***Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate
Annual Updates
2012
PERFORMANCES
Introduction, Five Poems, Interludes and Conclusion, Jennifer Miller, soprano, Andrew Kohn, String Bass, Robert Frankenberry, piano, Shenandoah Conservatory, Sept. 2010. Becoming: A Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, David Niethamer, clarinet, Neal Cary, cello, John Walter, piano, Richmond Chamber Players, Aug. 2011. Three Songs for Children’s Chorus and Piano, All-County Elementary Chorus, Tuscarora High School, VA, May 2011. Nocturn for Bassoon and Harp, Sarah McKittrick Sethi, bassoon, Jacqueline Pollauf, harp, Baltimore, MD, March 2011. Duo for Cello and Piano, James Wilson, Cello, Carston Schmit, piano, The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia, Feb. 2012.
PUBLICATIONS
All Northeastern Music Publications: A Micsellany for Saxophone Quartet. Five Sketches for Alto Saxophone. Scenes for the Ear (Saxophone Trio). Introduction, Seven Vignettes, and Conclusion.
RECORDINGS
The Saxophone Music of Allan Blank, Albany Records TROY 1261.
2011
PREMIERES
Duo Concertante by Jeremy McIntire, flute, Charles Hulin, piano on 1/24/10. Three Studies for Solo Violin by Diana Pascal, violin at Staunton Music Festival, Virginia on August 25, 2010.
PERFORMANCES
Makh Tsu di Eygelekh from Poems from the Holocaust by Carrie Stevens, voice, Gabriel Dobner, piano, Anthony Manzo, contrabass at the Staunton Music Festival, Virginia on 8/24/10. Maggie, Milly, Molly & May by Greater Richmond Children’s Choir directed by Hope Erb at First Baptist Church in Richmond on 5/2/10. Two Little Kittens by Greater Richmond Children’s Choir directed by Hope Erb at the Richmond Children’s Museum on 2/21/10. Introduction, Seven Vignettes, and Conclusion by Michael Ibrahim, alto saxophone; Andrew Kohn, contrabass at West Virginia University on 3/15/10. Duo for Bassoon and Piano by Sarah McKittrick, bassoon, Timothy Hoft, piano at the Peabody Consevatory on 4/3/09.
2010
PREMIERES
A Miscellany for Saxophone Quartet was introduced April 10, 2009, by Bill Perconti, Joy Atkin, Casey Emerson, and Ryan King, at the University of Idaho. Duo for cello and piano was first heard August 25 in a performance by James Wilson and Carsten Schmidt, Staunton (VA) Music Festival, Mary
Baldwin College.
PERFORMANCES
Four Bagatelles were presented April 27, 2008 by flutist Karin Kantenwein, clarinetist Adrienne Geffen, and bassoonist Rich Ramberg, Hollywood United Methodist Church. Don’t Let That Horse Eat That Violin was heard in a May 13, 2009 performance by soprano Elinor Amlen, bassoonist Clark Abrams, and violinist Stanley Hoffman, Mannes School of Music, New York; while Introduction, Five Poems & Interlude, was performed June 9 by soprano Jennifer Miller, pianist Robert Frankenberry, and bassist Andrew Kohn, Penn State University.
PUBLICATIONS
Ensembles for Brass Quintet; A Miscellany for Sax Quartet; Five Sketches, for alto saxophone; Scenes for the Ear, for saxophone trio; Four Bagatelles, for oboe and clarinet; all by Northeastern Music Publications.
2009
PREMIERES
Saxophonist Bill Perconti presented the first performance of Line Drawings November 11, 2007, Lewis-Clark College, Lewiston, ID; Perconti also introduced Five Sketches for solo alto saxophone at Lewis-Clark, May 11, 2008. Pour Vous, Three Pieces for Piano, was first heard November 17, 2007, in a performance by Charles Hulin, Chowan University, NC. In 2008, soprano Lisa Edwards-Burr and pianist John Walter introduced i carry your heart with me(i carry it. Three Songs for Children’s Chorus and Piano was first heard May 4, by the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir directed by Hope Erb. Narrator Nora Byrd, soprano Edwards-Burr, clarinetist David Niethamer, cellist Neal Cary, and pianist Walter premiered The Jumblies August 10, Richmond, VA.
PERFORMANCES
Pianist David Shaffer-Gottschalk performed Six Studies for Piano, One Hand, Set I (Right), March 2, 2008, Virginia State University. Four Bagatelles for flute, clarinet and bassoon was heard April 27, 2008, performed by the ensemble Third Wheel, Hollywood (CA) United Methodist Church.
PUBLICATIONS
Interplay, flute/piccolo, clarinet, horn and piano; by Falls House Press.
RECORDINGS
Music for Oboe includes Five for Three for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon; Four Bagatelles for oboe and clarinet; Moments in Time for oboe and piano; Rebecca Nagel, oboe; Centaur Records CRC 2926.