Ursula Mamlok ****

SAI Honorary Member Ursula Mamlok was awarded the Presidential Medal, May 18, 2003, for 35 years of teaching at the Manhattan School of Music, NY, and for a lifetime as a composer.

Premieres

Rückblick, for alto saxophone and piano, was premiered December 12, 2002, by Marshall Taylor and Samuel Hsu, The Thalia at Symphony Space, New York, NY. Joel Sachs, conducting the New Juilliard Ensemble, introduced Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra, November 14, 2003, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY.

Performances

Works presented in late 2002 included 2000 Notes, November 4, pianist Sarah Cahill, Manhattan School of Music; Confluences for chamber ensemble, November 23, Washington Irving High School, New York, NY; Intermezzi, December 4, guitarist William Anderson, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville. A program of works by Stefan Wolpe and Ursula Mamlok given in Merkin Hall, New York, NY, on February 11, 2003, included Rhapsody, for clarinet, viola, and piano; From My Garden, for viola; and String Quartet No. 2 (Die Laberne), for soprano and mixed quartet. Concert Piece for Four (flute, oboe, viola, and percussion), was heard February 16 at Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY; Girasol was performed February 26 by members of the Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Patti Monson, New York, NY. Guitarist Paul Bowman gave performances of Five Intermezzi (1990) throughout the United States, France, and Turkey in April and May; String Quartet No. 1 (1962) was heard July 11 at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Irasburg, VT.

Recordings

All Mamlok, six works, #CRI 820.

****Sigma Alpha Iota Honorary Member

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