Annual American Composers Update
Kent Kennan
"Since I'm now 87 and living in a retirement home, I hope
no one will expect any exciting news from me. I'm happy
and grateful to report that I still have all my faculties
(more or less), still drive and go out to concerts and
theater, and still miss my former students and colleagues
after 40 years of teaching and 18 of retirement. It is
a satisfaction that two books bearing my name (
The
Technique of Orchestration, coauthored by Donald Grantham,
and
Counterpoint) continue to be widely used, and
that my music is still being performed and recorded."
Kent Kennan's transcription for clarinet and orchestra
of Prokofiev's
Sonata, Op. 34, with Richard Stoltzman
and Warsaw Philharmonic, has been recorded but not yet
issued by BMG Records.
Performances
At the University of Florida School of Music, Oct. 31,
1999, Sarah Bird Rouse, flute, and Kevin Sharpe, piano,
played
Threnody.
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
was heard with Erik Boehmke and Jessica Johnson, Apr.
9, 2000 in Rock Island, IL, as well many other performances
in the United States and in 11 other countries. On July
8, 2000, Megan Meisenbach soloed in
Night Soliloquy,
with strings and piano, in Austin, TX.
Recordings
Threnody; Richard Sherman, flute, and Ralph Votapek,
piano;
Summit
Records American Landscape.
Sonata for Trumpet
and Piano; David Hickman and Eric Dalheim;
Crystal
Records David Hickman, Trumpet CD of earlier
LP.
Night Soliloquy, for flute and orchestra; Mary
Stolper and the Czech National Symphony;
Cedille
Records American Flute Concertos.
Night
Soliloquy; Alexa Still and the New Zealand Chamber
Orchestra;
Koch
International Classics
Flute Salad.
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