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CANADIAN MUSIC CENTER HONORARY MEMBER OF ASUC

At the banquet of the Annual Conference in Toronto, Council Pr~sident Elliott Schwartz announced that the Canadian Music Center had been designated an Honorarv Institutional Member of the American Society of University Composers for the hard work in producing the Annual Conference. Those aspects of· the Conference that have been cited, in particular, have been press coveraqe, the hiqh level of perfor­mance, - fund raising, and excellent work by support staff and volunteers.

Thanks specifically go to John Miller, Executive Director of the Canadian Music Center; David A. Julien, Project Director of the 1986 International Year of Canadian Music; and Maggie Andersen, ASUC Conference Coordinator.

With the membership of the Canadian Music Center, ASUC establishes formal ties with our colleagues in Canada. We welcome David Keane to the newly created position of Canadian liaison on the Executive Committee.

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Colleqe Music Society October 9-12, 1986 Hyatt Regency Miami

April 1986

1986 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TORONTO

The stylized Canadian maple leaf pictured above represents the International Year of Canadian Music, our hosts at the 21st Annual Conference held March 5-9 in Toronto, Ontario. Canada. A regis­tration of 104 ASUC members joined Canadian composers for a Joint conference held in association with the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre.

Canadian composer Jean Papineau­Couture formally opened the conference with a delightful key­note speech summarizing both the strengths and the difficulties in Canadian music which sounded suspiciously like those encountered in the United States.

Mentioning the geographical com­petition between French-speaking and English-speaking composers in Canada and the reticence of per­formers toward programming contem­porary music, Papineau-Couture ended his presentation on a positive note, commending the establishment of the Canadian Music Center, and the publication of the Encvclopedia of the Music of Canada in French and English.

Welcoming ASUC members from the United States, Papineau-Couture applauded the fact that ASUC was not only multi-national, but multi­cultural as well.

Lecture/Demonstrations were pres­ented by MARTIN BRESNICK <"Nation­alism in Music: Imaqined Communi­ties"), RALPH SHAPEY - <"Double Con­certo" l, JOHN REA <" Vanishing Points"), ALEXINA LOUIE (''East/West - 01'."iental Influences"), MORTON FELDMAN, ROGER REYNOLDS ("Form and Stl'."ucture in Tl'."ansfigured Wind IV"), GAYLE YOUNG ("Hugh Le Caine"l, EDWARD GREEN l"Aesthetic Realism">, MARSHALL BIALOSKY <"An Introduction to Luigi Dalla­piccola' s Opera, Ulis se"), JOHN BECKWITH <"Chorale & Hymn Tune References: &-.illy? How?"), R. MURRAY SHAFER ("Princess of the Stars--The Composer & environmental Music"), ELAINE KEILLOR ("Weinzweig ' s Diver­timento No. 9--A Kaleidoscopic Con­versation for the Orchestra"), and LOU HARRISON/JOHN WEINZWEIG <"Com­position: A Retrospective").

The Computer Music Forum at the Conference feacured William Buxcon. Henry Kucharzyk. Bruce Pennycook, and Reynold Weidenaar, and the two panels on the Composers· Environ­rnenc featured William Littler, Tim Page, Rick MacMillan, Nancy Cldrke, Joseph Kovkkar, Allan Bell, John Miller, ~Michael Colgrass, Ralph Shapey, Barbara Petersen, and Libbv Larsen. ~

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The concerts featured works of both ASUC members and Canadi composers:

STEPHEN CHATMAN ROBERT HEPPENER MICHAEL PARKER JOHN BECKWITH JOELLE WALLACH MARK PUTNAM JQDITH LANG ZAIMONT SyTiNEY HODKINSON HENRY KUCHARZYK WILLIAM BUXTON DAVID GRIMES REYNOLD WEIDENAAR BRUCE PENNYCOOK ISTV..~~ ANHALT ROBERT ROLLIN JENNIFER McLAUGHLIN WARNER HUTCHISON GARY KULESHA ROBERT CHAMBERLIN KAREL HUSA CHARLES BESTOR MARJAN MOZETICH MARTIN BRESNICK WILLIAM DAVIS PAUL PACCIONE URSULA MAML OK JONATHAN CHENETTE THOMAS WELLS DENIS LORRAIN FRANK STEMPER ROQUE CORDERO BRIAN FENNELLY ALEXINA LOUIE JACQUES HETU OW.i:;N UNDERHILL JAMES CHAUDOIR DEREK HEALEY

