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l AMEPIC!\N a::IJETYCf UNlvEk51TY COV1RJSERS FALL, 1973/Vol. 6, No. 3 1974 NATIONAL CONFERENCE A limited number of performances will be possible through two New The Ninth Annual Conference of the York based groups. Those members who Society will be held February 22-24 in cannot provide their own performers New York. The Conference is chaired but would like to have works con this year by Gerald Warfield with the sidered should send scores (no more assistance of Ludmila Ulehla, John than two compositions) to John Selleck, _ and David Burge. Selleck, ASUC, c/o American Music The schedule of events (at this Center, Inc., 2109 Broadway, Suite point still tentative) begins with a 15-19, New York, N.Y. 10023. Pieces pre-Conference meeting of the National may be scored for almost any sized Council and Executive Committee, chamber group, although duplication of Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m., at instruments (i.e., two oboes, two the American Music Center. Scheduled flutes, etc.) may cause problems. for Friday in the auditorium of the Scores should be sent at once as Library and Museum of P e rforming Arts selectio n will be made as soon as at Lincoln Ce nte r are: r e gistra tion possible. at 10:00 a.m., a panel at 10:30 a.m., and a concert at 2:00 p.m. That A panel topic has been suggested evening there will be a concert at for the conference concerning various Manhattan School of Music followed methods or notati onal procedures for by a reception (also at Manhat tan) . c ontrolling time r e l a tionship s in non The morning and afternoon s e s sio ns me t r i c mus i c . Particular a tte ntion on Saturday will involve a 9: 3 0 a .m. wil l b e giv e n to the appl i cation of business meeting and a 2:00 p.m. the s e me thod s t o large e nsemble s. Any concert, both to be held at Columbia members who have ideas on this topic University in the School of (e spec ially with references to their International Affairs Conference own musi c) and are inte rested in Cente r. A conce rt in Carneg ie Recital partic i pating , s hould write to : Hall is scheduled for Sat u rda y a t William Pen n , Eastman Schoo l of Music , 8:00 in the ev e ning. The Confe ren ce Ro c h e ster, Ne w York 14604. The panel will close Sunday morning with a panel will consist mostly o f reading papers discussi on at 10:00 a.m. at Manhattan with a minimum of extemporaneous School of Music. comments . Any change s in this s chedule, along Suggestions f o r further pane l with additiona l informa t i on r egarding t opics sho uld be sent to Gerald the conce rts a nd pan e ls, will b e Wa rfield, c/o ASUC (see address a bove ). a nnounced i n t h e next News l e tter. One final item. At this confe rence The d e tails for performance s at t h e the p resentatio n of prepared p ape rs is Confe r e nce hav e no t b een comp letely being e ncouraged. Those o f you who worked out, but comp ose rs who can ha v e p ossible presenta tions on topic s provi d e the i r own per f orme r s s hould of inte r e s t t o o the r ASUC membe rs s e nd sco res, name s o f p e rforme rs , and s hould contact : Da v id Bu rge , 765 a tape o f a p e rforma nce (i f p o ssible ) 1 5th St r eet , Bould e r , Co lorado 8 0302. to: Ludmila Ulehla, 120 Lee Road ,1 Scars dale , New York 1058 3. ASUC RECORDING PROJECT Tape 3: TEMPE CONFERENCE Roger Harris Silent Things (1972) Victor Saucedo At this point there is still some Piano Music No. 11 doubt concerning the success of the Newton Strandberg recording project proposed at the ASK Ronald Pellegrino Tempe Conference. The total number S & H Explorations for Clarinet and of subscriptions and actual orders ARP 2600 Synthesizer (1972) did not warrant the initial pressing Tape 4: of 100 records. We would like to Burton Bee rman repeat the offer once again, for Misogamy for Tape and String Quartet subscription orders at $4.00 per Karel Husa record. It will be necessary to String Quartet No. 3 Edwin Lo ndon receive at least 5-0 subscription Poebells for Narrator, Singers and orders before pressing arrangements Pe rcussion Ensemble can be accomplished. Compositions selected by the executive committee for An order form for the recording and/or the recording are: tapes is printed on Page B of the Ronald