Annual American Composers Update

William Mac Davis

William Mac Davis holds the position of Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary School of Church Music, Fort Worth, TX. His Fanfare on a French Carol won first prize for band compositions in the 1997 Gerald Armstrong Award Competition, sponsored by the Genevox Music Baptist Sunday School Board's Church Music Department.

Premieres

At the Verso il Millennio, in Riva del Garde, Italy, the Colonial Tuba Quartet presented Divertimento, July 1997. Christmas Rhapsody had its first performances Dec. 6-13, 1997, with the Southcliff Baptist Church Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Fort Worth, TX.

Performances

In 1997 Fanfare on a French Carol was played by the Ridgecrest (NC) Band, under Camp Kirkland (June 18); and by the Glorieta (NM) Band, led by James Hansford. Also in 1997 Rondo Concertante was heard in its orchestral version with Donald Palmire, euphonium, and the U. S. Army Orchestra, conducted by Tony W. Cason, in Fort Myer, VA (Jan. 31); in its original version with John Mueller, euphonium, and the U. S. Army Band, in Washington, DC (Aug. 8); and in its piano version with Mueller, euphonium, at the Verso il Millennio (July). 1997 performances of Ceremonial Piece on Cwm Rhondda occurred with the Oklahoma Baptist Symphony Brass, in Muskogee (Jan. 19); and with the Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble in Hilton Head, SC (Feb. 8); St. Augustine, FL (Feb. 10); Palm Beach, FL (Feb. 14); Sarasota, FL (Feb. 16); Melbourne, FL (Feb. 18); Chattanooga, TN (Feb. 21); Memphis, TN (Feb. 23); Little Rock, AR (Feb. 25); Charleston, WV (Mar. 2); Winston-Salem, NC (Mar. 4); and Baltimore, MD (Mar. 7).

Publications

Fanfare on a French Carol; Genevox Music.