concert. They are A1artha 's Waltz, by Jonathan Hol­ Victoria Bond conducting. land, a student at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia; Celebration, by Bond recalls, "The piece was an Dolores White of Cleveland, , an assistant professor of music outstanding success. We were at Cuyahoga Community College; and Haitian Essay, by Daniel tremendously impressed with Roumain, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. Joe's abilities in all areas." Dillard's Childhood Scenes paints a picture of events from the In the Roanoke Times 6- World News, correspondent Seth composer's young life, a universal commentary on childhood. Williamson wrote: "The Sketches...was easily the audience's favor­ Dillard says, "Picture a small, thin, curious boy taking in the whole ite. A four-movement concerto for violin and jazz trio, the piece universe one day at a time...it is the story of one, yet many lives showcased not only Joe Kennedy, Jr.'s beautiful jazz fiddle playing, forming on the streets of America's cities." Some of the "scenes" but his orchestration skills as well. Kennedy's orchestra writing is include "45th Street," "The Romance," "Piano Lessons," and "A reminiscent alternately of Copland, Leroy Anderson and Morton Baseball Game." Gould, and he wrote lots ofgood solos for trombonist Dayl Burnett Donald Dillard is a prolific composer, having produced over a and trumpeter Allen Bachelder. The showpiece earned bravos and hundred works for chorus, string and wind instruments, piano, or­ a standing ovation...!t's easy to imagine Sketches getting further per­ gan and voice. formances by other orchestras." The Unisys African-American Composers Forum and Sympo­ Joe Kennedy, Jr. is a professor ofmusic and Director ofJazz Stud­ sium, now in its fifth year, was created to assist in the identification ies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in of significant works by African-American composers. It also pro­ Blacksburg, VA. As a jazz violinist, he has toured the world with vides an opportunity for composers and the public to hear those various notables, including the BennyCarter All Stars. His interna­ works in reading rehearsals and subscription concerts performed tional credits include tours to Japan in 1979 and 1981; the 1980 by the Detroit Symphony orchestra. North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague Holland; the Grande Parade For additional information write to the Detroit Symphony Or­ du Jazz in Nice, France; and the 1988 Birmingham (England) in­ chestra, Education Department, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Ml ternational Jazz Festival. 48201 or call (313) 833-3362, Ext. 138. In this country he has appeared at the Concord and Monterey Relating to the Composers Forum, rwo articles in the New York jazz festivals; the New York Kool Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall, as Times by Edward Rothstein are worth a look. They are "Black Com­ guest violinist with the Modern Jazz Quartet at the Richmond (Vir­ posers Seek to Emerge as a Force 1M ClaSSIcal Mum" (Thursday, April ginia) Jazz Festival. at the Aspen Music Festival and as featured so­ 14) and "A Tradition beyond Jazz and Blues" (Sunday, April 24.) loist with the Audubon String Quartet at Kennedy Center.

ASOL Takes Charge of SYMPHONIUM CONTRIBUTORS Music Assistance Fund February 6, to May 24, 1994 Apple. Darwyn R. Moore, Kermit The Music Assistance Fund, which for nearly thirty years has Beal, Denton Morgan, Gayle been administered by the , is in the pro­ Bennett, Kym A. L. Morris, Cheryl F. cess of being taken over by the American Symphony Orchestra Bradley, Jack C. (Le Trio Noir) League. Because the program is now national in scope, the Phil­ Carr, Bruce Prattis, Helen M. harmonic has decided it is appropriate for the Fund to have a na­ Davenport. Dr. Judith M. Robinson, David E. tional "horne." The League is delighted to provide such a horne, Dickey, Barbara (Still & Mc Nair orchestras) adding the Music Assistance Fund to its many programs that con­ du Maine, Wayne J. Smith, Grace H. Ferdinand, Bernita J. Taylor, Norrine B. tribute to the artistic vitality ofAmerica's orchestras. Freeman, Peggy Pierce Thompson, Barbara The Music Assistance Fund encourages and supports gifted stu­ Graves, Dr. Douglas Toeplitz, Gideon dent musicians and young professionals ofAfrican-American heri­ Harris, Wanda P. Walton. George E. tage who wish to pursue careers in this country's symphony or­ Harris, June M. Young, Florence B. chestras. Scholarships of up to 52500 are granted based on audi­ Haugen. Jennifer C. tion, recommendations and financial need. Jackson, Nancy W. For information about requirements and application forms, write The Maud Powell Foundation AND MANY THANKS or call Lorri Ward or Alberto Gutierrez, American Symphony Or­ (Karen A. Shaffer) to Atty. Alan Z. Lefkowitz for chestra League, 777 Fourteenth St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, MaUory, Lauren volunteer legal assistance DC 20005. Tel. (202) 628-0099, Fax (202) 783-7228.

