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Annual American Composers Update
Kent Kennan
On May 19, 2001, Kent Kennan received the Doty Award,
honoring E. W. Doty, the founding and long-time Dean
of the College of Fine Arts and Chairman of the (then)
Music Department, given annually "in recognition
of outstanding leadership and extraordinary contributions
to the College of Fine Arts," at the University
of Texas at Austin. In presenting the award, Dean Robert
Freeman mentioned Kennan's long service to the University's
School of Music as teacher (for over 40 years), Acting
Chairman for a year, Graduate Adviser for six, and provider
of an endowed graduate fellowship in composition or
theory. Also cited were Kennan's compositions, recordings,
and his two widely-used books, on orchestration and
counterpoint, respectively. An RCA Music Group recording
includes his clarinet/orchestra transcription of Prokofieff
Sonata Op. 94 for flute or violin and piano, performed
by Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic directed
by Lawrence Leighton Smith. In 2002, Prentice Hall is
releasing the sixth edition of The Technique of Orchestration,
co-authored with Donald Grantham.
Performances
In January 2001, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano,
played by Don Sipe and William Eddins in Minneapolis,
MN, had several performances in the United States and
in other countries. Also heard internationally was Night
Soliloquy, performed on June 8, 2001, by Adrienne
Inglis, flute, and Kiyoshi Tamagawa, in Austin, TX.
The Texas Festival Orchestra, directed by Edwin Outwater,
presented Dance Divertimento (Grand March, Toe Dance,
Jig), July 1, 2001, in Round Top, TX. A Principia
College program included Three Preludes, with
pianist Jeremy Hays, May 29, 2001. In Austin, TX, Felicity
Coltman, Jennifer Bourianoff, Adrianna Hulscher, Ames
Isbell, and Margaret Coltman-Smith have scheduled a
performance of Quintet for Piano and Strings
for February 16-17, 2002.
Recordings
Retrospectives, 12 pieces for piano; Timothy
Woolsey; Centaur Records. Threnody, Dream Tigers,
and Dance to an Ostinato, all for flute and piano;
Karl Kraber and Gregory Allen; Gasparo Records. Night
Soliloquy, for flute and orchestra; Joseph Mariano
and the Eastman Rochester Orchestra; National Flute
Association reissue.
Further Information
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