Pellegrino Newslette r. S & H Explorations Carlton Gamer ASUC RADIO SHOW Piano Raga Music Edwin London Poe bells The Society now has a series of three Burton Beerman hour-lo ng radio programs in circulation Mi sogamy around the country. Stations c arrying Tapes of the Concerts are available t h e s how inc lude WBUR at Boston (prepaid) at $5.00 each or $18.00 for University and Boston educational the four concert series. The contents station WBGH. WCLV in Cleveland and of the tapes are as follows: WUOM at the University of Michigan have -~ Tape 1: requested the s e ries for programming. James Tenney Circulation should expand in the 'months Monody for Solo Clarinet (1959) Harold Oliver ahead as a result of a large mailing Discourses for A Cl ar i n e t Al one (1967) t his August t o nearly 100 stations not Ellio t Borishansky curren tly receiving the programs. Already Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (197 2) thirty requests for audition tapes have Burton Beerman Sensa tions for Cl arinet and Tape (1969) been received from stations contacted Donald Martino through this mailing. The Radio Show is A Set for Cl arin e t (1954) a n excellent opportunity for ASUC members (The above pieces are performed by to h ave t heir works h eard by a large Phillip Re hfeldt, Univers ity of Redlands.) audience . Jonathan Kramer Biannual instead of annual production Music for Piano/ No. 4 (1969-72) of the shows seems feasible at this point provided there is increased parti Tape 2: Carl ton Gamer c i pation by ASUC members. The packaging Piano Raga Mu sic (1971) o f Program 4 is now p l a nned- for l ate Gerald Warfi e ld Novembe r a nd members a r e urged t o send Variations and Me t amorphosis for Ce llo . tapes at once noting t he following Ensemble Donald Macinnis requests: Vari ations on a The me by Webern for 1. Recordings should be half-track Cello and Two-Channel Tape stereo at 7~ - or 15 i ps and should Peter Racine Fricker b e on professional quality tape . Come , Sleep (t ext: Sir Philip Sidney) (1972) 2. Brief program note s , some S t e v e n Strunk biographical informa tion on t h e Quart e t No . II composer , and names of performers Michael Horvit should b e included. Antiphon for Clarinet and Electronic Tape (1971) 3. Permission by perf ormers for the Composers Assistance Program, American season September 23, with a concert Music Center , Inc., 2109 Broadway (at featuring new works by William 73rd), Suite 15-79, New York, N.Y. Hibbard, Peter Lewis, Donald Jenni, a 0023. work by Harley Gaber, and Stockhausen's Kontakte. NEWS FROM 1HE REGIONS Region VII held its annual con ference November 2 and 3, at the Region III held a conference University of Wyoming (Laramie) . October 20 at Towson State College, Host David Gordon did the organiza Maryland. The morning s e s s ion c on tional work . Presentations included s i sted o f a busine ss me eting in Tows on two c oncerts and several papers. State's new Fine Arts Building. The meeting involved: a discussion of Region VIII will hold a joint plans for attending the Ninth National conference with the Southern California Conference in New York City next year, section of the American Musicological plans for the next Region III Confe r e nce, Society, November 16-18, in the Music plans for conce rts o f members' works, Building of California State Unive rsity and n ews in the Regi o n. Chai rma n at San Diego. The p rogram will include: Gordon Cyr announced the implementation a concert of music by ASUC composers of a regional newsletter. Warner Hutchison, Barney Childs, Jerome The afternoon session f e atured the Margolis, Robert Stewart, Gunther playing of tapes by member compose rs. Tautenhahn, Joseph Julian, and Marshall The prog ram include d music by Gordon Bialoksy ; a l ecture by Jame s Te nney on Cyr, Jame s Gibs on, Jackson Hill, Preston the mu sic a nd life of Ca rl Ruggl es ; a Hutt, Robert Y. McMa ha n, and Claire l ecture e ntit l ed "Th e We ll-Pr epared Polin. Several Towson State College Piano" by Ric hard Bung er; a 12cture faculty members, including Dr. Gilbe rt on Schoe nbe r g 's s k e t c h e s a nd composi ~ungardt, Associate Dean of the Fi ne tiona l me tho d s by Leonard Ste in; a :ts Division, atte nde d the a fte rnoon l ecture by Stuart P e t ock e ntitled s ess i o n.