5 Spring 1994 Baltimore's "Live, Gifted and Black" New Atlanta Symphony Presents Young Artists Composition Competition The Baltimore Symphony's third annual "Live. Gifted and mack" The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced the first Na­ concert. rune 1. featured three young artists - bass-baritone Kevin tion.ll Bbck Arts Festival/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Compusi­ Short. singing two arias from Gounod's FaU5t; pianist Terrence Wil­ tion Competition, which will celebrate significant orchestral wurks son. in the Liszt Piano Concerto No. I; and soprano Detra Battle bv Afric1I1-American composers. Works will be rehearsed and per­ performing a number ofarias, including "Dove 50no" from ;V10lart's formed during the bienni;11 National BlJck Arts Festival. offering MarrIage ofFigaro. The Meyerhoff Hall concert, conducted by As­ patrons of the festival and the Atlanta public an opportunity to hear sociate Conductor David Lockington, included the world premiere the entries plilyed by a world-class spnphony orchestra. of"Korikabaya," by Baltimore composer Camara Kambon, and two The date has passed for submi~~ion of works for this year's com­ other works by African-American composers - "Greentail Mouse," petition; deadline was May 16. Finalists are to be notified by June from Frederick's Fables by Michael Abels. and "Celebration!" by 15 and the winner selected July 29. On July 29 and 30 the winning Adolphus Hailstork. composition will be performed by the ASO. conducted by Music Kevin Short. a graduate of Morgan State University. the Curtis Director Yuel Levi. Institute. and the Juilliard School, is currently a member of the For information about this year's activities and requirements for Metropolitan Opera Company. He has performed with the Balti­ subsequent competitions. write to Composition Competition, At­ more. Detroit, Pittsburgh and Nashville symphonies. lanta Symphony Orchestra, 1293 Peachtree St.. N.E.. Suite 300, At­ Nineteen-year-old Terrence Wilson was born in the Bronx. His lanta. GA 30309-3552., Tel. (404) 898-1173. musical talents were discovered at age eight. and he has since won many awards and soloed with the Philadelphia Orchestra. the Cin­ Learning Adventure in Memphis cinnati Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Since 1989 he has been a student of (Ms.) Yoheved Kaplinsky in Philadelphia. He be­ David Earl Jackson, formerly with the Tennessee Arts Commis­ gan studies in Juilliard's Pre-College Division in 1993. sion. has formed a business partnership. Nelson-Jackson Group Detra Battle recently won first place in the Gretchen Hood Me­ Multi-Media Productions. One of their first projects is "Rejuvena­ morial Voice Competition. She has performed with the Baltimore tion through Great Black Music: A Never-Ending Listening and Opera Touring Company and the Maryland Lyric Opera. Currently Learning Adventure," which will be heard on WEVL Radio in Mem­ she is living and performing in Europe. phis. The three-hour weekly broadcast will draw from popular, tra­ Camara Kambon is a graduate of Peabody Preparatory and cur­ ditional, art and liturgical music of black people worldwide, with rently attends the Berklee College of Music in . The twenty­ an emphasis on material that is celebratory and life-affirming. If one-year-old composer wrote the score for the PBS documentary you have materials. questions or suggestions relating to this type of "Malcolm X - Make it Plain," which aired nationally la.~t January. programming. write or call David Earl Jackson. Executive Producer. He is also a staff writer for the Fox sitcom "Living Single." Rejuvenation Through Great Black Music. 405 Buntyn Street, The concert was made possible through gifts from AT & T. the Memphis, TN 38 I 11- 160 L Tel. (901) 458-3900. Abell Foundation, the Baltimore Symphony Associates and mem­ bers ofthe Community Outreach Committee. Media sponsors were The Black Composer: A Discography WrZ-TV and The Baltimore Times. Projected for submission to the publisher before the end of 1994, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra The Rlack Composer: A Discography is designed as a register of all recordings ofmusic by Black composers of concert [classical] mu­ Would like to announce the following auditions: sic. lncluded will be reference both to commercially issued record­ ONE SECTION 1ST VIOLIN ings and thuse which exist solely for archival and reference func­ TWO SECTION 2ND VIOLINS tions. Its will not serve as a sales catalog. October 2 & 3, 1994 Each work will be cited by title, year of completion. contents of PRINCIPAL CELLO* & ONE SECTION CELLO multi-movement works, performance duration, text source, and October 24. 25 & 26. 1994 publisher data. All performers will be cited along with the year of recording. Commercially issued recordings (audio or video, in any • If this position is won by a current member. vacated format) will be identified by all relevant label numbers with date(s) position may be offered to next best qualified auditionee. ofrelease; other recordings will be specified as appropriate, includ­ ONE SECTION VIOLA ing performers. date of recording. where recorded and holding li­ December 5 & 6. 1994 brary. Front matter will caution that library citations do not mean 3RD HORN dubbing or even on-site access is implied. Date to be announced Printout ofappropriate entries will be available for final verifica­ tion to each contemporary composer for whom an address is known. Qualified applicants send one-page resume to or that figure's publisher or agent. Charles Baker. Personnel Manager Individuals wishing to be included should mail the needed in­ New Jersey Symphony Orchestra formation to Dr. Dominique-Rene de Lerma, Conservatory ofMu­ 50 Park Place sic. Lawrence University. Appleton, WI 54912-0599. Newark, NJ 07102 - Dominique-Rene de Lerma SYMPHONIUM 6 Awadagin Pratt Comes Project STEP Presents Dockett Memorial Concert "Home" to Pittsburgh On SundaY, Mav 15, violinist Vali Phillips, along with pianist Under the auspices of the Tuesday Musical Club, pianist Phyllis East, ~erfor~ed a recital for the benefit of Boston's Project Awadagin Pratt, winner ofthe 1992 Naumberg Piano Competition, STEP in memory of the late Dr. Doshia e. M. Dockett, former gave a recital on February 2 at the Frick Art Museum in Pittsburgh. teacher and Program Director ofMusic in the Boston Public Schools. Pratt, who was born in Pittsburgh and spent the first three years of Doshia Clara Mae Dockett was a woman of extraordinary char­ his life here, also gave a master class at the Woodland Hills High acter and taient who made innumerable contributions to the musi­ School. cal enrichment of those whose lives she touched. A native of Bos­ Although Mr. Pratt is in great demand all over the world as a ton, she was a teacher, scholar, activist and student of life who dis­ recitalist and orchestral soloist, there are two people in Pittsburgh played enormous energy and determination to maintain the high­ who have a special "in" with the Pratt family that made his visit est level of artistry and integrity. Beyond her public school work, possible. she was active in a variety of musical organizations. She was Direc­ tor ofMusic at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where she inaugurated a concert series presenting outstanding African-American artists from the Boston area. including Vali Phillips and other Project STEP students. Dr. Dockett served on the board ofProject STEP until her death in 1992. Even in death, this remarkable woman continues to serve music and youth through a most generous capital bequest to Project STEP which will help to assure its continuing work. Vali Phillips. age 21, was accepted into Project STEP at the age of 10. At the age of 13 he became the youngest concertmaster ever of the Greater Boston Youth SymphonyOrchestra and he appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra at age 15. In 1987 and '88 he was concertmaster of Boston University's Young Artists Orchestra at Tanglewood. Phillips has won numerous awards and competitions. In 1989 he became the youngest semi-finalist in the historyofthe Vaclav Hurnl PI'klIcl by Bn. Spiegrl International Violin Competition in Zagreb. Yugoslavia. Currently Associate Concertmaster of '~e Erie Philharmonic. Vali Phillips is The Tuesday Musical Club's Ruth Hammond explains: "Thirty­ studying at the Eastman S"1Ool of Music as a student of Charles two years ago, [husband] Bill and I, through the Pittsburgh Coun­ Castleman. cil for International Visitors, hosted a young man from Sierra Leone. Theodore A.E.e. Pratt was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon Calling All Harpists University working toward a Ph.D. in nuclear physics. He became a frequent visitor in our home. One day Ted made a special trip out Kym Bennett. an M.S.B.A. candidate at Strayer College in Wash­ to tell me about his friend, Mildred. a graduate student at Pitt work­ ington, DC. and former harp student of Rebecca Anstine Smith ing on her Ph. D. in social work. We came to love Mildred as much and Joan Ennis at the University ofMaryland, is interested in launch­ as we did Ted and were delighted when they asked us to serve as ing a newsletter for and about African-American harpists. 'official parents' at their wedding. She is in the process oftracking down as many professional and "In due course, their first-born was on the way. When the call non-professional harpists as possible, hoping that they might be came from Ted, 'This is it!,' we were soon on our way to Magee willing to participate in a mail survey to determine interest in such Hospital and were there to welcome the babyboy- Awadagin Pratt. a publication. Later, baby sister Menah joined the family. When 'Dagin' was three, She has supplied SYMPHONIUM with a list ofharpists thus far the senior Pratts became members of the faculty of Illinois State located. If you're a harpist and your name is not on the list, or if University in Normal. We visited back and forth over the years, you know any harpists, regardless ofage or status, whose names do always delighting in the scholastic and musical prowess of the chilo not appear below, please contact Kym Bennett at 1934-1 Rosemary dren. Hills Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel. (301) 495-0389. "When we learned that Dagin had won the Naumberg prize. we Bello, Rose Hargrave, Monica Starks-Garrett, informed the Tuesday Musical Club members who were elated to Bedell, Kingsley Heron. Simone Winifred be able to engage him for their recital series. Needless to say, this is Clark, Arcola Jones, Karen Strange, Sharon a proud and happy time for the Hammond family." Cleaver, Lydia Lewis. e. J. Taylor, Lisa And needless to say, Awadagin Pratt's recital of Beethoven, Bach, Godley, Carol Peyton, Victoria Terry-Ross, Patricia Liszt, and Busoni was a huge succes-~, with many disappointed people Greene, Shelley Pilot, Ann Hobson Williams. Annetta having to be turned away from the standing-roam-only perfor. Greenfield, Tanya Sapp, Lorraine Williams, Herbertia mance. And the three lucky young women who got to play in the Graham. )effmajors Sator-Randolph, Williams, Melba master class are still abuzz about what an exciting experience it was, Griffin, Harvi Kim Willis, Wendy the day Awadagin Pratt came to Woodland Hills.

