as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Dennis Kam

In addition to being Chair of the University of Miami Music Theory and Composition Department, Dennis Kam has been the South Florida Youth Symphony Composer-in-Residence since fall 2001.

Premieres

As part of the gala opening night of Festival Miami, the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Sleeper, introduced Symphony No. 1, September 22, 2001.

Performances

Prime Line, for flute, vibraphone, and piano, was played by Mary Ellen Guzzio, Clarissa Borba, and Michael Kregler at an International Society for Contemporary MusicFestival at Florida International University on April 18, 2002. Etude 1a (Fanfares) was on a program of the South Florida Youth Symphony at Miami-Dade Community College, March 17, 2002, with the composer conducting.

Recordings

Preludes, for piano; String Quartet No. 3; Fantasy Sonata, for clarinet and piano; The Epistemology of Delicate Time in Blue Three, for two pianos; all on Living Artists Recordings All About Time, Vol. 7.

Further Information

• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• 1996-1997 American Composers Update