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Annual Updates
2010
NEWS
The composer writes, “I am the 2009 Nancy A. Smith Distinguished Visitor at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC. As part of the residency, a March 31 Faculty Chamber Concert presented Bati L’Gani (I entered my Garden) for solo flute and percussion (Amy Hardison Tully, flute, and Kurry Seymour, percussion), Four Songs from the Holocaust (David Bankston, tenor; Philip Powell, piano; Amy Tully, flute), and In Memoriam for solo clarinet (Anne Dervin). The residency continued this fall with another Faculty Chamber Concert October 29. A choral concert March 10 will feature the premiere of a commissioned work, and in the fall, the concert band will premiere a new work written for that ensemble.” Warshauer opened the residency with two lectures, “My Life in Music,” February 13, a Plenary Session in the University’s Celebration of Inquiry, and “Stream in the Desert: A Musical Journey,” March 31, a Women’s History Month event of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
PREMIERES
Tekeeyah (a call), the first concerto ever written for shofar/trombone soloist, and orchestra, was introduced by the Wilmington (NC) Symphony with conductor Steven Errante and shofar/trombone virtuoso Haim Avitsur on October 24, 2009, at Kenan Auditorium of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Two other performances with Mr. Avitsur in this premiere season were led by conductor Donald Portnoy and the Brevard (NC) Philharmonic, November 15, and the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, November 17. Performances with the Western Piedmont Symphony and the Dayton Philharmonic are planned for the 2010-2011 season.
PERFORMANCES
Bati l’Gani (I entered My Garden), was presented June 5, 2009, by flutist Paul Lustig Dunkel, Congregation Emanu-El, Rye, NY; Caesaria (Eli, Eli) for soprano and piano, was heard June 7 as part of the Pittsburgh (PA) Jewish Music Festival’s Hebrew Melodies from the New World concerts; and Shabbat with King David was presented June 9, in a performance conducted by Jamin Hoffman, Nicolet High School in Glendale, WI. Recent radio broadcasts include Streams in the Desert Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell) for two bass clarinets (Richard Nunemaker and Timothy Zavadil, from the CD The Louisville Project) July 29, and Bati L’Gani (I entered my Garden) for flute and optional percussion (SAI Honorary Paula Robison, flute, and Cyro Baptista, percussion, from the CD Places of the Spirit), August 26, both broadcast on CJUM University of Manitoba radio with host Paul von Wichert. In Memoriam September 11 for cello and strings was performed September 13 by the Tallis Chamber Orchestra with cellist Chris Johns, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington, NC. The composer’s first composition, Lament for Solo Oboe, was given its UK premiere September 21 by Catherine Pluygers, St. Cyprian’s Church, as part of the London New Wind Festival 2009.
PUBLICATIONS
A Time to Blossom, song cycle for soprano (or mezzo-soprano), flute, cello, and piano, (after Hildegard, Dickinson, Senesh); by Hildegard Publishing.
RECORDINGS
Feminissimo, includes Bracha (Blessing), pianist Susan Grey and violinist Laura Kobayashi; Streams in the Desert, an all-Warshauer CD of Torah-inspired works for orchestra, chorus, and soloists; includes Ahavah (Love), Shacharit (Morning Service), and Like Streams in the Desert; both by Albany Records.