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CANADIAN MUSIC CENTER April 1986 HONORARY MEMBER OF ASUC
At the banquet of the Annual Conference in Toronto, Council Pr~sident Elliott Schwartz announced that the Canadian Music Center had been designated an Honorarv Institutional Member of the American Society of University Composers for the hard work in producing the Annual Conference. Those aspects of· the Conference that have been cited, in 1986 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TORONTO particular, have been press coveraqe, the hiqh level of perfor The stylized Canadian maple leaf mance, - fund raising, and excellent pictured above represents the work by support staff and International Year of Canadian volunteers. Music, our hosts at the 21st Annual Conference held March 5-9 in Thanks specifically go to John Toronto, Ontario. Canada. A regis Miller, Executive Director of the tration of 104 ASUC members joined Canadian Music Center; David A. Canadian composers for a Joint Julien, Project Director of the conference held in association with 1986 International Year of Canadian the Canadian League of Composers Music; and Maggie Andersen, ASUC and the Canadian Music Centre. Conference Coordinator. Canadian composer Jean Papineau With the membership of the Couture formally opened the Canadian Music Center, ASUC conference with a delightful key establishes formal ties with our note speech summarizing both the colleagues in Canada. We welcome strengths and the difficulties in David Keane to the newly created Canadian music which sounded position of Canadian liaison on the suspiciously like those encountered Executive Committee. in the United States. ======Mentioning the geographical com COMING EVENTS petition between French-speaking and English-speaking composers in Canada and the reticence of per formers toward programming contem porary music, Papineau-Couture ended his presentation on a # # # # positive note, commending the establishment of the Canadian Music Colleqe Music Society Center, and the publication of the October 9-12, 1986 Encvclopedia of the Music of Canada Hyatt Regency Miami in French and English. •
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Welcoming ASUC members from the The concerts featured works of United States, Papineau-Couture both ASUC members and Canadi applauded the fact that ASUC was composers: not only multi-national, but multi cultural as well. STEPHEN CHATMAN ROBERT HEPPENER MICHAEL PARKER JOHN BECKWITH Lecture/Demonstrations were pres JOELLE WALLACH MARK PUTNAM ented by MARTIN BRESNICK <"Nation JQDITH LANG ZAIMONT alism in Music: Imaqined Communi SyTiNEY HODKINS ON HENRY KUCHARZYK ties"), RALPH SHAPEY - <"Double Con WILLIAM BUXTON DAVID GRIMES certo" l, JOHN REA <" Vanishing REYNOLD WEIDENAAR BRUCE PENNYCOOK Points"), ALEXINA LOUIE (''East/West ISTV..~~ ANHALT ROBERT ROLLIN - 01'."iental Influences"), MORTON JENNIFER McLAUGHLIN FELDMAN, ROGER REYNOLDS ("Form and WARNER HUTCHISON GARY KULESHA Stl'."ucture in Tl'."ansfigured Wind ROBERT CHAMBERLIN IV"), GAYLE YOUNG ("Hugh Le KAREL HUSA DENNIS MILLER Caine"l, EDWARD GREEN l"Aesthetic CHARLES BESTOR NEIL McKAY Realism">, MARSHALL BIALOSKY <"An MARJAN MOZETICH BRUCE MATHER Introduction to Luigi Dalla MARTIN BRESNICK JERRY TROXELL piccola' s Opera, Ulis se"), JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS WALTER WINSLOW BECKWITH <"Chorale & Hymn Tune PAUL PACCIONE WILLIAM DOUGLAS References: &-.illy? How?"), R. MURRAY URSULA MAML OK JOHN DOWNEY SHAFER ("Princess of the Stars--The JONATHAN CHENETTE GEORGE ROCHBERG Composer & environmental Music"), THOMAS WELLS ROGER REYNOLDS ELAINE KEILLOR ("Weinzweig' s Diver DENIS LORRAIN PETER HATCH timento No. 9--A Kaleidoscopic Con FRANK STEMPER EDWARD GREEN versation for the Orchestra"), and ROQUE CORDERO JOHN BEALL LOU HARRISON/JOHN WEINZWEIG <"Com BRIAN FENNELLY ANN SOUTHAM position: A Retrospective"). ALEXINA LOUIE JAMES HOBBS JACQUES HETU BR IAN CHE..!'