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Composers Forum Annual Report 2006 American Composers Forum New Board Members Annual Report 2006 for FY 2006 July 2005-June 2006 The Forum welcomes these four new directors National Office Meredith B. Alden attended Aaron Coplands lecture,On Listening to 20th John Nuechterlein, Century Music, in what would be the President and CEO, 651. 251. 2811 last summer before World War II, and Craig Carnahan, his words influenced Merediths interest Vice President of Programs, 651. 251. 2833 in new music ever since. She served on O M P the Minnesota Orchestra Board from W . C O S Philip Blackburn, 1979-1984 and the Minnesota W E R Director of Artist Services, 651. 251. 2823 Landmarks Board from 1978-1985. In Board of Directors FY 2006 1986, she became a Trustee for W S Chris Campbell, F Mary Deissler, Chair Northland College in Ashland,Wisconsin innova Operations Manager, 651. 251. 2840 where she served until 1995, and is cur- O Wendy Collins, Anthony Tansimore,Vice Chair rently a Trustee with Emeritus. R Senior Program and Member Services Sam Hseng-Hung Hsu,Treasurer Manager, 651. 251. 2824 Steve Heitzeg, Secretary Ken Freed is a U David Ranheim, Past Chair Paul Hanson, violist and assistant M Finance Manager, 651. 251. 2813 John Nuechterlein, Ex Officio conductor with The Kelli Hirsch, Minnesota Orchestra. Development Associate, 651. 251. 2815 James N. Berdahl He joined the O Karen Brooks Orchestra in 1998 John Michel, R Harry Brull after nearly five Director of Media Projects, 651. 251. 2817 years as a member Carey Nadeau, Richard Cisek G Raphael Cung of the Manhattan National Program Manager, 651. 251. 2814 String Quartet. Cary John Franklin Carrie Shaw, His interest in childrens music education has Program Assistant, 651. 251. 2840 Gary Gardner led him to found a non-profit company, Julie Stroud, Mary J. Greer Learning Through Music Consulting Group, Development Director, 651. 251. 2822 Carol Heen which seeks to put music at the center of all Jay Walters, Jennifer Higdon childrens education. Administrative Assistant, 651. 251. 2810 Louis Hill Hella Mears Hueg Nancy Huart is the Logistics Director for Georgia Wettlin-Larsen, the St. Paul Travelers Companies, respon- FNCI Program Manager, 651. 251. 2825 Daniel Kunin Anne LeBaron sible for business continuity planning and implementation, mail and express ship- Greg McNeely Regional Chapters ping services, records management, R. Carlos Nakai audio-visual/meeting support including Los Angeles: John Orenstein real-time video streaming, and the Halie Rosenberg, 323. 388. 7111 John Paulson corporate art collection. She has Minnesota: Martin Shampaine worked in many different areas of the Craig Carnahan, 651. 251. 2833 Carmen Tllez company, including the Multicultural New England: David Wolman Business Group, Medical Services, David McMullin, 617. 304. 8150 Noel Zahler Human Resources, and both personal Philadelphia: and commercial underwriting. She is active in St. Paul Companies Womens Network, Jim Jordan, 610. 896. 1571 National Advisers GLBTF network and Corporate Diversity San Francisco Bay Area: Committee, Hamline University Council, Tod Brody, 415. 864. 0400 Marilyn Bergman and Ann Bancroft Awards. Washington, D.C.: John Cacavas Jonathan Morris 202. 315. 1315 Bobby McFerrin Evans Mirageas Meredith Monk is the Artistic Peter Schickele Director of David Shifrin Cincinnati Opera Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and an independent Leonard Slatkin artistic advisor to symphony orches- Stephen Sondheim tras, opera compa- Tom Voegeli nies, festivals and AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM individual classical music artists. Opera News included him recently in their list of The Most Powerful 25 AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-145 People in Opera. From 1994 to 2000 Saint Paul, MN 55101-1300 USA Mirageas was Senior Vice President of Artists Tel.: (651) 228 -1407 ¥ Fax: (651) 291-7978 and Repertoire for the Decca Record Company Ltd. From 1989 to 1994 he was [email protected] Artistic Administrator of The Boston www.ComposersForum.org Symphony. In 1982 was hired by WFMT in Chicago, where he produced the national broadcasts of The Lyric Opera of Chicago, A20 The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Visit www.BandQuest.org for more information on BandQuest scores and composers A Letter from John Nuechterlein r e d President and CEO i e n h c S e v e t S : Making Music ... Making News o t o One of our recent h P Earlier this year Allan Kozinn of The New York Times created Continental Harmony A Premiere Ensemble This story on the Lexington High School Wind Ensemble’s rehearsals for the premiere of Gunther Schuller’s new BandQuest composition, a bit of a splash with an Op-Ed feature entitled Check the projects in Geneseo, Debut of Gunther Schuller work Numbers: Rumors of Classical Musics Demise Are Dead New York, resulted “Nature’s Way,” originally appeared in The Boston Globe on March Wrong (March 