as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Karl Korte

On >April 22, 2002, Karl Korte's Four Songs of Experience (text by Blake), for women's voices, received Top Honors and Special Recognition in the international Waging Peace Through Singing competition (sponsored by the Carlton Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace, University of Oregon).

Premieres

Shiki (the Four Seasons), a cantata on Japanese texts, for choir, soloists, and a digital score will premiere March 24, 2003, under the direction of SAI Virginia Davidson.

Performances

At a New York Flute Club program at CAMI Hall, December 9, 2001, Distant Pentachords, for flute, windchimes, and digital sound, had a performance with flutist Karla Moe.  Four Songs of Experience was sung by Emma Willard School choral groups, Russell Locke, director, March 22, 2002. The New York Treble Singers, led by Davidson, presented Sappho Says, for women's voices, mezzo-soprano, flute, and piano, October 18, 2002.

Further Information

• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• 1996-1997 American Composers Update
• Composers Bureau Online
• Karl Korte's website: www.emf.org/people/korte.html