as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Larry Thomas Bell***

SAI National Arts Associate Larry Thomas Bell returned to the American Academy in Rome, where he is a Fellow, as Visiting Artist during the summer of 2002.

Premieres

Hansel and Gretel, for narrator and orchestra, was heard first on November 3, 2002, with the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division Orchestra, in Boston's Jordan Hall.  At the Robert Schumann Hochschule, in Dusseldorf, Germany, the Gardizi-Thone Duo gave the European premiere of Blues Theme with Variations, for two pianos, February 13, 2002.

Performances

2002 performances of Songs of Innocence and Experience, for children's choir and orchestra, occurred with the Symphony Pro Musica, Mark Churchill, conductor, in Westborough, MA, November 9-10; and with the Juilliard School Pre-College Chorus, Rebecca Scott, conductor, in New York, NY, April 27.  With the composer at the piano, soprano D'Anna Fortunato sang The Immortal Beloved, for mezzo-soprano and piano, at St. Botolph Club in Boston, September 19, 2002.  In 2002, pianist Jonathan Bass played Reminiscences and Reflections:  12 Preludes and Fugues in Boston, at M. Steinert's and Sons, March 14, and as part of WGBH Classical Performances, March 19.

***Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate

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