Annual American Composers Update
John H. Corina
John H. Corina has returned to teaching composition part-time
at the University of Georgia for 2000-01 as Professor
Emeritus of Music. He is also associate conductor of the
Athens (GA) Choral Society.
Premieres
On Jan. 14, 2000,
A Simms Diptych, for soprano,
oboe, violin and piano with wind chimes, was heard first,
with Ellen Ritchey soprano; Corina, oboe; Susan Johnson,
violin; and Margaret Strahl, piano, at the William Gilmore
Simms Gala in Charleston, SC. The Feb. 17, 2001 NACWAPI
Symposium, held at the University of Kansas, featured
Bruce Gbur in the premiere of
Divertimento for Bassoon
and Piano.
Performances
On Dec. 12, 1999,
Suite of Carols, for SATB choir
and vibraphone, received a performance from the Western
Carolina Community Chorus, James E. Dooley, director,
and Mario Gaetano at Western Carolina University and at
the First United Methodist Church, in Waynesville, NC.
In 2000,
Sonet, for contrabassoon and string orchestra,
was heard with Susan L. Nigro and The Rome (Italy) Festival
Orchestra, Kevin McMahon, conductor, July 22, and with
Richard Plaster and the Concord Hill Chamber Orchestra,
Willis Traphagan, conductor, at the First Parish Church,
in Lexington, MA, Aug. 18; and in a contrabassoon-piano
version, with Nigro and Mark K. Lindblad, at the Arlington
Heights (IL) Memorial Library, Feb. 13, and with Monica
Fucci and Luis Semeniuk at the International Double Reed
Society Conference, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug.
11. William Davis, bassoon, and Jolene Davis, organ, played
Four Sonatinas at the Southeastern Composers League
Forum, Apr. 11, 2000 at the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro. A faculty recital at the University of Georgia
Reed Trio included
Woodwind Trio (in one movement),
for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, Sept. 18, 2000 in Athens.
At various dates, anthems have been performed at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church, in Athens, with Deborah Henson, organist/director
of Music; The United Church of Christ, in Medina, OH,
with Janet Welch, soloist; at St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
in Arlington, TX, with Linton Powell, organist, and Kathy
Powell, choir director; at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Alexandria, VA, with Corrine Berkseth, soprano, and Andy
Harwood, clarinet; at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in
Medina, OH, with Mark Heiskanen, organist; and at Blessed
Sacrament Church, in Charleston, SC.
Publications
Woodwind Trio; Frank E. Warren Music Service.
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