DENNIS MILLER NEIL McKAY BRUCE MATHER JERRY TROXELL WALTER WINSLOW WILLIAM DOUGLAS JOHN DOWNEY GEORGE ROCHBERG ROGER REYNOLDS PETER HATCH EDWARD GREEN JOHN BEALL ANN SOUTHAM JAMES HOBBS BR IAN CHE..!'\NEY DONALD HARRIS RUTH LOMON MART IN S&-J"EIDEL RUDOLPH BUBALO TIM BRADY DIANE THOME WILLIAM MAYER

R. MURRAY SHAFER ALLISON SNIFFIN MARSHALL BIALOSKY HERBERT BIELAWA ALLAN BELL MICHEL-GEORGES RICHARD ROMITI JOHN WEINZWEIG

HENRY KUCHARZYK BREGENT

LOU HARRISON DAVID MOTT

These concerts featured perform­ances by the Elmer Isler Singers, Will iam Buxton <tenor sax, Lyricon and synthesizer), Claude Desjardins <drums and electronic percussion), David Grimes ( synthesizers ) , Jeff Riches <guitar and guitar synthesizer), Bruce Pennycook (alto saxophone), Phyllis Mailing (soprano ) , Richard Epp (piano), the University of Toronto Tuba Ensembl~ <Claude Engli, conductor), th University of Toronto Contemporary

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Ensemble with Rifa.t Qureshi. viola, t h e York University Ensemble (James McKav, conductor I , the York Winds , members of the National Chamber Orchestra, Robert Aitken tfluteJ, Beverlev Johnston tpercussionJ, Paul Robinson ldouble bassl, Rivka Golani l violaJ, Eric Mand at (clarinet>, Alan Torok (guitar I , Steven Smith lPianoJ, the Esprit Concemporain O~chestra !Alex Pauk conductor I, the Exultate Chamber Singers 1John Tuttle, conductor, Michael Bloss, organ!, the Univer­sity of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestl'."a. (Jerome Summers, conductor, Cameron Bennett, piano). Pamela Deacon (soprano J , Didi Pritchard lsoorano l , Shannon Peet Cbassoon1. - Greqorv Goldbera lcellol. Sasha - Weinscangei (violin!, Marc Widner tpianol, David Hetherinatcn lcellol, Joseph Petric laccor~ion). Judy Loman (harpi, Mark Duggan I percussion>, Robert Bick lflute J , and the Lyric Arts Trio. ~

At the Business Meeting, Council Chairman Elliott Schwartz applaude·i ASUC for receiving the "Laurel Leaf Award" from the American Composers Alliance. He also mentioned the grant from NEA awarded for computerization of ASUC ' s administrative office. Welcomed to ASUC are the 150 student members and 5 student chapters now active.

We heartily thank the 1986 International Year of Canadian Music Secretariat, , David Julien, Project Director, Maggie Andersen, Coordinator of the ASUC Conference. Edwina Carson, Publicity Coordinator, Wes Wraggett, ASUC Conference Technician, Andrea Alexander, Volunteer Committee Coordinator, and Assistants Janice Kerkkamp and Dean Perry. Spec i al thanks also cro to members of the Se lection Com~itt ee and the ASUC

'-'Planninq Committee.

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ASUC/SESAC STUDENT CONTEST

We are pleased to announce the resu l t s of the 1986 ASUC/SESAC Student Composition Contest. First Prize was- awarded to Jennifer McLaughlin of the University of Victoria, BC, for her Brass Quintet. Second Prize went to Scott Warner of the University of Michiaan for his work Beatitudes for solo auitar. Isabelle Marcoux of Laval, University, Quebec, received an Honorable Mention for her Woodwind Quintet.

The First and Second Prizes were announced at the 1986 ASUC Annual Conference in Toronto by Herbert E. Johnson. Vice-President of SESAC, Inc. Unfortunately, the plaques to have been presented were held by Canadian customs. At the time of this writing, the plaques are still there! Upon their release, they will be sent to the prize winners .

The judges for this year's ·:ontest were Warner Hutchison, Contest Chairman <New Mexico State Univ.}, Robert Ehle tUniv. of Northern Coloradol, and Charles West (Unjv. of Arizona).

The annual ASUC/SESAC Student Contest is entirely underwritten by a generous grant from SESAC, Inc., Alice Prager, President. SESAC has recently moved its corporate headquarters to 11 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN.