7 Spring 1994 For Kermit Moore - More Accolades 011 I.llllLHy 27, "Done Cross Every River" by Mark Fax, in an orchestration by Kermit ~loore, was performed by Martina Arroyo and Opera Ebonyduring a tribute to at the Aaron D.1Vis Hall on the campus of City College of New York. which was renamed for Miss Anderson on that occasion. From the opera Fmlmck [)OIIf:!1I55. "j Have Been a Slave All My Life" by Moore's wife, Dorothy Rudd Moore. was also performed by Opera Ebony. On bnuary 29, to usher in an exhibition of Ethiopian Coptic religious art. ~l()()re produced and conducted a concert of Sacred 1\1 usic ofAfrica and the African Diaspora at the Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture. To honor his many years ofachievement, the Missouri House of Representatives, on March 3, issued a formal welcoming resolution to Kermit Moore during his visit to that state to conduct a string workshop and concert with the students of the Normandy School District. To learn more about this remarkable man - cellist, conductor, com­ poser - read thefascina ring article, "The Manifold Talents ofKermit Moore," in the September/October issue ofStrings magazine. In addi­ tion to the interview, there are photos and infomtation about Moore's Ruggeri cello and an excerpt from his Music for Cello and Piano. For back issues, send $4.95 each to String Letter Corp., P.O. Box 767, San Anselmo, CA, 91960-0767, Tel. (415) 485-6946.