\NEY OW.i:;N UNDERHILL DONALD HARRIS The Computer Music Forum at the JAMES CHAUDOIR RUTH LOMON Conference feacured William Buxcon. DEREK HEALEY MART IN S&-J"EIDEL Henry Kucharzyk. Bruce Pennycook, R. MURRAY SHAFER RUDOLPH BUBALO and Reynold Weidenaar, and the two ALLISON SNIFFIN TIM BRADY panels on the Composers· Environ MARSHALL BIALOSKY DIANE THOME rnenc featured William Littler, Tim HERBERT BIELAWA WILLIAM MAYER Page, Rick MacMillan, Nancy Cldrke, ALLAN BELL HENRY KUCHARZYK Joseph Kovkkar, Allan Bell, John MICHEL-GEORGES BREGENT Miller, ~Michael Colgrass, Ralph RICHARD ROMITI LOU HARRISON Shapey, Barbara Petersen, and Libbv Larsen. ~ JOHN WEINZWEIG DAVID MOTT These concerts featured perform The ASUC Newletter ances by the Elmer Isler Singers, William Buxton Ensemble with Rifa.t Qureshi. viola, ASUC/SESAC STUDENT CONTEST t h e York University Ensemble (James McKav, conductor I , the York Winds , We are pleased to announce the members of the National Chamber resu l t s of the 1986 ASUC/SESAC Orchestra, Robert Aitken tfluteJ, Student Composition Contest. First Beverlev Johnston tpercussionJ, Prize was- awarded to Jennifer Paul Robinson ldouble bassl, Rivka McLaughlin of the University of Golani l violaJ, Eric Mand at Victoria, BC, for her Brass (clarinet>, Alan Torok (guitar I , Quintet. Second Prize went to Steven Smith lPianoJ, the Esprit Scott Warner of the University of Concemporain O~chestra !Alex Pauk Michiaan for his work Beatitudes conductor I, the Exultate Chamber for solo auitar. Isabelle Marcoux Singers 1John Tuttle, conductor, of Laval, University, Quebec, Michael Bloss, organ!, the Univer received an Honorable Mention for sity of Western Ontario Symphony her Woodwind Quintet. Orchestl'."a. (Jerome Summers, conductor, Cameron Bennett, piano). The First and Second Prizes were Pamela Deacon (soprano J , Didi announced at the 1986 ASUC Annual Pritchard lsoorano l , Shannon Peet Conference in Toronto by Herbert E. Cbassoon1. - Greqorv Goldbera Johnson. Vice-President of SESAC, lcellol. Sasha - Weinscangei Inc. Unfortunately, the plaques to (violin!, Marc Widner tpianol, have been presented were held by David Hetherinatcn lcellol, Joseph Canadian customs. At the time of Petric laccor~ion). Judy Loman this writing, the plaques are still (harpi, Mark Duggan I percussion>, there! Upon their release, they Robert Bick lflute J , and the Lyric will be sent to the prize winners . Arts Trio. ~ The judges for this year's ·:ontest were Warner Hutchison, At the Business Meeting, Council Contest Chairman 4 At the Region Six Conference, ASUC composers were usually repre -- ~ sented by more than one ' composition--something we don ' t see often. Other than those listed REGION SIX ALSO MEETS MARCH 5-9 above, ASUC composers performed were-- Region Six of ASUC met on the campus of Cameron University in LARRY BARNES CU. of Texas-San Antonio) Lawton, Oklahoma, March 5 - 9. The THOMAS BENJAMIN Prof. James R. Greeson, co ASUC members may now obtain the chairman of ASUC Region Six, wrote Society's membership mailing list that by the time his region knew of on pressure-sensitive labels for the Annual Conference dates, it was $30, half the regular price. This too late to change their own. is the first time our mailinq list Thus, Region Six met the same I' has been available to member;. You weekend as the conference in may orde the list in zip code or Toronto. alphabetic sequence. We can also provide labels for specific regions We were sorry not to see many or combination of regions at a Region Six members at the Annual reduced rate of $10 for any portion Conference, but, on the other hand, of the list. A statement will are impressed that such a large accompany the labels, or you may regional conference RECORD SERIES REPORT COMPETITIONS, GRANTS. AND CALLS by Richard Brooks The following listiil-gs come from After a prolonged hiatus due to a variety of sources, so may not production problems, we are happy have complete information. You're to report that the ASUC Record encouraged to contact the spon Series is once again alive. The soring oraanizations direetly long-delayed Record 7 was issued before sending materials.