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From the President ....................... 3 C'!)l:) WW C'!)l:l WW is'1:l:rnil1:l I c'.,r.i.v C'D,i/> ,,;;;:.; M~=' ~~~'w=~,~ "3D M-C;~ I a';.¢~ .,~~i, Sacred Brl' dges 9 I ;ii?i1 ;~l$l'h!-~ ~! ~~~1 :L"J~i;:' >l!~~;;l ...................... From the Editor ............................ 4 :i"';li::l1 rl~:;t-~ l:t?,? nil;t=illf ::. Wi':'i1 wi,i1 by Joshua Jacobson :W'? l:t~'il! n!\l!tlll:t,if tl ~ii1'r,l >l'!P1;ltl ni'll~ ~1I~:1 Letters to the Editor ...................... 4 A Conversation with Student Times ............................ 43 William Ferris (1937-2000): Scott Dorsey, editor An Insight into the Man and Research Report .......................... 45 Lawrence Schenbeck, editor the Musician....................... 17 On the Voice .............................. 55 by Lyle Stone Sharon Hansen, editor Hallelujah! .................................. 63 Timothy W. Sharp, editor Reflections on the 23rd Annual Conference of Technology for the Choral Musician ......................... 67 CHORUS AMERICA ............... 29 Donald Oglesby, editor by Barbara Tagg AMERICA Compact Disc Reviews ............... 71 RichardJ. Bloesch, editor Book Reviews ............................. 75 LITERATURE FORUM Stephen Town, editor Choral Reviews ........................... 79 Orchestral Repertoire for Treble Voices .......................... 33 Richard Nance, editor by Barbara Tagg and Jean Ashworth Bartle Repertoire and Standards Committee Reports .................... 59 SPECIAL Advertisers Index ........................ 96 NATIONAL CONVENTION PULL-OUT SECTION Cover by Efrain Guerrera, graphic artist, Austin, Texas. Illustration for Jacobson article is rhe Hebrew "Kadosh" in rhe traditional Tiberiao ekphonerric canrillation noration. Phoros of William Ferris by Lisa Ebrighr. OCTOBER2000 PAGE 1 AFFILIATED FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDIANA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Whitacre Awarded 2001 Raymond W. Brock President - Scott Avery 109 East Tyner Memorial Composition Warsaw, Indiana 46580 AST MONTH THIS column focused on the Raymond W Brock Memorial Treasurer - Paula J. Alles 1471 Altmeyer Road Compositions and the Raymond W Brock Memorial Student Composition Jasper, Indiana 47546 Contest. At that time I was privileged to introduce the winner of the 2001 L IOWA student composition contest, Aaron Garber from the University of Tennessee. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Now I am very pleased to announce that the composer chosen to write the 2001 President - Aimee Beclanann-Collier 766 45th St. Raymond W Brock Memorial Composition, Eric Whitacre, has accepted the com­ West Des Moines, IA 50265 mission. We are very excited to have Eric join the long line of distinguished compos­ Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris ers who have contributed to the Brock commissions. His work will be premiered at 404 Maple Street the convention by the Kansas City Chorale, under the baton of Charles Bruffy. Mondamin, Iowa 51557 An accomplished composer, conductor, and clinician, Eric Whitacre is one of the AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA bright stars in contemporary concert music. He received his M.M. in composition President - Robert W. Sieving from the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied composition with John 2512 Pine Circle Corigliano. Minnetonka, MN 55305 Regularly commissioned and published, Whitacre has received composition awards Treasurer - Charles Hellie 306 North Elm from ASCAP, the Barlow International Composition Competition, the American Sank Centre, Minnesota 56378 Choral Directors Association, the American Composers Forum, and this spring was MONTANA honored with his first Grammy nomination (contemporary classical crossover), and CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION commercially he has worked with such luminaries as Barbara Streisand, Marvin President - Dean Peterson 409 Stephens Avenue Harnlisch, and Bobby McFerrin. Missoula, Montana 59801 Born in 1970, Whitacre has already achieved substantial critical and popular Treasurer - Larry Swingen acclaim. The American Record Guide named his first recording, The Music ofEric 216 Eighth Avenue SW Whitacre, one of the top ten classical albums in 1997, and the Los Angeles Times Sidney, Montana 59270 praised his music as "electric, chilling harmonies; works of unearthly beauty and NEBRASKA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION imagination." ~ter an unaccompanied choral work written in 1995, has Night, President - Sharon M. Smith become one of the most popular choral works of the last decade and is one of the top­ 2503 Country Club Avenue selling choral publications in the last five years. Omaha, Nebraska 68104 Whitacre has served as principal conductor of the College Light Opera Company, Treasurer - Donald J. Alcorn 416 E. 15th chorus master for the Nevada Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as guest Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 conductor with numerous professional and educational ensembles, including the San OHIO Francisco Symphony Chorus, the Gregg Smith Singers, and the Miami Children's CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Chorus. Last fall he conducted the first in an annual series of wind symphony President - David M. Bell 2065 Resor Road concerts in Tokyo, where he has been named guest music director of the Hosui Wind Fairfield, Ohio 45014 Symphony. This spring he begins his tenure as the newly appointed composer-in­ Treasurer - Bob Hartigan residence for the Pacific Chorale. 8770 Landen Drive Maineville, Ohio 45039 (Executive Director, continued on page 62.) 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