Annual American Composers Update
James Bennighof
Premieres
James Bennighof's works heard first with the Alliance
Bible Church Men's Quartet in Texas included
All Around,
Dec. 19, 1999 in Waco, and Jan. 30, 2000 in Valley Mills;
and
I Wanna Walk, Jan. 23, 2000 in Waco. In 2000,
Elspeth Bennighof sang in the first performances of
Light,
for soprano and piano, in Valley Mills, Jan. 30, and in
Waco, Apr. 2.
Performances
Tinker Shuffle was presented by the University
of Northern Colorado Women's Glee Club, directed by Galen
Darrough, with Stephen Waechter, guitar, Feb. 22, 2000;
and by the Women's Chorus of the Music Center of the Northwest,
in Seattle, WA, with guitarist Tamara Caulkins. Alan Rieck
led the Flagstaff (AZ) Children's Chorale in
The Juggler,
Dec. 17, 1999.
Publications
Look Up!; unison choir with optional divisi and
piano;
Silent Music; SA choir and piano or guitar,
with optional flute;
All Around; TTBB a cappella
choir; all by
Oxford
University Press.
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