· ''SASE" last fall containing works by in a listina means that a "self RUDOLPH BUBALO, ELLIOT BORISHANSKY. addressed, stamped envelope" should CHRISTINE BERL, CATHERINE SCHIEVE, be provided - for re~urn of and W. THOMAS MCKENNEY. Record 8, materials. Submissions that are to containinq works bv BURTON BEERMAN. be anonymous implies that your nam-e ELEANOR CORY, F~.. NK RETZEL. and should not appear anywhere on the RICHMOND BROWNE. is presently in score. An identifying mark should production. We hope to have Record be Placed on the score instead, and 9 available in the fall of this a sealed envelope with this mark on vear. Record 9 includes works by the front should be attached with JOHN RINEHART, KEVIN HANLON. DAVID at least your name, address, phone WARD-STEIN.MA.N, RONALD PERERA. and number, and title of the piece CHARLES BESTOR. enclosed. We hope to stay on a two-record The NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION and per-year schedule it the always the BAND MANS COMPANY is sponsoring precarious budaet allows it. We a comoetition for a work for con (\ will be applying to the NEi\ for cert 1and with no restrictions as fundina for the Series later this to stvle, form or lenqth. The year. ~ If thev are receptive, it award ls $3.000 and performance at could spee~ up production a national or regional music considera.bly. In the past, . the NE...1\. convention in 1987, Send a full has not been recective to funding score and taf)e recording to Thomas individual works or albums, but is Dvor-ak, , Dir·ector of University much more interested in helping Bands, School of Fine Arts, Box small record companies in a more 413, · Universitv of Wisconsin general way to benefit larger .Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. numbers of composers. Deadline is Nov. 5, 1986. A judging cycle is currentlv in The INTERNATIONAL HORN SOCIETY is progress to select works to -fill sponsoring a composition contest openings in Records 10 and 12 •. as for horn & piano, horn & string well as future albums. A piano quartet, and horn ensemble (5 to 16 album, Record 11, consists of separate parts). The prize is CARLTON GAMER'S Piano Raaa Music, $1000 in each category. Submissions THOMAS BENJAMIN'S That Old Second should be done anonymously, and the Viennese School Raa, EDWARD work must have been written during MATTILA'S Six Little Arravs for the past five years. be unpublished Piano, VINCENT McDERMOTT'S Maaic and unrecorded, and have received Ground, and WILLIAM M..l\TTHEWS' no previous awards. No more than Ferns. one work for each division may be submitted by a single comooser. Submit 3 copies of the full score to Jeffrey Agrell, Gibraltarstr. 1, CH-6003 Lucerne, Switzerland. Three cassette tapes of the work 6 should be submitted if possible. be eligible. Compositions mustr\ Deadline is Nov. 10, 1986. have been written within two year~ of the contest deadline, and should A flute choir composition compe be 7 to 12 minutes in length. Sub tition is being sponsored by the mit full score Cno partsl and a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FLUTE tape (cassette preferred) to Beeler CHOIR. Instrumentation must include Composition Prize, School of Music, 8 or more flutes. The work should Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850. be 10-15 minutes in length. The Deadline is Oct. l, 1986. prize is $300 and performance in April, 1987. Submit full score · BOWLING GREEN STATE · UNIVERSITY and parts anonymously, to Carol invites compose.rs to submit wor-ks Kniebusch, Director, JMU Flute