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American Forum New Board Members for FY 2008 The Forum welcomes these two new directors

National Office Dr. Leaetta Hough was a founder of Personnel Decisions John Nuechterlein, Research Institute, and later President and CEO, 651. 251. 2811 founded The Dunnette Group, Annual Report 2007 Craig Carnahan, a research and development Vice President of Programs, 651. 251. 2833 firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has been an Jewell Arcoren exceptionally active contributor to the scien- FNCI Administrative Assistant, 651.251.2812 Board of Directors FY 2007 tific and professional literature, publishing Philip Blackburn, dozens of papers in refereed journals, book e s Director of Artist Services, 651. 251. 2823 Mary Deissler, Chair chapters, reviews, and conference proceedings. r Chris Campbell, Carol Heen,Vice Chair She is co-editor of the four-volume Handbook ® r innova Operations Manager, 651. 251. 2820 Anthony Tansimore,Vice Chair of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and o innova e Composers ® Wendy Collins, Sam Hseng-Hung Hsu,Treasurer senior author of the most recent personnel c

n Datebook Senior Program and Member Services Steve Heitzeg, Secretary selection chapter of the Annual Review of Recordings n Manager, 651. 251. 2824 David Ranheim, Past Chair Psychology, as well as the personality assess- t

John Nuechterlein, Ex Officio r E Paul Hanson, ment chapters in the Comprehensive Handbook s Finance Manager, 651. 251. 2813 of Psychology and the Handbook of Work, t p

Meredith Alden a h Kelli Hirsch, James N. Berdahl Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her ® i g h P Development Associate, 651. 251. 2815 contributions have been recognized by her BandQuest r Harry Brull i s

John Michel, election as a Fellow in the Society for e

Richard Cisek n s Director of Media Projects, 651. 251. 2817 Raphael Cung Industrial and Organizational Psychology w h K

(SIOP), the Association for Psychological o Carey Nadeau, Cary John Franklin o t c l

National Program Manager, 651. 251. 2814 Science (APS), the American Psychological p l Ken Freed i Julie Stroud, Association (APA), and APA’s Division Five – M Mary J. Greer e Continental m Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics. a Development Director, 651. 251. 2822 F Jay Walters, Leaetta previously served on the American o Jerome Louis Hill Harmony F

Administrative Assistant, 651. 251. 2810 Nancy Huart Composers Forum Board from 1997-2003 C Composers Georgia Wettlin-Larsen, Hella Mears Hueg and we are delighted to have her back. Commissioning FNCI Program Manager, 651. 251. 2825 Daniel Kunin First Nations Program Anne LeBaron Nancy J. Uscher was Greg McNeely appointed provost of CalArts Initiative Regional Chapters Evans Mirageas in 2004. She was formerly R. Carlos Nakai associate provost of the : John Orenstein University of New Mexico, Halie Rosenberg, 323. 388. 7111 John Paulson where she also was a profes- subito Minnesota: Martin Shampaine sor of music. She has been Craig Carnahan, 651. 251. 2833 Noel Zahler the violist for various ensembles and orches- New : tras, including the Jerusalem Symphony David McMullin, 617. 373. 7412 National Advisers and the American Composers Philadelphia: July 2006-June 2007 Orchestra. Uscher has written the books The Jim Jordan, 267. 639.2518 Marilyn Bergman Schirmer Guide to Schools of Music and San Francisco Bay Area: John Cacavas Conservatories Throughout the World and Your Tod Brody, 415. 864. 0400 Bobby McFerrin Own Way in Music:A Career and Resource Washington, D.C.: Meredith Guide. She has given masterclasses and recitals Jonathan Morris 202. 715. 3779 Peter Schickele in Europe, Latin ,Asia and Africa, has Stanislaw Skrowaczewski participated in such festivals as the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico,The Spoleto Festival, and The Kennedy Center Mozart Festival and Tom Voegeli has recorded for the radio stations through- out Europe including the BBC. As Director of the Center For The Arts In Society at the University of Mexico, she founded an Arts-In- Prisons program and produced a series of 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-145 community concerts and recordings focusing Saint Paul, MN 55101-1300 USA on arts, identity and pluralism. She earned a AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM Tel.: (651) 228 -1407 • Fax: (651) 291-7978 B.M. from the Eastman School of Music, an M.M. from The State University of New York www.composersforum.org [email protected] at Stony Brook, an A.R.C.M. from The Royal www.ComposersForum.org College of Music in and a Ph.D from New York University 12 Photo: Steve Schneider

