Annual American Composers Update

James Drew

Composer/playwright James Drew is launching a major children's project with the Tour of the Grand Celebration Music, which the composer describes as a "giant gamelan orchestra piece in which young performers, both elementary and advanced can participate." The Tour thus far has afforded children the opportunity of performing in a modern chamber work alongside of professional artists. The Celebration Music is presented in conjunction with another new software project called Learning by Creating, written by Drew and Mary Gae George, Co-Directors of the Greywolf Arts Institute, for teachers and their students. (For more information, see the Aug./Sept. issue of the American Music Teacher.) Drew has long been acknowledged as a member of the American experimental tradition, and he has now expanded the Greywolf website to include the Harmonic Canon, which documents the work of American experimental artists historically and currently. Experimental artists are invited to contribute to the Canon (i.e. writings, interviews, photos, etc.) and can obtain information by contacting jacopodrew@cs.com