Annual American Composers Update

David Uber makes his home in Tinmouth, VT. He served as adjudicator at the Dartmouth College concerto auditions, in Hanover, NH (Apr. 21, 1998) and at Castleton (VT) State College, and has been elected to the Advisory Board of the International Trombone Association (ITA) for 1998-2002. For the 40th consecutive year, he has received an ASCAP award. He is listed in the 1998-99 Who's Who in Entertainment and in Stern's Performing Arts Directory. Recent commissions include A Dartmouth Medley, for the Dartmouth College symphonic and marching band, Max Culpepper, director (fall 1998); Commemoration Overture for the Year 2000, from the Salem County Brass Society for its 25th anniversary; and a work for three antiphonal brass choirs, from Sioux Empire Brass. Kendor Music has published his arrangement of I've Been Working on the Railroad for brass quartet.

In honor of Mount Rushmore, the Sioux Empire Brass premiered the large-scale antiphonal work Antiphonal for Rushmore in May 1998.

Dr. William Silvester conducted the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Symphony No. 3, June 20, 1998 at the College of New Jersey. On Apr. 28, 1998, William Keck soloed in Three Cameos for Solo Tuba and Saxophone Quartet at the University of Vermont. An Indianhead Arts Center program featured Four Sketches for Solo Horn and Piano, with Anna Skrupky, July 16, 1998 in Shell Lake, WI. The Marjorie Callaghan Horn Ensemble played Suite for Four Horns in Patterson, NY, June 7, 1998. Recently, there have been many performances in Japan, Austria, Belgium, Canada, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Finland, France, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

Carols for Christmas; brass quintet; Rhapsody in C Minor; tuba and piano; Elementary-Intermediate Trios for Three Trombones; Elementary Duets for Trumpet and Trombone and for Clarinet and Trombone; Holiday Music for Flute Quartet; Ancient Hymns and Canticles for Trumpet Trio; all by Kendor Music. Song Classics for Flute Choir; Sacred Hymns and Everlasting Songs for Flute Quartet or Flute Choir; all by Alry Music Publications. Puppetry for six-part Euphonium-Tuba Choir; Declarations for six-part Euphonium-Tuba Choir; Intermediate and Advanced Etudes for Trombone or Euphonium; 35 Elementary and Intermediate Etudes for B-flat Tuba; all by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Tides of Destiny for Large Brass Choir; Antiphonal for Rushmore; three antiphonal brass choirs; Spiritual from "The Power and the Glory" for Brass Quintet; all by T. A. P. Music Sales. Four Impressions for Trombone Quartet; The Brass Matador for Solo Trombone and Piano; 25 Modern Etudes for Trumpet; all by Music Express.

Sonnets for Flute Choir; National Flute Choir; Alry Publications Over the Edge CD. Skylines for Solo Bass Trombone and Brass-Percussion Choir; Douglas Yeo and the Black Dyke Mills Band, James Watson conducting. Proclamation CD. Antiphonal for Rushmore; Sioux Empire Brass, Dr. Harry Krueger conducting.

• 1996-1997 American Composers Update
• Composers Bureau Online.
• SAI's Music for Young People section.