A Letter from John Nuechterlein President and CEO

National Forum President and CEO John Accomplishments Nuechterlein by a wall display of FNCI Advisors (seated, left to right): Liz Jaakola (Ojibwe), George CD covers. in Fiscal Year 2007 Quincy (Choctaw), Georgia Wettlin-Larsen (Assiniboine/Nakota); Hearing the Future and (standing, left to right): Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida), Joy In the past ten years, through nationwide Harjo (Muscogee), Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora), R. Carlos In its 32-year history, the American Composers The sheer number of composers who received opportunities for commissions and professional Nakai (Navajo/Ute), John Nuechterlein (President and CEO, Forum has continually shown that there are funding, assistance and encouragement from the development workshops, the Forum has expanded American Composers Forum), Raven Chacon (Navajo), Barbara many ways to integrate the work of living Composers Forum during the past year is services to thousands of composers, performers Croall (Odawa, Giniw dodem). composers into the fabric of our culture. staggering. What is harder to see is the even and communities. The Minnesota Chapter is part Faith Partners was active in 10 churches and synagogues in the We mark our success by the advancement of larger number of people who heard something of the national office and is included in the region. Included were congregations in Edina, Detroit Lakes, composer careers and the increasing new by one of those composers and stopped to Alexandria,Willmar, and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, and Minot, N.D. commitment of communities to their work. listen more intently. Hearing the future means national activities. You will read in these pages a long list of listening a bit harder right now. We can make it Continental Harmony residencies were completed in Homer, accomplishments for the organization this past enjoyable too! Highlights of the year include: Alaska; New Britain, Connecticut; Battle Creek, Michigan; UCross, year, but the real story of the Forum is in how Wyoming; , ; and Geneseo, New The Forum is part of a seven-member cohort of national York.There are three more projects underway in Ada, Oklahoma; well it can – and will – hear the future. We must say a warm and heartfelt thank you to organizations participating in the Indigenous Knowledge and Keene, ; and Modesto, . all of our generous donors who believe in the Expressive Culture portfolio at the Ford Foundation. Our goal is The ecology of new music is changing. Smart important work we’re doing. We were delighted to provide leadership in support of American Indian composers Community Partners projects connect composers with and talented composers can self-produce, to exceed our annual fund goal by 11% in and performers so their work will be more widely heard. community organizations across the country. Most recently, the self-publish, and self-promote quite effectively in FY2007, and look forward to proving again in We also received several grants to run the Composer Apprentice Forum’s Transposing program paired composer Maura today’s economy. Technology has created social 2008 that such confidence is deserved … National Outreach Endeavor (CANOE). Through CANOE, Bosch with the Tubman Family Alliance’s south Minneapolis site to networks of artists who meet online, without a and rewarded with interesting new music. American Indian composers teach formal composition skills to create an original piece of music that highlighted healing from moderator or convener. Culturally specific Native students. The program is serving schools in Minneapolis, domestic abuse within the Tubman community. The three- music is becoming more widely heard, and the Fond du Lac Reservation in Northern Minnesota, and movement piece – “The Turning” – was premiered by Cantus Los Angeles. in March, 2007 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. audiences are now far more likely to be found

7 outside the traditional concert hall than in it. Composers Datebook

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e and their historical counterparts. The two-minute, daily radio n when the Forum began its work, but adapting to Way,” was published, launching a new category in the series called u J BandQuest Advanced change is now critically important to our future. . show can be heard on 280 stations nationwide. A daily email -

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What has not changed for composers is the y l table of to produce a technology-based composition curriculum called The Forum’s innova® Recordings label continues to release u

J need for a support system: the need to find Music by Kids for Kids • someone to perform their music, or someone Contents . It has been published and is being approximately 25 recordings annually, all available both as 7 7 distributed nationally. traditional CDs and also as MP3 downloads direct from the 0 0 0 0 to help them write a grant that funds ongoing 2 2 internet.The label has also partnered with the Independent Online

National and Regional t t innovation; the need for a first chance, or to Photo: Robert Conway Measure for Measure r r ,a Distributors Alliance (IODA). A major grant from the New York o o Accomplishments ...... 3 p p meet other composers who can share their weekly series of 52 podcasts State Music Fund will bring 20 New York artists to the label over e e R R the next two years. experience; the need to consider other Class of 2007 ...... 6 featuring Philip Blackburn’s l l a a interviews with some of u u audiences when they run out of ideas or n n Our Donors ...... 9 Professional membership rose to 1600 as of June 2007, a 15% n n connections. It is for all these reasons that our the leading composers, A A performing artists, gain over 2006. • membership grew by over 15% in 2007! Staff and Board ...... 12

m supporters, promoters and u r creative forward-thinkers of The Forum again partnered with Minnesota Orchestra and the o F BandQuest,® Composers Suitcase,® and to host the Minnesota Orchestra

