Annual American Composers Update
Greg Sanders
Premieres
Metro!, commissioned by the Metropolitan
Wind Symphony, David Martins, conductor, will premiere
with the orchestra Mar. 2001 in Boston. Commissioned
by Texas A&M Univ.-Kingsville (TAMUK) in honor of its
75th anniversary, Caballos Corriendo (Running Horses),
was presented by university's Symphonic Band, Brian
Herring, conductor, Apr. 2000. Mira Chen, soprano, and
Nancy King Sanders, clarinet, will introduce Blake
Songs in Feb. 2001.
Performances
Into the Sun, for band, played
at the College Band Director National Association meeting
in Reno, NV, in May 2000, has been presented at other
locations including Southern Utah University. Among
the high schools and universities whose bands have played
Coventry Variant are Harvard University, Philadelphia's
Bishop Ryan High School, and Stephen F. Brown University.
Publications
Benny: A Goodman Elegy; Wind of Fire;
both for solo clarinet;
Songs of Experience;
soprano and oboe;
Of Love: Songs from Shakespeare;
SSATBB choir;
Of Heaven and Hell; woodwind quintet;
all by
LarAsh Music.
Recordings
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