Annual American Composers Update

John Anthony Lennon

John Anthony Lennon is on the faculty of Emory Univ., in Atlanta, GA. Recently, he has received commissions from the National Federation of Teachers, for a work for piano, violin, viola, and cello; from Debra Richtmeyer, for a soprano saxophone and harp piece for the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal; and from Richard Nunemaker of the Houston Composers Alliance, for clarinet duets. The Centre D'Art Marnay Art Center (CaMac) in France has asked Lennon and his wife, Camille Goebel, to be resident artists this coming year to create a sound garden.

Premieres

During spring and summer 1999, Lennon had performances of new works for guitar at International Guitar Festivals in Darwin, Australia; Bath, England; and Dundee, Scotland.

Performances

David Tanenbaum presented As She Sings and Forbidden Dances in Dinkelbuehl, Schloss Reimlingen, Schorndorf, and Iserlohn, all in Germany. Other performances have occurred in Portland, Las Cruces, Tucson, Oakland, and Baltimore. Last winter, the Millennium Festival at Juilliard included Sirens (C. F. Peters), for piano trio.

Publications

Forbidden Dances and Thirteen; both for guitar by Roseanne Music.

Recordings

Distances Within Me (Dorn Publications), Equilibrium Records.