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r innova® Recordings are trademarks of the e Front cover photos: September 2006. Composer Institute from Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2006. Selected s (left) Violinist Jonathan Chen performs Amon Wolman’s American Composers Forum. Composers o Sonic Circuits 2006 p “Increased Fines” at the New England Chapter’s Festival Datebook,® is a registered trademark of composers from across the country heard their symphonic works m

o in , Mass. (photo: David McMullin); (right) Chorus and orchestra at the American Public Media. The podcasts stimulate read by the Minnesota Orchestra, and worked closely with C premiere performance of ’s Continental Harmony commission, composer and orchestra personnel. One of the n Composer Peter Boyer addresses the audience discussion about creativity, a

c “Dreaming a New World,” in Battle Creek, Michigan, in March, 2007 i © 2007 American Composers Forum. marketing and current and highlights was a public concert of the new works performed by r in Battle Creek, Michigan, at the March, 2007, e (photo: Robert Conway). All rights reserved. future trends in music and Minnesota Orchestra and conducted by Osmo Vänskä. m premiere of his Continental Harmony commission, A the arts. The performance drew an audience of 1000. “Dreaming a World.” 2 3 n o

National/Regional Accomplishments s e g l e H

g e r G : o t o h p McKnight Fellowships were awarded to , Douglas Geers,Adam Wernick, and Preston Wright. It was an Conductor Osmo Vänskä confers with composer McKnight Visiting Composer active year for residencies: J.Anthony Allen conferring during a previous Sidiki Conde spent much of the fall visiting children and adults Publicity postcard for the premiere of Christopher Gable’s Back to Composer Institute reading session at Orchestra with disabilities and sharing his own inspirational music, and Bolivia percussion duo at the Minnesota Chapter’s January, 2007, Hall, Minneapolis, with the Minnesota Orchestra. Stuart Hyatt began his residency with inmates at the Moose Lake Tuesday Salon at the Zeitgeist studio in St. Paul, Minn. Correctional Facility. McKnight Visiting Composer awards for In New England: 2007 were given to Billy Fox and Evan Solot. Two new orchestral works by David Kechley and Michael Singers John Nuechterlein announced the first Weinstein received multiple performances by members of the The Forum annually provides direct support to emerging Commission during the June 2007 Chorus America New England Orchestra Consortium. Both new works were composers through the Jerome Composers Commissioning conference. Interest from the Dale Warland Singers Fund for New commissioned by ACF’s New England Chapter (ACFNE) as part Program. This past September, five JCCP commissions were Choral Music endowment fund will support one new choral of their Composer Residency Program. Saxophonist Byard Lancaster was one of the participants in the th awarded. In its 27 year, the Forum has awarded JCCP grants commission each year through this partnership. Philadelphia Chapter’s SoundExchange program. to 236 recipients. ACFNE also successfully organized an international Sonic Circuits festival of , bringing together U.S. and Israeli The Forum collaborates with VocalEssence on several composers, musicians and audiences for events in four cities: In Washington D.C.: professional development and commissioning programs. The Regional Boston, New York, Haifa and . ACF’s DC Chapter produced regular New Music Salons at the Essentially Choral reading sessions bring composers from Accomplishments Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts, showcasing both local across the country to Minnesota to hear their untested works composers and performers as well as visiting ensembles. D.C.’s Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest for chorus, and the The Forum’s regional chapters continued to provide programs In Philadelphia: own Sonic Circuits festival of electronic music took place culminates each year in the performance of two new carols at October 5 - 8, 2007, at the Warehouse Theater, offering five and services, tailored to their local communities, with financial ACF’s Philadelphia Chapter organized an ambitious VocalEssence’s Welcome Christmas! concerts. concerts over four days, plus three lecture/demonstrations.  support from local donors. Here’s a summary of their activities SoundExchange project that resulted in the premiere over the past year. Tuesday Salons – casual evenings open to composers on a performances of four collaborative compositions on April 2, 2006, first-come, first-served basis – were often “standing room only.” at the Trinity Center for Urban Life. These four new works were Many evenings are “BYOP” (Bring/Be Your Own Performer). In Northern and Southern California: the result of a two-month residency and workshop sessions that Zeitgeist generously offers their downtown St. Paul studio space. The welcome return of the subito program in California enabled enabled over a dozen regional composers and performers to ACF’s San Francisco-Bay Area and Los Angeles Chapters to assist work with pioneer and her Encore provides rehearsal and performance funding for repeat dozens of local composers and performers in realizing a variety . of career-advancing projects. performances of recent works. Performers and composers who subito have not worked together before are eligible to apply.This year, As in California and Minnesota, the Philadelphia Chapter’s 7

