as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Donna Kelly Eastman*

Donna Kelly Eastman won the 2002 Miriam Gideon Prize in the Search for New Music, sponsored by the International Alliance for Women in Music, for Old Cherokee Woman's Song, for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano.  Her flute music is available from Flute World at website www.fluteworld.com.

Premieres

Heard first in 2002 at the Strathmore >Hall Arts >Center, in Bethesda, MD, were Prikichi, Chuchubi and Other Birds of Curaçao, with flutists Linda Eagleson and Teresa Spisak, April 27; and Arctic Suite for Flute Quartet, with the Flauto Dolce quartet, October 26.  As part of the 5/11:  Lifting the Veil festival at California State University at Sacramento, a concert presented by Curved Aire introduced Old Cherokee Woman's Song, with Sheryl Counter, soprano, and Tatiana Scott, piano, May 11, 2002.

Performances

In 2002, Voyagers' Prayer was sung by the Lakeview United Methodist Choir in Sun City, AZ, February 3, and by the Mercer Singers at the annual Forum of the Southeastern Composers League held at Mercer >University, in Macon, GA, February 15. Also on the Forum programs was Exhibition Revisited for Flute Quartet, February 16, 2002, with Katy Howard and Kelly Via, concert flutes, Rachel Hauser alto flute, and Amanda Kochler, bass flute.  Signs of the Zodiac for Two Flutes was played April 27, 2002, by Eagleson and Spisak at Strathmore Hall.  Northern Lights for Flute Quartet had a performance by Flauto Dolce, August 16, 2002, at the National Flute Association's Annual Convention in Washington.

Recordings

Prikichi, Chuchubi, and other Birds of Curaçao; Eagleson; Blue House Productions Alone Into the Crowd CD of solo flute music.

*Sigma Alpha Iota Member

Further Information

• 2000-2001 Annual American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 Annual American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online.
• SAI's Music for Young People section