Annual American Composers Update

SAI National Arts Associate Larry Bell lives in Boston, where he holds the position of Professor of Composition at the Boston Conservatory and chairs the theory department at the New England Conservatory Continuing Education and Preparatory Divisions. In Aug. 1999, he had a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, in Sweet Briar. A brochure of his works is available from Rosalie Calabrese Management.

Fred Cohen directed The Currents Ensemble in the first performance of Two Haiku, Mar. 19, 1999 in Richmond, VA. At St. Steven's Church, New York, NY, the North South Consonance presented the clarinet version of Mahler in Blue Light, May 23, 1999. In 1999, The Immortal Beloved, a song cycle based on Beethoven's letters, premiered with mezzo-soprano Judy May and the composer at the piano, at the New England Conservatory, Nov. 11; and at the Community College of Rhode Island, in Warwick, Nov. 12.

The Book of Moonlight had 1999 performances with Ayano Ninomiya, violin, and Bell, piano, over Boston's WGBH Radio, Mar. 30; and with the Just In Time Composers and Players, at the Boston Conservatory, Oct. 1. In 1999, the Just In Time Composers and Players also played Mahler in Blue Light, at the Cambridge (MA) Center for Adult Education, Apr. 23; and excerpts from Reminiscences and Reflections, 12 preludes and fugues for piano, at Middlesex Community Coll., Bedford, MA, Oct. 29.. At the Boston Conservatory, the TBC Contemporary Ensemble, under Bell, presented Two Haiku, May 2, 1999.

All new works listed above by Casa Rustica Publications.

River of Ponds, for cello; Eric Bartlett; North/South Recordings The Cello Music of Larry Bell.

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