0 quick advancement grants for original music projects allow local

0 18 grants were awarded to performers from across the United In Northern California, the Bay Area Chapter’s popular 2

Composer in the Schools th artists to take significant steps forward in their careers as States. (CITS) program celebrated its 11 e New Voices

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6 local composers the opportunity to rehearse and record original 0 music for the theater.The workshop was led by composers at Lowell (San Francisco) and Berkeley High Schools. 0

2 choral works with a professional . Victor Zupanc, Michael Croswell and Adam Wernick, and theater The Bay Area Chapter’s Northern California Composers y l

u Commissioning Program J directors Wendy Knox, Michael Robins and Gary Briggle. (NCCP) places a premium on new

• The Chapter also launched its own internet radio station, The event was co-sponsored by the Children’s Theater Company. collaborations, awarding grants that are split between the At a May, 2007, Composer in the 7 7 www.newmusicphiladelphia.com, broadcasting the work of 0 0 Schools concert in San Francisco, with 0 0 applicant performer or presenter and the composer they are 2 2 Philadelphia composers and the performers who play their sfSoundGroup. Back row (left to right): t t commissioning. r r music – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. o o Heather Gardner (viola), Monica Scott p p e e In Southern California, a regular series of Composer Salons (cello) Erik Ulman (violin), Christopher R R

l l organized by ACF’s Los Angeles Chapter provided a showcase a a Jones (composer/teacher) u u n n for new music performances and the opportunity for local (clarinets) Kyle Bruckmann (), n n A A composers and performances to network. Los Angeles-area