SYMPHONIUM: Entering a New Phase A Message from Patricia Prattis Jennings

Dear Readers,

Beginning in the fall, the kind ofinformation that you have been ofthe woman who, on the most modest ofbudgets-primarilycon­ reading in SYMPHONIUM will be incorporated into a new publi­ tributions from loyal readers, got on with the much needed busi­ cation called COLLAGE, edited by David B. Brown. (See' the en­ ness ofcreating a vehicle for communication and exchange among closed sheet for details). professional African American symphony orchestra players and I have thoroughly enjoyed putting SYM PHONIUM together for others. you. I hope that you will continue to support SYMPHONIUM's "I hope that I am not being too presumptuous by speaking on mission as it takes this evolutionary step. behalfofeveryone reading this letter-students. professionals. man­ Thank you for your confidence in me and your unstinting gen­ agers, government officials. university professors, et aI-when I say erosity throughout SYMPHONIUM's first six years. While I will no THANK YOU, PAT JENNINGS! We respect and appreciate your longer be responsible for the day-to-day operations of SYMPHO­ unswerving dedication to the professional African American sym­ NIUM, I will still be here to represent your interests in any way I phony musician. I only hope that we at COLLAGE will be able to can. maintain the same high quality and intimate style that is the hall­ A statement from David B. Brown follows: mark of Symphonium. "We look forward to serving the art~ community and to our con­ "It is with great pride that I accept the publishing responsibility tinued relationship with Pat Jennings as Senior Editorial Consult­ for Symphonium. During its six year history, Symphonium has be­ ant. We hope you will subscribe to COLLAGE, and continue to enjoy come an invaluable resource for professional African American sym­ Symphonium! Send us your press releases, tidbits, photos and any­ phony orchestra musicians and a wide assortment of arts profes­ thing you would like to see in COLLAGE. We'll do our best to in­ sionals. This would not have been possible without the dedication clude as much as we can! Subscribe Today! Very best to all of you. David B. Brown"

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