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SAI COMPOSERS BUREAU ANNUAL AMERICAN thCOMPOSERS 70 UPDATE by Steve Cohen SAI Philanthropies, Inc. Winter 2019 Digital Exclusive • SAI Alumna/Patroness ANNUAL AMERICAN • • Friend of the Arts th • • • National Arts Associate COMPOSERS UPDATE • • • • Honorary Member 70 • • • • • Member Laureate Dear Reader, to members of SAI, through their annual updates and sharing but also to libraries of information with other composers. Our igma Alpha Iota Philanthropies and schools. This reports link composers to one another, is pleased to bring you the magazine is listed in to performers eager to program and newest Composers Bureau the MUSIC INDEX, commission new music, to students who SUpdate, the 70th in a stream which includes a crave music that is fresh and new. of annual reports from the field. separate entry for The SAI Composers Bureau is a Composers are hard at work, having each composer in the project of SAI Philanthropies, Inc., the success in getting premieres, second “American Composer Update: Premieres, charitable arm of Sigma Alpha Iota. It is a and third performances, recordings, and Performances, Publications, Recordings, privilege to support American composers publications. News tells of commissions and News.” In addition, information in the by publicizing their work. So, to all who and opportunities. The IAMA premieres issue is used to update the information use the Composers Bureau Update, know at the 2018 SAI National Convention are on the SAI Composers Bureau website that this is a part of SAI’s core mission: to here—works by Steve Cohen, Richard with direct links to composers’ webpages, encourage, nurture, and support the art Crosby, and Bonnie Janofsky. These can biographies, and annual reports; a of music. Thank you! be ordered from C.F. Peters Corporation. website that is visited by performers, And, as you will read, audiences teachers, librettists, and composers who Cordially, around the world hear the music of are interested in finding new music by Susan Cohn Lackman, Ph.D., M.B.A. our Composers Bureau members! The American composers. Director, Sigma Alpha Iota American Composers issue goes not only Composers Bureau members inspire Composers Bureau COVER COMPOSER STEVE COHEN teve Cohen received his training (for Psalm 84 and Psalm 121), the 2007 at the Manhattan, Eastman and New York Treble Singers Composition Juilliard Schools of Music, and Award (for Hashkiveinu), 2006 and Shas composed a large catalog 2008 Shalshelet Festival Awards (for of symphonic, chamber, liturgical and Hashkiveinu and Y’did Nefesh) and the musical-theater pieces. 2008 Aeros Prize (Wind Quintet). Cohen’s choral music has been He received his Bachelor’s in Music performed by the Zamir Chorale, Kol from the Manhattan School of Music prior Zimrah (Chicago), the Zemel Choir of to furthering his education at The Juilliard London and the Gregg Smith Singers, School and the Eastman School of Music - and is heard regularly at Congregation 1978, ’84, ’87 (Arrangers Lab Institute) Emanu-El of New York City and the North He is a member of Broadcast Music, American Jewish Choral Festival. Inc., the American Music Center, the Honors for Cohen’s music include American Society of Music Copyists, and the 2004 Composer’s Award given jointly the Society of Composers and Lyricists. by the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra His Toccata Veronese won the and the Museum in the Community (for 2018 SAI Inter-American Music Award the orchestral piece Juggernaut), first Competition and was performed by IAMA and second prizes in the 2006 Susan Director Sara Bong at the 2018 SAI Galloway Sacred Song Award contest National Convention in Scottsdale, AZ. 2 Winter 2019 Digital Exclusive • sai-national.org • SAI Alumna/Patroness • • Friend of the Arts ANNUAL AMERICAN • • • National Arts Associate th • • • • Honorary Member • • • • • Member Laureate COMPOSERS UPDATE H. LESLIE ADAMS NACUSA, University of Alabama, Everything, Kirkland Choral70 Society, Glann PREMIERES: L’Amour eternal, Birmingham, 6/8/18; Auburn Gregg, director, Beady Eyes Publishing, flute and piano, Greater University, Montgomery, AL, Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, Cleveland Flute Society Recital, 11/14/18; Jules Collins 5/19/18. Longing for Home, Clara Osowski, University Circle, Cleveland, Art Museum, Auburn, AL, mezzo-soprano; Mary Jo Gothmann, piano, OH, 4/22/2018. Dream Song, 12/13/18; University of Westminster Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 8/6/18. voice and piano, “An Evening Montevallo, 1/14/19; Shelton Morning Hymn, Plymouth Congregational with Countertenor Darryl Taylor,” State College, 1/22/19. ARDOVINO Church Choir, Philip Brunelle, director, Plymouth National Opera Center, Scorca PERFORMANCES: Tetrad ADAMS Congregational Church, 9/30/18. Hall, New York, NY, 4/3/2018. Equinox for soprano, clarinet, cello, and piano, PERFORMANCES: The World Beloved: A PERFORMANCES: Since Auburn University, Montgomery, 11/14/18 Bluegrass Mass, The Choristers, You Went Away, For You There Is No Song, NEW PUBLICATIONS: Potenza Music: Eloquence David Spitko, DePue Brothers An Evening with Countertenor