Annual American Composers Update
Roger C. Vogel
Roger C. Vogel resides in Athens, GA,
where he serves as Professor of Music in theory and
composition at the University of Georgia. The University
has awarded him a Senior Faculty Research Grant to record
a CD of his works, featuring his choral song cycle Cats
and Bats and Things with Wings.
Premieres
On Nov. 6, 1997, Twin Moons was
introduced by Ronald Waln, flute, and Theodore Jahn,
clarinet, at the University of Georgia. 1998 premieres
at the University of Georgia included Eine Kleine
Snailmusik, with Ellen Edwards, voice; Patrick Hoffman,
trumpet; David Starkweather, cello; and Vogel, piano
(Mar. 12); and The Frog, He Fly . . . Almost,
with Edwards, voice, and Hoffman, trumpet (June 5).
Performances
Massimo Pezzuti, baritone; Milton Masciadri,
bass viol; and Angiolina Sensale, piano, performed "Of
Celebration", from The Devil's Songbook, on the
Concerto del Casino Concert Series in Voghera, Italy,
Mar. 26, 1997. On Mar. 27, 1998, Eine Kleine Snailmusik
was heard with Edwards, voice; Edward Sandor, trumpet;
Ashley Sandor, cello; and Vogel, piano, at the Southeastern
Composers League Forum held at the University of North
Carolina, in Charlotte. The College Music Society Southern
Chapter Conference, at the State University of West
Georgia, Feb. 27, 1998, included Winter Sun,
with flutist Dennette Derby-McDermott and guitarist
Mark Francis. Levon Ambartsumian played Fantasy for
Solo Violin on the Franklin College Chamber Music
Series at the University of Georgia, Jan. 10, 1998.
Heard Feb. 12, 1998 with the Smoky Mountain Chamber
Players was Night Winds, at the University of
Tennessee, in Knoxville.
Publications
Eine Kleine Snailmusik; voice,
trumpet, cello, piano; Howard J. Buss Publications,
1998.
Recordings
Voyages and Temporal Landscape
Number Six, both for trumpet and percussion; Edward
Sandor and Thomas McCutchen; ACA Music for Trumpet
and Percussion CD CM20042.
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