Annual American Composers Update
Ursula Mamlok
A New York, NY resident, Ursula Mamlok spends summers
in San Mateo, CA. Her
String Quartet No. 1 (1962)
received a positive review in
The New York Times,
Aug. 31, 1998. The San Francisco Contemporary Players
are planning to perform her
Sextet, for flute,
clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, bass viol, and piano,
in Apr. 1999. On Oct. 17, 1998, the League of Composers/International
Society for Contemporary Music held a benefit dinner in
her honor, including a concert at the Miller Theatre,
in New York City.
CRI
will be releasing an all-Mamlok CD, including
Constellations,
with the Seattle Symphony, under Gerard Schwarz;
Der
Andreas Garten, with the Jubal Trio;
Girasol
and
Polarities, with Parnassus; and
String Quartet
No. 2, with the Cassatt Quartet.
Performances
Heard at the concert were
From my Garden, with
violist Lois Martin;
Der Andreas Garten, for voice,
flute, and harp, with The Jubal Trio; and
String Quartet
No. 2, with the Atlantic Quartet. The Jubal Trio also
gave a performance of
Der Andreas Garten at the
Mannes College of Music, Dec. 4, 1997 in New York. Cygnus
played
Stray Birds, for soprano, flute, and cello,
Jan. 27, 1998 at Merkin Hall, in New York. As part of
the Museum of Modern Art's "Music in a Summer Garden"
series, the Flux Quartet presented Mamlok's
String
Quartet No. 1, Aug. 28-29 in New York. On Feb. 1,
1999, Ensemble 21 will perform
Rhapsody, for clarinet,
viola, and piano, at Merkin Hall, in New York.
Publications
String Quartet No. 2;
C.
F. Peters Corp.
Recordings
Five Intermezzi for Solo Guitar; Todd Seelye; Music
and Art
Sheer Pluck CD 1032.
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