Darryl Taylor, III for Trumpet; Eloquence IV for Eb Clarinet; Band, Trinity Lutheran Church, National Opera Center, 3/2/2018. Under Water for clarinet, piano and narrator; Landale, PA, 4/28/17; also Progressive Duets for clarinet and bass clarinet. The Plano Civic Chorus, Ralph JAMES ADLER ••• Pat a Pan, arranged for Young Band, LFA Music. Frederick Stannard, Monroe PREMIERES: A Cat, A Bird, and Winter Fun, NEW RECORDINGS: A Quiet Piece: New Music Crossing, Plano, TX, 10/13- BARNETT SATB, Bayville, NJ, Central Regional High School, for Saxophone by Living Women Composers, 14/18; Stockton Chorale, Dr. Beth Moore, conductor, May 2019. FANFARE Lori Ardovino, saxophone, Laurie Middaugh, Bruce Southard, Stockton, Lodi, CA, 10/20- th XL, composed for 40 LGBTC Big Apple Choir, piano, Melanie Williams, voice 21/18. Song of Perfect Propriety, Canzona St. Bartholomew’s Church, NY, 4/13/19. Elegy NEWS: Lori Ardovino is currently working on Women’s Ensemble, Cricket Handler, Jill for Norman, in memory of Dr. Norman T. Adler two projects. “The Trees of Tinglewood” for Anderson, earthsongs, San Luis Obispo, CA, z’’l, Cain-Oscar Bergeron, flute, Adler, piano, clarinet and piano is inspired by the carvings 11/4/18. Yamaha Artist Services, 4/10/18. Daughters of Tim Tingle, a Montevallo, AL resident known NEW PUBLICATIONS: Mortals & Angels: A of Music, SSA, French horn, and piano, Debra for his interesting and creative carvings in the Bluegrass Te Deum, Boosey & Hawkes. Tagore’s Rue (president of the SAI Ft. Worth Alumnae local park. She is also working on a song cycle Lost Star, G. Schirmer. My People Are Rising, E. Chapter), lyric, was featured at for the LeBaron Trio (soprano voice, clarinet, C. Schirmer. the SAI National Convention in and piano) using the poetry of Anne Bradstreet, NEW RECORDINGS: Mortals & Angels: A Scottsdale, AZ in July. This was the most prominent of early English poets of Bluegrass Te Deum (CD includes Micah 6:8, Into performed by the Fort Worth North America and first writer in England’s North the Fire. Alumnae Singers & Friends, Dr. American colonies to be published. NEWS: I served on three mentorship teams: Jerome Bierschenk, conductor Lori Ardovino was awarded the Alabama Music VocalEssence’s Remix; American Composers and James Adler, piano. Canticle Teachers Association Composer Commission Forum/Minnesota Public Radio’s Minnesota for Peace, Debra Rue, lyric, ADLER for 2019. She will compose a song cycle setting Varsity; American Composers Forum’s Next James Adler, piano, SAI Fort the poetry of Ann Bradstreet. She is published Worth Alumnae Chapter, 2/24/19. by Potenza Music and LFA Music. More of her Notes. NEW PUBLICATIONS: A Winter Tryptch, Colla music can be found on her website, www. Voce Music. loriardovino.com and www.potenzamusic.com ROBERT BOURY ••• NEW RECORDINGS: A Winter Triptych, Judson PREMIERES: Three Lost Waltzes, Norman Memorial Church Choir (NY), Hence Espag, ELIZABETH R. AUSTIN • Boehm, piano, University of Arkansas at Little director, Albany Records. Elegy for Norman, PERFORMANCES: B-A-C- Rock, Fine Arts Concert Hall, Little Rock, AR, Albany. Homage, Kevin Bishop (Cuatro 4/8/18. NEWS: Sonograma Magazine published Puntos), viola, Miguel Campinho, PERFORMANCES: Dialogue an article by James Adler, focusing on the piano; Women Composers (Divine and Human) for inspirations and composition of his “A Winter Festival of Hartford, CT, 4/6/18. Sopranino Saxophone and Triptych.” Read the full article here: http:// Three Rilke Lieder: Autumn Day Piano, World Saxophone sonograma.org/2018/06/a-winter-triptych/ (Herbsttag), Richard Mix, bass, Congress, Zagreb, Croatia, And learn more about “A Winter Triptych” Berkeley, CA 9/13/18. A Child’s AUSTIN Zagreb Academy of Music, Andy on the Albany Records website: http://bit. Garden of Music Marvin Rosen, Wen, Saxophone, John Krebs, ly/2FQ8RkV, 6/29/18. piano, Elizabethtown, NJ, 9/16/18. Piano, 6/11/18; also Andy Wen, BOURY NEW RECORDINGS: B-A-C-Homage (2007), saxophone and Robert Boury, LORI F. ARDOVINO • Laura Krentzmann, viola, Erberk Eryilmaz, piano, piano, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, PREMIERES: Nattamara, University of New Navona Records (NV6188), 10/18. 2/3/19. I am Just a Whisper in the Wind and Mexico, 1/27/18; also, NACUSA, University of Trying to Pray, Ruth Sieber Johnson, Soprano, Montevallo, 6/7/18; Single Reed Symposium, CAROL BARNETT •••• Melissa Ferguson, Piano, Trinity Episcopal University of Montevallo, 1/13/19. Nonsense PREMIERES: My People Are Rising, Elektra Church, Springfield, IL, 9/23/18. “The Music of Songs, for soprano, clarinet, and piano, CMS/ Women’s Choir, Morna Edmundson, director, Robert Boury,” Norman Boehm, piano, Suzanne NACWPI, Vancouver, Canada, 10/13/2018; St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, Banister, soprano, University of Arkansas at also, NACUSA, University of Montevallo, 6/7/18; Vancouver, BC, 3/3/18. Dance Then To Little Rock, 10/14/18. Winter 2019 Digital Exclusive • sai-national.org 3 • SAI Alumna/Patroness ANNUAL AMERICAN • • Friend of the Arts th • • • National Arts Associate • • • • Honorary Member COMPOSERS UPDATE • • • • • Member Laureate 70JEANNE ROWLEY BURULL Workshop, Ft.