Annual American Composers Update
Minuetta Kessler
SAI Patroness Minuetta Kessler resides in Belmont, MA.
She is working on her opera about the Doukhobors of Canada.
On May 4, 1997, the University of San Francisco (CA) radio
station KUSF-FM's "Fighting Back" program about the Doukhobors
included an interview with her about the opera.
Performances
A WGBH (Boston) radio celebration of International Women's
Day featured
Alberta Concerto, with Helena Vesterman,
piano soloist, Mar. 8, 1996. Pianist Erlinda Salazar McGinty
played
Etude Brilliante at the Rockland Memorial
Library, in Massachusetts. At the New York State Composers
Fest, held May 5, 1996 at Orange County Community College,
Middletown, NY, Kim Yeong Yamamoto presented
A Day
in the Park (Op. 30),
Let's Go to the Park,
and
Come Home. A concert with Kessler, piano, and
Anna Gabrieli, soprano, assisted by pianist Brian Moll,
included
Songs of Western Canada, Songs by Sara Teasdale
from Song Cycle, and
Etude Brilliante. Yolande
Uyttenhove's piano recitals in Belgium included
A Midnight
Encounter, Dec. 10, 1996 and June 21-22, 1997.
Recordings
Alberta Concerto; Vesterman and the Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Robert Black conducting;
Master
Musicians Collective Bratislava Series, Vol.
II, MMC 2009.
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