Annual American Composers Update
James Bennighof
James Bennighof, of Waco, TX, serves on the faculty of
Baylor Univ. The American Choral Directors Asociation
selected his choral work
The Juggler for a reading
session at its meeting, Feb. 1999.
Performances
1999 performances of
The Juggler occurred with
the Kirkwood (MO) Children's Chorale, directed by Mary
Poshak, five times including an appearance at the Missouri
Music Educators Association Convention, in Osage Beach,
Jan. 28; with the University of Mary Hadin-Baylor Conservatory
Concert Choir, under Deborah Jones, in Belton, TX, May
1; and with the Anderson (SC) Boys Choir, led by David
Wilcox, May 4. On Mar. 3, 1999, the Waco (TX) Girls' Choir,
Marti Koch, director, sang
Silent Music. Mary Matthews
led the Prettyboy Elementary Choir in
Alphaduet,
Apr. 28, 1999 in Freeland, MD.
Publications
Count Me In (text by Bennighof); SA choir and piano;
Tinker Shuffle (text by Ann Maouyo); SSA choir
and piano or guitar;
Mister Dudley (text by Bennighof);
SA choir and piano, with optional alto saxophone;
Alphaduet
(text by Bennighof); S or SA choir, small choral group,
and piano; all by
Oxford
Univ. Press.
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