Roger C. Vogel

Roger Vogel has been commissioned by the Bass Club of Georgia to write a work for contrabass quartet. The completed Declarations will receive its premiere during the 2004-2005 academic year.

Premieres

Illuminations in Brass was introduced April 7, 2004, at the University of Georgia by trumpeter Fred Mills and the University of Georgia Trumpet Ensemble,

Performances

Twilight Reflections was performed February 21, 2004, by flutist Carolyn Treybig and guitarist John DeChiaro at The College Music Society Southern Chapter Annual Conference, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Cellist Craig Hultgren presented Incantation on March 22 at the University of Georgia, Athens. The Devil’s Songbook was performed April 18 by tenor Brian Mcneely, pianist Cynthia Harrington, and cellist Gloria dePasquale, on the 2003-2004 Chamber Music Series at Villanova (PA) University. The Frog, He Fly . . . Almost was presented May 24 by Beverly Marks, voice, and Elizabeth McAllister, clarinet, at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City, CA. Suite in G was heard in a June 30 performance by oboist Dwight Manning and bassoonist William Davis, at the International Double Reed Society Annual Conference at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Publications

Winter Song, mixed chorus, two flutes, and piano; National Music Publishers. Eulogy, Aria, and Ballade, contrabass and piano; Fanfares and Flourishes, three antiphonal brass quintets; both by American Composers Alliance. Illuminations in Brass, solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble; Howard J. Buss Publications.

Recordings

“From Bach to Schnittke;” Fantasy, violinist Levon Ambartsumian; ART Classis ART059.

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 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