The ASUC Newsletter american society of university composers <'5 0 WEST 54th STREET ROOM 300 NEW YORK, N Y 10019 CANADIAN MUSIC CENTER April 1986 HONORARY MEMBER OF ASUC At the banquet of the Annual Conference in Toronto, Council Pr~sident Elliott Schwartz announced that the Canadian Music Center had been designated an Honorarv Institutional Member of the American Society of University Composers for the hard work in producing the Annual Conference. Those aspects of· the Conference that have been cited, in 1986 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TORONTO particular, have been press coveraqe, the hiqh level of perfor­ The stylized Canadian maple leaf mance, - fund raising, and excellent pictured above represents the work by support staff and International Year of Canadian volunteers. Music, our hosts at the 21st Annual Conference held March 5-9 in Thanks specifically go to John Toronto, Ontario. Canada. A regis­ Miller, Executive Director of the tration of 104 ASUC members joined Canadian Music Center; David A. Canadian composers for a Joint Julien, Project Director of the conference held in association with 1986 International Year of Canadian the Canadian League of Composers Music; and Maggie Andersen, ASUC and the Canadian Music Centre. Conference Coordinator. Canadian composer Jean Papineau­ With the membership of the Couture formally opened the Canadian Music Center, ASUC conference with a delightful key­ establishes formal ties with our note speech summarizing both the colleagues in Canada. We welcome strengths and the difficulties in David Keane to the newly created Canadian music which sounded position of Canadian liaison on the suspiciously like those encountered Executive Committee. in the United States. =================================== Mentioning the geographical com­ COMING EVENTS petition between French-speaking and English-speaking composers in Canada and the reticence of per­ formers toward programming contem­ porary music, Papineau-Couture ended his presentation on a # # # # positive note, commending the establishment of the Canadian Music Colleqe Music Society Center, and the publication of the October 9-12, 1986 Encvclopedia of the Music of Canada Hyatt Regency Miami in French and English. • 2 Welcoming ASUC members from the The concerts featured works of United States, Papineau-Couture both ASUC members and Canadi applauded the fact that ASUC was composers: not only multi-national, but multi­ cultural as well. STEPHEN CHATMAN ROBERT HEPPENER MICHAEL PARKER JOHN BECKWITH Lecture/Demonstrations were pres­ JOELLE WALLACH MARK PUTNAM ented by MARTIN BRESNICK <"Nation­ JQDITH LANG ZAIMONT alism in Music: Imaqined Communi­ SyTiNEY HODKINS ON HENRY KUCHARZYK ties"), RALPH SHAPEY - <"Double Con­ WILLIAM BUXTON DAVID GRIMES certo" l, JOHN REA <" Vanishing REYNOLD WEIDENAAR BRUCE PENNYCOOK Points"), ALEXINA LOUIE (''East/West ISTV..~~ ANHALT ROBERT ROLLIN - 01'."iental Influences"), MORTON JENNIFER McLAUGHLIN FELDMAN, ROGER REYNOLDS ("Form and WARNER HUTCHISON GARY KULESHA Stl'."ucture in Tl'."ansfigured Wind ROBERT CHAMBERLIN IV"), GAYLE YOUNG ("Hugh Le KAREL HUSA DENNIS MILLER Caine"l, EDWARD GREEN l"Aesthetic CHARLES BESTOR NEIL McKAY Realism">, MARSHALL BIALOSKY <"An MARJAN MOZETICH BRUCE MATHER Introduction to Luigi Dalla­ MARTIN BRESNICK JERRY TROXELL piccola' s Opera, Ulis se"), JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS WALTER WINSLOW BECKWITH <"Chorale & Hymn Tune PAUL PACCIONE WILLIAM DOUGLAS References: &-.illy? How?"), R. MURRAY URSULA MAML OK JOHN DOWNEY SHAFER ("Princess of the Stars--The JONATHAN CHENETTE GEORGE ROCHBERG Composer & environmental Music"), THOMAS WELLS ROGER REYNOLDS ELAINE KEILLOR ("Weinzweig' s Diver­ DENIS LORRAIN PETER HATCH timento No. 9--A Kaleidoscopic Con­ FRANK STEMPER EDWARD GREEN versation for the Orchestra"), and ROQUE CORDERO JOHN BEALL LOU HARRISON/JOHN WEINZWEIG <"Com­ BRIAN FENNELLY ANN SOUTHAM position: A Retrospective"). ALEXINA LOUIE JAMES HOBBS JACQUES HETU BR IAN CHE..!'\NEY OW.i:;N UNDERHILL DONALD HARRIS The Computer Music Forum at the JAMES CHAUDOIR RUTH LOMON Conference feacured William Buxcon. DEREK HEALEY MART IN S&-J"EIDEL Henry Kucharzyk. Bruce Pennycook, R. MURRAY SHAFER RUDOLPH BUBALO and Reynold Weidenaar, and the two ALLISON SNIFFIN TIM BRADY panels on the Composers· Environ­ MARSHALL BIALOSKY DIANE THOME rnenc featured William Littler, Tim HERBERT BIELAWA WILLIAM MAYER Page, Rick MacMillan, Nancy Cldrke, ALLAN BELL HENRY KUCHARZYK Joseph Kovkkar, Allan Bell, John MICHEL-GEORGES BREGENT Miller, ~Michael Colgrass, Ralph RICHARD ROMITI LOU HARRISON Shapey, Barbara Petersen, and Libbv Larsen. ~ JOHN WEINZWEIG DAVID MOTT These concerts featured perform­ The ASUC Newletter ances by the Elmer Isler Singers, William Buxton <tenor sax, Lyricon Ting Ho, Editor and