Annual American Composers Update
Wallace De Pue
"My residence is at 5 Picardie Court,
Bowling Green, OH. In 1998, I retired as a professor
of music composition from Bowling Green State Univ.
However, I am teaching on a part-time basis of one
semester per year. My other work includes composing
and promoting my publishing business, Picardie Court
Publications. In July, I was notified of my 16th consecutive
ASCAP award for music composition. In Jan. 2001, the
fourth edition of my textbook, Creative Music Theory
Skills, will be used at Bowling Green State University
for teaching non-music and music majors. It is good
for self instruction." On Sept. 24, 2000, SAI National
Arts Associate Wallace De Pue's TTBB arrangement of
Camptown Races was performed by The Ritz, a
former international SBEBSQSA barbershop quartet,
at the Monroe Methodist Church, in Toledo, OH. His
arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto in A
Minor for young violin quartet is now in print.
Premieres
On Apr. 2, 2000, O Sing Unto the
Lord, for SATBB choir, premiered at St. Gwendolin's
Church, in Fostoria, OH, with the Fostoria High School
choir and instrumentalists, William Schwepe, conductor.
In 2000, programs at Fairfield (OH) High School included
the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra and choir,
under Paul Stanbery, premiering Almighty God, Unto
Whom All Hearts Are Open, for SATB choir, Apr.
2; and Red Cloud's Prayer, for SATB choir,
flute, tambourine, and bass drum, Aug. 6.
Performances
Other works heard with the Hamilton-Fairfield
Symphony Orchestra in 2000 were Prelude and a Dorian
Dance, Feb. 20; and The Fiddler's Fare,
for orchestra and solo fiddler, Aug. 6. On May 14,
2000 Serenade, for violin and piano, was performed
by Jason De Pue, violin, at the Curtis Institute of
Music, in Philadelphia, PA.
Publications
Credo; high school SATB/SATB
double choir; A Country Dance; high school
SATB choir and fiddle; O Magnum Mysterium;
high school or college TTBB/TTBB double choir; El
Dorado; advanced tenor voice and piano.
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