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JCCP Curtain Call and Jennifer Haugh, Sapphire Chamber San Francisco Bay Grand Rights Workshops Over the past year, the Forum served more than 515 talented William Brittelle (N.Y.) Consort (Minn.) Area Chapter Jeffrey Brooks (Minn.) Philip Blackburn (Minn.) Anne Kilstofte (Minn.) Community Partners artists and ensembles through its programs, grants, Corey Dargel (N.Y.) Mary Ellen Childs (Minn.) Ellen Lease (Minn.) Alexis Alrich (Calif.) fellowships and other opportunities. Congratulations to all! Michael Dellaira (N.Y.) Michael Croswell (Minn.) Doug Little (Minn.) Molly Axtmann (Calif.) (N.Y.) Brian Sostek (Minn.) J. David Moore (Minn.) Berkeley (Calif.) Adam Wernick (Minn.) Robert L. Morris (Minn.) Composers Datebook Aarvo Pärt (Germany) Encore Faith Partners Edie Hill (Minn.) Manuelito Biag (Calif.) Victor Zupanc (Minn.) Mike Olson (Minn.) (Minn.) Linda Kachelmeier (Minn.) (Calif.) (Calif.) Artaria String Quartet (Minn.) Marty Haugen (Minn.) Joshua Shank (Minn.) (Poland) Heath Mathews (Minn.) Kurt Erickson (Calif.) David Amram (Ma.) with Stacy Garrop (Ill.) Anne Kilstofte (Minn.) Performances,Tuesday Salons Iris Shiraishi (Minn.) Tobias Picker (N.Y.) Rachel Matthews (Wash.) David Ferguson (Calif,) (Minn.) Blakemore Trio (Tenn.) with Victor Zupanc (Minn.) and Readings Bennett Siems (Minn.) (Germany) Mankwe Ndosi (Minn.) Kaila Flexer (Calif.) Elinor Armer (Calif.) Alfonso Montecino (Ind.) Amanda Albrecht (Minn.) Jeffrey Van (Minn.) (N.Y.) FNCI Kristin Norderval (N.Y.) Howard Hersh (Calif.) Daniel Asia (Ariz.) Chris French (Texas) with Tom Allen (Minn.) Peter Vircks (Minn.) Marga Richter (N.Y.) Meg Okura (N.Y.) The LAB (Calif.) Leonardo Balada (Pa.) Matthew H. Fields (Mich.) Dawn Avery, Mohawk (Md.) Phil Berbig (Minn.) Jennifer Weir (Minn.) (Pa.) Doug Opel (N.Y.) Helena Michelson (Calif.) Jack Beeson (N.Y.) Andrea Lynn Cianflone (Minn.) Ateyapi Youth Program (S.D.) Bryce Beverlin (Minn) Sherry Wohlers Ladig (Minn.) (N.Y.) Rob Reddy (N.Y.) NEXMAP (Calif.) William Bolcom (Mich.) with Margarita Zelenaia (N.Y.) Raven Chacon, Diné (Calif.) Paul Cantrell (Minn.) Poul Ruders (Denmark) David Wolff (Minn.) ODC Theater (Calif.) Henry Brant (Calif.) Contemporary Music Forum Brent Michael Davids, Mary Ellen Childs (Minn.) D.C. Chapter Esa Pekka Salonen (Finland) Roy Whelden (Calif.) Jeffrey Brooks (Minn.) (Washington, D.C.) with Mohican (Minn) McKnight Composer Colin Corner (Minn.) Fiscal Sponsorship Gunther Schuller (Mass.) Katrina Wreede (Calif.) Dave Brubeck (Conn.) Geoffrey Gordon (Wisc.) Chenoa Egawa, Lummi (Wash.) Fellowships Viv Corringham (Minn.) Jeff Carey (Md.) Elisabetta Brusa (Italy) Jose Serebrier (N.Y.) Duo 46 (Ariz.) Wade Fernandez, Douglas Ewart (Minn.) Michael Coyle (Minn.) Alexandra Gardner (D.C.) subito in Northern California (N.Y.) Bright Sheng (Mich.) with John Mayrose (N.C.) Menominee (Wisc.) Douglas Geers (Minn.) Cathy Dalton (Minn.) Great Noise Ensemble (D.C.) Alexis Alrich (Calif.) (N.Y.) Alvin Singleton (Ga.) Gao Hong (Minn) Joy Harjo, Adam Wernick (Minn.) Mark Eden (Minn.) Jason R. Bush (Calif.) Paul Chihara (Calif.) Stanislaw Skrowaczewski with Changjun Xu (China) Mvskoke/Creek (N.M.) New Music Salons Preston Wright (Minn.) William Frank (Minn.) Cliff Caruthers (Calif.) Michael Colgrass (Canada) (Minn.) Eric Huebner (N.Y.) Lyz Jaakola,Anishinabe (Minn.) Carl Franzen (Minn.) Robert Aitken Jay Cloidt (Calif.) (N.Y.) Stephen Sondheim (N.Y.) with Morris Rosenzweig Mt. Rushmore National McKnight Visiting Chris Gable (Minn.) Wang An-Ming (Md.) Beth Custer (Calif.) George Crumb (Pa.) David Stock (Pa.) (Utah) Memorial “Saturdays in Composers Geoffrey Gordon (Wisc.) John Aylward (Mass.) Nathan Davis (Calif.) Michael Daugherty (Mich.) (N.Y.) Klezmerica (Minn.) the Park” Music Series (S.D.) Billy Fox (Va.) Chris Granias (Minn.) Sidney Carl Bailin (D.C.) Kurt Erickson (Calif.) Peter Maxwell Davies (U.K.) John Tavener (UK) with Margarita Zelenaia (N.Y.) George Quincy, Choctaw (N.Y.) Evan Solot (Pa.) Brian Hansen (Minn.) Peter Bayne (Mass.) Frank Ferko (Calif.) David Del Tredici (N.Y.) Michael Torke (N.Y.) Percussion Plus Project (Ind.) South Dakota Symphony Todd Harper (Minn.) Kevin Clark (Md.) Howard Hersh (Calif.) + (N.Y.) Joan Tower (N.Y.) with David Crumb (Ore.) Orchestra (S.D.) Minnesota Orchestra James Holdman (Minn.) Brian Coughlin (N.Y.) Ellen Hoffman (Calif.) Deborah Drattell (N.Y.) Réza Vali (Pa.) Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra (Fla.) Jerod Impichaachaaha Tate, Reading Sessions and Jay Huber (Minn.) David Cutler Brad Hufft (Calif.) 7 Andrew Waggoner (N.Y.) 0 (U.K.) with Symeon Waseen (Minn.) Chickasaw (Colo.) Composer Institute Bill Kempe (Minn.) Heather Figi (Md.) 0 Alden Jenks (Calif.)

2 (N.Y.) (Calif.) Ryan Muncy (Ind.) Aaron Kerr (Minn.) Neil Gladd (D.C.) Garrett Byrnes (Ind.) Left Coast Chamber Ensemble e Daniel S Godfrey (N.Y.) (N.Y.) with Michael Djupstrom (Pa.) innova Recordings n Jeff Lambert (Minn.) Blair Goins (D.C.)

u Anna Clyne (N.Y.) (Calif.) J Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (N.Y.) Osvaldo Golijov (Mass.) Orion Ensemble (Ill.) Cristian Amigo (N.Y.)

- Ellen Lease (Minn.) David Kane (Md.)

Kurt Erickson (Calif.) Cheryl Leonard (Calif.)