synthesizer), Claude Desjardins <drums and electronic percussion), Other business: David Grimes ( synthesizers ) , Jeff Martin Gonzalez, Exec. Secretary Riches <guitar and guitar synthesizer), Bruce Pennycook (alto American Society saxophone), Phyllis Mailing of University Composers (soprano ) , Richard Epp (piano), the 250 West 54th Street, Room 300 University of Toronto Tuba Ensembl ~ New York, NY 10019 <Claude Engli, conductor), th (212)247-3121 University of Toronto Contemporary 3 Ensemble with Rifa.t Qureshi. viola, ASUC/SESAC STUDENT CONTEST t h e York University Ensemble (James McKav, conductor I , the York Winds , We are pleased to announce the members of the National Chamber resu l t s of the 1986 ASUC/SESAC Orchestra, Robert Aitken tfluteJ, Student Composition Contest. First Beverlev Johnston tpercussionJ, Prize was- awarded to Jennifer Paul Robinson ldouble bassl, Rivka McLaughlin of the University of Golani l violaJ, Eric Mand at Victoria, BC, for her Brass (clarinet>, Alan Torok (guitar I , Quintet. Second Prize went to Steven Smith lPianoJ, the Esprit Scott Warner of the University of Concemporain O~chestra !Alex Pauk Michiaan for his work Beatitudes conductor I, the Exultate Chamber for solo auitar. Isabelle Marcoux Singers 1John Tuttle, conductor, of Laval, University, Quebec, Michael Bloss, organ!, the Univer­ received an Honorable Mention for sity of Western Ontario Symphony her Woodwind Quintet. Orchestl'."a. (Jerome Summers, conductor, Cameron Bennett, piano). The First and Second Prizes were Pamela Deacon (soprano J , Didi announced at the 1986 ASUC Annual Pritchard lsoorano l , Shannon Peet Conference in Toronto by Herbert E. Cbassoon1. - Greqorv Goldbera Johnson. Vice-President of SESAC, lcellol. Sasha - Weinscangei Inc. Unfortunately, the plaques to (violin!, Marc Widner tpianol, have been presented were held by David Hetherinatcn lcellol, Joseph Canadian customs. At the time of Petric laccor~ion). Judy Loman this writing, the plaques are still (harpi, Mark Duggan I percussion>, there! Upon their release, they Robert Bick lflute J , and the Lyric will be sent to the prize winners . Arts Trio. ~ The judges for this year's ·:ontest were Warner Hutchison, At the Business Meeting, Council Contest Chairman <New Mexico State Chairman Elliott Schwartz applaude·i Univ.}, Robert Ehle tUniv. of ASUC for receiving the "Laurel Leaf Northern Coloradol, and Charles West (Unjv. of Arizona). Award" from the American Composers Alliance. He also mentioned the The annual ASUC/SESAC Student grant from NEA awarded for Contest is entirely underwritten by computerization of ASUC ' s a generous grant from SESAC, Inc., administrative office. Welcomed Alice Prager, President. SESAC has to ASUC are the 150 student members recently moved its corporate and 5 student chapters now active. headquarters to 11 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN. We heartily thank the 1986 International Year of Canadian Music Secretariat, , David Julien, Project Director, Maggie Andersen, Coordinator of the ASUC Conference. Edwina Carson, Publicity Coordinator, Wes Wraggett, ASUC Conference Technician, Andrea Alexander, Volunteer Committee Coordinator, and Assistants Janice Kerkkamp and Dean Perry. Speci al thanks also cro to members of the Selection Com~itt e e and the ASUC '-'Planninq Committee. • 4 At the Region Six Conference, ASUC composers were usually repre -- ~ sented by more than one ' composition--something we don ' t see often. Other than those listed REGION SIX ALSO MEETS MARCH 5-9 above, ASUC composers performed were-- Region Six of ASUC met on the campus of Cameron University in LARRY BARNES CU. of Texas-San Antonio) Lawton, Oklahoma, March 5 - 9. The THOMAS BENJAMIN <U. of Houston) meeting was coordinated by Dr. JAMES BENNIGHOF (Baylor U. l Arthur Smith, faculty member at Cameron University. Co-chairmen of NEWEL K. BROWN (North Texas State the meeting, whic was also the Univ. > tenth annual Twentieth-Century THOMAS CLARK <North Texas State U.> Music Festival at Cameron, were Dr. DWIGHT DAILEY <U. of Tulsa) James Lambert, Dr. Virginia Sircy, REED K. HOLMES ( U. .of Texas-San ~nd Dr. David Pickthorn. Antonio) MICHAEL HORVIT (U. of Houston) The meeting featured ten concerts KENT HUGHES <Midwestern State U.) of music by ASUC members and MICHAEL HUNT <Fontbonne Coll.) regional composers, and featured WAYNE JOHNSON <Drury Coll.) the music of guest composer, Fisher BOB KEEFE <North Texas State U.) Tull of Sam Houston State EDWARD MA'ITILA <U. of Kansas ) University. Compositions were THOMAS McKENNEY <U. of Missouri) performed by Cameron University STEPHEN RUSH <Oklahoma State U.> faculty and students and guest ARTHUR SMITH <Lawton, OK) "" performers, including the Lawton WILLIAM THORNTON <Trinity Coll.) •, High School Band, the Norman <OK> EVAN TONSING <Oklahoma