28, 2006). in the international John Nuechterlein highlights Lexington High’s Skill 16, 2006. It is reprinted here with their permission. premiere of a new oratorio by Glenn McClure — as well The gist of Allans argument was that while the numbers as an audio report on NPRs All Things Considered, more may indeed be going down for more tradition-bound commissions for its composer, and creative By Dean Inouye, The white-haired conductor peers over his glasses as he I think one of the strengths of our program, that I dont see in purveyors of what we call classical music, the audiences interdisciplinary study plans intriguing teachers across Globe Staff addresses a horn player in the back row of the band. a lot of other towns, is the balance of strengths between all of are growing for an ever-widening variety of classical music the country. According to the mayor of Geneseo, the the major ensembles, said Jeffrey Leonard, the high schools past and present — and increasingly diverse audiences are project even helped convince the Barilla pasta company Are you playing a B-flat horn or an F horn? band director. By his count, there are more than 40 student- accessing this music in more ways than ever before. (based in Parma, Italy and Ames, Iowa) that locating a or teacher-led music groups at the 2,000-student school. new production plant in his arts-friendly community Annie Johnston hesitates.Umm, F. Kozinn summarized his conclusions in this way: would be a good idea! The high schools bands, the choruses, the orchestras, the Can you play a B-flat horn? jazz program . all of them [are] respected and well thought Woody Allens Annie Hall observation about Youll find more on these projects and programs in this of around the region, says Leonard, who adds that success relationships and sharks that both must either move overview of the Forums work over the past twelve The answer, sounding more like a question, is a Yeah of two should be measured not by awards or the number of students forward or die also works for culture . lots of months. Were proud to be associated with incredibly syllables, the second about an octave higher than the first. who become music majors or professional musicians, but by people really just want the dead shark . Most of all they creative and inventive composers, performers, and how many people actually have music as part of their lives want their repertory dials set between 1785 and 1920 . presenters of new music in big cities and tiny towns. I know some people will tell you once theyve left high school. You can send those people your condolences. For the forever, ‘Dont play the B-flat horn rest of us, the shark is still moving . constantly renewing Nationally and regionally, our mission is to help these in low registers, the conductor Top-notch high school bands exist in all types of communities, itself. You just have to grab onto the dorsal fin. people to keep moving forward. Were confident that says.Thats cockamamie. Leonard says, but the opportunities to hear live music and be they will keep making music AND news. around live music in Greater Boston provide a much more Here at the American Composers Forum we couldnt The horn section repeats the fertile atmosphere. agree more. While many of our composers are perfectly passage, and this time the conductor comfortable working with a major symphony orchestra in a reassures Johnston:Its more solid. Sam Mehr, a saxophone player in the Lexington band, says: traditional concert venue, others are equally at home pre- Trust me. I used to play the horn. I end up seeing [musicians from other schools] in the area 6 Members of the Lexington High wherever I go.You go to the Berklee festival, and you see 0 senting their music wherever people make connections — 0 School Wind Ensemble To say that Gunther Schuller used everyone is there. .You go to the all-district and all-state 2 indoors or out, in person or via someones iPod. e to play the horn is like saying Arnold festivals, and everyone is there. Its like one big Massachusetts n u J Schwarzenegger used to work out. Schuller did indeed play music students thing. Why does this not surprise us? - the horn, in everything from the first US performance of 5 0 0 Shostakovichs 7th Symphony, under Arturo Toscaninis The culture contributes to the quality of outstanding bands 2 This past year, weve discovered that while a new table of y l BandQuest score by Gunther Schuller may seem daunting Contents direction, to the Birth of the Cool album with Miles Davis. at such high schools as Foxborough, King Philip Regional u J He also has composed more than 160 works for ensembles of (in Wrentham), Medfield, and Belmont, says Leonard, who also ¥ at first glance, talented teenage performers in Lexington, 6 all sizes, launched a ragtime revival, written two seminal books is chairman for the Northeastern district of the Massachusetts 0 Massachusetts rose to the challenge (see the Boston Globe National Programs .
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