\ > • Cover Design: John Berton and John Miller, graduate students in the Computer Graphics Program in the Department of Art Education at OSU. The image was produced by creating three-dimensional objects based on a section of the score for The Perfect Stranger by Frank Zappa. Berton and Miller used techniques developed at the Computer Graphics Research Group at OSU and at Cranston/ Csuri Productions, Inc. to overlay additional objects with textured surfaces based on the original background image. - - - - - THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS NINETEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL CONFERENCE THE OHIO STA TE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC COLUMBUS, OHIO APRIL 4-8 I 1984 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS NINETEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL CONFERENCE Gregory Proctor Thomas Wells CONFERENCE Co-CHAIRMEN Helen Brown David Butler Gregory Proctor Thomas Wells EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Andrew Broekema Helen Brown David Butler Cindy Bylander David Meeker Gregory Proctor Rocky Reuter Dean Roush Thomas Wells Cheryl Wierman Neal Yocom PLANNING COMMITTEE Helen Brown David Butler David Garcia Henry Panion p APERS AND PRESENTATIONS Ann Blombach Cindy Bylander LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Eric Lewandowski Robert Hare Richard Payne FINANCIAL ADVISORS Rocky Reuter CONCERT COORDINATOR Neal Yocom TECHNICAL COORDINATOR Dean Roush In Sook Choi COMPOSER/PERFORMER LIAISON Susan Jenkins PUBLICITY COORDINATOR Henry Panion FAWCETT CENTER COORDINATOR Brian Gaber TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR Cheryl Wierman HOSPITALITY EVENTS AND TRADE SHOW COORDINATOR Evelyn Conti Yvonne Saylor BOOKKEEPING Helen Meers SECRETARY This Conference is made possible through the support of the following organizations: College of the Arts, The Ohio State University School of Music, The Ohio State University Office of Research and Graduate Studies, The Ohio State University Office of Minority Affairs, The Ohio State University Development Fund, The Ohio State University National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council Ohio Humanities Council Greater Columbus Arts Council & Ohio Arts Council The American Society of University Composers American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Broadcast Music, Incorporated The Columbus Foundation The Gerlach Foundation Eugene C. D'Angelo, Jr. Phi Kappa Phi Meet the Composer with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Avon Products Foundation, Bristol Meyers Company, Broadcast Music, Inc., Equitable Life Assurance Company of the United States, Grace Foundation, Metropolitan Life Foundation, NL Industries Foundation, Inc., The Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation for Music, The Helena Rubenstein Foundation, Warner Communications, and Xerox Corporation. Central Ohio Composers Alliance James Strauss, Stanton's Sheet Music The Venetian Restaurant The Columbus Symphony Orchestra Mus-i-Col, John Hull The Hyatt Regency Columbus Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau Dear ASUC Member, It is with great pleasure that I join our College of the Arts and School of Music in welcoming you to The Ohio State University. We are proud to host the Nineteenth Annual Festival Conference of the American Society of University Composers. Support of contemporary arts is absolutely necessary if we are to continue to progress as a culture. An important musical event such as this is certain to have a positive impact on both the University and sur­ rounding communities. The concerts, panels, and paper presentations form a program that promises to be exciting and challenging. I hope that you will enjoy your visit to our Columbus campus, and wish you a most successful Festival Conference. Edward H. Jennings, President, The Ohio State University Dear ASUC Member: We value guests on our campus. You bring to us a perspective that is important to our role in the music profession, but more importantly your energies help to give us new insights for our instructional pro­ grams. We are glad that you are here. It is our hope that this year's conference will provide a new vitality to the music composition profes­ sion. Performances are an opportunity to hear what the creative spirits hear, and we cherish the events of the conference as they elevate the music creator to a position of prominence. The experimentation of the composer is balanced by the successes of the performers. Hopefully, the conclusion of the conference will stengthen our collective resolve to do more. We welcome you to our campus. Enjoy our resources, our faculty and students, and especially our hospitality. Andrew J. Broekema, Dean, College of the Arts It is a privilege for The Ohio State University to host the national conference of The American