Annual American Composers Update
Katherine Hoover
SAI member Katherine Hoover is a New York, NY resident.
The National Flute Association has invited her to be its
composer in residence for its convention in Phoenix in
summer 1998. In fall 1996 she spoke, attended master classes,
and heard performances of her work at the College of Notre
Dame, in Baltimore; Meredith College; the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the University of California
at Berkeley. In September 1996 Hoover traveled to West
Virginia for the first showing of
New Music, a
video by Deborah Novak about the commissioning, rehearsing,
and the Kennedy Center premiere of
Dances and Variations,
for flute and harp. The Press-Democrat reviewer wrote
that the premiere of
Stitch-te Naku was "the highlight
of the program." She was a performer at the National Flute
Convention, in New York, NY, Aug. 1996.
Premieres
Stitch-te Naku received its first performance,
with cellist Sharon Robinson and the Rohnert Park (CA)
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nan Washburn, Oct. 12-13,
1996. At the National Flute Convention, held in Chicago,
Aug. 1997, Jeffrey Khaner, principal flutist of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, presented
Winter Spirits, for solo flute.
Performances
Other works heard at the 1997 National Flute Convention
included
Medieval Suite, Canyon Echos, and
Kokopeli.
Works performed at the 1996 National Flute Convention
were
Dances and Variations, commissioned by the
New York and Long Island Flute Clubs, with Wendell Dobbs
and Mary Tryer; and
Three for Eight, with Hoover
conducting. Under the baton of Apo Tzu, The Women's Philharmonic
presented
Two Sketches, March 1997.
Trio,
on the program of several Eroica Trio concerts this season,
will be played by an Indiana University of Pennsylvania
faculty trio in February 1998.
Stitch-te-Naku received
a performance from the Santa Monica (CA) Symphony, with
cellist Timothy Landauer and conductor Allan Gross.
Publications
Homage to Bartok; wind quintet;
Three for Eight;
flutes;
Aria and Allegro Giocoso; cello and piano;
Winter Spirits; flute;
Dances and Variations;
flute and harp;
Stitch-Te Naku; cello and orchestra;
all by
Papagena
Press.
Recordings
Homage to Bartok; Double Concerto; two violins
and strings; piano works;
Kokopeli; all on a
Parnassus
Records all-Hoover CD, spring 1997.
Kokopeli
and
Reflections; Eugenia Zukerman;
Delos
Records.
Canyon Echos; Duologue;
Gasparo
Records.
Homage to Bartok; Cumberland Quintet;
Centaur Records.
Further Information
For more complete information, see Katherine Hoover's
entry in our
Composers
Bureau Online.