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REGION SIX ALSO MEETS MARCH 5-9

Region Six of ASUC met on the campus of Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, March 5 - 9. The meeting was coordinated by Dr. Arthur Smith, faculty member at Cameron University. Co-chairmen of the meeting, whic was also the tenth annual Twentieth-Century Music Festival at Cameron, were Dr. James Lambert, Dr. Virginia Sircy, ~nd Dr. David Pickthorn.

The meeting featured ten concerts of music by ASUC members and regional composers, and featured the music of guest composer, Fisher Tull of Sam Houston State University. Compositions were performed by Cameron University faculty and students and guest performers, including the Lawton High School Band, the Norman <OK> High School chorus, and guest performers and ensembles from a variety of regional universities. Lecture-presentations were given by Dr. James Faulconer of the University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Sarah Reid of Abilene Christian University.

Prof. James R. Greeson, co­chairman of ASUC Region Six, wrote that by the time his region knew of the Annual Conference dates, it was too late to change their own. Thus, Region Six met the same weekend as the conference in Toronto.

We were sorry not to see many Region Six members at the Annual Conference, but, on the other hand, are impressed that such a large regional conference <ten concerts!) could be mounted at the same time as the Annual Conference.

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At the Region Six Conference, ASUC composers were usually repre--~ sented by more than one ' composition--something we don ' t see often. Other than those listed above, ASUC composers performed were--

LARRY BARNES CU. of Texas-San Antonio)

THOMAS BENJAMIN <U. of Houston) JAMES BENNIGHOF (Baylor U. l NEWEL K. BROWN (North Texas State

Univ. > THOMAS CLARK <North Texas State U.> DWIGHT DAILEY <U. of Tulsa) REED K. HOLMES ( U. .of Texas-San

Antonio) MICHAEL HORVIT (U. of Houston) KENT HUGHES <Midwestern State U.) MICHAEL HUNT <Fontbonne Coll.) WAYNE JOHNSON <Drury Coll.) BOB KEEFE <North Texas State U.) EDWARD MA'ITILA <U. of Kansas ) THOMAS McKENNEY <U. of Missouri) STEPHEN RUSH <Oklahoma State U.> ARTHUR SMITH <Lawton, OK) "" WILLIAM THORNTON <Trinity Coll.) •, EVAN TONSING <Oklahoma State U.) GAYNEYL WHEELER (Amarillo, TX>

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ASUC MAILING LABELS

ASUC members may now obtain the Society's membership mailing list on pressure-sensitive labels for $30, half the regular price. This is the first time our mailinq list has been available to member;. You may orde the list in zip code or alphabetic sequence. We can also provide labels for specific regions or combination of regions at a reduced rate of $10 for any portion of the list. A statement will accompany the labels, or you may pay in advance. Contact Martin Gonzalez, Executive Secretary, ASUC, at the New York office. <MGl

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RECORD SERIES REPORT by Richard Brooks

After a prolonged hiatus due to production problems, we are happy to report that the ASUC Record Series is once again alive. The long-delayed Record 7 was issued last fall containing works by RUDOLPH BUBALO, ELLIOT BORISHANSKY. CHRISTINE BERL, CATHERINE SCHIEVE, and W. THOMAS MCKENNEY. Record 8, containinq works bv BURTON BEERMAN. ELEANOR CORY, F~ .. NK RETZEL. and RICHMOND BROWNE. is presently in production. We hope to have Record 9 available in the fall of this vear. Record 9 includes works by JOHN RINEHART, KEVIN HANLON. DAVID WARD-STEIN.MA.N, RONALD PERERA. and CHARLES BESTOR.

We hope to stay on a two-record­per-year schedule it the always­precarious budaet allows it. We

(\ will be applying to the NEi\ for fundina for the Series later this year. ~ If thev are receptive, it could spee~ up production considera.bly. In the past, . the NE...1\. has not been recective to funding individual works or albums, but is much more interested in helping small record companies in a more general way to benefit larger numbers of composers.

A judging cycle is currentlv in progress to select works to -fill openings in Records 10 and 12 •. as well as future albums. A piano album, Record 11, consists of CARLTON GAMER'S Piano Raaa Music, THOMAS BENJAMIN'S That Old Second Viennese School Raa, EDWARD MATTILA'S Six Little Arravs for Piano, VINCENT McDERMOTT'S Maaic Ground, and WILLIAM M..l\TTHEWS' Ferns.

