Margaret Shelton Meier

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Premieres

Night Thoughts received its European premiere on December 28, 2003, by cellist Bogdana Peneva and pianist Bozhena Ivanova Petrova (to whom the work is dedicated), at the Concert to Welcome the New Year in Rousse, Bulgaria; the piece was also performed by cellist Janice Foy and pianist Louise King on March 13, 2004, on a Dominant Club recital in Los Angeles, CA. Sulli and Sally and Sally Comin’ through the Rye, derived from folk tunes which are part of the concerto material, were premiered March 6, 2004, by flutist Laurel Myers-McKenzie, oboist Robin Capalbo, percussionist Matthew Altmire, with the composer at the piano, at Mount San Antonio College. Proverbs of Wisdom was presented June 20 by soprano/narrator Margaret Arighi, flutist Ellen Eggebroten, and the composer, at the conference of the Evangelical Ecumenical Women’s Caucus and the Claremont Graduate University Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Two additional songs, Wisdom Calls and Sophia/Holy Wisdom, were commissioned as theme songs for the convention and introduced by vocalist Colleen Fulmer. The Colored Soldiers (based on a poem of Paul Laurence Dunbar, written for the anniversary of the poet’s death in 2006) will be first heard in a January 22, 2005, performance by tenor Darryl Taylor at the University of California, Irvine. For Joy That a Woman Child is Born, a piano concerto in one movement, is scheduled to premiere March 13 by pianist Barbara Rogers and the Claremont Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of James Fahringer.

Performances

Baritone Ralph Wells and pianist Brian Farrell performed Sense and Nonsense, a set of five songs, on March 7, 2004, at the In Praise of Music concert series, La Canada, CA. Three Marys in Four Songs was presented by soprano Carol Eikum and pianist Barbara Rogers March 21 at the Faculty Artist Series of Northwestern College, Saint Paul, MN. Romantic Passacaglia on a Twelve Tone Theme received performances by organist Frances Nobert on the following organ concert series: St. Louis of France Cathedral in St. Paul, MN, March 23; the Cathedral of St. Joseph, LaCrosse, WI, March 28; and St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, on August 22. Rachel, Crying and Miriam Sang were performed by soprano Juliette Singler and pianist Rebecca Rollins June 5 at an International Alliance of Women in Music recital, held in Pasadena, CA.

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online
• SAI's Music for Young People section