Annual American Composers Update

Howard J. Buss

Howard J. Buss makes his home in Lakeland, FL. He received a 1997-98 ASCAP award. In 1997 Modern Times, for narrator, flute, and four percussion, received reviews from Robert McCormick in the Florida Percussive Arts Society Newsletter (Jan.); and from George Frock in Percussive Notes magazine (Feb.). A listing of his works is available on the SAI Composers web site, and his complete works are in the American Music Center Library, in New York, NY.

Premieres

The U. S. Air Force Brass Quintet gave the first performance of Chromatic Fantasy, Mar. 20, 1997, in Brucker Hall, Fort Meyer, VA. During the International Clarinet Association's Clarineffest '97, hosted by Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock, TX, Marguerite Baker, Richard Meek, and Jennifer Garrett introduced Desert Odyssey, for clarinet, bassoon, and piano, July 10, 1997.

Performances

Flourishes, for two brass quintets, was performed at the St. Paul United Methodist Church, Lincoln, NE, by the Nebraska Brass Ensemble, Robert Kreuger, director. Thomas M. Hagen played Camel Music, for solo trombone, at Valley City State Univ., Jan. 16, 1997. On Mar. 5, 1997, flutist Julie Hill and the West Point Percussion Ensemble presented Mysterious Exit at Nyack (NY) College. Trombone Concerto was heard in Indianapolis, IN, May 28, 1997, with David Rudd and the Lawrence Noth High School Wind Ensemble, led by Don Fountain. A University of South Florida (Tampa) program included Rite of Passage, for solo marimba, with Robert M. McCormick, Sept. 19, 1997.

Publications

Santiago Legend, solo clarinet; Chromatic Fantasy, brass quintet; Desert Odyssey, clarinet, bassoon, and piano; Dialogue (revised edition), clarinet and piano; all by Brixton Publications.

Recordings

Mysterious Exit, for flute and percussion ensemble; Kim McCormick; C. Alan Publications.

Further Information

For more complete information, see Howard Buss' entry in our Composers Bureau Online