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COMPETITIONS, GRANTS. AND CALLS

The following listiil-gs come from a variety of sources, so may not have complete information. You're encouraged to contact the spon­soring oraanizations direetly before sending materials. · ''SASE" in a listina means that a "self­addressed, stamped envelope" should be provided - for re~urn of materials. Submissions that are to be anonymous implies that your nam-e should not appear anywhere on the score. An identifying mark should be Placed on the score instead, and a sealed envelope with this mark on the front should be attached with at least your name, address, phone number, and title of the piece enclosed.

The NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION and the BAND MANS COMPANY is sponsoring a comoetition for a work for con­cert 1and with no restrictions as to stvle, form or lenqth. The award ls $3.000 and performance at a national or regional music convention in 1987, Send a full score and taf)e recording to Thomas Dvor-ak, , Dir·ector of University Bands, School of Fine Arts, Box 413, · Universitv of Wisconsin­.Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. Deadline is Nov. 5, 1986.

The INTERNATIONAL HORN SOCIETY is sponsoring a composition contest for horn & piano, horn & string quartet, and horn ensemble (5 to 16 separate parts). The prize is $1000 in each category. Submissions should be done anonymously, and the work must have been written during the past five years. be unpublished and unrecorded, and have received no previous awards. No more than one work for each division may be submitted by a single comooser. Submit 3 copies of the full score to Jeffrey Agrell, Gibraltarstr. 1, CH-6003 Lucerne, Switzerland. Three cassette tapes of the work

should be submitted if possible. Deadline is Nov. 10, 1986.

A flute choir composition compe­tition is being sponsored by the JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FLUTE CHOIR. Instrumentation must include 8 or more flutes. The work should be 10-15 minutes in length. The prize is $300 and performance in April, 1987. Submit full score and parts anonymously, to Carol Kniebusch, Director, JMU Flute Choir, Music Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Deadline is Oct. 1, 1986.

The VALENTINO ASSOCIATION, with

BUCCHI MUSICAL the VAL.Ei\JTINO

BUCCHI FOUNDATION and the CONSERVATOR IO DI CECILIA in Rome, international

MUSICA SANTA announces an

double-bass composition competition. There are three categories for composers under age 41 as of Dec. 31. 1986: piece for double-bass and orchestra (10-20 minutes), double bass and chamber group of 3-12 instruments (8-15 minutesJ, and a piece for double-bass solo. The double-bass solo category has a sub-category for a piece for double bass solo suitable for performers around age 15. A "Category D juniores" for compose rs under aqe 28 as of Dec. 3lsE is f o r a work~for two double­basses or double-bass and another instrument. Prizes range from Lit. 1,000,000 to 4,000,000. There is an elaborate procedure, which can be obtained from Associazione Musicale Valentino Bucchi; Via Ubaldino Peruzzi, 20 ~ 001 39 Rome , Italy. Deadline is Sept. 30, 1986.

Ithaca College announces its First Biennial WALTER BEELER COMPOSITION PRIZE of $3000 for original compositions for wind­ensemble/concert band, utilizing standard wind band instrumentation. No transcriptions or arrangements (except those of the composer) will

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be eligible. Compositions mustr\ have been written within two year~ of the contest deadline, and should be 7 to 12 minutes in length. Sub­mit full score Cno partsl and a tape (cassette preferred) to Beeler Composition Prize, School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850. Deadline is Oct. l, 1986.

· BOWLING GREEN STATE · UNIVERSITY invites compose.rs to submit wor-ks for their New Music Festival takinq place Oct. 16-18, 1986. Works can be for any performance medium, including tape. Composer's name, address, and · telephone number should be included as well as an SASE: Composers must submit score and Parts of works chosen . for per­formance. Sent materials to John Sampen, College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green. OH 43403-02 90. Deadline is May 1, 1986.

The INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILr is sponsoring a contest for a work for trumpet and organ. Prizes are $1000 and $500, with performance at the 1987 Conference. The work

· should be a new composition written for this contest during the 1985-87 period. It should be unpremiered, although a tape recording of a reading is required with the manu­script. Duration should be 8-15 minute s. Submit score, parts, and recording to David Greenhoe, ITG Composition Contest. School of Music, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. An application fee of $10 is required. Deadline is Jan. 12, 1987.

The FARGO-MOOREHEAD SYMPHONY has announced a competition for an orchestral work of medium length by an American composer. Prize is $ 2000 and premiere performance. Works must be 8 - 15 minutes long, submitted anonymously by to Fargo-("\ Moorehead Symphony Orchestral Asso­ciation, Box 1753, Fargo, ND 58107. Deadline is Sept. 30, 1986.

NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE has 1nnounced a call for scores for works for solo instrument or chamber groups up to 10 players. Compo5ers must live in the US, Canada, or Latin America, and should not submit more than two works . Submissions must be accompanied by a $35 fee and an SASE. Send to Max Lifchitz, North­South Consonance, 862 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025. Deadline is May l, 1986.

The NMP WIND NONET has issued a call for scores for flute. oboe. clarinet, ba5soon. Baxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, and-tuba. Most members can double. Contact John Devine, 1300 Grand Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

The BASCOM LITTLE FUND announces a competition for its Prize in Composition awarded biennially to a student composer of exceptional talent affiliated with the

~ ~leveland, OH, area. The prize is for a wor~: of friUBic theatre, and includes $1000 and performance at a public concert in Cleveland. This competition is open to composers born after Jan. 1, 1951, who have spent at least two years residence in the Greater Cleveland area and must have continued to maintain a tie with the area. The work should be for musical theater., and must have been composed within the past three years. Instrumentation is for voices and piano--the piano part may be a reduction of an orchestral or chamber orchestral score. There is no limitation on duration, and more than one submission can be made. Submit a score and optional tape recording (required if a part for electronic tape is included), to J.D.Bain Murray, President, Bascom Little Fund, Department of Music Cleveland State University'

~leveland, OH 44115. Deadline i~ 1ay 1, 1986. ..__,,,

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The CITTA DI TRIESTE comoetition for 1986 is for works for percussion <up to 4 players) and orchestra. All works must be unpublished and unperformed. The works must be submitted anonymously. Prizes range to Lit. 4,000,000, and performance. Contact Secretary, the Music Aware "Citta di Trieste" Palazzo Municipale, Piazza del l 'Uni ta d'Italia 4. Deadline is Aug. 31, 1986.

The PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY has announced its 13th annual Percussion Composition Contest. This year works must be scored for solo percussion with percussion ensemble (6 or more). Details are available from the Percussive Arts Society, Box 697, Urbana, IL 61801. Deadline is June 1, 1986.

The BRAVURA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE is calling for scores without an announced deadline. Works should be by women and may use any combination of piano, violin, cello, flute, and soprano. Contact Kathleen Martin, 21 West 86th Street #306, New York, NY 10024.

SYNCHRONIA OF ST. LOUIS is calling for scores for any combination of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion, with optional additional player, tape, or voice. Contact Synchronia, Timothy V. Clark, 812 Leland #lN, St. Louis, MO 63130.

The DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICS is reopening its competition for new choral music. The composition must be for chamber choir (a capella or with accompaniment of up to five instru­ments>, 5 to 12 minutes in length. The prize is $500 and performance at Rollins Chapel. Any text in English or Latin, sacred or

secular, comic or serious, which might be appropriate for such a concert is acceptable. Antiphonal works or works which otherwise make use of the acoustics of the Chapel are especially sought. The work must be unpublished. The entry fee is $5 per composer, who may submit up to three works. A cassette is r~quested, but no required. Send submissions to Selection Committee, Department of Music, Dartmouth Colleqe, Hanover, NH 03755. Enclose SASE for return. Deadline is May 15, 1986.

The JAJ1ES WRIGHT POETRY FESTIVAL seeks settings of the poetry of James Wright, Robert Bly, Donald Hall, and Louis Simpson for performance at their next conference. Contact Robert Boury, Department of Music, University of Arkansas, Litt l e Rock, AK 72204.

The MYSTIC VALLEY ORCHESTRA of Boston will be presenting two performances of recent works by American composers durinq its 1986-87 season. Instrumentation is 2-2-2-2 (all wind doublings possible), 4-3-2-1, 2 perc., harp, 4-4-3-3-2. There are two categories: a work 20 minutes maximum duration, and a work 10-20 minutes in duration. Submit no more than one work for each category. Send scores and available cassettes to Robert Kyr, Composer-in-Res idence , Mystic Valley Orchestra, 16 Forest Street #:41, Cambridge, MA 02140. Send SASE f o r return of materials. Deadline is May 26, 1986.

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WPFA-FM in Berkeley , CA is seeking high quality recordings of environmental sounds, natural and urban. Send to World Ear Project, KPFA-FM Radio, 2207 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94704.

