Elizabeth Laure - Winter 2003

Elizabeth Lauer

"My solo piano work A Bouquet of Bagatelles won first place in the National Pen Women composition contest. My work for SATB chorus, piano, and solo mezzo-soprano won second place in the same competition. The work Carousel [see Premieres] was done on commission from the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association [CMTA], after their composition contest. I am the Coordinator for a piano competition, for students through high school, in two divisions. The competition also commissions two composers to write a new (required) work for the contestants. For the seventh year, I have been program annotator for the chamber music series in Westport (CT) of South Shore Music. I gave a solo recital (piano) at the Donnell Library Auditorium in June (New York City), all dances by Brahms, Ravel, Bach, Ginastera, Bartok, Debussy, and Lauer. I'll do another (by invitation) recital there next June 14." In 2002, the composer's arrangements performed included Debussy's Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été, for oboe and piano, in Watermill, NY for SUNY College at Purchase, with Ralph Kirmser and Lauer, November 23; and Peter and the Wolf, for piano four-hands, at Silvermine Music School, in Norwalk, CT, November 3.

Premieres

On April 14, 2002, Elizabeth Lauer's Fear No More, for six-part mixed choir, was sung first by the Kent (CT) Singers, led by Marguerite Mullee. Le Crépuscule, a concert rag, premiered November 3, 2002, at Christ Church in New York, NY, with pianist Margaret Mills. Student CMTA members introduced Carousel (dance variations on All The Pretty Little Horses) on November 2, 2002, at the Easton (CT) Library.

Performances

In 2002, Magnolia, concert rag, was performed by Mills in White Plains, NY and in Greenwich, CT, both October 23, and in New York, NY, November 3. Works played by Mills in 2001 included Sonata for Piano and A Bouquet of Bagatelles, for the American Composers Alliance piano recital at Christ & St. Steven's Church in New York, NY, May 15; and A Bouquet of Bagatelles, for the Connecticut Composers, Inc. concert at the Pequot Library, in Southport on September 16. On April 14, 2002, Mullee led the Kent Singers in Sigh No More, Ladies, for SSA choir. Selections from A Bouquet of Bagatelles played by the composer were Bolero, June 9, 2002, at Donnell Library; and B's Blues$, for a benefit recital for the Easton (CT) Historical Society, September 23, 2001, at the Easton Library. Composed on commission by the Rene Fisher Piano Competition, Fanfare and Fandango Fantasy was heard with Hilary Watkins, age 13, at the prize-winners concert at the Unitarian Church in Westport, CT, May 15, 2001.

Recordings

Sigh No More, Ladies and Fear No More; both with the Kent Singers, Mullee, conductor; Capstone Records release of vocal music.

The 2003 American Composers Update

Elizabeth Lauer

Premieres

Recordings

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Elizabeth Lauer "My solo piano work A Bouquet of Bagatelles won first place in the National Pen Women composition contest. My work for SATB chorus, piano, and solo mezzo-soprano won second place in the same competition. The work Carousel [see Premieres] was done on commission from the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association [CMTA], after their composition contest. I am the Coordinator for a piano competition, for students through high school, in two divisions. The competition also commissions two composers to write a new (required) work for the contestants. For the seventh year, I have been program annotator for the chamber music series in Westport (CT) of South Shore Music. I gave a solo recital (piano) at the Donnell Library Auditorium in June (New York City), all dances by Brahms, Ravel, Bach, Ginastera, Bartok, Debussy, and Lauer. I'll do another (by invitation) recital there next June 14." In 2002, the composer's arrangements performed included Debussy's Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été, for oboe and piano, in Watermill, NY for SUNY College at Purchase, with Ralph Kirmser and Lauer, November 23; and Peter and the Wolf, for piano four-hands, at Silvermine Music School, in Norwalk, CT, November 3. Premieres On April 14, 2002, Elizabeth Lauer's Fear No More, for six-part mixed choir, was sung first by the Kent (CT) Singers, led by Marguerite Mullee. Le Crépuscule, a concert rag, premiered November 3, 2002, at Christ Church in New York, NY, with pianist Margaret Mills. Student CMTA members introduced Carousel (dance variations on All The Pretty Little Horses) on November 2, 2002, at the Easton (CT) Library. Performances In 2002, Magnolia, concert rag, was performed by Mills in White Plains, NY and in Greenwich, CT, both October 23, and in New York, NY, November 3. Works played by Mills in 2001 included Sonata for Piano and A Bouquet of Bagatelles, for the American Composers Alliance piano recital at Christ & St. Steven's Church in New York, NY, May 15; and A Bouquet of Bagatelles, for the Connecticut Composers, Inc. concert at the Pequot Library, in Southport on September 16. On April 14, 2002, Mullee led the Kent Singers in Sigh No More, Ladies, for SSA choir. Selections from A Bouquet of Bagatelles played by the composer were Bolero, June 9, 2002, at Donnell Library; and B's Blues$, for a benefit recital for the Easton (CT) Historical Society, September 23, 2001, at the Easton Library. Composed on commission by the Rene Fisher Piano Competition, Fanfare and Fandango Fantasy was heard with Hilary Watkins, age 13, at the prize-winners concert at the Unitarian Church in Westport, CT, May 15, 2001. Recordings Sigh No More, Ladies and Fear No More; both with the Kent Singers, Mullee, conductor; Capstone Records release of vocal music. Further Information 1999-2000 American Composers Update 1998-1999 American Composers Update 1997-1998 American Composers Update 1996-1997 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online SAI's Music for Young People section
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