6 Annie Gosfield (N/Y/) with James Matheson (N.Y.) Nikos Brisco (N.Y.) 0 Stephen Gorbos (N.Y.) Mike Olson (Minn.) Margaret Fairlie Kennedy (N.Y.) Janis Mercer (Calif.) 0 Composers Suitcase

2 HK Gruber (Austria) The Rose Ensemble (Minn.) Mary Ellen Childs (Minn.) Missy Mazzoli (N.Y.) Richard L. Ortiz ((Ind.) Lori Laitman (Md.) Lisa Mezzacappa (Calif.) y l (Mass.) Wynn-Anne Rossi (Minn.) with Bobby Previte (N.Y.) Kiku Collins (N.Y.) u Thor Polson (Minn.) (Minn.) J Ashley Nail (Minn.) Loretta Notareschi (Calif.) Theresa Westcott (Minn.) • Hans Werner Henze (Italy) David Russell (Mass.) David Del Tredici (N.Y.) Alejandro Rutty (N.Y.) Bill Reichelt (Minn.) Gregg Martin (D.C.) Eliza O’Malley (Calif.) 7 7 0 0 Jennifer Higdon (Pa.) with Martha Horst (Il..) Robert Een (N.Y.) Paul Reiners (Minn.) Frances Mckay (D.C) 0 0 Continental Harmony Dan Visconti (Va.) Dan Plonsey (Calif.) 2 2 Katherine Hoover (N.Y.) San Francisco Guitar Quartet Mark Engebretson (N.C.) Greg Schaffner (Minn.) Catherine McMichael t t (Calif.) Gregg Wramage (N.J.) Belinda Reynolds (Calif.) r r Anthony Iannaccone (Mich.) (Calif) with Clarice Assad Monroe Golden (Ala.) o o Martha Helen Schmidt (Minn.) Paul Nasto (Va.) S.F. Electronic Music Festival p p Kamran Ince (Tenn.) Phillip Bimstein (Utah) (N.Y.) Todd Hammes (Ariz.) e e Welcome Christmas! Carl Schroeder (Minn.) Carrie Rose (Md.) (Calif.) R R Peter Boyer (Calif.) Aaron Jay Kernis (N.Y.) Sylvan Winds (N.Y.) (N.Y.) l l Carol Contest Matthew Smith (Minn.) David Rubinstein a a Lisa DeSpain (N.Y.) S.F.Tape Music Collective (Calif.) u u Libby Larsen (Minn.) with Cynthia Folio (Pa.) Drew Krause (N.Y.) Jason Vanselow (Minn.) Matthew Sargent (Conn.) n n Gabriela Lena Frank (Calif.) Diego Luzuriaga (Pa.) Edward Schocker (Calif.) n n (Calif.) Cristina Valdés (Wash,) Esther Lamneck (N.Y) Sandy Waterman (Minn.) Maurice Saylor (D.C.) A A John Rommereim (Iowa) Allen Shearer (Calif.)

Glenn McClure (N.Y.)

• (Calif.) with Kotoka Suzuki (Ill.) Fantastic Merlins (Minn./N.Y.) Stanley Woolner (Minn.) Paul Schoenfield (Ohio) Roy Whelden (Calif.) m Anne LeBaron (Calif.) Larry Siegel (N.H.) Ann Millikan (Minn.) u Regional Chapters Marilyn Shrude (Ohio) r Evan Solot (Pa.) Randall Wong (Calif.) o Thomas Oboe Lee (Mass.) Essentially Choral Amanda Monaco (N.Y.) subito in Minnesota

F Andrew Earle Simpson (Md.)

Theresa Wong (Calif.)

s Tania Leon (N.Y.) Ken Steen (Conn.) Cary Boyce (Ind.) Virgil Moorefield (Mich.) r Minnesota Chapter Elizabeth Alexander (Minn.) Stephen Stone (Md.)

e Katrina Wreede (Calif.)

s Magnus Lindberg (Finland) Jerod Impichaachaaha Tate Kitty Brazelton (N.Y.) John Morton (N.Y.) o Composer to Composer J.Anthony Allen (Minn.) Timothy Stuhlman Justin Yang (Calif.) p Stephen Mackey (N.J.) (Colo.) Gao Hong (Minn.) Bill Ryan (N.Y.) m Ricky Ian Gordon (N.Y.) Patti Cudd (Minn.) Mark Sylvester (Md.)

o San Francisco Bay Area James MacMillian () Ishmael Wallace (N.Y.) Aya Nishina (N.Y.) Brian Sacawa (Md.) C Rolf Erdahl, Vecchione/Erdahl Duo Ken Ueno (Ma.) William Bolcom (Mich.) Chapter listing continued n James Mobberley (Mo.) Matthew Peterson (Ind.) Elliott Schwartz (Maine) a (Minn.) Scott Upright on next page c i

r (N.Y.) Alex Shapiro (Wash.)

