Joelle Wallach
In the November 2001, American Record Guide
reviewer Moore called Joelle Wallach's
Shadow, Signs, and Songs of Longing CD (Capstone Records
CPS-8689) "a worthy collection."
Moore further
states that "The music is emotional and dramatically cogent. . .
. Shadows, Sighs, and Songs of Longing is a 16-minute cello
concerto of much warmth and lyricism," and describes Wallach
as "a composer of considerable charm and serious intent."
Current commissions are for String Trio, based on Chinese
melodies, from the Jade String Trio; String Quartet No. 3, from
the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music for the Muir Quartet; From
the Almanac of Last Things, from Paul Sperry for The Joy of
Singing Millenial Concert; and Trio
for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, from The American Chamber Ensemble,
Naomi Drucker and Blanche Abram Directors. Scheduled for spring 2003 is a recording of
Voices of the Iron Harp with pianist Jeffrey Jacob.
Premieres
On September 11, 2002, a Provincetown (MA)
Arts Association All-American program in honor of the heroes of
September 11 included the premiere of The Firefighter's Prayer,
with Blair Resika, mezzo-soprano, and Elizabeth Rodgers, piano. In Memory the Heart Still Sings, had
its first performance with Andrew Lamy,
clarinet, and the Wayne Chamber Orchestra at the John
Harms Performing
Arts Center, October 19, 2002,
in Englewood, NJ.
Performances
Jacob played Voices of the Iron Harp at
Sarah Lawrence Coll., in Bronxville,
NY, October 23, 2002. At
the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Music Festival, in Wilmington,
DE, String Quartet (1995)
had performances September 15 and November
24, 2002, and January
19, 2003. The
New Directions Concert Series of the Bakersfield (CA) Symphony,
Howard Quilling, Music Director, included
Glancing Below, an octet for strings, percussion, piano,
and saxophones, November
17, 2002, at the Olive
Drive Church. Scheduled for the the
Gold Coast Chamber Players' Festival in 2003 are the baritone/strings
version of The Firefighter's Prayer, in Lafayette, CA, March
1, and String Quartet (1995) with The Ives Quartet (formerly
the Stanford Quartet), in Lafayette and San Francisco, CA, April
10 and 13-14.
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