Annual American Composers Update

Paul A. Siskind, of Norwood, NY, works at the SUNY College at Potsdam Crane School of Music. Cellists Lawrence and Jennifer Stomberg have commissioned Celli Celesti for an Apr. 2000 premiere at Oklahoma State Univ., in Stillwater.

On Apr. 17, 1999 pianist Kathy Bina presented Exemplificatory Etudes, commissioned by the performer, at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.

Works performed at the Crane School of Music in 1999 included Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing, with the Crane Chamber Choir, led by Dan Gordon, Apr. 8; and Claptrap, with the Crane Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Kenneth Andrews, May 9. In 1999, the Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Duane Schulthess, toured the country with Duo-Bagatelles (Oct.) and Rituale (Nov.). Heard at the New Music Delaware Festival was Four Madrigals, with the University of Delaware Chorale, Nov. 11, 1999 at the University of Delaware, in Newark.

Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing; Bright Morning Stars are Rising; A Dream Deferred; Four Madrigals; all by G. Schirmer.

Rituale, Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble; Innova Recordings, Inc.

• SAI's Composers Bureau Online.
• SAI's Music for Young People section.