e Mina Fischer, Bakken Trio (Minn.) Elizabeth Vercoe (Ma.)

m John Howell Morrison (Mass.) Stanford University (Calif.) Doug Geers (Minn.) James Wiznerowicz (Va.) A David Ott (Fla.) Andrew Violette (N.Y.) 6 7 Class of 2007 Our Donors Many thanks! Regional Chapters continued Northern California subito in Southern California New England Chapter New Voices Duluth-Superior Area Community Benefactor ($2,500 - $4,999) Aficionado ($250 - $499) Composers Commissioning Jason Barabba (Calif.) New England Orchestra Andrew Bleckner Corporate, Foundation Anishinabe Fund Todd Bault Anonymous Program Madelyn Byrne (Calif.) Consortium Composer Choral Arts Society of Foundation, and Edsko and Claire Hekman Nancy and Richard Huart Susan M. Barnes John Duykers (Calif.) Nicholas DeMaison (Calif.) Residency Program Philadelphia Government Support Foundation Hella L. Mears and Robert and Pearl Bergad Earplay (Calif.) (Calif.) David Kechley (Mass.) Vaklerie Crescenz Joyner’s Die Casting William F. Hueg, Jr. David Bury Richard Festinger (Calif.) Jonathon Grasse (Calif.) David Ludwig $200,000+ & Plating Co., Inc. Dr.Arthur and Martha Kaemmer and Marianne Lockwood Kronos Quartet (Calif.) William Harrington (Calif.) Sonic Circuits Kile Smith The Ford Foundation Margaret Rivers Fund Native American Flute NancyBell Coe Mei-Fang Lin (Calif.) Emily Hay (Calif.) in U.S. & Israel The McKnight Foundation Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Music/A’mp Cary John Franklin SoundExchange Nanos Operetta (Calif.) Aaron Helgeson (Calif.) Max Abeles (Mass.) The New York State Music Fund, Griggs Burke Foundation Paul G. Nuechterlein John Kightlinger Shakopee Mdewakanton Gloria and Fred Sewell Hugh Wolff and Judy Kogan S.F. Chamber Orchestra (Calif.) Giovanna Imbesi (Calif.) Joseph Branciforte (Mass.) Paula Diehl established by the New York Sioux Community Anne LeBaron Erling Wold (Calif.) James Illgenfritz (Calif.) Ben Cantil (Mass.) Troy Herion State Attorney General at Wells Fargo Foundation Patron ($1,000 - $2,499) William McGlaughlin Amy Knoles (Calif.) Dustin Hurt Rockefeller Philanthropy Jonathan Chen (N.Y.) Meredith Alden John A. Michel Reading Sessions Catherine Lamb (Calif.) Paul Pinto Advisors Ido Govrin (Israel) to $999 Allegro Fund of Daniel Monson Frank French (Calif.) Anne LeBaron (Calif.) Kiki Keren-Huss (Israel) Timothy Albro $100,000 - $199,999 The 360 Group The Saint Paul Foundation Lowell and Sonja Noteboom Golden Gate Brass Quintet Sage Lewis (Calif.) Owen Brown Zachary Kramer (Mass.) The Jerome Foundation Valhalla Productions, Inc. J. Peter Brull Fund of David and Diana Rockefeller, Jr. (Calif.) Pamela Madsen (Calif.) Neil Leonard (Mass.) Samir Chatterjee The Minneapolis Foundation by Seattle Commissioning Club Erik Jekabson (Calif.) Jim McAuley (Calif.) Yosi Mar-Chaim (Israel) Scotty Conant $50,000 - $99,999 Matching Gifts Harry Brull and Myra Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Stanislaw Anthony Lombardi (Calif.) Andy Mitton (Calif.) Dennis Miller (Mass.) Matt Davis Minnesota State Arts Board Ecolab Foundation Philip and Carolyn Brunelle Skrowaczewski Portia Njoku (Calif.) Karl Montevirgen (Calif.) Alex Molina (Mass.) Leo Dugan National Endowment for the Arts Richard and Kay Fredericks Cisek Noel Zahler Scott Clugston Roger Peterson (Calif.) Shaun Naidoo (Calif.) Daniel Patterson (Mass.) Ian Fraser $25,000 - $49,999 Gifts from Individuals Julia W. Dayton Enthusiast ($100 - $249) Bahram Osqueezadeh (Calif.) Keren Rosenbaum (Israel) Ione Composer in the Schools Fund Kenneth and Gwendolyn Freed Henry and Betty Albrecht (Calif.) Arik Shapira (Israel) George Korein For Music, Inc. Grand Champion ($10,000+) Betty Freeman Foundation Composer Teachers: Yuval Ron (Calif.) Pierce Warnecke (Mass.) Buchla Lightning Argosy Foundation Louis F. and Kathrine E. Hill Mary Dalton Greer Mark Applebaum Matthew Goodheart (Calif.) William Roper (Calif.) Michael McDermott Carson Whitley (Mass.) Contemporary Music Fund Dwight Joyner Melvin and Judy Henderson and Joan Friedman Christopher Jones (Calif.) Daniel Rosenboom (Calif.) Amnon Wolman (NY/Israel) George Frederick Jewett and Michael Murphy Jennifer Higdon Carol Barnett Student Composers: Daniel Rothman (Calif.) Pauline Oliveros Foundation Jack and Linda Hoeschler Fritz and Kate Bergmann Sophia Chiu (Calif.) Adam Rudolph (Calif.) New Music Calendar John Phillips Katherine B.Andersen Fund of Champion ($5,000+) Family Fund of Nicky B. Carpenter Ben Hamilton (Calif.) John Schneider (Calif.) 394 events, many composers Ashley Tini The St. Paul Foundation Daniel and Constance Kunin The Saint Paul Foundation Chen Yi and Zhou Long Natalie Ho (Calif.) Patricio da Silva (Calif.) Otto Bremer Foundation The William and Susan Sands Sam Hseng-Hung Hsu Kay Dawson 7

