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Annual American Composers Update
Elizabeth R. Austin
"The new millennium has begun auspiciously for me, with two international premieres and a number of fine performances. I am very grateful for having outstanding interpreters for my music! In addition to premieres, performances, and publications, I have enjoyed my tenure as Connecticut Composer's President. CCI is becoming an integral part of Connecticut's cultural scene. In my activity as translator, Continuum Press has released Arnold Benz's The Future Of The Universe: Chance Chaos, God? (spring 2000), which I translated from German into English." Elizabeth R. Austin** spends the summer in Jena, Germany and the rest of the year in Storrs, CT. Michael Slayton, of the University of Houston, has written his Ph.D. dissertation on her music.
Premieres
On May 17, 2000, Prague Sonata, for French horn and piano, received its first performance in Prague, the Czech Republic, with Petr Cigler and Patricia Goodson. In Rome on Nov. 7, 2000, Astrea Amaduzzi, Litop Fontana, and Sara Torquati presented Showings, for soprano, trombone, and organ.
Performances
Works heard recently in Germany included Lighthouse I, with Fine Zimmermann, harpsichord, Jan. 28, 2000 in Cologne; An Die Nachgeborenen (To Those Born Later, text by Brecht), for SATB choir and piano, with Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule (Berlin) students as part of Brandenburg's New Music Festival, Sept. 1998; and Christ Being Raised, for SATB choir, with Karin Zapf leading the Zepernick (Germany) Choir, Apr. 1999. On Mar. 31, 2000 in Chicago, mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, accompanied by pianist Abraham Stokman, sang Drei Rilke Lieder. A New York, NY performance of Klavier Double, for piano and tape, featured Max Lifchitz, Apr. 25, 2000. Capricornus Caribbicus, for flute, oboe, and piano, was presented by Cathy Comrie, Patricia Morehead, and Eileen Hutchins at an IAWM Concert in Chicago, Feb. 1999; and then with Gerry Archer, Hal Archer, and Austin in Storrs, CT, Oct. 15, 2000.
Publications
Gathering Threads; solo clarinet; Peter Tonger Verlag.
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