Annual American Composers Update

Randall Snyder is Composer-In-Residence at the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. Kendall/Hunt has published the third edition of his Outline History of Rock & Roll.

The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra presented Le Sacre du Big Red and Nebraska City Breakdown. In Omaha, soloist Fred Hemke and the Omaha Symphony premiered the Alto Saxophone Concerto. Saxophonist Larry Gwozdz soloed with the Oskaloosa Symphony in the premiere of Fin de Siecle. James Pellerite and the Cascade Symphony of Seattle introduced the orchestral version of Journeys. At the Simon Bolivar ampitheater in Mexico City, Karen Becker and pianist Theresa Bogard gave the first performance of Autumn Pieces. Fictions, for 12 instruments, was played first at St. Stephan's Church in New York, NY, on Jan 7, 2001, by the North/South Consonance, Max Lifschitz, conductor. Heard first at the University of Nebraska were Amber Changes and Sphere, in a concert featuring Snyder's music, with the University of Nebraska Jazz Ensemble, led by Gene Smith; Requiem Sonnets, with the University of Nebraska Singers and a trombone quartet, under Peter Eklund; and Beatlemania!, with the University of Nebraska Trombone Octet, directed by Scott Anderson.

The Clinton/Narboni piano duo along with percussionists Richard Brown and Doug Smith presented Portals at the San Antonio Chamber Music Festival. At recitals at the University of Nebraska, tubist Craig Fuller played Sandepiece, accompanied by the composer on piano, and trombonist Scott Anderson played Fantasy 1970, with Michael Cotton, piano. Dutch saxophonist William Raaijman and the Zephrus String Quartet will play Quintet 1971 in a tour of the United States. The Inoue Chamber Ensemble along with a Shadow Puppet Theater presented the Bamboo Princess at Sunbridge College, in New York.

Tristesse; alto saxophone and piano; Ghost Tones; flute, viola, and cello; Alto Saxophone Concerto, Fin de Siecle; saxophone and orchestra,; Fillip; E-flat clarinet, percussion, and piano; Sinfonietta; 10 winds and percussion; all by Dorn Publications, Inc. Saffron Dreams, Requiem Sonnets, and Eleven from the Japanese; all for choir; Yelton Rhodes Music. Journeys; native flute and string orchestra; Encores; flute, percussion, and harpsichord; both by J. P. Publications. Lyric Sonata; flute and piano; Brixton Publications.

Volante; the Virtuosos of Lvov; CRS.

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