Annual American Composers Update
John Downey
SAI National Arts Associate John Downey, of Shorewood,
WI, teaches music at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Fine Arts. A London-Downey festival of his music
was projected for Nov.-Dec. 1999.
Premieres
In 1999, violinist Erin Aldridge and pianist Leslie Pook
premiered
The Irish Sonata (Irish Mist, NIght Moon
in Gallway, and Celtic Sun Dance) at the University
of Wisconson-Milwaukee, Feb. 17, followed by a repeat
performance at the Allis Art Museum, May 15.
Performances
David Murray played
Silouette, for solo bass viol,
Dec. 9, 1998 at Butler Univ. Margery Deutsch conducted
the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra in
Chant to
Michelangelo, Mar. 21, 1999 at the Performing Arts
Center.
Publications
The Edge of Space; bassoon and piano;
Theodore
Presser.
Recordings
Lydian Suite; Lorne Monroe, solo cello;
CALA
Records New York Legends series.
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