for their New Music Festival takinq Choir, Music Department, James place Oct. 16-18, 1986. Works can Madison University, Harrisonburg, be for any performance medium, VA 22807. Deadline is Oct. 1, including tape. Composer's name, 1986. address, and · telephone number should be included as well as an The VALENTINO BUCCHI MUSICAL SASE: Composers must submit score ASSOCIATION, with the VAL.Ei\JTINO and Parts of works chosen. for per BUCCHI FOUNDATION and the formance. Sent materials to John CONSERVATOR IO DI MUSICA SANTA Sampen, College of Musical Arts, CECILIA in Rome, announces an Bowling Green State University, international double-bass Bowling Green. OH 43403-0290. composition competition. There are Deadline is May 1, 1986. three categories for composers under age 41 as of Dec. 31. 1986: The INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILr piece for double-bass and orchestra is sponsoring a contest for a work (10-20 minutes), double bass and for trumpet and organ. Prizes are chamber group of 3-12 instruments $1000 and $500, with performance at (8-15 minutesJ, and a piece for the 1987 Conference. The work double-bass solo. The double-bass · should be a new composition written solo category has a sub-category for this contest during the 1985-87 for a piece for double bass solo period. It should be unpremiered, suitable for performers around age although a tape recording of a 15. A "Category D juniores" for reading is required with the manu compose rs under aqe 28 as of Dec. script. Duration should be 8-15 3lsE is f o r a work~for two double minute s. Submit score, parts, and basses or double-bass and another recording to David Greenhoe, ITG instrument. Prizes range from Lit. Composition Contest. School of 1,000,000 to 4,000,000. There is Music, University of Iowa, Iowa an elaborate procedure, which can City, IA 52242. An application fee be obtained from Associazione of $10 is required. Deadline is Musicale Valentino Bucchi; Via Jan. 12, 1987. Ubaldino Peruzzi, 20 ~ 001 39 Rom e , Italy. Deadline is Sept. 30, 1986. The FARGO-MOOREHEAD SYMPHONY has announced a competition for an Ithaca College announces its orchestral work of medium length by First Biennial WALTER BEELER an American composer. Prize is COMPOSITION PRIZE of $3000 for $ 2000 and premiere performance. original compositions for wind Works must be 8- 15 minutes long, ensemble/concert band, utilizing submitted anonymously by to Fargo-("\ standard wind band instrumentation. Moorehead Symphony Orchestral Asso No transcriptions or arrangements ciation, Box 1753, Fargo, ND 58107. (except those of the composer) will Deadline is Sept. 30, 1986. 7 NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE has The CITTA DI TRIESTE comoetition 1nnounced a call for scores for for 1986 is for works for works for solo instrument or percussion The NMP WIND NONET has issued a The PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY has call for scores for flute. oboe. announced its 13th annual clarinet, ba5soon. Baxophone, Percussion Composition Contest. trumpet, horn, trombone, and-tuba. This year works must be scored for Most members can double. Contact solo percussion with percussion John Devine, 1300 Grand Street NE, ensemble (6 or more). Details are Minneapolis, MN 55413. available from the Percussive Arts Society, Box 697, Urbana, IL 61801. Deadline is June 1, 1986. The BASCOM LITTLE FUND announces a competition for its Prize in The BRAVURA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE is Composition awarded biennially to a calling for scores without an student composer of exceptional announced deadline. Works should talent affiliated with the be by women and may use any ~ ~leveland, OH, area. The prize is combination of piano, violin, for a wor~: of friUBic theatre, and cello, flute, and soprano. Contact includes $1000 and performance at a Kathleen Martin, 21 West 86th