Annual American Composers Update

"During the academic year 1999-2000, I had several one-week residencies at various colleges and universities at which I not only taught but also presented public lectures that included slides and recorded music. The evening of Apr. 15, 2000, I met Theo Faberge, of the noted jewelry firm, in Denver, CO, and talked with him about the latest Eggs and other jewelry items created by his firm, and about his grandfather, Peter Carl Faberge. On Apr. 18, 2000, I presented a public lecture, with video, at North Highlands Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN, on Peter Carl Faberge, Jeweler to the Tsars." K Marie Stolba**'s residencies were at Colorado Christian University (Oct. 1999 and Apr. 2000), Monmouth (IL) College (Mar. 2000), and Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Apr. 2000). In Mar. 2000, she was one of eight "nationally-known" lecturers in a Lenten Series of Concerts, Art Exhibits, and Lectures, at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN. In 2000, she presented papers at the College Music Society Rocky Mountain Chapter conference, in Fort Collins, CO (Apr.); at the SAI Convention in Dallas, TX (Aug.); and at the International Conference on Organology, in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec. 2000). She is preparing a book on SAI's history for the fraternity's centennial.

Stolba's anthem I Wonder . . ., for SATB choir and piano, was heard first with the Monmouth College Concert Choir in their Spring Concert, Mar. 2000, directed by Perry D. White, and accompanied by Rebecca Disrud.

Also performed at Monmouth College in Mar. 2000 were Communion and Homage, with the school's Concert Choir, led by White, for its Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Services; and a concert of four choral works and three vocal solos, including Homage and What is Music?, with the Concert Choir, directed by White, Disrud, piano; and Jodie Regnier, flute.

• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• 1996-1997 American Composers Update