Annual American Composers Update

A. Oscar Haügland

A. Oscar Haügland is retired as a professor of theory/composition at Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb. Currently, he is working on Concertino for Bassoon and Strings.

Premieres

Markus Häberling soloed with the Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland), Lawrence Foster conducting, in the premiere of Concertino for English Horn and Strings, Mar. 19, 1996. On Mar. 25, 1996, Kevin Brandon and John Morrissey presented 4 Duets from 5 Suites for 2 Tubas, at the Northern Illinois University School of Music. In 1996 Cheri Boock directed the first performances of Song of the Wave, with the Gibraltar Singers of Fish Creek, WI, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (Feb. 10); and with the Senior Chorus, in Fish Creek (Apr. 19).

Performances

Arthur Montzka conducted the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Psalm 86, Apr. 24, 1996, in DeKalb. Works heard in 1997 at the Northern Illinois University School of Music included Interludium, with Patricia Cichy, oboe, and Rosemary Lane, organ (Mar. 18); and Hocket Toccata, with the Northern Illinois University Flute Ensemble under Stephen Squires (Apr. 14). On Apr. 18, 1997, DeKalb's Episcopal Church of St. Paul choir, directed by Dalia Bach, sang Holy Spirit, Truth Divine.

Publications

Concertino for Flute, Violin and Strings; Song of the Wave; SATB; both by HOA Music Publishers.

Further Information

For more complete information, see A. Oscar Haugland's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.