Annual American Composers Update

Premieres

Margaret Shelton Meier's Eight by Emily was introduced by Elizabeth Sanford, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Wright, violin; and Ana Maria Maldonado, cello at Mt. San Antonio College, October 6, 2001, in Walnut, CA. Organist Barbara Rogers gave the first performance of The Spirit Descends, June 3, 2001 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, MN.

Performances

Also at Trinity United Methodist Church, Rogers played Trinity Toccata, for organ, June 18, 2001. In 2001, Celebration, Sorrow, Strength, for soprano and piano, was performed by Deborah Kavasch and Deon Nielsen-Price at the Church of the Lighted Window in La Cañada, CA, January 21, and at a NACUSA concert at El Camino (CA) College, March 23; by Catherine Jensen and Rogers at the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church Piano Dedication Concert, in St. Paul, MN, October 7, and at a Northwestern College Faculty Artist Concert, in Minneapolis, October 14.; and by Jean Gothold and Frances Nobert, at a Whittier (CA) College Faculty Musicale, September 18. The Mt. San Antonio College Concert Choir, directed by Bruce Rogers, sang Shepherds' Song at the Annual Wassail Dinners, December 6-8, 2001. Nobert has presented the organ work Romantic Passacaglia, on a twelve-tone theme, many times this year, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, and California.

Recordings

Romantic Passacaglia; Nobert on the Glatter-Götz organ at the UCC church in Claremont, CA; Raven OAR-550 CD, spring 2001.

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