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MEMBERS ' ACTIVITIES

Several works by JOELLE WALLAcr-' received recent performances. ~ Sonando Suendo de Tanqo was performed at the Center for InterAmerican Relations , and O~ganal Voices was performed at Christ and St. Stephens Church, both in New York City. Glimpses for orchestra was performed by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Quar t et for Saxophones was performed at the Lincoln Center Library in New York.

JOHN ANTHONY LENNON 'S commis­sioned work Messiana was recently Premiered in San Francisco ' s Herbst Hall by the Kronos Quartet. Lennon toured the Soviet Union with the Manhattan Quartet by invitation of the American Embassy. His work Voices was chosen by the Quartet as a recent American work to be presented to the Russian people. Peters Editions will Publish the Svmphonic RhaPsodv -for alt~ saxophone and orchestra, commiss i oned and premiered last year by Donald Sinta.

SYDNEY HODKINSON ' S recent premiere s include Tsatskes at the National Convention of the College Music Society in Vancouver, BC, Trauermusik at Houston, TX, Catsman, a chamber opera for SATB, piano, v iolin, and cello, in Houston, TX, Raethke-Lieder, Book III in Cleveland, OH, The Burninq Bel l for youth orchestra, commissioned by the Penfield, NY, School District, and An Ell inqton Sonqbook for brass quintet, commissioned and premiered by the Eastman Brass in Rochester, NY.

The Vertical Man/Trumpet and Percussion by GUNTHER TAUTENHAHN had it's premiere performance in Ma dison, WI, by Steve Trinkle, trumpet, and Genie Burkett, percussion.

GARY C. ~"'HITE was composer in residence at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS. During this residency, the Southwestern College Choir premiered his People of the South Wind. The Southwestern College Band also performed his In Bruton Town at the concert which culminated the College ' s centennial year celebration.

The Louisiana State Unversity New Music Ensemble presented several concerts f eaturinq works by ASUC members . The group presented world premieres of LEONARD HORTON'S Credo for Solo Clarinet, JAMES GUTHRIE ' S Two Movements for Octet, and JOSEPH COSGROVE ' S Ouintet for Clarinet and Strinas. The New Music Ensemble is directed bv ASUC member DINO CONSTANTINIDES, whose Brass Quintet and Woodwind Ouartet were also performed. One of these concerts was presented in conjunction with American Music Week, and took place at the Contemporary Arts Center in t-Jew Or leans.

Concerto Grosso for Winds, Percussion and Electronic Tape by DAV1D BERLIN was qiven it's premiere by the West Virginia Universitv Wind Ensemble at a concert ~resented in conjunction with the conference of the West Virginia Music Education Association. Two other composi­tions by Berlin which call for live performer and pre-recorded electronic tape were recently perf ormed- -Music for Six presented bv the Renaissance Citv Woodwind Quintet, and Intermix for Horn and Tape, performed by Keith Powell at -a~-concert presented by the Pittsburgh All i ance of Composers. Berlin recently received a "Citation of Excellence" from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.

DANIEL ASIA has received a ;ommission from the Fromm Mus ic

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for bass-baritone John Shirley­Ouirk and oboist Sarah Watkins. A new piece for chamber ensemble will also be written under this commission for premiere by Musical Elements, a contemporary ensemble founded by Asia . The Brooklyn Philharmonic recently premiered Rivalries with the composer conducting.

ROBERT WALTERS, chairman of the division of music at Union College, NE, and conductor of the state's Lincoln Civic Orchestra, has been exchange professor at the Beijing Lanquaqe Institute in China. Recen~iy, he conducted an orchestra there in a concert which featured his own First Svmphony. This work was oremiered by the South Coast Svmoh~nv (CA). His Cello Concerto was- premiered by David Low and the Redlands Symphony .

Capricci Concertati by HAROLD SCHIFFMAN was recen~ly premiered at the Interna~ional Trombone Workshop in Nashville, TN. Other recent performances include Concertina for Saxophones at the Univ. of Louisville Saxophone Institute, the Rhapsodv • for G~itar a t the Guitar Foundation of America Festival in Fulle~ton, CA, and LaGrange College, GA, and Divertimento <Amanatium Irae). as part of the Kresqe Chamber Music Series at Blue Lake~Fine Arts Camp in Michigan.

DINO CONSTANTINIDES had several of his works performed in concerts in Europe. These included Bvron's Greece, Lemon Tree, Four Sonqs on Poems bv Sappho, The Mountains ot Epirus, and the premieres of Four Greek Sonqs and Battle of Thebes.

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