public concert in Cleveland. This Street #306, New York, NY 10024. competition is open to composers born after Jan. 1, 1951, who have spent at least two years residence SYNCHRONIA OF ST. LOUIS is in the Greater Cleveland area and must have continued to maintain a calling for scores for any tie with the area. The work should combination of flute, clarinet, be for musical theater., and must violin, cello, piano, and have been composed within the past percussion, with optional three years. Instrumentation is additional player, tape, or voice. for voices and piano--the piano Contact Synchronia, Timothy V. part may be a reduction of an Clark, 812 Leland #lN, St. Louis, orchestral or chamber orchestral MO 63130. score. There is no limitation on duration, and more than one The DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FESTIVAL OF submission can be made. Submit a NEW MUSICS is reopening its score and optional tape recording competition for new choral music. (required if a part for electronic The composition must be for chamber tape is included), to J.D.Bain choir (a capella or with Murray, President, Bascom Little accompaniment of up to five instru Fund, Department of Music ments>, 5 to 12 minutes in length. Cleveland State University' The prize is $500 and performance ~leveland, OH 44115. Deadline i~ at Rollins Chapel. Any text in ..__,,, 1ay 1, 1986. English or Latin, sacred or 8 secular, comic or serious, which MEMBERS ' ACTIVITIES might be appropriate for such a concert is acceptable. Antiphonal Several works by JOELLE WALLAcr-' works or works which otherwise make received recent performances. ~ use of the acoustics of the Chapel Sonando Suendo de Tanqo was are especially sought. The work performed at the Center for must be unpublished. The entry fee InterAmerican Relations , and is $5 per composer, who may submit O~ganal Voices was performed at up to three works. A cassette is Christ and St. Stephens Church, r~quested, but no required. Send both in New York City. Glimpses submissions to Selection Committee, for orchestra was performed by the Department of Music, Dartmouth Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Colleqe, Hanover, NH 03755. Quart et for Saxophones was Enclose SASE for return. Deadline performed at the Lincoln Center is May 15, 1986. Library in New Yo rk. The JAJ1ES WRIGHT POETRY FESTIVAL JOHN ANTHONY LENNON 'S commis seeks settings of the poetry of sioned work Messiana was recently James Wright, Robert Bly, Donald Premiered in San Francisco ' s Herbst Hall, and Louis Simpson for Hall by the Kronos Quartet. Lennon performance at their next toured the Soviet Union with the conference. Contact Robert Boury, Manhattan Quartet by invitation of Department of Music, University of the American Embassy. His work Arkansas, Littl e Rock, AK 72204. Voices was chosen by the Quartet as a recent American work to be The MYSTIC VALLEY ORCHESTRA of presented to the Russian people. Boston will be presenting two Peters Editions will Publish the performances of recent works by Svmphonic RhaPsodv -for alt ~ American composers durinq its 1986- saxophone and orchestra, 87 season. Instrumentation is 2-2- commissi oned and premiered last 2-2 (all wind doublings possible), year by Donald Sinta. 4-3-2-1, 2 perc., harp, 4-4-3-3-2. There are two categories: a work 20 SYDNEY HODKINSON ' S recent minutes maximum duration, and a premiere s include Tsatskes at the work 10-20 minutes in duration. National Convention of the College Submit no more than one work for Music Society in Vancouver, BC, each category. Send scores and Trauermusik at Houston, TX, available cassettes to Robert Kyr, Catsman, a chamber opera for SATB, Composer-in-Residence , Mystic piano, v iolin, and cello, in Valley Orchestra, 16 Forest Street Houston, TX, Raethke-Lieder, Book #:41, Cambridge, MA 02140. Send III in Cleveland, OH, The Burninq SASE f o r return of