0 Maria Hong (Calif.) Moira Smiley (Calif.) Philadelphia Chapter subito in Philadelphia Target Foundation of The Saint Paul with matching funds Lois DeWitt 0

2 Foundation from Ecolab Foundation Kevin Duggins Emily Judd (Calif.) (Calif.) Community Partners Dave Burrell

e $10,000 - $24,999 John Van Buren Mike and Kay McCarthy Stephen W. Duncan

n Andrew Linford (Calif.) Michael Glenn Williams (Calif.) Frank D’Amico

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0 Warren Singh (Calif.) Edward Zeliff (Calif.) Orlando Haddad Paul Epstein 0 General Mills Foundation Evans Mirageas and Thom Dreeze Steve Heitzeg and Gwen Pappas 2 Mackenzie Sowers (Calif.) Patricia King Ellen Fishman-Johnson John L. Nuechterlein Anders and Julie Himmelstrup y General Mills Communities of l Christopher Rouse’s “” u Thomas Flanagan J Lenny Seidman Color Grant Program John Orenstein Kelli and Geoff Hirsch

• Los Angeles Chapter at Disney Hall Spoken Hand Orlando Haddad Grotto Foundation Lawrence M. O’Shaughnessy Donald and Lois Hoger 7 7 0 0 Composers Salons Chripstopher Rouse (Md.) Andrew Hanna Mardag Foundation Charitable Income Trust Lila and Harry Jacob 0 0 Sun Ra Arkestra 2 2

Sean Heim (Calif.) Alex Shapiro (Wash.) Janice Hamer The Lee and Rose Warner in honor of Lawrence Aaron Jay Kernis t t r r Yuval Ron (Calif.) Jennifer Higdon Foundation M. O’Shaughnessy Leanna Kirchoff o o Commissions p p Kerry Walsh Concert John Paulson Vaughn and Lori Lane e e Nicholas Chase (Calif.) Time for Three Chuck Holdeman The Wenger Foundation R R David and Judy Ranheim Klopfenstein The William & Flora Hewlett l l Ken Walicki (Calif.) Performers: Martin Turin David Laganella a a Foundation Martin and Nicole Shampaine Theodore H. Koch u u Hideko Kawamoto (Calif.) Anatoly Rosinsky (Calif.) Gerald Levinson n n George and Elizabeth White David and Mary Beth Koehler n n John M Kennedy (Calif.) Greg Schreiner (Calif.) Film Music Panel Evan Lipson A A $5,000 - $9,999 Karen Koepp

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s r Jennifer Logan (Calif.) Speakers: Mark Moskowitz Daniel Peterson HRK Foundation John G. and Theresa M. Forsythe Marianella Machado e s Paul Hanson and Steve Riendl Cecily Morse o Christian Eloy (France) (Calif.) Rodney Whittenberg Geoffrey Peterson RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation p Carol Heen and Charlie Boone Nicholas Nash and m Frank J. Oteri (N.Y.) Alex Shapiro (Wash.) Maurice Wright Scott Robinson Valspar Foundation o Thelma and Sam Hunter Karen Lundholm C (Calif.) Kate Gale (Calif.) Evan Solot

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