Soci­ ety of University Composers. The program is an exciting one, requiring many hours of dedication and imagination on the part of the local committee. I hope that when you leave our campus you will have been challenged both musically and academically. David L. Meeker, Director, School of Music 8:30-10:30 ANALOG AND DIGITAL SOUND SYNTHESIS PAPERS Room 10 David Keane (Queen's University), Moderator James T. Talley (OSU), Chair A GRAPHIC APPROACH TO COMPUTER MUSIC SOFTWARE Monroe Couper Kingsborough Community College AVANT-GARDE SOUND-ON-FILM TECHNIQUES OF THE 1930's: RELATIONSHIPS TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC Richard James Bowling Green State University ALGORITHMIC COMPOSITION IN APL AND MPL Gary Nelson Oberlin College 9:15-10:30 ANALYSIS SYMPOSIUM AH THE TEACHING OF STRAVINSKY'S SURGE, AQUILO FROM CANT/CUM SACRUM Elliott Schwartz (Bowdoin College), Richmond Browne University of Michigan Moderator Howard Cinnamon William P. Dougherty (OSU), University of Michigan Chair Gregory Proctor The Ohio State University 10:45-12:00 PLENARY SESSION AH Richard Hervig, Chairman Elliott Schwartz, Chairman-elect ASUC National Council Frank Zappa Keynote Speaker 12:15-1:00 LECTURE-RECITAL AH THE SONG CYCLE AS ENTITY: BRITTEN'S WINTER WORDS Douglas Anderson (OSU), Chair Arthur Komar University of Cincinnati David Adams, Tenor University of Cincinnati 1:15-2:30 CONCERT Weigel Hall Auditorium RELACHE The Ensemble for Contemporary Music Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Joseph Franklin, Executive Director Tina Davidson, Associate Director Romulus Franceschini, Chief Advisor The Black Page Frank Zappa Paramell VI Stephen Montague Lanterns and Candlelight Barney Childs Wind Symphony Daniel Goode FIVE MINUTE PAUSE Palindromes II Paul Epstein The Well, Parts II and III Pauline Oliveros The Black Page Frank Zappa Barbara Noska, voice Charles Forbes, cello Laurel Wykoff, flutes Florence Ierardi, percussion Wesley Hall, clarinets Robert Zollman, percussion Marshall Taylor, saxophones Guy Klucevsek, accordion Steven Marcucci, saxophones John Dulik, piano Pauline Oliveros, Accordion (Guest Artist) 2:45-5:00 CONCERT Weigel Hall Auditorium Reflections II George Heussenstamm Cathy Callis, piano Levitation Gary White The Ohio State University Flute Choir Overda' Page, Director Drawings Sydney Hodkinson Calvin Bolton, Cary Dachtyl, Susan Martin, percussion Music for Piano, Number 5 Jonathan Kramer Frank Weinstock, piano The University of Cincinnati Layers John Melby Neal Yocom, technician Jaltarang Alex Lubet The Ohio State University Composers Workshop Ensemble INTERMISSION Im Silberwald Yehuda Yannay John Allen, trombone Yehuda Yannay, glass harmonica Neal Yocom, technician Music for Chief Joseph Greg Steinke Greg Steinke, oboe John Allen, Louis Bourgeois, Jeff Henderson, Joseph Ouchi, trombones Piano Sonata Number 3 Henry Martin Frank Weinstock, piano As Fast as a Rag Norman Dinerstein Frank Weinstock, piano Pentecost Don Freund Donna Williams, soprano; Marcia Strom, flute Tom Goodrich, viola; Mark Nicholas, piano John Allen, trombone; Susan Martin, percussion Howard Meeker, conductor 8:00 P.M. URBAN 15 - PAULINE OLIVEROS - JERRY HUNT CONCERT Weigel Hall Auditorium El Senor de los T emblores J. George Cisneros Breaking Down the Motion J. George Cisneros Wings of Peace J. George Cisneros Urban 15 San Antonio, Texas David Calderon, percussion Gerard Villanueva, percussion Sandy Dunn, percussion, dance Catherine Cisneros, electronics, dance, sets David Davies, percussion, voice Oscar De Los Santos, production technician George Cisneros, percussion, artistic director INTERMISSION Rattlesnake Mountain Pauline Oliveros The Seventh Mansion Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros accordion, electronics INTERMISSION Ground: Haramand Plane Jerry Hunt Jerry Hunt actor, live electronics An Alarming Situation Michael Schell Michael Schell, Neal Yocom, technicians The Ohio State University Composers Workshop Ensemble l It is with great pleasure that we welcome all participants to this ASUC Festival Conference. We have reduced the number of works performed from that of previous conferences and have increased the number of papers, panels and lecture-demonstrations with the goal of designing a more tractable pro­ gram. Selection of compositions was difficult, with over 1000 scores submitted. Our goal was to design programs that represent a broad range of styles and to encourage composers whose works have not been heard at ASUC Festival Conferences in the past. We are especially indebted to our colleagues at OSU, especially the members of the ASUC student chapter and other graduate and undergraduate students who have invested their talent and time to make this event possible. Gregory Proctor, Thomas Wells, Conference Co-Chairmen As the new chairman of the American Society of University Composers, I am delighted to