materials. Bell for youth orchestra, Deadline is May 26, 1986. commissioned by the Penfield, NY, School District, and An Ellinqton Sonqbook for brass quintet, ======commissioned and premiered by the Eastman Brass in Rochester, NY. WPFA-FM in Berkeley , CA is The Vertical Man/Trumpet and seeking high quality recordings of Percussion by GUNTHER TAUTENHAHN environmental sounds, natural and had it's premiere performance in urban. Send to World Ear Project, Ma dison, WI, by Steve Trinkle, KPFA-FM Radio, 2207 Shattuck trumpet, and Genie Burkett, Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94704. percussion. • 9 GARY C. ~"'HITE was composer in for bass-baritone John Shirley residence at Southwestern College Ouirk and oboist Sarah Watkins. A in Winfield, KS. During this new piece for chamber ensemble will residency, the Southwestern College also be written under this Choir premiered his People of the commission for premiere by Musical South Wind. The Southwestern Elements, a contemporary ensemble College Band also performed his In founded by Asia . The Brooklyn Bruton Town at the concert which Philharmonic recently premiered culminated the College ' s centennial Rivalries with the composer year celebration. conducting. The Louisiana State Unversity New ROBERT WALTERS, chairman of the Music Ensemble presented several division of music at Union College, concerts f eaturinq works by ASUC NE, and conductor of the state's members . The group presented world Lincoln Civic Orchestra, has been premieres of LEONARD HORTON'S Credo exchange professor at the Beijing for Solo Clarinet, JAMES GUTHRIE ' S Lanquaqe Institute in China. Two Movements for Octet, and JOSEPH Recen~iy, he conducted an orchestra COSGROVE ' S Ou intet for Clarinet and there in a concert which featured Strinas. The New Music Ensemble is his own First Svmphony. This work directed bv ASUC member DINO was oremiered by the South Coast CONSTANTINIDES, whose Brass Quintet Svmoh~nv (CA). His Cello Concerto and Woodwind Ouartet were also was- premiered by David Low and the performed. One of these concerts Redlands Symphony . was presented in conjunction with American Music Week, and took place Capricci Concertati by HAROLD at the Contemporary Arts Center in SCHIFFMAN was recen~ly premiered at t-Jew Or leans. the Interna~ional Trombone Workshop in Nashville, TN. Other recent Concerto Grosso for Winds, performances include Concertina for Percussion and Electronic Tape by Saxophones at the Univ. of DAV1D BERLIN was qiven it's Louisville Saxophone Institute, the premiere by the West Virginia Rhapsodv • for G~itar a t the Guitar Universitv Wind Ensemble at a Foundation of America Festival in concert ~resented in conjunction Fulle~ton, CA, and LaGrange with the conference of the West College, GA, and Divertimento Virginia Music Education DANIEL ASIA has received a ;ommission from the Fromm Mus ic --'Foundation to write a set of songs Whv Not Go First-Class? Should you wish to receive the ASUC Newsletter via First-Class Mail instead, of the much slower Bulk-Rate, we are pleased to say that nothing could be easier. For an annual payment of $7 to cover postage and handling, you will be assured of receiving these announcements well in advance of any listed deadlines. Announcements of contests, calls for scores, and other solicitations appear in the ASUC Newsletter as a service to ASUC members only. While every effort is made to assure the accuracy of these announce ments, ASUC cannot accept responsibility for errors, misrepresentations, or misinterpretations. In cases where numerous rules or limitations exist, the announcement appearing in the Newsletter may consist only of a summary or a few of the major rules. Members are urqed to write to the addresses provided for complete details and official rules. amerlean soelety or unl\1erslty eomposers 250 WEST 54TH STREET ROOM 300 NEW YORK, NY. 10019