Annual American Composers Update

David Liptak, Professor of Composition, chairs the Composition Department at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.

In 1997 soprano Cheryl Boyd and the Boyd/Goluses Duo (flute/guitar) presented Songs for Persephone in Rochester (Oct. 17) and in Atlanta (Oct. 24). The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, under Peter Bay, introduced Northern Light, Jan. 29 and 31, 1998.

In 1997 the New York New Music Ensemble gave the first performances of a revised version of Giovine Vagha, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and marimba, in New York (Feb. 24) and in Los Angeles (May 19). The same work was heard at the Eastman School of Music, with an ensemble combining musicians from Eastman and Freiburg, Germany, Oct. 22, 1997. The Indiana University New Music Ensemble, led by David Dzubay, presented Ancient Songs, for baritone and chamber ensemble, in Bloomington, IN, Oct. 23, 1997. On Aug. 1, 1997, a Meadowmount School for Strings program included George Taylor and Allison Gagnon in Duo, for viola and piano.

Giovine Vagha (1997 revision); MMB Music, Inc.